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leemajors
12-24-2015, 11:19 PM
Haven't seen the movie because fuck crowds. But I did just finish the novelization. So while I can't really comment on the visuals or directing, I can talking about the storyline and spoilers.

SPOILERS -- though at this point, people should know to just stay out of this thread.

I thought both Finn and Rey became weaker characters as the story went on. Finn never had that air of being a supercharged badass, which I really liked. But after opening act had him and Rey forming a pretty solid partnership, he really lost almost all of his power. Dude was supposed to be an awesome marksman, but they totally take away his gun for the final act. Instead of him growing into the role of legit fighter, he was pretty much relegated to be emotional support for Rey and to be the damsel in distress. And he gets friend-zoned while in a coma. How sad is that?

His arc can totally be redeemed in the following movies by him either learning he's force-sensitive or figuring out how to be a worthwhile character despite having no force powers (like Jango and Bobo). I don't see why he can't become better with a lightsaber anyway. But I could also see him being completely marginalized in the next movies to make room for the Poe/Rey lovefest. I actually don't know what would be worse for Finn: For him to let himself be cucked by Poe or for him to be part of a stupid-ass love triangle.

Rey was best when she was a resourceful girl, kinda like a female Han Solo. Her being able to defend herself was cool, and as I said, she and Finn formed a solid partnership, which is something you rarely see between men and women in movies. The fact that they essentially took the qualities of Luke, Han and Leia and shuffled and combined them into two characters was very welcome for me, as it took away a lot of the fat that hung on the trio in the original trilogy.

Things started to fall apart as soon as she got the messiah treatment. After that, she pretty much got every cool point. The producers want to act like her arc is new or even not worn out, but it is. Shit, pretty much every movie made about a female YA book has girls who are combat savants and who end up becoming way too powerful for any logical progression to justify. If we have to watch two more movies of her becoming the space version of Katniss, it might completely kill the series for me. I have no issue with her being a Jedi, but damn it if she is going to just be able to do everything on her own because the producers are determined to secure support from feminists.

Ren wasn't bad to me. What was wrong with his character is what's wrong with the whole series. It's never made sense that you only have two choices when using the force. Games like KOTOR tried to show that there was a lot of gray area. I don't get why it would be hard to just have Jedi powers while being able to think for yourself? And since when is having emotions NOT okay for the dark side? It seems like they would be the group that would allow themselves to act viscerally while the light side is all disciplined. Then you have the true id/superego dichotomy.

I think the final battle would have been stronger had Rey used the saber teamed up with Finn (who's using a blaster) to hold off Ren. Sort of like the final battle of Windwaker. Like Ren can't finished off Rey because he has to keep deflecting Finn's shots, but he can't force-push Finn away because Rey attacks anytime he tries. Then, you could have Ren go balls out and wound Finn before Rey strikes him. Would get you to the same situation while keeping everyone's integrity.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-11-biggest-differences-between-the-book-and-movie-v-1749329046

some interesting differences

Chinook
12-24-2015, 11:57 PM
For the most part, it seems like the book just had more connective tissue, which is what it's supposed to do. As I believe I've said already, I still intend to see the movie. I just wanted to make sure I didn't get things spoiled for me before I got the chance. But I do really like that I went the book route too. You'd think the added material was canonized by Disney, so the implications are probably accurate. In fact, the novel is probably more reliable than Abrams' opinion. I will totally be reading the book for the next movie as well.

Chinook
12-25-2015, 12:02 AM
But yeah, that speeder scene is a perfect example of the good from Finn's and Rey's relationship. Their chemistry in those moments was really good, and it's a shame that didn't seem to come across on screen. That makes it an even bigger shame that they didn't have them take on Ren in a cooperative fashion rather than that tag-team bull.

Reck
12-25-2015, 02:19 AM
So... basically you are a moron?

Got it :tu

Says the buttburt mavs fan. :lol

leemajors
12-25-2015, 08:50 AM
Finally saw it. Visually and musically it was the least inspired SW film imo. I can't recall Williams phoning in a SW score like this but then I can't blame him based on the movie.
Also, I'm probably one of the few people pissed JJ used a flashback when Lucas was adamant not to use them but whatever.

It felt more like fan fiction than SW to me but there were some sequences and characters I liked, so in that context I'll give it 7/10.


yeah in that flashback it seems to infer she was trained at a young age then hidden. Maybe Luke's daughter, perhaps he creampied another Jedi which would make Rey very powerful imo.

Admittedly, I did a microdose (1 gram) of mushrooms about an hour before I went, and smoked a large bowl, but some of the visual effects bothered me - especially the super star destroyer flyby scenes. It just looked kinda blurry in a lot of spots. There is a certain standard set by 2001, and some of the effects were just not up to par. But overall, I enjoyed it despite the rehashing.

djohn2oo8
12-25-2015, 09:32 AM
Harrison ford made 25 mill for his appearance, compared to the rest of the cast
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/harrison-ford-star-wars-pay-force-awakens-cast-1201666236/

djohn2oo8
12-25-2015, 09:33 AM
Movie projected to make 1 billion by end of weekend

http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/star-wars-box-office-force-awakens-1201667605/

lefty
12-25-2015, 12:01 PM
Kill that POS Avatar pls

DeadlyDynasty
12-25-2015, 12:12 PM
Should I see it or not?

lefty
12-25-2015, 01:32 PM
Should I see it or not?

You will.

DeadlyDynasty
12-25-2015, 01:56 PM
You will.
Not necessarily...never saw Episode 3 tbh, and have expunged 1 and 2 from my memory

leemajors
12-25-2015, 02:26 PM
Should I see it or not?

I liked it, I wasn't expecting a whole lot.

djohn2oo8
12-25-2015, 07:44 PM
Not necessarily...never saw Episode 3 tbh, and have expunged 1 and 2 from my memory

Episode 3 was great. And I just saw TFA for a second time this time in 3D. I enjoyed the story even better this time. Kylo Ren is underrated by some here.

Reck
12-25-2015, 08:07 PM
Kill that POS Avatar pls

:lol





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Avatar (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm)
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$2,788.0
$760.5
27.3%
$2,027.5
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars7.htm)
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$813.5
$391.1
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$422.4
51.9%
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Long way to go to catch the all time world wide box office record.

HI-FI
12-25-2015, 08:10 PM
Admittedly, I did a microdose (1 gram) of mushrooms about an hour before I went, and smoked a large bowl, but some of the visual effects bothered me - especially the super star destroyer flyby scenes. It just looked kinda blurry in a lot of spots. There is a certain standard set by 2001, and some of the effects were just not up to par. But overall, I enjoyed it despite the rehashing.
:lol the psychedelics probably made it worse. When I was smoking a lot I'd watch movies like the prequels and just focus on the effects. It's like the weed slowed things down so I could really notice the compositing. I'd struggle with the overall movie more, like the tapestry wasn't coming together, but I could see all the stitching.

The visuals bothered me in the sense that the lighting, camera movements, editing etc... didnt feel like SW. Lucas is much better at world building than JJ imo. Still the dialogue is much better so it's a trade off.


