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Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Pretty sure I saw Fett's silouette as one of Dryden Vos's henchmen...

He had that bounty hunter suit in his quarters, so maybe it could’ve been someone else.
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

It's just a movie. It'll be alright. No more tears.

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He had that bounty hunter suit in his quarters, so maybe it could’ve been someone else.

I kept thinking it was going to move - like it was one of his guards. With it slightly out of focus and the bright backlight, you really couldn't tell until further in to the scene.

But then I missed the Two Tubes and the rodian bits.:dunno
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

I probably enjoyed JL more than Solo.

I'm shocked (looking at your DC sig):lol

I was very much in the middle with Solo, but will give it another viewing this week. What's funny is that it ticked fan service boxes I didn't even pick up on - and I really know SW (Lando's pronunciation of "Han" in ESB - explained - I didn't click with immediately.):lol
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Watched it twice in last few days.
It's a mess of a movie but I still liked quite a bit of it.
I found it all strangely distant - didn't engage the viewer. Ironically my biggest gripes were with the story/ lack of decent script dialogue and the story progression.
But when it worked it was good fun. Some of it was genuinely spectacular visually.
And it was a hell of a lot better than The Last Jedi.
I didn't have terribly high expectations and I wasn't disappointed - and it was cool to see some new characters and storylines in a SW movie.

Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Rogue One
Revenge of The Sith
Return of The Jedi
Solo
The Force Awakens
The Phantom Menace
Attack of The Clones
Caravan OF Courage
 
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Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Somehow I forgot that this movie also showed us that Han will shoot first :lol Lordy.

One thing I realized early in watching Solo, but has been more obvious to me after watching is that the Han from the first Star Wars movie is much more of a self interested bad *** than the one we see in Solo. The return at the end of the film to save Luke was surprising. But after watching Solo, it is 100% predictable. He truly is an altruistic person above all else, who always does the right thing. So, that's one other thing I guess the filmmakers felt that they needed to remind us of, since we had seen it before. Or maybe they just wanted to show us beyond any doubt, over and over that he's a likable character we should care about. But in either case, it doesn't do a good job of establishing who this guy is when we first see him IMO.

If you're trying to find excuses for the filmmakers here, I guess you could say that the way he gets betrayed at the end helps to inform the cynical character we see in Star Wars, but. . .his line toward Harrelson's character about predicting his betrayal is counter to that. Han already expects betrayal, but seems gleeful about it when it happens? Instead of a bit sad and disappointed? And he still is acting altruistically, giving the space fuel to the little Mad Max kids. I guess he does make sense if you think of this guy as the same character we see in Return of the Jedi, but. . .Woody Harrelson is more like Han in this movie than Han is.

Makes sense. :duff

Right now I've got it fourth as well but with a slightly different line-up.

1. ESB
2. SW
3. RO (better villains and third act than Solo)
4. Solo (better heroes and first/second acts than RO)
5. ROTJ
6. TLJ
7. TFA

8. TPM (which just got a major boost from Solo)



9. ROTS
10. AOTC
Hmm, my current list is like this:

1) Star Wars
2) Empire


3) Return of the Jedi

4) Force Awakens



5) Last Jedi/Rogue One
6) Solo

7) Prequels

I don't think I'll see anything below number 4 on my list again anytime in the foreseeable future, if at all. And I've only seen Force Awakens 2 times I think, because I saw it with my daughter.

I think Last Jedi did swerve the audience too much just for the sake of swerving the audience, and as time goes on I think I care less and less for it. But at least it had some original ideas.
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

One thing I realized early in watching Solo, but has been more obvious to me after watching is that the Han from the first Star Wars movie is much more of a self interested bad *** than the one we see in Solo. The return at the end of the film to save Luke was surprising. But after watching Solo, it is 100% predictable. He truly is an altruistic person above all else, who always does the right thing. So, that's one other thing I guess the filmmakers felt that they needed to remind us of, since we had seen it before. Or maybe they just wanted to show us beyond any doubt, over and over that he's a likable character we should care about. But in either case, it doesn't do a good job of establishing who this guy is when we first see him IMO.


That's because the Han Solo you see in Solo isn't the Solo you see in the first Star Wars. They're two completely different characters.

This movie was just made up. It doesn't count. Original Han was smuggling spices and DRUGS with Chewie before the events of Star Wars, not "fuel cells". ****ing Disney.
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Is it just me, or did
Darth Maul
gain a lot of weight, and acquire a British accent?

Ray gained some cheeks recently, yeah.
Otherwise he's still in good shape and can kick everyone's *****.

The voice over is by the same guy who played him in Clone Wars and Rebels.
He does British accent on purpose, in TPM the character was voiced by a British actor.
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Lol people talk about grace but I wonder how they feel about Kim Kardashian

I can't stand any of the reality stars. They are famous and people emulate them and they offer nothing to society. Very vapid and idiotic people. If I win the lottery I am making a new titanic and inviting them on it and sending it on a one voyage to iceberg island.
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

That's because the Han Solo you see in Solo isn't the Solo you see in the first Star Wars. They're two completely different characters.

This movie was just made up. It doesn't count. Original Han was smuggling spices and DRUGS with Chewie before the events of Star Wars, not "fuel cells". ****ing Disney.

The refined spice was the drug. Han was a drug runner.

It was a bit of a cop-out to have him do the Kessel run from the spice mines of Kessel, but not actually be carrying the drugs associated with the run.

But what could Disney do?
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Don’t forget Han was also transporting prostitutes and children for slave labor and sex trafficking.

C’mon Han ole buddy don’t let me down lol
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

That's because the Han Solo you see in Solo isn't the Solo you see in the first Star Wars. They're two completely different characters.

This movie was just made up. It doesn't count. Original Han was smuggling spices and DRUGS with Chewie before the events of Star Wars, not "fuel cells". ****ing Disney.

This is the second SW movie plot in 6 months that trades heavily on spaceship fuel. It's funny because fuel just never really comes up in the OT.

My guess is they went for sparkly-fuel because it's more kid friendly than space-ganja (aka "spice") and sexy droid ladies or whatever else SW underworld types trade and fight over.

Don’t forget Han was also transporting prostitutes and children for slave labor and sex trafficking.

C’mon Han ole buddy don’t let me down lol

Your sig fave Donatella would have been an awesome gangster moll for Vos, like Yarna/Jabba's fat dancer.

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Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

the Han Solo you see in Solo isn't the Solo you see in the first Star Wars.
They're two completely different characters.
That's a nobrainer tho, isn't it?
Pando isn't Lando either.

Still a good movie tho.
 
Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

The refined spice was the drug. Han was a drug runner.

It was a bit of a cop-out to have him do the Kessel run from the spice mines of Kessel, but not actually be carrying the drugs associated with the run.

But what could Disney do?

Accurately depict the character. Lucasfilm really does think its audience is stupid. They thought they could get away with TLJ.
 
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