Author Topic: It's 20XX and people are mad online about Star War! (Read 557441 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #540 on:** November 25, 2015, 12:24:34 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on November 25, 2015, 03:01:54 AM

Remember when people bought tickets to Meet Joe Black to catch a first glimpse of the Phantom Menace trailer?

Mupepe · « **Reply #541 on:** November 25, 2015, 01:21:47 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on November 25, 2015, 03:01:54 AM

Remember when people bought tickets to Meet Joe Black to catch a first glimpse of the Phantom Menace trailer?

Meet Joe Black is pretty good tbh. Peanut Butter.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #542 on:** November 25, 2015, 02:20:47 PM »

Haha aia that gif is great

VomKriege · « **Reply #543 on:** November 26, 2015, 06:09:52 PM »

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/25/entertainment/fox-news-star-wars-death-threats-feat/index.html

Tasty · « **Reply #544 on:** November 27, 2015, 12:45:17 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on November 26, 2015, 06:09:52 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/25/entertainment/fox-news-star-wars-death-threats-feat/index.html

Posted last page breh.

VomKriege · « **Reply #545 on:** November 27, 2015, 01:44:57 AM »

Yeti · « **Reply #546 on:** November 27, 2015, 08:19:48 PM »

PG-13

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #547 on:** November 30, 2015, 04:35:39 PM »

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/george-lucas-explains-controversial-greedo-han-solo-star-wars-edit-20151130

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #548 on:** November 30, 2015, 04:42:25 PM »

I've always thought that story was both what was wrong with fandom in general and what was wrong with Lucas in particular.

I came to Star Wars very very late so the whole thing on initial exposure sounded like the dumbest argument ever. And it still feels that way to me. But after time, I understood it more as who owns art, the creators or the fans rather than a dumb ass argument over who shot first.

As always I don't have a problem with him dicking around with his stuff even when he's making things ostensibly worse. Just always give people a choice when it comes to purchasing the stuff. It makes sense from both an artistic sense and a business sense.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #549 on:** November 30, 2015, 04:46:33 PM »

On my way to work, I saw a blue and white jumbo jet landing at San Jose airport with Star Wars written on the side. I think it was ANA airlines. It was weird.

chronovore · « **Reply #550 on:** November 30, 2015, 05:27:57 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on November 30, 2015, 04:42:25 PM

I've always thought that story was both what was wrong with fandom in general and what was wrong with Lucas in particular.

I came to Star Wars very very late so the whole thing on initial exposure sounded like the dumbest argument ever. And it still feels that way to me. But after time, I understood it more as who owns art, the creators or the fans rather than a dumb ass argument over who shot first.

As always I don't have a problem with him dicking around with his stuff even when he's making things ostensibly worse. Just always give people a choice when it comes to purchasing the stuff. It makes sense from both an artistic sense and a business sense.

There's a neat quote about art from DaVinci: "Art is never finished, only abandoned." Normally I take this positively, but in GL's case he simply doesn't know when to leave well-enough alone. It's as though some hugely popular piece in a museum, which continues to have crowds and papers written about it, and the artist disagrees with it, so he takes it back, keeps working on it, mainly to change how he feels now about it -- eradicating how he felt when he originally created it.

As an artist, I wish GL respected his own earlier work more.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #551 on:** November 30, 2015, 05:42:10 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on November 30, 2015, 05:27:57 PM

It's as though some hugely popular piece in a museum, which continues to have crowds and papers written about it, and the artist disagrees with it, so he takes it back, keeps working on it, mainly to change how he feels now about it -- eradicating how he felt when he originally created it.

This is definitely him to a T. He basically can't let go. The technology allowed him to keep tinkering with stuff way past when he should have when he should probably have just moved on to creating new art instead of constantly remixing the old stuff.