Not necessarily...never saw Episode 3 tbh, and have expunged 1 and 2 from my memory
I think you should see it. I wasn't that interested in this new one and while not a huge fan I don't regret seeing it.

leemajors
12-25-2015, 08:43 PM
:lol the psychedelics probably made it worse. When I was smoking a lot I'd watch movies like the prequels and just focus on the effects. It's like the weed slowed things down so I could really notice the compositing. I'd struggle with the overall movie more, like the tapestry wasn't coming together, but I could see all the stitching.

The visuals bothered me in the sense that the lighting, camera movements, editing etc... didnt feel like SW. Lucas is much better at world building than JJ imo. Still the dialogue is much better so it's a trade off.


I think you should see it. I wasn't that interested in this new one and while not a huge fan I don't regret seeing it.

:tu psychadelics help me sit there in a theater, it was a low dose so i just zoned out and enjoyed the movie :lol but if i had taken just a bit more you would be right

mingus
12-25-2015, 10:38 PM
I thought it was a good movie.

The biggest problem I have with it is that in a storyline & drama sense there's a lot going on still with the old characters & The Resistance (ie the Empire's re-emergence in the First Order, the void that's been left with Luke going away, The Resistance needing, trying to get him back, Princess/General Leia's & Han's changed/broken relationship, Kylo Ren's hatred for his father & loyalty to Darth Vader & the Darkside, KR's disloyalty to Leia) but they weren't given the due screen time to do it justice.

Basically a lot of the storyline & drama hinges on shit happening to the older characters while the newer ones are given screen time priority by quite a bit. I thought that the transition from old-to-new characters definitely needed to happen, but it wasn't as balanced as it needed & I hoped it would be given that the old characters still have a big stake in the plot.

They've got 2 other movies to flesh out the new characters more.

lefty
12-25-2015, 10:46 PM
Not necessarily...never saw Episode 3 tbh, and have expunged 1 and 2 from my memory

But you did watch eps 4-5-6 right?


Episode 7 is close to the originals

Prequels were shit

lefty
12-25-2015, 10:46 PM
Episode 3 was great. And I just saw TFA for a second time this time in 3D. I enjoyed the story even better this time. Kylo Ren is underrated by some here.

how is it in 3d tbh?

I watched it 2nd time today, but it was a bootleg this time :lol

djohn2oo8
12-26-2015, 05:46 AM
how is it in 3d tbh?

I watched it 2nd time today, but it was a bootleg this time :lol

It's amazing in 3D tbh.

djohn2oo8
12-26-2015, 12:41 PM
:lol





1
Avatar (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm)
Fox
$2,788.0
$760.5
27.3%
$2,027.5
72.7%
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars7.htm)
BV
$813.5
$391.1
48.1%
$422.4
51.9%
2015



Long way to go to catch the all time world wide box office record.
Remember, it hasn't opened in China yet.

jeebus
12-26-2015, 01:59 PM
:lol at the neckbeards in here.

Boogie Munster
12-26-2015, 02:56 PM
Remember, it hasn't opened in China yet.

I read it ended up 2nd in Japan behind some anime lol

lefty
12-26-2015, 09:53 PM
:lol at the neckbeards in here.

Watch it, I'm learning to use the Force

lefty
12-26-2015, 09:54 PM
It's amazing in 3D tbh.

Thanks

Biernutz
12-27-2015, 01:49 AM
I liked it...it kept the Star Wars type of theme and didn't try to wow you with with any other kind
of space movie....Harrison Ford had more of a role than I thought he would. I will see the next one as
I was satisfied with this one. I recommend it. I saw it in the standard movie format. I was going to
see it in 3D but I read they only filmed 30% of the movie with projectors that were for 3D format. The other
70% of the movie was digitized 3D. Kind of like Avatar was. They also said the IMAX version of 7 was better than the 3D.

benefactor
12-27-2015, 12:13 PM
Billion dollars worldwide in nine days. Just nuts.

DMX7
12-27-2015, 12:15 PM
Billion dollars worldwide in nine days. Just nuts.

http://fortune.com/2015/12/27/star-wars-record-pace/


Faster clip than any film in history

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” showed few signs of flagging over Christmas weekend, barreling past the $1 billion mark globally at a faster clip than any film in history.

It’s becoming old hat to recount the various ways that the seventh film in the science-fiction fantasy is vaporizing records, but, familiar or not, “The Force Awakens” once again ground down high-water marks over the holidays, racking up $153.5 million domestically.

That represents both the biggest Christmas holiday result and the best second weekend for a film in history. Domestically, “The Force Awakens” has grossed a mammoth $544.6 million. Worldwide that figure is nearly $1.1 billion.

DMX7
12-27-2015, 05:24 PM
A lot of people are watching this movie multiple times... that's how it's going to reach #1 all time. I think it's almost a certainty that it will reach that status.

LaMarcus Bryant
12-27-2015, 09:46 PM
Why would anyone see this more than once lol
Any adult I mean.
Plot was weak as fuck

vander
12-27-2015, 10:20 PM
JJ Abrams is a hack, this was college 101 group project level

how the fuck did this guy get both the Star Trek reboot and Star Wars 7?

I'm glad all the people who paid to see this are 1 billion+ poorer, they deserve worse tbh

Reck
12-27-2015, 10:37 PM
Seriously I dont get people who pay more than once to seea movie. I wouldn't even do it for my favorite film.

Also, people are watching it again and again in 3D and IMAX which is like 25-30 bucks a pop. :lol

DMX7
12-28-2015, 12:09 AM
Seriously I dont get people who pay more than once to seea movie. I wouldn't even do it for my favorite film.

Also, people are watching it again and again in 3D and IMAX which is like 25-30 bucks a pop. :lol

It's like half that price. But I agree on not seeing my favorite movies at the theater more than once. Of course I buy the good ones on blu-ray to have in my collection though.

TDMVPDPOY
12-28-2015, 12:34 AM
they going to do a han solo spin off movie...lmao milking the cash cow, sooner or later viewers will judge it as total shit...only the original trilogy makes sense

djohn2oo8
12-28-2015, 08:05 AM
To those saying the plot was weak, did you even understand it?

jeebus
12-28-2015, 11:15 AM
To those saying the plot was weak, did you even understand it?
look at his location. that should explain it all. I remember giving away old ass shoes for a shoe drive at school for that c:loluntry.

RandomGuy
12-28-2015, 01:56 PM
Billion dollars worldwide in nine days. Just nuts.

That's just box office.

Think about all the licensed crap everywhere...

LaMarcus Bryant
12-28-2015, 02:37 PM
To those saying the plot was weak, did you even understand it?

Did you understand that it was basically a star wars remake not a star wars sequel?

The degree to which it ripped off a new hope was fucking unnecessary

Mitch
12-28-2015, 05:10 PM
Did you understand that it was basically a star wars remake not a star wars sequel?

