Top 11 Things You Missed About “The Last Jedi” [Spoilers]

"Star Wars" fans are pretty divided on "The Last Jedi," which for the record I thought was pretty good. But here are some things that jumped out at me about the movie:

– Why is Laura Dern’s character, a freaking Vice Admiral leading a rebellion that’s about to be snuffed out, dressed like she has dinner reservations in midtown Manhattan? She looks like she’s about to send a steak back to the kitchen: "I asked for medium rare, this is overdone–no, I don’t want to hear your excuses, take it away."

 

 

– Why is Kylo Ren’s voice module so shitty? With the helmet on he sounds like he’s speaking through the door intercom of a low-income-housing apartment building. Whenever I hear his voice I feel like I’m about to buzz the pizza guy in. "I SAID, THE ELEVATOR IS BROKEN, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE STAIRS."

 

 – Whenever Kylo and Rey did their Space Skype/ForceTime chats, I wanted to see those chats preceded with a buffering symbol. Ideally it would look like the GIF at left but with the Death Star in the middle of it.

 

 

 

 

– Snoke has clearly been in some kind of moped accident, yet can’t be bothered to get reconstructive surgery to fix his eyeline? The man is Supreme Leader for chrissakes, and all political leaders at that level are vain. Also he needs to get Invisalign and see a dermatologist.

 

– How did Captain Phasma ever get promoted to Captain? She’s utterly incompetent; I’d sooner follow Captain Crunch into battle. Maybe if she spent more time training and less time polishing her armor she’d be effective. "Phasma" should be spelled with an "F" for "Fail."

 

 

– In the earlier films, even when they cast older Jedi–Sir Alec Guinness, Liam Neeson–they had a vitality to them. Not so with Luke this time around. I kept waiting for him to yell "Rey! Have you seen my fanny pack? I can’t find my heart pills!"

 

 

– When Poe is reunited with BB-8, Poe is so happy to see him that he uses both hands to stimulate the droid’s belly like he’s rubbing a spherical puppy. I found this gross and unhygienic. Because of the manner in which he locomotes, BB-8’s entire body is like the sole of a shoe. Poe Dameron has just wiped his mitts over every filthy flooring surface in the movie and you never see him wash his hands.

 

 

 

– Instead of being armed with laser rifles, all of Snoke’s bodyguards have freaking melee weapons. When the camera panned across them I expected to see the last four holding a baseball bat, a tennis racket, a rolled-up newspaper and a broken beer bottle.

 

 

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– When Luke runs into Yoda’s ghost, the latter says "Missed you I have, Skywalker." Luke should’ve been like "Well, whose fault is that? You’re the Force Ghost that can just pop in whenever he wants, it’s not like I can go visit you. Unless I kill myself at the end of this movie and become a Force Ghost too. Okay, hint received."

 

– There’s a scene where the transport ships are being bombarded and Poe screams something at the female pilot like "C’mon, faster, give it full thrusters!" and she goes "I am, sir." Her line should’ve been "No shit, you mansplaining dick, I’ve already got it floored! They’re shooting at us, you think I’ve got this motherf*cker in second gear?"

 

– At the end there’s like 200 of those crystal fox-dog things running around, and not a single one of them takes a crystal dump or lifts his leg on an X-wing? I’m not buying it. At least two of the escapees on the Millennium Falcon should be wrinkling their noses and inspecting their shoes going "Goddammit–Rey, you got any paper towels on this thing? Or like a scrubber brush?"

– When Finn is on his suicide run, Rose supposedly swings her ship around and crashes into him to knock him out of the way and save his life. On the ground they exchange some dialogue, she steals a kiss and then appears to succumb to her wounds.

I’ve thought about it a lot and realized what really happened. Rose is a technician with no mention of piloting experience. She probably crashed into him by accident, improvised a good excuse, stole a kiss to distract from the obviousness of her lie, then pretended to die because she was so embarrassed. Well-played, Rose Tico.


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The Complete 2018 Step-by-Step Guide On How To Write A Press Release

In order to ensure the maximum effectiveness of your press release, you will want to make sure that they conform to certain generally accepted formatting practices. By following the press release format guide below, you’ll increase the reach and popularity of your company.

But first, what is a press release?

A press release is defined as “a public relations announcement issued to the news media and other targeted publications for the purpose of informing the public about company developments”.

Simply put, a press release is simply your ticket to publicity.

Whether you are planning on having a startup or you already have a company, here’s a handy guide on how to write a press release.

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Step One

As a first step, you’ll want to alert whoever is reading the press release when the news is “officially” available. Often, companies will send out press releases a day or two in advance of an event in order to give media outlets some time to prepare a story.

In the top left corner, you’ll want to use either “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE” (in all capital letters) or “HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL [DATE]”.