Then again there is also something about fandom I don't like here where it can overly be about "You ruined my childhood type emotions". Of course Lucas poisoned the well himself by not allowing both pieces of art to freely exist. A less egotistical person would have allowed the original vision to exist and be easily accessible even when doing that tinkering. Stupid analogy but kind of like Skyrim modding. Skyrim modding doesn't invalidate the original work. It exists along side it. And both are valued. But his ego is too big for that. He has to tell everybody, no I thought this guy should be like John Wayne. Trying to impose his vision beyond just creating the original work and letting it be. He's like the director's cut gone bad. He could easily say what he intended and that would be a valid part of the discussion. But he has to go back and change things to spite people just because they had a different interpretation than him.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #552 on:** November 30, 2015, 06:25:17 PM »

The idea of Greedo shooting first never particularly bothered me that much, it was more than the edit looked so laughably awful and cheap. No matter how many times Lucas went back and tinkered with the scene, it never looked anything other than something that was tacked on at a much later date.

Tasty · « **Reply #553 on:** December 01, 2015, 01:57:36 AM »

Best thing to come out of this franchise was this line in the RLM review for Revenge of the Sith:

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #554 on:** December 02, 2015, 02:27:14 PM »

Theres gonna be a han solo movie? Thanks disney

Atramental · « **Reply #555 on:** December 02, 2015, 05:54:25 PM »

Man... so much star wars on the horizon.

It makes me wonder if after the 15th or so movie there will be some real stinkers in the mix that will rival the prequels or worse... the holiday special.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #556 on:** December 02, 2015, 10:26:38 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on December 02, 2015, 02:27:14 PM

Theres gonna be a han solo movie? Thanks disney

ugh. present-day harrison ford cannot carry a film.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #557 on:** December 02, 2015, 10:30:33 PM »

Han Solo is a 13 year old boy living a scrappy life on the streets, Ford isn't involved

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #558 on:** December 02, 2015, 10:45:54 PM »

Can't wait for the scene where young Solo rescues Chewy from a wookie fighting ring and teaches him how to shoot a blaster.

Tasty · « **Reply #559 on:** December 02, 2015, 10:51:31 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #560 on:** December 03, 2015, 08:21:04 AM »

Gonna watch the despecialized Empire Strikes Back aaaw yeah

One good thing about being sick.at home with a sick kid

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #561 on:** December 03, 2015, 08:52:07 AM »

Quote from: WRATH VICE™ on December 02, 2015, 11:22:02 PM

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on December 02, 2015, 10:30:33 PM
Han Solo is a 13 year old boy living a scrappy life on the streets.

What Wrath, mad that MC Solo grew up tagging walls with graffiti and breakdancing?

Barry Egan · « **Reply #562 on:** December 03, 2015, 11:30:27 AM »

Quote from: CatsCatsCats on December 02, 2015, 10:30:33 PM

Han Solo is a 13 year old boy living a scrappy life on the streets, Ford isn't involved

Wow it's somehow even worse than I imagined.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #563 on:** December 03, 2015, 11:34:37 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on December 02, 2015, 10:26:38 PM

Quote from: Premium Lager on December 02, 2015, 02:27:14 PM
Theres gonna be a han solo movie? Thanks disney

ugh. present-day harrison ford cannot carry a film.

I don't think he can even stay sober enough to do a whole movie. No wonder they are replacing him with a 13 yearold.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #564 on:** December 03, 2015, 12:43:01 PM »

I wanna see new shit with new characters. Not dipping into the same shit's history over and over again. I understand this is the last part of the "trilogy" so a lot of the near future content will continue to keep referencing the Skywalker legacy and all that but ultimately I want them to create new shit instead of coasting over the same shit again and again.

I hate how the Terminator franchise is always stuck on the characters of Sarah Connor, John Conner, and Kyle Reese, etc. I eventually will feel the same about Star Wars. Create some new stuff that is good so its not just always nostalgia.

Tasty · « **Reply #565 on:** December 03, 2015, 12:44:48 PM »

Rogue One should have been a TV series IMO.

Han Solo prequel... whatever. It can work and he's as good a choice as any.