The degree to which it ripped off a new hope was fucking unnecessary

The only rip off is another death star with another simple weak spot :lol

The rest is just a good mimicry of Lucas' storytelling. People who compare Rei to Luke and emo kid to Vader are clueless :lol

Reck
12-28-2015, 05:14 PM
The only rip off is another death star with another simple weak spot :lol

The rest is just a good mimicry of Lucas' storytelling. People who compare Rei to Luke and emo kid to Vader are clueless :lol

I dont know about Rey and Luke but Kylo Ren was an emo young Anakin. Did you not see the shitty sequels or what? :lol

Kylo Ren also wants to be Vader so bad is not even funny.

Mitch
12-28-2015, 07:09 PM
I dont know about Rey and Luke but Kylo Ren was an emo young Anakin. Did you not see the shitty sequels or what? :lol

Kylo Ren also wants to be Vader so bad is not even funny.

I saw Phantom Menace on day 1, but I felt like it was very average because of the stupid pacing it had. I saw the others eventually, years after release, and liked episode 3 almost as much as Epsiode 6 (which is heavily overrated, tbh).

Anakin was a shit character until the end of e3, but Kylo is off to a better start and in a different direction. Nobody likes a whiny brat and they did good by letting him get his ass beaten, but I wager his portrayal of a teenage sith is pretty spot on.

leemajors
12-28-2015, 08:10 PM
I saw Phantom Menace on day 1, but I felt like it was very average because of the stupid pacing it had. I saw the others eventually, years after release, and liked episode 3 almost as much as Epsiode 6 (which is heavily overrated, tbh).

Anakin was a shit character until the end of e3, but Kylo is off to a better start and in a different direction. Nobody likes a whiny brat and they did good by letting him get his ass beaten, but I wager his portrayal of a teenage sith is pretty spot on.

Yup, pretty much how Anakin should have been.

lefty
12-28-2015, 09:27 PM
Agreed

DPG21920
12-29-2015, 11:27 AM
Harrison ford made 25 mill for his appearance, compared to the rest of the cast
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/harrison-ford-star-wars-pay-force-awakens-cast-1201666236/

The Kobe contract

DMX7
12-29-2015, 11:33 AM
The Kobe contract

Truth Bomb.

That's so wrong. Ridley only made $100-$300K and she was the real star and she turned in a great performance. The movie would have been just fine without Harrison Ford and they gave him $25M? He probably legitimately didn't want to do it and the money pulled him back in.

lefty
12-29-2015, 11:36 AM
Ford wanted Han to die in ROTJ

So they offered him 25 mil for 10 minutes and his wish


ALPHA negotiations

DMX7
12-29-2015, 12:48 PM
Ford wanted Han to die in ROTJ

So they offered him 25 mil for 10 minutes and his wish


ALPHA negotiations

That is Alpha, but it was Beta and selfish when Kobe did it because he did it at the expense of his team when he clearly wasn't worth it.

Ford helped deliver box office gold even if I personally could have lived with him not in it.

DPG21920
12-29-2015, 12:56 PM
Truth Bomb.

That's so wrong. Ridley only made $100-$300K and she was the real star and she turned in a great performance. The movie would have been just fine without Harrison Ford and they gave him $25M? He probably legitimately didn't want to do it and the money pulled him back in.

On one hand I agree - she should have made more money, but she has way more to go and she will with this success. Han has been a huge character and a huge draw and with all the money they are making he deserves his money.

DMX7
12-29-2015, 01:02 PM
On one hand I agree - she should have made more money, but she has way more to go and she will with this success. Han has been a huge character and a huge draw and with all the money they are making he deserves his money.

I read he only made like $40K for the first movie and he seems to hate putting up with Star Wars fans, so this may be backpay in a way. Still too much for his role but I agree he deserved a good size paycheck (at least 8 figures).

Chinook
12-29-2015, 01:56 PM
Ten figures is in the billions. Don't think Ford deserved that.

DMX7
12-29-2015, 02:00 PM
Ten figures is in the billions. Don't think Ford deserved that.

:lol Sorry, I meant 8 figures. 10 figures if you count the cents, I suppose.

Xevious
12-29-2015, 02:30 PM
Finally saw the movie and have some random thoughts:

The acting and screenplay were much better than the prequels. There were no Hayden Christensen levels of suckage among the cast. The one person that did bother me was Carrie Fisher, who seems to have lost any acting chops she once had, but for a small role it was okay. And no actor was stumbling over the awkward dialogue like they were in the prequels.

The Death Star plot is played out. It should never have been brought back. And why is it that each one is easier and easier to destroy?

People complaining about Kylo Ren have legitimate reason. He was built up as a badass with unique abilities at the beginning of the movie, then throughout the movie he becomes more and more an angry teenager with no real power even amount the First Order. Him struggling with being "seduced by the light side" is just weird. I'm not sure there's any way he can be redeemed as a good villain after getting his ass handed to him with such ease.

I'm interested to see where they go with Rey's storyline. Obviously she's supposed to be powerful, probably even trained by Luke at a young age. There's a reason the movie is called The Force Awakens. Coming into contact with Anakin/Luke's saber and Kylo Ren probing around in her mind unlocked something in her subconscious.

And last, seeing Luke at the end was cool. I'm excited to see where they go with him. Hopefully they don't go for a quick death and have him stick around, even if it's just a small role.

Spurminator
12-29-2015, 05:20 PM
The one person that did bother me was Carrie Fisher, who seems to have lost any acting chops she once had

Her parts were painful to watch, tbh, but she was never that great at acting.

Reck
12-29-2015, 07:51 PM
Truth Bomb.

That's so wrong. Ridley only made $100-$300K and she was the real star and she turned in a great performance. The movie would have been just fine without Harrison Ford and they gave him $25M? He probably legitimately didn't want to do it and the money pulled him back in.

This is normal for new actors.

You cant expect someone who comes out of nowhere to be making 50 millions a movie.

Now that she has this movie under her belt she can negotiate for more.

benefactor
12-29-2015, 07:51 PM
Her parts were painful to watch, tbh, but she was never that great at acting.
She's fucking nuts too. In an interview recently they asked her what advise she gave Daisy Ridley and she basically told her not to fuck the whole crew like she did.:lol

RD2191
12-29-2015, 08:16 PM
She's fucking nuts too. In an interview recently they asked her what advise she gave Daisy Ridley and she basically told her not to fuck the whole crew like she did.:lol
Damn. :lol

StrengthAndHonor
12-29-2015, 08:28 PM
I don't think I've ever been so completely satisfied with a film with this amount of hype. Considering the insane amount of build up and the wild expectations I had, it's almost miraculous that a film could live up.

lefty
12-29-2015, 10:06 PM
She's fucking nuts too. In an interview recently they asked her what advise she gave Daisy Ridley and she basically told her not to fuck the whole crew like she did.:lol

She is nuts, that's why she got the part tbh; Leia is a hothead lol

DMX7
12-29-2015, 10:53 PM
This is normal for new actors.

You cant expect someone who comes out of nowhere to be making 50 millions a movie.

Now that she has this movie under her belt she can negotiate for more.

I didn't think she should be making $50M. But $100-$300K is quite low for such a big movie (and they knew it would be a blockbuster) .

