Being Irish it's against my nature to complement the Brits, especially in this day an age, but they can have excellent taste in rebellion.

They got 'Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead' to the top when Thatcher died, and there was a nice push this year after the election to get *related="https://videosift.com/video/Jarvis-Cocker-Running-the-World-1" up there. Music really can be the voice of the people.

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Didn't see any obvious evidence of two technologies but I sort of assume they are there---
1) "Bubblers" under the bow to put air under the ice before the weight of the ship cracks it and pushes it aside (ice with air under it is easier to break)
2) bow design that take the weight of the ship up above and onto the ice to crush from above (complements #1)...

I love this stuff. As always, the subtitles tell the story as well as the description.

The original charcoal vid (I can't quite call related, but it's at https://videosift.com/video/Making-Charcoal) complements this well, listing the benefits of charcoal.

I'll bite. (needless to say, spoilers)

The characters certainly had motivation.

Jyn's motivation, much like Rae in FA, is simple, daddy issues. She isn't so much invested in the rebellion as she is in enacting vengeance for her father. She is stunted emotionally and is not idealistic, but I think she uses that as a vehicle to push other characters along with her. Her last moments with Cassian aren't driven by any great romance, just the solace of two people who don't know if what they did will make a difference, but they succeeded in what they set out to do. I suspect she understood before she left Yavin that she was not going to get out of it alive, which sort of fits with her fairly nihilistic view of the universe.

Cassian was entirely driven by the fight against the Empire. He was willing to do anything, and was completely ruthless at the start, but he does mellow towards the end as Jyn makes a point of saying that he was like a stormtrooper. He is a zealot, a true believer, and is willing to sacrifice everything, even his humanity, for the cause.

Orson, the imperial commander, is a mixture of patriotism and self interest. He's a fervant believer in the imperial ethos of bringing order to the galaxy, but he is also deeply interested in recognition and commensurate rise in rank. He is so motivated that he risks his life directly to try and stop the rebels (not something you typically see bad leader types do outside of superhero movies, that's what henchmen are for) at the end.

The droid is all programming, but his comedy relief is explained by the dialogue that slicing an imp droid can affect it's personality. He is the one of the few light hearted notes (and consequently gives us a pretty poignant note when he says goodbye and get's shut down) in what is a fairly depressing movie. His bluntly honest statements are perfectly ironic and as such really do deserve the laughs they get.

The monk and the warrior were guardians of a temple but are now displaced. While it's couched in the monks mysticism, I think honestly they were happy to stand up to the big bad guys who wrecked their temple and extract some form of revenge. I think it would please both of them to know that it was worth it in the end.

The imperial defector seems to have little motivation, but he has already taken the dangerous step of defecting and getting the ball rolling for the entire plot etc, he's obviously completely displeased about the empire and willing to risk his life to do something about it.

Saul has been driven mad by the fight. The rebel leadership all seem to fit well within their established roles in the canon, as do Tarkin and Vader. Random rebel and imp personal are placeholders and who really gives a fuck what their motivations are? X D

/shrug As far as character development goes, it's certainly not a work for the ages, but to say these characters are going to get a thing because they need to get a thing seems to be nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking.

Oh yeah, and in regards to AT AT's, it's a strategic imperial world and heavily garrisoned. Likely a staging point for excursions around the galaxy as well. It has major shielding, AA and fighter complements, Star Destroyers standing guard etc. Sure, fan service is a thing (although the homages in R1 are far less clunky than FA, including things like the Hammerhead, references to the cartoons etc), but as an imp commander, I would certainly release AT AT and AT ST vehicles against an attacking force of unknown size, particularly when you see a whole bunch of landing pads explode simultaneously. Are their 10 commandos or 1,000? 10,000? Yeah, go lowball and wait for them to walk out in the open right? \= |

It's not like the AT AT's were stomping all over the archive looking for a guy hiding behind valuable Imp data infrastructure, they are roaming the outer regions and are fairly proof against ground troops. Makes sense to me.

Dunno, I think the RLM reviews are generally entertaining and thoughtful, but in this case whoever writes Plinkett has let his acerbic dislike of "new" Star Wars cloud his objectiveness imo. It was an enjoyable flick and certainly one I intend to own. I don't think it's anywhere near the best sci fi (although I kinda like it on par with Empire) movie out there, but it's far better than RLM gives it credit for, imo.

It's funny that you've compared two people and both would feel complemented for different reasons.

Actually that was the "sandtrooper" Ben was complementing about how he took out the Jawa crawler.

A few years ago, one of my favourite beer companies made a brew to complement Culleys Carolina Reaper sauce.
I tried it at a beer festival and they had some reapers on the counter.
"Can I try one?"
"They're really just for show, but if you really want to, knock yourself out..."

Tried it, seconds later downed an entire pint of 9% beer before I realised what I'd done. I don't remember anything else about that day...

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I thought it was a typo at first -- compliment, not complement.

But then I watched the vid.

What a GREAT title.

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I'm a straight (and married) dude, but let me pay this guy some complements:

1) I love the shirt, bro.
2) Also dig your hair that the shirt alludes to, and your style in general (at least, as I interpret from this brief video).
3) Most importantly, nice video and nice explanation of your stance on the topic -- which I agree with.

Nice sift!

*wtf

And I mean that as the highest of complements.

ChaosEngine,
Just a side note after reading your comments...I visited NZ in the late 80's. You have the most beautiful country and nicest, most polite people of any place I've ever visited. Just thought I'd complement you and yours.
-Newtboy

Bastion has a wonderful soundtrack and getting it alongside with the game complements it so well. Music like that is so rare these days. I'm also looking forward to Transistor. The gameplay looks very interesting and I sure hope that it'll come out for PC at the same time as other platforms (PS3/4). Hopefully they won't showcase it too much. Last thing I need are games that're shown around a lot that end up generating too much hype.