The rest, trash it.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #566 on:** December 03, 2015, 01:29:12 PM »

To be clear, I was bullshitting about 13, but it's not going to be Ford, and it is Disney, so don't be surprised if it's basically Star Wars Babies

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #567 on:** December 03, 2015, 01:35:42 PM »

Honestly, I think Han Solo's back story might be interesting enough to carry it's own movie. Just where did that scoundrel come from?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #568 on:** December 03, 2015, 03:28:47 PM »

Quote from: WRATH VICE™ on December 03, 2015, 01:32:47 PM

According to my brother they have an age range of 15-31 for casting, so you were pretty close

"13, 15, 31, it's all pretty close." ~Someone on GAF in the Marie Rose thread

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #569 on:** December 03, 2015, 04:42:56 PM »

A Han Solo origin story as a space gangster/scifi cops-and-robbers movie would be great.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #570 on:** December 08, 2015, 12:43:59 AM »

Quote

he father of the Star Wars franchise has seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens and is a fan...kind of?

LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy told THR that Lucas "really liked" the film after attending an early screening.

But when Vulture had the opportunity to ask Lucas to elaborate on his thoughts, he was less effusive. “I think the fans are going to love it,” he said. “It’s very much the kind of movie they’ve been looking for.”

lol. What a crabby old man.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #571 on:** December 08, 2015, 03:09:34 AM »

He makes it sound like the fans didn't get his vision, when in fact he produced 3 turds.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #572 on:** December 08, 2015, 01:50:21 PM »

I wonder if we'll ever hear what Lucas' original plan for VII-IX was?

Nine days to go, can't wait.

bork · « **Reply #573 on:** December 08, 2015, 01:55:32 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 08, 2015, 01:50:21 PM

I wonder if we'll ever hear what Lucas' original plan for VII-IX was?

Nine days to go, can't wait.

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Am_I_Anonymous · « **Reply #574 on:** December 12, 2015, 06:14:53 PM »

Not going to post an article with a pic but you may Google at your own leisure

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/stars-wars-toy-leaks-early-lucasfilm-tries-remove-232217812.html

Walmart

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #575 on:** December 12, 2015, 06:22:39 PM »

Feel like it's not a big deal.

toku · « **Reply #576 on:** December 15, 2015, 06:17:06 PM »

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #577 on:** December 15, 2015, 07:13:00 PM »

I just want to see the Mr Plinkett vid deconstructing all of it.

Mods Help · « **Reply #578 on:** December 15, 2015, 08:05:00 PM »

Quote from: toku on December 15, 2015, 06:17:06 PM

The "interview" with JJ felt straight out of Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast.

bork · « **Reply #579 on:** December 16, 2015, 01:57:15 PM »

(Apparent) spoilers if you're like me and don't give a shit:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Seriously, spoilers.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

-There's another deathstar. It's all new. Except it still has a weak point.

-Kylo Ren is Darth Vader's grandson. He serves an evil master and holy shit we've seen all this before.
-Luke is in the film for like a minute.
-Han Solo dies.
-This movie is a total Star Wars rehash.

[close]

Tasty · « **Reply #580 on:** December 16, 2015, 02:10:51 PM »

All of that except the second to last point was obvious from marketing material.

I sorta figured the other one based on some things, but it probably would have been better not knowing. Ah well.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #581 on:** December 16, 2015, 02:25:31 PM »

Quote from: bork laser on December 16, 2015, 01:57:15 PM

(Apparent) spoilers if you're like me and don't give a shit:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Seriously, spoilers.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
-There's another deathstar. It's all new. Except it still has a weak point.
-Kylo Ren is Darth Vader's grandson. He serves an evil master and holy shit we've seen all this before.
-Luke is in the film for like a minute.
-Han Solo dies.
-This movie is a total Star Wars rehash.
[close]
[close]

DON'T CARE. NOT THE PREQUELS. GONNA BE FUN.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #582 on:** December 16, 2015, 02:35:15 PM »

lol, so lame. Gonna find an imax or some shit anyway~

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #583 on:** December 16, 2015, 02:38:04 PM »

Bork just salty the female lead in this doesn't look 12 and have impossibly large tits

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #584 on:** December 16, 2015, 03:08:52 PM »

Quote from: Human Snorenado on December 16, 2015, 02:38:04 PM

Bork just salty the female lead in this doesn't look 12 and have impossibly large tits

Leia himesama

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #585 on:** December 16, 2015, 03:21:07 PM »

Quote from: bork laser on December 16, 2015, 01:57:15 PM

(Apparent) spoilers if you're like me and don't give a shit:
[. [/spoiler][/spoiler]

So, it's like the chiptunes version of your favorite song?