Xevious
12-29-2015, 11:27 PM
I didn't think she should be making $50M. But $100-$300K is quite low for such a big movie (and they knew it would be a blockbuster) .
This movie would be a no brainer for any new actor even if the pay was zero. Her stock will skyrocket now.

Xevious
12-29-2015, 11:30 PM
She's fucking nuts too. In an interview recently they asked her what advise she gave Daisy Ridley and she basically told her not to fuck the whole crew like she did.:lol
Oh geez. :lol

Without doing a google search I'm pretty sure she's had substance abuse problems throughout the years. Even for 59 years she just didn't look good and her voice is trashed.

Blake
01-05-2016, 09:29 AM
SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW!!!!


Just saw this and it was painfully mediocre. The whole thing felt very hollow because it's hard to root for any of these characters. I know it's essentially a popcorn film but because it's PG you don't get any element of danger because everything feels so tame in this movie.

The light saber fights were a massive letdown, I'm supposed to believe that a girl with minimal training is supposed to hold her own against a guy who is setup as the next big thing for the dark side? Even the stormtrooper sword fight had Finn doing well for way longer than he should have when he's never used a sword in his life. Just too ridiculous at times.

Han Solo dying had such a poor payoff considering how quickly they glossed it over. They rushed the aftermath of that to make it feel like an after thought instead of the major character death that it was.

And finally, it's all one big remake of the original Star Wars film A New Hope which makes it feel like the least original movie of the entire series even if it was better than the prequels.

This.

The nostalgia was fun but that's about it. Dark Helmet from Space balls is more terrifyingly evil than these First Order clowns

lefty
01-05-2016, 10:31 AM
I know it was basically Episode 4 with new characters, but I still loved it

Although a 3rd Death Star (:lmao) was not needed


At all

Blake
01-05-2016, 11:03 AM
I know it was basically Episode 4 with new characters, but I still loved it

Although a 3rd Death Star (:lmao) was not needed


At all

But but this death star is bigger than the old one

lefty
01-05-2016, 11:27 AM
But but this death star is bigger than the old one
I thought Han's comment "so what it's bigger" was a throwback to the one he made in Episode 4 "it's too big to be a space stati..."

Blake
01-05-2016, 11:37 AM
I thought Han's comment "so what it's bigger" was a throwback to the one he made in Episode 4 "it's too big to be a space stati..."

Probably.

Like I said, the nostalgia was nice fun to watch but this movie was too safe and had way too many logic problems

Blake
01-05-2016, 11:39 AM
Family Guy wouldn't even have to break a sweat for a something something force awakens episode

Reck
01-05-2016, 06:18 PM
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

Second in all time domestic sales. Will probably clear Avatar by tonight.

chunticakes
01-05-2016, 07:50 PM
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm

Second in all time domestic sales. Will probably clear Avatar by tonight.

I still wonder how Avatar grossed so much. That movie sucked.

benefactor
01-05-2016, 08:45 PM
I still wonder how Avatar grossed so much. That movie sucked.
Extra cash off of 3D. The story was trash, but the visuals were unrivaled. As far as 3D goes, it's visually the most spectacular movie I've ever seen.

Reck
01-05-2016, 09:07 PM
Extra cash off of 3D. The story was trash, but the visuals were unrivaled. As far as 3D goes, it's visually the most spectacular movie I've ever seen.

This.

This was the first movie I saw at an IMAX with 3D.

I was blown the fuck away.

da_suns_fan
01-06-2016, 12:02 AM
So anyone notice the reason R2D2 suddenly turned back on? Remember he was in "low power" mode as opposed to being turned completely off. This was on purpose.

da_suns_fan
01-06-2016, 12:04 AM
The force awakens did recycle a lot from previous films, but it was 1000 times more original than fucking Avatar.

Mr. Body
01-06-2016, 12:39 AM
The force awakens did recycle a lot from previous films, but it was 1000 times more original than fucking Avatar.

That's... a really low bar to jump over.

Texas_Ranger
01-06-2016, 03:18 AM
So anyone notice the reason R2D2 suddenly turned back on? Remember he was in "low power" mode as opposed to being turned completely off. This was on purpose.

Yea it's actualy described why he wake up in the book. BB8 was responsible for it and it's not like some people think that it was Luke's force.

Chinook
01-06-2016, 04:22 AM
Yea it's actualy described why he wake up in the book. BB8 was responsible for it and it's not like some people think that it was Luke's force.

I mean, it wasn't all that clear in the book why R2 woke up only after the second time BB8 showed up. I don't think it made a bunch of sense that it took until the mention of the Imperial Archive for him to snap awake. That's a really stupid trigger.

spurraider21
01-06-2016, 04:54 AM
Extra cash off of 3D. The story was trash, but the visuals were unrivaled. As far as 3D goes, it's visually the most spectacular movie I've ever seen.
story was fine, just wasn't original at all (pocahontas, dances with wolves)

but yeah, i saw that movie a couple of times in theaters, the second time i was just basking in the visuals tbh

Blake
01-06-2016, 11:05 AM
Yea it's actualy described why he wake up in the book. BB8 was responsible for it and it's not like some people think that it was Luke's force.

May as well have been the force.

lefty
01-07-2016, 12:40 PM
:wow


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMARHYDDWbQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Wm3VIeEbM

Phenomanul
01-07-2016, 02:11 PM
Yea it's actualy described why he wake up in the book. BB8 was responsible for it and it's not like some people think that it was Luke's force.

He was "defragging" while in low power mode according to the book... "rearranging and reorganizing memory blocks" --> sounds like defragmentation.

lefty
01-07-2016, 02:27 PM
lol WIndows Droid

Blake
01-07-2016, 03:26 PM
lol WIndows Droid

:lol

benefactor
01-07-2016, 04:31 PM
Officially the highest grossing domestic film of all time.

Buddy Mignon
01-07-2016, 06:44 PM
Officially the highest grossing domestic film of all time.


You actually keep up with this shit? First tornadoes, now Star Wars...:lmao

Aztecfan03
01-07-2016, 07:14 PM
It's like half that price. But I agree on not seeing my favorite movies at the theater more than once. Of course I buy the good ones on blu-ray to have in my collection though.

and that makes perfect sense to me. But multiple times in the theatre just doesn't

Reck
01-07-2016, 07:35 PM
Officially the highest grossing domestic film of all time.

Still behind Avatar in all time worldwide grosses.

By about a billion and a half.

Still hasn't open in China though. But articles and stats are saying it won't shatter any records there. Will most likely settle for second overall.

Them chinamen rather see Naruto and Dragonball. :lol

hater
01-07-2016, 07:47 PM
Shit movie. Got one of the most emo faggot bad guys in movie history.


Fucking pathetic. At least episodes 1-3 as shitty as they were had Dartb Maul.

Can't believe Solo and Leiya had a fag bastard

Buddy Mignon
01-07-2016, 08:16 PM
Shit movie. Got one of the most emo faggot bad guys in movie history.


Fucking pathetic. At least episodes 1-3 as shitty as they were had Dartb Maul.

