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Star Wars moving forward without Ms. Fisher — Page 5

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ferris209 said:

I just thought about a ceremony aboard a starship depositing her body, as ashes, into space where Alderaan was.

That gave me the chills thinking about that…

The Rise of Failures

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ferris209 said:

I just thought about a ceremony aboard a starship depositing her body, as ashes, into space where Alderaan was.

I like that, if the decision is made to kill off Leia off screen.

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I’m sure that however Disney decides to proceed, there will be an influx of posters appearing all over the web, paid for by their advertising and promotions department, aggressively agreeing with their decision.

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Alderaan said:

I’m sure that however Disney decides to proceed, there will be an influx of posters appearing all over the web, paid for by their advertising and promotions department, aggressively agreeing with their decision.

If you find out how to get on that gravy train, do let us know. Disney/Lucasfilm unwittingly funding preservation projects here would be great! 😉

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Ha, I was just reading an article about Russian internet trolls, Hillary PAC paying internet posters, and Monsanto and other corporations starting to do the same. Hilarious and sad all at the same time. But I would consider the job if they paid enough! 😃

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I don’t really think Disney would waste resources on us in the first place; their main focus and demographic of fans rest in the domains of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

The Rise of Failures

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Yeah, I wasn’t suggesting here. I was just offering the possibility it would occur somewhere like social media or film reviews or wherever. Apparently, I’ve been informed there is an actual name for all of this: astroturfing.

Sorry for the derail. It’s not an easy situation for anyone and we all know that.

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Ah my mistake, I misread that post.

And indeed… let’s stay on target…

Hm. Drawing upon ferris209’s idea, I know I would just lose myself to tears if the ending scene was similar to Empire Strikes Back, where Leia’s remains are scattered across the last known space of Alderaan, as our fellow Resistance fighters salute, and then the film draws to a close into the credits…
I know people must be apprehensive about Episode 8 being a clone of ESB just as TFA was an ANH clone, but if it had to end on a bittersweet end just as ESB did, I would be in favor of that kind of ending for VIII…

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TavorX said:

I don’t really think Disney would waste resources on us in the first place; their main focus and demographic of fans rest in the domains of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

The plan was to shill for Disney elsewhere, and funnel the money into OT preservations. 😉

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SilverWook said:

TavorX said:

I don’t really think Disney would waste resources on us in the first place; their main focus and demographic of fans rest in the domains of social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

The plan was to shill for Disney elsewhere, and funnel the money into OT preservations. 😉

Devious.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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(It hasn’t happened yet)

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imperialscum said:

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imperialscum said:

If her role and performance in Ep 8 will be as unimpressive as it was in TFA, Star Wars should be moving forward normally.

However, I do agree that she deserves a scene in Ep 9.

That was uncalled for.

There are so many over-exaggerated opinions in this thread about the impact of Fisher on the new trilogy. I am an honest person. I gave a realistic appraisal. And I did so in a civil and respectful manner.

taking a cheap shot at someone’s acting (even if you were right, which you may be), is not respectful.

Since when is being honest and realistic a “cheap shot” or disrespectful? Do you take a cheap shot at and being disrespectful to Hayden when you say his acting in PT was unimpressive?

I am completely on your side here. If someone cannot stand the fact that we talk about Carrie’s last role and how it may be in the subsequent films (which is a determining part of finding out how to move forward without her), they should not visit this thread. It’s like going into a spoiler thread and complaining that some people are talking about something “too soon”. And that you have to catch insults for your statement is just ridiculous.

Warbler also makes a valid point. Nobody else than Carrie’s family could be the moral instance for deciding if the CGI is appropriate. If they say no, then Disney will certainly find another good way. Especially with that extra 41 Million dollar budget that ferris209 linked.

Another funeral fire would be the third one throughout the saga then, right?

Darth Id on ‘Why “Ben”?’:

And while we’re at it, we need to figure out why they kept calling Mark Hamill’s character “Luke Skywalker,” since it’s my subjective opinion that his name is actually Schnarzle Shnuzzle.  It just doesn’t make sense!

