General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 321

I prefer a more ruthless version of Vader. Lords of The Sith, Rogue One, and The Empire Strikes Back are when he was the man.

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lovelikewinter said:

ray_afraid said:

It was schlocky and it was fantastic.

Star Wars is shlocky- that’s part of the charm.

+1

I liked the scene, though I worry it won’t hold up on repeat viewings.

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Jon Berg and Doug Beswick?

DominicCobb said:

I liked the scene, though I worry it won’t hold up on repeat viewings.

I’ve seen it 3 times (4 if you count the time I saw it on facebook) and it’s still glorious.

Lord Haseo said:

DominicCobb said:

I liked the scene, though I worry it won’t hold up on repeat viewings.

I’ve seen it 3 times (4 if you count the time I saw it on facebook) and it’s still glorious.

Yep, saw R1 several times in the cinema and while the Vader scene was obviously the best the first time round, it was still exceptional in repeat viewings.

ROTJ really drags in the middle and each time I watch it it seems to get worse. Last night I watched Harmy’s latest DeEd (AMAZING work, probably his best yet!) for the first time and the middle has gotten so slow that I was even finding the speeder bike chase a bit mundane. I still love the speeder bikes, and some of the best shots (like when they zoom around a turn, or Luke takes one out with his saber) are still really sweet and exciting. But the chase as a whole just felt kinda ho-hum. I think the complete lack of a score for the entire sequence really hampers it in this particular case. Some rip-roaring JW chase music might help add the emotional hook the action sometimes lacks.

Thankfully the third act still saves the film for me. The space battle is still mind blowing. The duel is still a gripping tug of war between light and dark; father and son. And the ground battle is schlocky fun.

Next up is TFA. I’ve been slowly working my way through all the films (the ones I count as SW anyway). After my last viewing of R1 in the theater I’ve watched SW SSE, ESB DeEd, and now ROTJ DeEd. I’ll watch the official blu of TFA sometime soon to finish it off. That might be it until TLJ but I’ve got a nice stretch of vacation in November and I’m debating about maybe marathoning them all in short order before seeing TLJ in December if I can get the better half on board…

Swazzy said:

Is anyone else really happy that the color scheme of the Tantive scenes in Rogue One matches the original set, and nothing else? I’ve seen both official and unofficial bits of media mimic the dreadful blueish grey scheme from the Blu-ray to a teethe, so I was delighted to see Edwards didn’t pay attention to that at all.

In general it seems like they’re really paying closer attention to the theatrical colours in the post Disney purchases. (Not really a spoiler as it’s easily shown in the teasers, but Twin Suns from Rebels reminded me more of the Theatrical colours for Tatooine than the Blu-Ray’s colours).

Rogue One though really shows off the original colours the best though (though the footage of Red Leader seemed a bit desaturated)

Return of the Jedi is fine, except when the Ewok nonsense goes too far.

What MFM said. Except for the bits with Luke, I don’t believe I’ll ever watch ROTJ again.

I’m the opposite really. The ewoks are mostly okay by me, maybe just should have had some trims done in the cutting room. For me jabbas palace is the stinker in Jedi. Not Jabba himself, but all the Muppets he’s surrounded by and the excessive camp and cheese of many segments. (Fucking hate the thermal detonator sequence. If I ever get around to finishing my edit of rotj I’m removing it entirely and just having it inferred Leah and chewie are already there. ) marks performance in Jedi is great enough to not want to dismiss the film entirely though.

Does anyone realize that SW has been creatively bankrupt for 35 YEARS NOW!

Besides redlettermedia?

doubleofive said:

generalfrevious said:

Does anyone realize that SW has been creatively bankrupt for 35 YEARS NOW!

Besides redlettermedia?

I was like “oh look, gf posted in Random Thoughts, I wonder if it will be a doomsaying prophecy?”

I was close.

Well the franchise is worse off than it was than in 1997. Even if Disney gives the OUT in 4K quality, we still have to deal with half a dozen films that just cover the same ground as ANH/ESB. How many times can you see AT-AT’s in a film before the audience gets bored? Disney is a far more cynical filmmaking company than prequel-era Lucas ever was.

Get out of my thread.

doubleofive said:

generalfrevious said:

doubleofive said:

generalfrevious said:

Does anyone realize that SW has been creatively bankrupt for 35 YEARS NOW!

Besides redlettermedia?

I was like “oh look, gf posted in Random Thoughts, I wonder if it will be a doomsaying prophecy?”

I was close.

Well the franchise is worse off than it was than in 1997. Even if Disney gives the OUT in 4K quality, we still have to deal with half a dozen films that just cover the same ground as ANH/ESB. How many times can you see AT-AT’s in a film before the audience gets bored? Disney is a far more cynical filmmaking company than prequel-era Lucas ever was.

In your opinion. Which most of the world doesn’t share.

No one has to “deal” with movies. You can ignore them (like I wish I could to you on this forum again) and the rest of us can enjoy them.

How can you ignore them when 95% of movies released today are corporate tentpole blockbusters pandering to Chinese audiences? Will anyone like it when the Star Wars franchise is reduced to two good movies and twenty mediocre ones?

Disney is not about storytelling anymore, its about EXPLOITING NOSTALGIA to make a profit.

Star Wars already has more than two good movies.