Can't believe Solo and Leiya had a fag bastard

johnsmith
01-07-2016, 09:07 PM
I thought the movie was great....I also was a little kid right when the originals came out, so they can do no wrong to me.

UZER
01-07-2016, 09:54 PM
You actually keep up with this shit? First tornadoes, now Star Wars...:lmao

:lol cares about Kobes all star votes.

Xevious
01-07-2016, 10:27 PM
You actually keep up with this shit? First tornadoes, now Star Wars...:lmao
People who call characters "beefcake" on homosexual cartoons have no room...

TDMVPDPOY
01-07-2016, 10:33 PM
Still behind Avatar in all time worldwide grosses.

By about a billion and a half.

Still hasn't open in China though. But articles and stats are saying it won't shatter any records there. Will most likely settle for second overall.

Them chinamen rather see Naruto and Dragonball. :lol

they probably busy watching ip man 3 which had mike tyson in it

Reck
01-07-2016, 10:37 PM
they probably busy watching ip man 3 which had mike tyson in it

:lol

Cant believe Donnie Yen went back on his word about being done with these movies.

I'll still probably see it when it hits Netflix though. :lol

djohn2oo8
01-07-2016, 11:36 PM
Shit movie. Got one of the most emo faggot bad guys in movie history.


Fucking pathetic. At least episodes 1-3 as shitty as they were had Dartb Maul.

Can't believe Solo and Leiya had a fag bastard

You missed the entire point. Being emo is what leads niggas to the dark side :lol

Aztecfan03
01-08-2016, 12:37 AM
So anyone notice the reason R2D2 suddenly turned back on? Remember he was in "low power" mode as opposed to being turned completely off. This was on purpose.
because luke's daughter showed up. He's always had a connection with Luke.

Aztecfan03
01-08-2016, 12:41 AM
Shit movie. Got one of the most emo faggot bad guys in movie history.


Fucking pathetic. At least episodes 1-3 as shitty as they were had Dartb Maul.

Can't believe Solo and Leiya had a fag bastard
Darth Maul died in episode 1. Kylo ren at least made it through a whole movie.

Aztecfan03
01-08-2016, 12:42 AM
finally saw it this morning. loved it.

lefty
01-08-2016, 01:07 AM
Shit movie. Got one of the most emo faggot bad guys in movie history.


Fucking pathetic. At least episodes 1-3 as shitty as they were had Dartb Maul.

Can't believe Solo and Leiya had a fag bastard

DM was only in Ep 1

Reck
01-08-2016, 01:11 AM
Actually episode 3 was a good ass Star Wars movie.

With shitty dialogue.

Blake
01-08-2016, 11:22 AM
DM was only in Ep 1

Did he even talk? It's been so long I forgot

hater
01-08-2016, 02:11 PM
Darth Maul died in episode 1. Kylo ren at least made it through a whole movie.

He fought a chick that had no Jedi training whatsoever. :lmao

She basically picked up a light saber and almost kicked his ass :lol

:lmao lame ass movie. An untrained female can jack up the leader of the dark force and republic :lmao

hater
01-08-2016, 02:12 PM
Darth maul fought the 2 strongest jedis tbh. Bitches were cowards and ganged up on him chimp style

lefty
01-08-2016, 02:16 PM
He fought a chick that had no Jedi training whatsoever. :lmao

She basically picked up a light saber and almost kicked his ass :lol

:lmao lame ass movie. An untrained female can jack up the leader of the dark force and republic :lmao
She is very strong with the Force


ANd maybe she was trained as a kid before being dropped off on Jakku and "they" blocked that out from her memory

hater
01-08-2016, 02:24 PM
She also has a pussy. :lmao

What a shit movie. Bad guy getting teabagged by a chick who barely found out who she is :lmao

benefactor
01-08-2016, 02:30 PM
:lol cares about Kobes all star votes.


People who call characters "beefcake" on homosexual cartoons have no room...
tbh

spurraider21
01-08-2016, 02:40 PM
Darth maul fought the 2 strongest jedis tbh. Bitches were cowards and ganged up on him chimp style
pretty sure samuel l jackson's guy was supposedly the best duelist of the jedi

Raven
01-08-2016, 03:24 PM
i love star wars in general, but this was the worst movie i've watched last year.

Texas_Ranger
01-08-2016, 03:24 PM
Darth Maul didn't die in EP1. Even tho making it look like that was the most stupid thing that stupid movie could do. Anyway, he's seen in the Clone Wars series and in a comic after that. So he's still alive.

lefty
01-08-2016, 03:26 PM
I liked Darth Maul tbh, badass villain

Texas_Ranger
01-08-2016, 03:29 PM
I liked Darth Maul tbh, badass villain

He was the only good thing about EP1 tbh.

Blake
01-08-2016, 03:44 PM
Is there a middle ground for the Force or do you have to pick a light side or dark side?

I would just use it to float beer out of the fridge without getting up from the sofa

lefty
01-08-2016, 03:46 PM
He was the only good thing about EP1 tbh.
I liked Bane from Clone Wars

Too bad he wasnt in the movies

Blake
01-08-2016, 04:13 PM
I liked Bane from Clone Wars

Too bad he wasnt in the movies

Why don't any of the Sith use mind control like the bad guy from Jessica Jones

lefty
01-08-2016, 04:55 PM
Why don't any of the Sith use mind control like the bad guy from Jessica Jones
On non force sensitive people?

Because they don't have to; if someone gets in their way, they kill him

It's not the Jedi way, so Jedis use the mind trick to avoid unnecessary confrontation

lefty
01-08-2016, 05:13 PM
:lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQDvsf5lAp0

Blake
01-08-2016, 05:15 PM
On non force sensitive people?

Because they don't have to; if someone gets in their way, they kill him

It's not the Jedi way, so Jedis use the mind trick to avoid unnecessary confrontation

Eh that doesn't jive with the inefficient interrogation torture devices they used on the pilot, the girl, Han in Ep 5 and on Leia in Ep 4

lefty
01-08-2016, 05:18 PM
Eh that doesn't jive with the inefficient interrogation torture devices they used on the pilot, the girl, Han in Ep 5 and on Leia in Ep 4
Ah ok

Yeah I wonder why they didn't use Kylo right away

Blake
01-08-2016, 05:30 PM
Lol there are just way too many problems with this movie.

Reck
01-08-2016, 07:24 PM
Amidala has a nice pixelated ass in the clone wars cartoon. :toast:hat

lefty
01-08-2016, 08:27 PM
Lol there are just way too many problems with this movie.
Also why didn't Kylo kill Poe Dameron after he got the information he needed?

Oh yeah let's keep the resistance best pilot alive so he can kick some ass later and help Finn escape

Reck
01-08-2016, 09:09 PM
Also why didn't Kylo kill Poe Dameron after he got the information he needed?

Oh yeah let's keep the resistance best pilot alive so he can kick some ass later and help Finn escape

That's easy to explain. Guy was still having light side feeling.

He also looked at Fin at the beginning of the movie. He knew he didn't shoot those villagers and let him go.

