General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 311

DominicCobb said:

Everybody’s going to be surprised when the Han Solo movie is great and I’m going to be here thinking I’ve been saying that all along.

Let’s see…Even if the guy playing Han doesn’t do well a really good script can compensate for that. For me at least.

joefavs said:

This place seriously makes me wonder how I’ve made it this far in life retaining my ability to enjoy things. The style of fandom a lot of you seem to practice sounds miserable.

Word. I wonder how many of these people will eventually stop liking the OT as well. I think attitudes like that tend to spread as time goes on.

Ditto post

moviefreakedmind said:

Great or not, I’m just not interested in it. I feel about as apathetic about Star Wars as I did about the Carrie remake. Which is really sad but I guess it just proves to me that I was never a Star Wars fan, just a fan of three specific movies.

Being “a fan” is really overrated. I’m the same as you except I’m just a fan of five specific movies and I’m looking forward to more.

imperialscum said:

DominicCobb said:

Everybody’s going to be surprised when the Han Solo movie is great and I’m going to be here thinking I’ve been saying that all along.

Well I am not saying the film itself will be good or bad. I am just saying (from experience) that a new actor will not work for me.

That’s too bad

joefavs said:

This place seriously makes me wonder how I’ve made it this far in life retaining my ability to enjoy things. The style of fandom a lot of you seem to practice sounds miserable.

Yes

Lord Haseo said:

DominicCobb said:

Everybody’s going to be surprised when the Han Solo movie is great and I’m going to be here thinking I’ve been saying that all along.

Let’s see…Even if the guy playing Han doesn’t do well a really good script can compensate for that. For me at least.

I have no doubt he’ll do well, or he wouldn’t have been picked. The question is whether he’ll meet fans unreasonable and in many ways misguided expectations.

ray_afraid said:

No matter what parts and pieces of the Star Wars world you enjoy, it is without question a great time to be a fan.

One thing remains…A Blu-Ray release of the OUT. I can die a happy man when I finally see those.

^This.

My fandom hasn’t been particularly miserable since 2007-2008.

ray_afraid said:

^ I agree, but like I said in my earlier post, Harmy & Co. have given us fantastic HD versions to enjoy. I really doubt an official release would be better.

I remember getting a thorough asschewing 3 years ago for saying this but with the v2.5 out and shit you have to wonder how better a official would be.

moviefreakedmind said:

joefavs said:

This place seriously makes me wonder how I’ve made it this far in life retaining my ability to enjoy things. The style of fandom a lot of you seem to practice sounds miserable.

Maybe they haven’t lost anything and just didn’t care much for a movie that came out in 2015.

I don’t think he was talking about you specifically though your indifference definitely created the spark.

Whoever it was who was already expecting to hate the Han movie because of “modern pretty boy actors” is what made me post, I forget who it was already. This general hatred for all things contemporary that I see here sounds like an awful way to live.

joefavs said:

Whoever it was who was already expecting to hate the Han movie because of “modern pretty boy actors” is what made me post, I forget who it was already. This general hatred for all things contemporary that I see here sounds like an awful way to live.

Don’t worry, people just like to complain. Alot of them still watch it anyway.

MathUser said:

joefavs said:

Whoever it was who was already expecting to hate the Han movie because of “modern pretty boy actors” is what made me post, I forget who it was already. This general hatred for all things contemporary that I see here sounds like an awful way to live.

Don’t worry, people just like to complain. Alot of them still watch it anyway.

Except for this guy…

…I agree with you.

moviefreakedmind said:

Great or not, I’m just not interested in it. I feel about as apathetic about Star Wars as I did about the Carrie remake. Which is really sad but I guess it just proves to me that I was never a Star Wars fan, just a fan of three specific movies.

Right there with you. This has only increased as more movies have come out. TFA was great, but doesn’t do enough to warrant classic-status. Rogue One irritated me. Neither of them are bad enough to skip in a marathon, like the prequels are. I expect I’ll feel similarly about the others.

Darth Id said:

Han Solo movie? Lol no. Can’t stand contemporary pretty-boy actors. (Even reformed stormtrooper guy in TFA was a little hard to take.)

I generally feel the same way. Someone said hating everything contemporary is a miserable way to live life; they’re probably right. Being surrounded by contemporary-minded people in a contemporary world and hating contemporary things won’t work out for long. But, trends of contemporary movies don’t last forever, and pretty-boy actors get on my nerves too. Can’t wait until it becomes unfashionable again, like it did in the 70s to some extent.

Never mind. Handyman fixed his post.

Darth Id said:

Never mind. Handyman fixed his post.

Well, now I’m really curious what you said.

I just now noticed where Darth tells his men to set their weapons to stun in Episode V. I guess that’s why Leia didn’t die when she got hit in Episode VI. Since the lasers have a stun setting they didn’t have to make the Storm troopers shoot so bad. They coulda winged a couple people once in a while. Is there any other times when stun was used in the movies?

MathUser said:

I just now noticed where Darth tells his men to set their weapons to stun in Episode V. I guess that’s why Leia didn’t die when she got hit in Episode VI.

She got hit in the shoulder. Hardly a fatal wound.

Is there any other times when stun was used in the movies?

Yeah, in the first movie, when that one stormtrooper floors Leia with a blue blast.

Handman said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Great or not, I’m just not interested in it. I feel about as apathetic about Star Wars as I did about the Carrie remake. Which is really sad but I guess it just proves to me that I was never a Star Wars fan, just a fan of three specific movies.

Right there with you. This has only increased as more movies have come out. TFA was great, but doesn’t do enough to warrant classic-status. Rogue One irritated me. Neither of them are bad enough to skip in a marathon, like the prequels are. I expect I’ll feel similarly about the others.

Darth Id said:

Han Solo movie? Lol no. Can’t stand contemporary pretty-boy actors. (Even reformed stormtrooper guy in TFA was a little hard to take.)

I generally feel the same way. Someone said hating everything contemporary is a miserable way to live life; they’re probably right. Being surrounded by contemporary-minded people in a contemporary world and hating contemporary things won’t work out for long. But, trends of contemporary movies don’t last forever, and pretty-boy actors get on my nerves too. Can’t wait until it becomes unfashionable again, like it did in the 70s to some extent.

Alden Ehrenreich is no more a pretty boy actor than Harrison Ford was in 77.

Handman said:

Darth Id said:

Never mind. Handyman fixed his post.

Well, now I’m really curious what you said.

“You buried your own commentary. Here it is: [after which I quoted your original text].”

I wanted to make sure everyone saw that someone agreed with me!!!