Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[automaton]

it appears that the Falcon is taking off from the same planet as Ridley / Boyega's characters are on... perhaps the ship is a hand me down from her father?

 

[buzzybean]

Re: Star Wars: Episode VII (12/18/15) Discussion Thread

Yeah.. um.. Anthony Daniels is almost as big a Star Wars whore as Rick Mccallum.

I loved reading McCallum's quick interviews in the Insider during the whole PT thing. They always made it sound like he was so busy and could only answer a few questions when in reality he was so disgusted with himself and all the lies he told about how great the movies were going to be...LOL

 

[buzzybean]

SW 100% awesome
ESB 100% awesome
ROTJ 50% awesome

Mix those 3 together = 1 billion % awesome


TPM 5% awesome
AOTC 0% awesome
ROTS 5% awesome

Mix those 3 together = A BIG PILE OF CRAP!

I now finally realize...I hate this franchise!

 

[spindrift]

The new girl visually reminds me of Natalie P. and that ruins it for me!

 

[buzzybean]

Pretty positive that the above trailer description is legit. Both start with Oscar Isaac and end with Millenium Falcon.

Would you care to rethink this...LOL

 

[Xenoburger_]

I have a theory that's a biiiig stretch and I've put very little thought into it.

So we've got Strange Face going around and collecting ancient Sith artifacts, there's some sort of "awakening", and wasn't Darth Bane made Canon by being in the last season of the Clone Wars?

Hmmm...

 

[buzzybean]

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As I suspected, we'll get a Krayt Dragon in this episode.

 

[Matt S]

The new girl visually reminds me of Natalie P. and that ruins it for me!

Ah, ok....yeah......um, no!

 

[TaliBane]

Us old timers just need to begin accepting that everything in modern cinema will move like it has no weight to it.

LOL...you will never get the OT feel again from another Star Wars film...JJ is making Star Trek here but with SW characters in the SW universe.

I wonder what this film would have come out like with Matthew Vaughn at the helm (as he was originally supposed to be before JJ.)

Yes.
Fisher has publicly discussed her problems with drugs, her struggle with bipolar disorder, and her overcoming an addiction to prescription medication

It is funny how Fisher's drug/alcohol battles get all the coverage (mainly because she loves to discuss,) but HF - the stoner/alcoholic king - gets barely a mention.

This Star Wars thing is already feeling played out and it ain't even December 2015 yet.

I'm getting 1999, 2002, 2005 vibes from all this hype.

The new girl visually reminds me of Natalie P. and that ruins it for me!

Definitely 1999... but TPM teaser was one of the best teasers of all time.

Puzzling teaser..

Bring on the Hamill.

Yeah... HELLO!

Artist Phil Noto put this on twitter

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That looks like a made-for-youtube fan movie that coughed up big bucks for a professional poster.

 

[TaliBane]

Ah, ok....yeah......um, no!

Not sure what you mean - that shot could have been intercut with Portman from the PT. She looks like her and the costume looks close.

 

[j97e1]

Artist Phil Noto put this on twitter

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Thanks, set it up as desktop

 

[TonTon]

Thanks, set it up as desktop

Nice poster but a true Star Wars poster would have a bit more going on characters wise.

 

[automaton]

considering the facts given, i would say it is about as possibly "true" as it can be at this point.

 

[Kamandi]

The new girl visually reminds me of Natalie P. and that ruins it for me!

There were some decent actors wasted in those films, Portman included. She can only do so much with lines like "Anakin you're breaking my heart!" (oh god the flashbacks...)

 

[TonTon]

There were some decent actors wasted in those films, Portman included. She can only do so much with lines like "Anakin you're breaking my heart!" (oh god the flashbacks...)

I've never seen good actors acting so poorly as in the prequels. I blame the direction and writing and overuse of green screen settings. In comparison some directors can get great performances out of actors that you wouldn't expect to give a great performance. Post SW, Lucas was clearly not one of them unfortunately.

 

[TonTon]

The nice thing about the sequel trilogy too is that we don't all know where it's going. There was not one ounce of suspense in the prequels. We knew nearly everything important that would happen, it was just a matter of watching it take place.

 

[Matt S]

The nice thing about the sequel trilogy too is that we don't all know where it's going. There was not one ounce of suspense in the prequels. We knew nearly everything important that would happen, it was just a matter of watching it take place.

I agree overall; I did feel suspense in the final movie. I had fear Old George would screw up the Anakin to Vader transformation.....and he did...!

 

[Kamandi]

The nice thing about the sequel trilogy too is that we don't all know where it's going. There was not one ounce of suspense in the prequels. We knew nearly everything important that would happen, it was just a matter of watching it take place.

Agreed. No more "this story takes place between the events of (storyname) and (storyname)." The history lessons are finally over.

 

[YoNoSe]

So gross reading how pleased some people are that their perception of the trailer is a failure. Like it, cool Don't like it, cool. LOLing that you think it sucks? You're a ****ing loser.

 

[TaliBane]

So gross reading how pleased some people are that their perception of the trailer is a failure. Like it, cool Don't like it, cool. LOLing that you think it sucks? You're a ****ing loser.

Is this what mods mean by "bypassing the filter"? (sorry to use your post YoNoSe...)