Xevious
01-08-2016, 09:10 PM
I liked Darth Maul tbh, badass villain
One of the problems with the prequels is that Darth maul died so quickly. Would much rather he be the villain rather than Count Dooku (as much as I like Christopher Lee).

TDMVPDPOY
01-08-2016, 09:46 PM
the power of the darkside is about the female lead going black, once u black u dont go back

lefty
01-08-2016, 09:46 PM
That's easy to explain. Guy was still having light side feeling.

He also looked at Fin at the beginning of the movie. He knew he didn't shoot those villagers and let him go.

Very good point

Chinook
01-08-2016, 11:19 PM
Also why didn't Kylo kill Poe Dameron after he got the information he needed?

Oh yeah let's keep the resistance best pilot alive so he can kick some ass later and help Finn escape

The dark siders have never really come off as the "kill defenseless people for no reason" types. They'll kill whomever to further their own ends, for sure. But they tend not to be homicidal maniacs. The light/dark dichotomy seems to be more id/superego than good/evil. Though who knows with Disney calling the shots?

Aztecfan03
01-09-2016, 12:31 AM
The dark siders have never really come off as the "kill defenseless people for no reason" types. They'll kill whomever to further their own ends, for sure. But they tend not to be homicidal maniacs. The light/dark dichotomy seems to be more id/superego than good/evil. Though who knows with Disney calling the shots?

Not sure Anakin killing younglings fits with that.

jeebus
01-09-2016, 12:43 AM
One of the problems with the prequels is that Darth maul died so quickly. Would much rather he be the villain rather than Count Dooku (as much as I like Christopher Lee).
The way they brought him back in the ridiculous EU was stupid. Dude fell like 8000 miles and was cut in half. He's dead. But no. Even though the old EU is now disregarded, they still brought him back in the fucking cartoons, which is considered canon now. Fuck you Lucas.

Kim Jong-il
01-09-2016, 12:53 AM
Actually episode 3 was a good ass Star Wars movie.

With shitty dialogue.
Episode 3 was easily the worst of all 7. I'll watch Phantom Menace any day over that shit.

Aztecfan03
01-09-2016, 02:18 AM
Episode 3 was easily the worst of all 7. I'll watch Phantom Menace any day over that shit.

agreed

FuzzyLumpkins
01-09-2016, 02:27 AM
The dark siders have never really come off as the "kill defenseless people for no reason" types. They'll kill whomever to further their own ends, for sure. But they tend not to be homicidal maniacs. The light/dark dichotomy seems to be more id/superego than good/evil. Though who knows with Disney calling the shots?

Star Wars light/dark is tao buddhist transcendentalism as opposed to a nihilist will to power as in the nazis.

The light side of surrendering self for the force/way is taoist at its core. Stormtroopers help figure out the empire's role and philosophy. Their ends are the state/self itself which is fascism at its core.

They are still doing that same shit. When she is fighting in the end and noticeably surrenders her self in meditation. The legions of storm troopers lined up and indoctrinated in the death of their enemies by a demagogue is another clue. Super weapons YAY!

HI-FI
01-09-2016, 04:34 AM
Actually episode 3 was a good ass Star Wars movie.

With shitty dialogue.
its in my top 3 for SW. It's not everyone's tea though. Iirc Lucas had a lot of help writing the dialogue in Episode 4, which explains the prequels' dialogue. Lucas talent is in visual storytelling and Episode 3 is great in that regard.

Snaq O'Meal
01-09-2016, 05:50 AM
Darth maul fought the 2 strongest jedis tbh. Bitches were cowards and ganged up on him chimp style

The two strongest Jedis were a nigga and a muppet TBH.

Chinook
01-09-2016, 07:00 AM
Not sure Anakin killing younglings fits with that.

Yeah, he killed young Jedi because he was told to. He was just trying to destroy his enemy. But if those kids weren't Jedi, he wouldn't have touched them. Nor would he had if those kids were already locked up in empire custody.

Blake
01-09-2016, 12:36 PM
The dark siders have never really come off as the "kill defenseless people for no reason" types. They'll kill whomever to further their own ends, for sure. But they tend not to be homicidal maniacs. The light/dark dichotomy seems to be more id/superego than good/evil. Though who knows with Disney calling the shots?

Except for that whole village wipeout scene

Chinook
01-09-2016, 02:33 PM
Except for that whole village wipeout scene

Who ordered that? I don't remember. And I'm not saying that there aren't good or evil in the universe; it's just that good/evil doesn't really line up with light/dark. That was the whole point of the third movie. Anakin wasn't evil because he didn't want Padme to die. He essentially did his version of John Q to try to save her. The reason he went to the dark side wasn't because he wanted to do bad things to people. It was because he was willing to do whatever he had to to reach his ends. Hell, was the Emperor even evil? It really doesn't seem like he was when he took over or even at the end of the final movie. He just seemed amoral.

I don't put it past Disney to mess up what was probably the only complex idea Lucas created, but I don't think it makes sense to assume dark-siders are innately like Nazis

UZER
01-09-2016, 03:19 PM
Lukes proton torpedoes never should have gone in that way they did based on the angle they were fired from the xwing! He couldn't have used the force because he hadnt been trained enough yet! Plot hole plot hole!!

What a joke of a movie that was!

Blake
01-09-2016, 04:25 PM
Who ordered that? I don't remember.

That would be Kylo Ren

Chinook
01-09-2016, 04:43 PM
That would be Kylo Ren

Seems emo then.

Blake
01-09-2016, 05:15 PM
I don't really have a problem with the bad guy wiping out innocent lives. Just be consistent with it.

jeebus
01-09-2016, 05:40 PM
Episode 3 was easily the worst of all 7. I'll watch Phantom Menace any day over that shit.


agreed

:lol loving the phantom menace and beating off to scenes of jar jar and the little kids.

Aztecfan03
01-09-2016, 05:46 PM
Except for that whole village wipeout scene

That has happened in the opening movie of each trilogy now.

Aztecfan03
01-09-2016, 05:47 PM
:lol loving the phantom menace and beating off to scenes of jar jar and the little kids.
phantom menace is decent. Episode 3 just sucks.

Kim Jong-il
01-09-2016, 06:31 PM
:lol loving the phantom menace and beating off to scenes of jar jar and the little kids.
I just think Phantom Menace is a huge piece of shit, but that ROTS is the hugest piece of shit.

Chinook
01-09-2016, 06:31 PM
I don't really have a problem with the bad guy wiping out innocent lives. Just be consistent with it.

You're essentially saying that just because they kill innocent lives in one setting, they should kill them in all settings? Ren had absolutely no reason to think Poe would escape. So why would he kill him? Meanwhile, the troopers just had a battle with the villagers. Makes sense to kill them either for strategic or emotional reasons.

It's amazing that the Sith keep finding a way to hatch evil plots with all the homicidal rampages they have to go on.

UZER
01-09-2016, 06:47 PM
Why kill Poe? Keep him as bait for the Resistance.

angrydude
01-10-2016, 05:40 AM
In two years this is going to be the consensus about TFA and the prequels.

The prequels had terrible execution/acting/dialogue/character and plot development, but at least they were creative and added to the star wars world....even if it was often in stupid ways.