I'm just going for the space battles. All that other stuff is just extra.

Tasty · « **Reply #586 on:** December 16, 2015, 03:29:28 PM »

Chiptunes versions of your favorite song

Tasty · « **Reply #587 on:** December 16, 2015, 03:47:25 PM »

Love how all these nerd blogs which don't review movies suddenly falling over themselves to cum onto their keyboards for The Force Awakens.

Wired
Kotaku
The Verge
TechCrunch
Ars Technica

What's next?

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
THE DEFINITIVE COUNTRY LIVING REVIEW

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #588 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:02:58 PM »

Pretty much all those sites have reviewed comic book or big nerd movies before.

Tasty · « **Reply #589 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:05:22 PM »

I don't religiously read Kotaku so I dunno there, and I do know that The Verge does it (even for some non-nerd movies sometimes), but still.

Wired, TechCrunch, Ars Technica? Fuck I'm expecting Digital Foundry and Anandtech next.

Gotta make that Nerdboy $$$$ I guess.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #590 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:16:51 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on December 16, 2015, 03:47:25 PM

Love how all these nerd blogs which don't review movies suddenly falling over themselves to cum onto their keyboards for The Force Awakens.

Wired
Kotaku
The Verge
TechCrunch
Ars Technica

What's next?

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
THE DEFINITIVE COUNTRY LIVING REVIEW

I've been looking forward to the movie but have been getting a bit weary of having Star Wars put on ridiculously full blast.

But this is a pretty fucking dumb whine.

Tasty · « **Reply #591 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:17:36 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on December 16, 2015, 04:16:51 PM

I've been looking forward to the movie but have been getting a bit weary of having Star Wars put on ridiculously full blast.

But this is a pretty fucking dumb whine.

Hello my name is Tasty Meat, have we met?

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #592 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:21:57 PM »

I'm honestly not even sure anymore

Tasty · « **Reply #593 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:30:34 PM »

...would you like to?

VomKriege · « **Reply #594 on:** December 16, 2015, 04:45:04 PM »

Quote from: bork laser on December 16, 2015, 01:57:15 PM

(Apparent) spoilers if you're like me and don't give a shit:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Seriously, spoilers.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
-There's another deathstar. It's all new. Except it still has a weak point.
-Kylo Ren is Darth Vader's grandson. He serves an evil master and holy shit we've seen all this before.
-Luke is in the film for like a minute.
-Han Solo dies.
-This movie is a total Star Wars rehash.
[close]
[close]

Thank you. The GAF thread wasn't able to convey this in over 15 pages.
Honestly I'm pretty numb to the idea of seeing the movie anyway.

Also my alarm bells are ringing off with the "Yeah character X / plot thread Y gonna be explored in the other movies". I want to see a movie, not an exposition dump or infomercial for the franchise.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #595 on:** December 16, 2015, 05:05:30 PM »

Can't wait for a few months to pass, when we can all agree that this movie was a steaming pile of shit.

El Babua · « **Reply #596 on:** December 16, 2015, 06:17:10 PM »

Always figured it would be solid, even if not remarkable.

Good base for the next two films to kick it up a notch.

chronovore · « **Reply #597 on:** December 16, 2015, 06:19:59 PM »

I read the WIRED review right up until the first major spoiler in it, and made myself stop reading. I want to experience this whole thing with as little foreknowledge as possible, and I was surprised to find a few there.

Then there's this:

benjipwns · « **Reply #598 on:** December 17, 2015, 04:19:54 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on December 16, 2015, 04:45:04 PM

Thank you. The GAF thread wasn't able to convey this in over 15 pages.
Honestly I'm pretty numb to the idea of seeing the movie anyway.