Step Two

You’ll also want to pay a lot of attention to the headline and sub-headline. The headline needs to clearly communicate the story of your press release and it must include the name of your company. The sub-headline can be longer and should provide some additional facts and information that will attract the attention of journalists.

Step Three

Every press release will list the location (including city and state) and date of the story. The inclusion of those pieces of information is important because many media outlets consider news on whether it is a local, regional or national event. A local media outlet is only interested in covering stories that are of relevance to a small geographic area.

Step Four

Now that you’ve completed the first three steps, it’s important to come up with the text for the press releases. As a general rule of thumb, you will need to limit your press release to 300-500 words. Your goal is to tell the who, what, why, when and where of your story as succinctly as possible. It’s best to divide the body text into a series of short paragraphs of no more than 2-4 sentences each.

Step Five

When writing the press release, you will also need to observe certain norms within the industry. For example, it’s customary to include at least one quote from someone involved with the story. This helps to bring your press release to life. Also, you should always use the third person when writing about your company . Avoid the use of words like “we” or “I” or “you.”

Step Six

You will also need to include relevant contact information of your company at the very end of the press release. This is called the “boilerplate” and will often consist of one very brief paragraph. It includes details about your company and specific contact information, like web, phone or email.

Step Seven

It’s still customary to mark the end of a press release with the word “END” and the inclusion of “###” at the very end. This is a long-time practice. In fact, back then, press releases were sent out over the wire and people receiving them wanted to make sure that they had all the necessary information.

Final Words

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What’s fascinating is that the modern press release looks almost identical to the first-ever press release which was sent in October 1906. That press release had a headline, a sub-headline, a date, content, geographic information, and entirely similar structure. It also used short block paragraphs to tell the story.

When it comes to sending out a press release, you want to make sure that it looks just right.

Above all, press releases that are formatted based on the traditional structure will definitely do well in increasing the popularity of your product or story. Remember, a press release can change the story and outreach of your company.

 

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Brat Meets Christmas Serial Killer in This Gruesomely Funny Riff on Home Alone

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April, the tiny star of Arthur Metcalf’s horror short He’s Watching, is an A+ hellraiser. When her parents foolishly leave her home alone, all kinds of mayhem, destruction, and cheese pizza-consumption ensues… some of it involving an axe-wielding intruder that April doesn’t seem to notice. Or does she?

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TFBTV Christmas Special 2018: Reading Mean Comments

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This Fan Film Puts A Bit More Action into The Fight Between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader

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One weird part about the aging of the Star Wars franchise is the datedness of the franchise’s action scenes. Don’t get me wrong, the old movies still have good fights, but they feel of a decidedly different tenor than the new ones. Fight choreography, like all manners of special effects work, has changed significantly over the past few decades, and the work done in the present makes everything that came from a certain period of time before look a little weird.

So it’s fun to see fans try to fill in those gaps. While Obi-Wan vs. Vader in A New Hope was never intended to be a high-action sequence in the first place, it definitely feels somewhat limited, which is exactly what the creators at FXitinPost are aiming to remedy in their fan scene.

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This masterfully done live-action rendition puts Vader and Kenobi against each other with more flare and kinetic energy than anything seen in A New Hope. While it won’t be to everyone’s taste, it has a kick of energy and power to it, while never losing the wild, clumsy power the fights of the Original Trilogy had.

So far, the creators have only released a short clip, with the whole scene to be released next year. I’m looking forward to it. Star Wars fight scenes are an art, and these YouTubers have it down.

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How much do colleges boost innovation?

Yes, yes, I know patents are not the right measure, that is what we’ve got:

I exploit historical natural experiments to study how establishing a new college affects local invention. Throughout the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, many new colleges were established in the U.S. I use data on the site selection decisions for a subset of these colleges to identify “losing finalist” locations that were strongly considered to become the site of a new college but were ultimately not chosen for reasons that are as good as random assignment. The losing finalists are similar to the winning college counties along observable dimensions. Using the losing finalists as counterfactuals, I find that the establishment of a new college caused 32% more patents per year in college counties relative to the losing finalists. To determine the channels by which colleges increase patenting, I use a novel dataset of college yearbooks and individual-level census data to learn who the additional patents in college counties come from. A college’s alumni account for about 10% of the additional patents, while faculty account for less than 1%. Knowledge spillovers to individuals unaffiliated with the college also account for less than 1% of the additional patents. Migration is the most important channel by which colleges affect local invention, as controlling for county population accounts for 20-40% of the increase in patenting in college counties relative to the losing finalists. The presence of geographic spillovers suggests that colleges do cause an overall net increase in patenting, although I find no evidence that colleges are better at promoting invention than other policies that lead to similar increases in population.

That is from new research by Michael J. Andrews, via the excellent Kevin Lewis.

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