TFA had decent execution/acting/dialogue (mostly)/characters, (some bad plot development) but was completely devoid of any new ideas.

There is no rule that you need a death star to make a star wars movie. They could literally do whatever they wanted to with the plot, with limitless possibilities, and they just rehashed a previous movie.

In ten years nobody is ever going to watch the force awakens because it will be completely irrelevant.

Or is Disney just going to remake the same movie every year? It's going to get very old after the eighth death star is destroyed.

lefty
01-10-2016, 12:29 PM
The best part of the prequels?


Clone Wars series

Blake
01-10-2016, 05:37 PM
In two years this is going to be the consensus about TFA and the prequels.

The prequels had terrible execution/acting/dialogue/character and plot development, but at least they were creative and added to the star wars world....even if it was often in stupid ways.

TFA had decent execution/acting/dialogue (mostly)/characters, (some bad plot development) but was completely devoid of any new ideas.

There is no rule that you need a death star to make a star wars movie. They could literally do whatever they wanted to with the plot, with limitless possibilities, and they just rehashed a previous movie.

In ten years nobody is ever going to watch the force awakens because it will be completely irrelevant.

Or is Disney just going to remake the same movie every year? It's going to get very old after the eighth death star is destroyed.

Undocumented rumor that Fin will be frozen in Carbonite in the next movie and sent to Habba the Jut

Reck
01-10-2016, 07:41 PM
The best part of the prequels?


Clone Wars series

Does it get better tbh?

I'm watching it on Netflix and so far it the plot seems random as fuck. One episode they're fighting Grievous and the next they're looking for R2 because he got kidnapped. :lol

lefty
01-10-2016, 07:57 PM
Does it get better tbh?

I'm watching it on Netflix and so far it the plot seems random as fuck. One episode they're fighting Grievous and the next they're looking for R2 because he got kidnapped. :lol
Im watching it on Netflix as well (season 2)

It does get better tbh

It's a shame Cab Bane didn't make it to the big screen

Reck
01-10-2016, 07:59 PM
Im watching it on Netflix (season 2)

It does get better tbh

It's a shame Cab Bane didn't make it to the big screen

:tu

I'm up to episode 7 of the first season.

I figured it needed time to get going. First seasons are always iffy.

Texas_Ranger
01-10-2016, 09:00 PM
Does it get better tbh?

I'm watching it on Netflix and so far it the plot seems random as fuck. One episode they're fighting Grievous and the next they're looking for R2 because he got kidnapped. :lol

You're probably watching the episodes in the wrong order. It's cause they fucked it up. Here is the right order: http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder?repeat=w3tc

UZER
01-10-2016, 11:15 PM
Does it get better tbh?

I'm watching it on Netflix and so far it the plot seems random as fuck. One episode they're fighting Grievous and the next they're looking for R2 because he got kidnapped. :lol


You're probably watching the episodes in the wrong order. It's cause they fucked it up. Here is the right order: http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder?repeat=w3tc


Yeah. The released order is all out of order. Not sure why they did that. Was hard to get into it. I watched a few and never went back. Haven't had time since learning about the correct order.

vy65
01-10-2016, 11:32 PM
Abrams flat out said he ripped off Ep. IV in making TFA. Apparently the focus was on new characters, not plot. Lol.

Does anyone actually think Rey/Finn/Poe/Kylo will come close to being iconic Star Wars characters like Luke/Han/Vader/Yoda?

vy65
01-10-2016, 11:35 PM
I can understand that someone might say, 'Oh, it's a complete rip-off!' What was important for me was introducing brand new characters using relationships that were embracing the history that we know to tell a story that is new — to go backwards to go forwards.

Crofl anyone thinking this piece of shit was good.

Reck
01-11-2016, 04:20 AM
You're probably watching the episodes in the wrong order. It's cause they fucked it up. Here is the right order: http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder?repeat=w3tc

Holy shit, Netflix has it all fucked. :lol

Hidden enemy chronologically should be the second episode and on Netflix they have it as the 16th episode. Shit, I think I may drop it.

Its not worth double checking which episodes you have to watch next. Besides, Netflix will spoil some of it since there are "stills" that give you an idea of what's going on.

Fucking retards.

Darius McCrary
01-11-2016, 06:48 AM
Anyone hear how that Snoke guy is actually Vader's body?

They have the same head scar, etc

lefty
01-11-2016, 07:25 AM
Holy shit, Netflix has it all fucked. :lol

Hidden enemy chronologically should be the second episode and on Netflix they have it as the 16th episode. Shit, I think I may drop it.

Its not worth double checking which episodes you have to watch next. Besides, Netflix will spoil some of it since there are "stills" that give you an idea of what's going on.

Fucking retards.
I checked that list and Netflix has it in the correct order imo

Reck
01-11-2016, 07:51 AM
I checked that list and Netflix has it in the correct order imo

:cry Canada

The people in charge of Netflix US are morons.

Most of the shows descriptions and preview pictures are spoliers.

lefty
01-11-2016, 09:54 AM
my bet is snoke is luke doing hoodrat things

he never completed his training. and he was always susceptible to the dark side
I noticed there was a hint of Darth Vader muscial theme playing when Rey saw Luke (before he turned around)

What if Snoke is an unconscious manifestation of Luke's rejected dark side?

AlexJones
01-11-2016, 09:56 AM
phantom menace is decent. Episode 3 just sucks.

Phantom Menace is the only one of the prequels that looked good visually tbh

leemajors
01-11-2016, 10:06 AM
The best part of the prequels?


Clone Wars series

the tartakovsky ones were better tbqh

lefty
01-11-2016, 10:16 AM
the tartakovsky ones were better tbqh
Those are the non-CGI ones ?

leemajors
01-11-2016, 10:24 AM
Those are the non-CGI ones ?

yeah they are 2 and a half minutes apiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVk9lPotcW4

Blake
01-11-2016, 10:38 AM
I forgot about those. Those were great.

lefty
01-11-2016, 10:55 AM
yeah they are 2 and a half minutes apiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVk9lPotcW4
Thanks

Texas_Ranger
01-11-2016, 02:06 PM
yeah they are 2 and a half minutes apiece.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVk9lPotcW4

I also like this one better.. But this one is not canon anymore.

UZER
01-11-2016, 02:23 PM
thanks asshole now i get to field the question Where have you been for the last 2 hours hemann????

Wouldn't they ask, where have you been for the last two hours...Adam?

leemajors
01-11-2016, 03:22 PM
I also like this one better.. But this one is not canon anymore.

Ehh I don't care so much about canon, I just think the style lends itself well to jedis dealing. The cgi in Clone Wars was offputting to me.

lefty
01-11-2016, 04:08 PM
I like 2008 Clone Wars tbh

AlexJones
01-18-2016, 02:32 PM
Interestingly I've seen a lot of contrarian, TFA-hating, George Lucas apologists lately that are trying to insinuate that Lucas's prequels "at least tried to do something new".

Yeah, the problem with that is, everything that was "new" sucked. It wasn't some David Lynch-esque misunderstood derivative masterpiece, the prequels had genuinely awful writing with awful direction.