Also my alarm bells are ringing off with the "Yeah character X / plot thread Y gonna be explored in the other movies". I want to see a movie, not an exposition dump or infomercial for the franchise.

85 page illustrated PDF that's "99% accurate" https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByQR6taehVh7MUdKLWdLRUx5eG8/view

Regarding two things what bork posted in more detail and one other:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

gonna

spoiler (click to show/hide)

spoil breh

spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Main plot is Luke is missing and everybody wants to find him cuz he's Mark Hamill and they need someone to voice The Joker again
-Extra bonus black kid also has the force cuz why not, of course he does, is a big failure at everything for the entire movie
-Kylo is Han/Leia's son named Ben who Luke fucked up somehow when he ran some shitty Jedi Academy that failed with everybody else dying
-Rey, who also has the force and never knew her parents, is sent by Leia to meet some dude at the end who turns around and is Luke and...THE MOVIE IMMEDIATELY ENDS YOU EXCITED FOR EPISODE EIGHT IN 2017 WHEN THINGS WILL BE SETUP FOR EPISODE NINE IN 2019?!?!?!?!?

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"It's complete garbage. 9.5/10." - IGN.com

benjipwns · « **Reply #599 on:** December 17, 2015, 04:40:02 AM »

lol reading some of these reviews...no plot stuff should be in any of these quotes, I tried to delete all:

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From the iconic opening crawl through the wordless last frames of "Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens," director J.J. Abrams steers pop-culture's most beloved sci-fi saga in an exhilarating new direction.

This is what he was handpicked to do. But the fact that he achieves such breathless velocity so quickly is not just a testament to his hardcore fandom (having seen the original "Star Wars" at the age of 11) but his well-deserved reputation as Hollywood's reboot master, injecting new life into the "Mission Impossible" and "Star Trek" franchises in recent years.

The result is a "Star Wars" film that intelligently (and shamelessly) refracts the best angles of its predecessors, particularly "Episode IV — A New Hope" and "Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back," while checking nearly every imaginable box on fans' wish lists. It's the "Star Wars" movie we've been waiting for, and the one we didn't know we needed.

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Although this reviewer saw the film in 2-D, a sense of figurative depth pervaded each scene.

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Still, the seemingly endless notes Abrams needed to hit, from rejuvenating a multibillion dollar franchise to crafting a riveting standalone drama that just happens to take place amid lightsabers and space battles, would have exhausted a lesser soul.

But a great "Star Wars" movie is more than just a symphony whose conductor intertwines dozens of elements with dynamic flair. It's a rousing expedition in search of the humanity (conflicted and wounded though it may be) amid all this exotic spectacle.

Abrams, well aware of the stakes, is our able guide.

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IT is increasingly likely that at some point in the future, every film will be remade.

Even the seemingly untouchable and iconic ones – like, say, Star Wars – will get a re-imagining centuries from now.

If someone 100 years in the future is bold/stupid enough to remake the original 1977 saga-spawning game-changing sci-fi classic, they would do well to check out J.J. Abrams’ sterling effort with Episode VII.

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Add in the fact this has the best acting, best dialogue, best direction, and best cinematography of any film in the entire franchise, and the prequels don’t stand a chance. It doesn’t have the myth-making quality of the original – nothing can – nor does it have a stack of classic moments, but nonetheless this is technically a better crafted film than any of its predecessors.

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There is also a dark air to this that, while certainly no darker than the deepest pockets of episodes III and V, stamps this as a film for the older fans. The slapstick of Jar Jar Binks and twee annoyances of young ‘Ani’ Skywalker are nowhere to be seen, thank the maker. It’s largely bloodless, but its M rating is warranted.

Also wat at this review:

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Frankly, there's no stand-out signature set piece in Episode VII to compare, say, to the trench dive in the original, the asteroid chase in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), or the brilliant Yoda vs Dooku duel in Attack of the Clones (2002). (Just to name a few.)

That's the duel in the series you're going to pick breh?

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Author Topic: It's 20XX and people are mad online about Star War! (Read 557441 times)