TIL a woman delivered three minutes of Patton Oswalt's 9-minute Parks and Rec Star Wars filibuster speech at a real Michigan city council meeting in 2019.

https://www.deseret.com/2019/3/14/20668311/a-michigan-woman-delivered-patton-oswalt-s-parks-and-recreation-star-wars-rant-to-filibuster-county

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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 52 pts · 2y (10 replies)

For those who aren't in the loop, the full video of his speech is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBhNkywMJY

It was cut for time in the episode but it's glorious.

TWeaK@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y

That's literally in the article, along with a clip of the Libingston County one: https://twitter.com/LaurenMGibbons/status/1100419006803128321

dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 2y

IIRC, Patton improv’d that whole speech in the moment.

Dave@lemmy.nz · 7 pts · 2y (6 replies)

So has this movie been released yet or is it still in production? (I'm assuming any pitch that involved robot Chewy would get approved instantly)

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (5 replies)

They still have to work out the rights to include the X-Men. Then they'll get on to filming.

WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (4 replies)

The new Deadpool & Wolverine movie did just drop a trailer today...

Deello@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Progress!

WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Marvel better have something special up their sleeve for the xman. Cuz so far whooboy they are dropping the superball.

They're in danger of peaking in highschool right now.

Deello@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They left highschool already. Peak confirmed. It's been downhill for a while now. The occasional spike isn't enough to reverse that trend.

WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

I hope it's just a sophomore flop. Like how a lot of bands struggle with thier second album.

Because ultimately thier first album/story arc was iron man thru infinity war.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Thanks for sharing this! I had seen the episode, but had no idea that they had made the full speech available, nor that it was so long!

conciselyverbose@kbin.social · 31 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Board chairman Donald Parker said the move to end broadcasts was more to address the question of whether $8,000 spent on the taping was worth the low viewership than it was a transparency issue.

How the fuck are you spending that much? Just get a shitty camera pointed at the stage or whatever with one shitty mic and a shitty camera/mic pointed at wherever you have citizens comment, plug it into a shitty laptop, and send to YouTube.

No one needs 4K with professionally mastered audio.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (2 replies)

From the video footage shown, they don't appear to have spent it well.

ULS@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

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Is probably what someones job was after.

Vinny_93@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y (7 replies)

What I find most peculiar about his filibuster was how much of it actually came true.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Unfortunately, the Star Wars-Marvel-Greek Pantheon shared universe has yet to come to pass.

FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That'll be the next MCU phase!

DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 3 pts · 2y

I mean, Eternals, Avengers, Guardians, you've got the elements.

Dave@lemmy.nz · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I might have missed the movie with Chewy's severed head. Though I haven't seen them all.

anonionfinelyminced@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Chewie's head on a robot spider-body would be bitchin', but didn't they already do that with Darth Maul in Clone Wars? or did I dream that up?

Now, Chewie's head floating in an armored bacta tank on top of a massive Gort-like body would be pretty cool.

MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm thinking we do the ol' floating Zordon head projection thing the Power Rangers have going on.

swab148@startrek.website · 3 pts · 2y

Or like "The Face of Bo" in Dr. Who

Blackout@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Michigan is a silly place. You all should try it sometime

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Very cheap and plentiful weed too. Sadly, I am far closer to the Illinois border than I am to the Michigan border here in Indiana.

Blackout@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

My condolences

Montagge@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y

Been there. No thanks.

BakerBagel@midwest.social · -2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I'm gonna stick to Ohio with our non-pothole riddled roads, premier walleye fishing, and superior amusement parks, thank you very much.

littlebluespark@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Please do. 🤣

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah but you have to deal with the Ohioans and we all suck

AlgonquinHawk@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Thanks for sharing this haha Didn't know it was even a thing