Reck
01-21-2016, 01:35 AM
Disney delays ep 8 till December 2017 because it it couldn't get #1 overall over Avatar so they want to cockblock Avatar 2.

Bruised ego. :lmao

lefty
01-21-2016, 09:16 AM
A lot of people went to see Avatar because of the 3D tbh

The sequel wont have the same impact

leemajors
01-21-2016, 12:15 PM
Disney delays ep 8 till December 2017 because it it couldn't get #1 overall over Avatar so they want to cockblock Avatar 2.

Bruised ego. :lmao

this is a reach, even for you.

ChumpDumper
01-21-2016, 04:22 PM
It's going to be at the Bullock IMAX all of January. I'll see it on a weeknight after the holidays.Saw it last night with all of 10 other people at the Bullock. :tu

Agree with the sentiment it was a New Hope retread. Can anyone outside this family have anything important to do? The new characters were likable though they don't look to be iconic. Nice how most people respected the no-spoilers sentiment all this time. Pretty messy but an OK restart to the series.

ChumpDumper
01-21-2016, 04:24 PM
Disney delays ep 8 till December 2017 because it it couldn't get #1 overall over Avatar so they want to cockblock Avatar 2.

Bruised ego. :lmaoThink about it -- making new Star Wars films a holiday tradition every year is a pretty good idea.

DMX7
01-21-2016, 04:45 PM
Saw it last night with all of 10 other people at the Bullock. :tu

Agree with the sentiment it was a New Hope retread. Can anyone outside this family have anything important to do? The new characters were likable though they don't look to be iconic. Nice how most people respected the no-spoilers sentiment all this time. Pretty messy but an OK restart to the series.

I'm surprised you just now saw it. I expected the only people to be watching it now are people watching it for the 2nd and 3rd (or more) time.


Think about it -- making new Star Wars films a holiday tradition every year is a pretty good idea.

Every 2 years

ChumpDumper
01-21-2016, 04:55 PM
I'm surprised you just now saw it. I expected the only people to be watching it now are people watching it for the 2nd and 3rd (or more) time. It's so much more enjoyable without the crowds. Most times I can wait til a show comes to the discount theater, but I will shell out for fancy IMAX every once in awhile.



Every 2 yearsI believe the Rogue One anthology type films come out in the years in between.

Blake
01-21-2016, 04:59 PM
I was slightly hoping to see Jar jar come out with C3PO just for meltdown sake

wingster
01-21-2016, 07:35 PM
I believe the Rogue One anthology type films come out in the years in between.
It does.

LaMarcus Bryant
01-22-2016, 01:17 AM
Chumpdumper reliving his spurs watching days at Aussie's tbh

ChumpDumper
01-22-2016, 05:12 AM
Chumpdumper reliving his spurs watching days at Aussie's tbhNever watched them there tbh.

vy65
01-22-2016, 01:02 PM
Saw it last night with all of 10 other people at the Bullock. :tu

Agree with the sentiment it was a New Hope retread. Can anyone outside this family have anything important to do? The new characters were likable though they don't look to be iconic. Nice how most people respected the no-spoilers sentiment all this time. Pretty messy but an OK restart to the series.

You consistently have shitty takes, but this is my exact beef with TFA.

ChumpDumper
01-22-2016, 02:56 PM
You consistently have shitty takes, but this is my exact beef with TFA.Well that's casting today. George Lucas was actually a good director of actors back in 77 and ripping off Kurosawa made it kind of a cinch that the characters would be memorable. These new guys are hamstrung by the story that rips off the ripoff. Too bad they killed off TR8R, in 30 seconds that guy exuded all the rage that Kylo Ren Ben Organa Solo was supposed to have.

I think Finn actually has potential if they can flesh out his background without being stupid about it. There's got to be something to a guy that broke from a lifetime of that conditioning.

Blake
01-22-2016, 03:37 PM
I like how Finn held his own for a while with the light saber except that Emo Ren should have just choked him as soon as he picked it up.

vy65
01-22-2016, 04:08 PM
Well that's casting today. George Lucas was actually a good director of actors back in 77 and ripping off Kurosawa made it kind of a cinch that the characters would be memorable. These new guys are hamstrung by the story that rips off the ripoff. Too bad they killed off TR8R, in 30 seconds that guy exuded all the rage that Kylo Ren Ben Organa Solo was supposed to have.

I think Finn actually has potential if they can flesh out his background without being stupid about it. There's got to be something to a guy that broke from a lifetime of that conditioning.

I think you're exactly right. Shit starts to fade when you make a copy of a copy of a copy. That's all the more reason why TFA sucks dick.

I also thought Kylo Ren in the very first scene exuded all the rage that KRBOS was supposed to have, but I can see the TR8R point too.

There's a large pantheon of characters/tropes in the expanded universe. It would've behooved Disney/JJ to have sampled it.

djohn2oo8
08-13-2016, 05:08 PM
My question has always been who was Kylo talking to when he had Vader's helmet. Maybe it's Snoke pretending to be Vader to manipulate Kylo, hence Kylo talking to the helmet.

leemajors
04-14-2017, 11:18 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ

lefty
04-14-2017, 11:31 AM
Finally someone realized Jedi are antiquated micromanaging phaggots

Kim Jong-il
04-14-2017, 11:31 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ
hmmm......pretty underwhelming tbh

leemajors
04-14-2017, 11:51 AM
hmmm......pretty underwhelming tbh

It is just a teaser, glad they didn't show too much... yet.

Chinook
04-14-2017, 02:06 PM
Thought it looked pretty good. Finn better not stay in a coma for the whole movie/book though.

Silver&Black
04-14-2017, 07:55 PM
Trailer looked aiight.

I only hope Rey and Finn learned how to act since Episode VII.

Kim Jong-il
04-14-2017, 08:36 PM
It is just a teaser, glad they didn't show too much... yet.
Yeah but what they did show seems like a regression. That whole "light....darkness.....balance" is like something straight out of the prequels. I trust Rian Johnson, but this trailer didn't excite me at all.

lefty
04-14-2017, 11:09 PM
You can hear Leia whisper "help me Obiwan I'm your only hope"

Pretty sure I heard Yoda too

lefty
04-14-2017, 11:11 PM
I meant you're our only hope lol

LaMarcus Bryant
04-15-2017, 11:24 AM
The force awakens licked nuts and my expectations for this Disney jack off festival overrated shit is near zero.
But yeah I'll see the new one.

Xevious
04-15-2017, 05:01 PM
The force awakens licked nuts and my expectations for this Disney jack off festival overrated shit is near zero.
But yeah I'll see the new one.
Disney thanks you for your patronage.

johnsmith
04-16-2017, 02:30 AM
The force awakens licked nuts and my expectations for this Disney jack off festival overrated shit is near zero.
But yeah I'll see the new one.

I really enjoyed For e Awakens and I think it did what it set out to do which was be nostalgic and get adults excited about Star Wars again. Now they need to break the mold a bit in TLJ.

Chumpette
12-07-2020, 11:07 PM
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