Damn you George Lucas for never explaining why they all keep calling Schnarzle “Luke”!

Damn You!!!

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Intruder said:

imperialscum said:

dahmage said:

imperialscum said:

SilverWook said:

imperialscum said:

If her role and performance in Ep 8 will be as unimpressive as it was in TFA, Star Wars should be moving forward normally.

However, I do agree that she deserves a scene in Ep 9.

That was uncalled for.

There are so many over-exaggerated opinions in this thread about the impact of Fisher on the new trilogy. I am an honest person. I gave a realistic appraisal. And I did so in a civil and respectful manner.

taking a cheap shot at someone’s acting (even if you were right, which you may be), is not respectful.

Since when is being honest and realistic a “cheap shot” or disrespectful? Do you take a cheap shot at and being disrespectful to Hayden when you say his acting in PT was unimpressive?

I am completely on your side here. If someone cannot stand the fact that we talk about Carrie’s last role and how it may be in the subsequent films (which is a determining part of finding out how to move forward without her), they should not visit this thread. It’s like going into a spoiler thread and complaining that some people are talking about something “too soon”. And that you have to catch insults for your statement is just ridiculous.

You’ve completely missed the point.

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Intruder said:

imperialscum said:

dahmage said:

imperialscum said:

SilverWook said:

imperialscum said:

If her role and performance in Ep 8 will be as unimpressive as it was in TFA, Star Wars should be moving forward normally.

However, I do agree that she deserves a scene in Ep 9.

That was uncalled for.

There are so many over-exaggerated opinions in this thread about the impact of Fisher on the new trilogy. I am an honest person. I gave a realistic appraisal. And I did so in a civil and respectful manner.

taking a cheap shot at someone’s acting (even if you were right, which you may be), is not respectful.

Since when is being honest and realistic a “cheap shot” or disrespectful? Do you take a cheap shot at and being disrespectful to Hayden when you say his acting in PT was unimpressive?

I am completely on your side here. If someone cannot stand the fact that we talk about Carrie’s last role and how it may be in the subsequent films (which is a determining part of finding out how to move forward without her), they should not visit this thread. It’s like going into a spoiler thread and complaining that some people are talking about something “too soon”. And that you have to catch insults for your statement is just ridiculous.

Thank you! At least someone reasonable around here.

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No one has ever kept their word after that statement.

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About CGI characters:

CGI characters in live action movies has always been a dicey proposition, and one metaphor for this is a pre-recorded magic act. The audience at home wants to be fooled by a variety of magician’s tricks, but they usually don’t want to be fooled by deceptive video editing or people who have been ‘planted’ in the crowd specifically for the trick. In other words, people want to be fooled in some ways but not in others. CGI for me too often feels like a trick of the latter category. Some computer generated elements are acceptable, even expected in movies now, just as flashy lights and graphics in a magic show serve to embellish the theatricality of the act, but when the act itself is a deception, this breaks the unspoken agreement between audience and movie.

That’s just a long winded way of saying that Tarkin and Leia in Rogue One felt like a deception rather than a magic trick. Furthermore, in the case of Tarkin, he distracted from the primary villain: Krennick. Vader is a special case, since he has always been played by multiple actors. As long as James Earl Jones provides the voice, I have no problem with him being a secondary villain.

As far as Leia in Episode IX, I think there are far better ways to complete the trilogy than turning her into a CGI puppet. I would rather watch the movie magic of our new generation of leads than the deception of a corporation with too much money and too little sense.

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It’s all moot until we know what actually happens to Leia in the next film.

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It would be strange seeing two cgi versions of leia, a younger princess leia at the end of rogue one then an older leia in ep 9. I myself wouldn’t mind but undoubtedly people will still be annoyed and complain about it.

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Well, they handled Paul Walker’s character pretty well in Furious 7 with the combination of body double and CGI and gave him a nice send off. If that means anything.

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MalàStrana said:

It was terrible and obvious in Furious 7

Yes it was but for the character it was as good as it could get considering everything.

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