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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD * — Page 101

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Bingowings said:

They both have beards.

 You mean they're both a...?

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Very funky! Never knew that track even existed, maybe Frink can use it? :)

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Where were you in '77?

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How do you find stuff like that? Star Wars disco seems to be a niche genre.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

Tobar said:

In the off chance that Vader does return in some form. We already have the perfect soundtrack.

If I didn't already know why people hate disco, this would have revealed the answer to me. 

 Not everyone hates everything like you do.

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SilverWook said:

Very funky! Never knew that track even existed, maybe Frink can use it? :)

 I like it, but I think it actually would have fit better in Pulp Empire.

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Every music genre has it's duds. And hating on Disco is so 1979. ;)

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A full body shot of the new trooper armor! From the SW Celebration booklet...

https://twitter.com/bravoINTEL/status/588482478442090496

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Where were you in '77?

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Poor bastard had to stand on one leg for hours during that photo shoot...

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TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tobar said:

In the off chance that Vader does return in some form. We already have the perfect soundtrack.

If I didn't already know why people hate disco, this would have revealed the answer to me. 

 Not everyone hates everything like you do.

Only everything on Earth, Mr. Know-It-All. The verdict's still out on whether the rest of the universe sucks or not.

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SilverWook said:

A full body shot of the new trooper armor! From the SW Celebration booklet...

https://twitter.com/bravoINTEL/status/588482478442090496

Looks a little bulky, but I'm glad to see they finally ditched the mismatched knee armour (Seriously, I like the OT stormtrooper armour and all, but I've never liked those mismatched knees).

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DuracellEnergizer said:

TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tobar said:

In the off chance that Vader does return in some form. We already have the perfect soundtrack.

If I didn't already know why people hate disco, this would have revealed the answer to me. 

 Not everyone hates everything like you do.

Only everything on Earth, Mr. Know-It-All. The verdict's still out on whether the rest of the universe sucks or not.

 You forgot to mention alternate universes.  Are you feeling ok?

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Laserschwert said:

Poor bastard had to stand on one leg for hours during that photo shoot...

I'm just so overjoyed that there actually are real "poor bastards," really occupying real physical space, and able to really be photographed in a real photo shoot! Having spent more than a decade being exposed to images of stormptroopers being rendered as cartoonish video game sprites, even while preforming such mundane activities as pointing, looking through binoculars, and kneeling down to ask "Are you all right?" these new images are like drops of water on desert-parched lips...

 

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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I like the armor. Feels very McQuarrie-esque (like so many of the other things we've seen so far). I LOVE the pistol being attached to his thigh. I'm not crazy about the revamped stormtrooper blaster. It looks a little over-designed and less "real" than the Blasters of the OT. Still can't make up my mind about the helmet. I don't immediately hate it, but it also doesn't illicit any strong positive feelings from me either.

But as Akton mentioned, I'm so happy about the fact they're building real armor, props, sets, etc. that I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt when a particular design doesn't immediately feel like a home run. EVERYTHING I've seen so far feels more like Star Wars "should" feel than almost anything since '99.

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Whoops; two more...

 

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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That last one put me a little bit in mind of this classic image:

 

 

"These deadly rays will be your death..."

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I wonder why the TIE Fighters have inverted colors and why Kylo Ren wears a hood over a mask.

I also noticed a new Imperial logo. 

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The Kylo Ren mask looks very familiar.  It seems like they're trying to make him the "Darth Maul" of the film with all the publicity they're giving him.  I hope the character is actually interesting.

Edit:  It just clicked with me.  Darth Raven.

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darklordoftech said:

why Kylo Ren wears a hood over a mask.

 Full coverage.  It's pointless to hide your face if the police can identify you by your bald spot.