General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 312

DominicCobb said:

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.

Haha so wrong.
Harrison always had the quintessential asymmetrical, gloriously flawed features of a deep-character tough guy.
You’re so out of your element you deserve naught but instant liquidation.

I think the more important issue is that he doesn’t really look like Harrison Ford but I guess his attractiveness is a more important issue. Also what is it with people and their gripes with the attractiveness of the cast in these new films? I’ve heard that part of the reason Rey is supposedly a Mary Sue is because she’s beautiful, I have read a comment on youtube saying that Jyn is too attractive to be in a Star Wars film (because Padme never existed) and now this shit? Why is this a thing?

EDIT:

Lets look at the OT trio and they’re all attractive and I doubt many people had a problem with that in 77.

Darth Id said:

DominicCobb said:

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.

Haha so wrong.
Harrison always had the quintessential asymmetrical, gloriously flawed features of a deep-character tough guy.
You’re so out of your element you deserve naught but instant liquidation.

Harrison was always a hot mofo, especially in the 70s. The older he got, the tougher he looked.

Alden’s no pretty boy is my point though. He’s handsome, but so is Han Solo. If he doesn’t look as tough as mid-30s Ford, maybe that’s because he’s not that old.

More shit that should be obvious.
It’s not attractiveness per se that’s the issue—indeed Harrison was and is far, far more attractive than Alder Ermintraut or whatever his name is—but blandness and vapidity.

Darth Id said:

More shit that should be obvious.
It’s not attractiveness per se that’s the issue—indeed Harrison was and is far, far more attractive than Alder Ermintraut or whatever his name is—but blandness and vapidity.

And you’re basing this on what exactly?

I’d love to know what makes the former so obviously “pretty” and the latter not, cause at the moment it just sounds like you’re saying random bullshit.

Who’s the babyface on the top? Jake Lloyd or something?

Yes actually. Isn’t it time we gave him a second chance?

Take it to the Han Solo movie thread, please.

I always thought Mark Hamill was very pretty boyish before his accident. I thought he kinda talked like and looked effeminate. It was kinda offputting to me when I first watched Star Wars Episode IV.

The Harrison replacement isn’t as bad as I thought, but he doesn’t look like a guy who’s been around (Like Harrison was as a carpenter). You could forgive some of that because he’s supposed to be younger. I suppose my issue is more:

Believe it or not, but Quinto is older in Star Trek Beyond than Nimoy was when Star Trek went off the air. People just look so young now it’s unreal. Maybe you can attribute some of that to the fact people don’t smoke and drink as heavily now, but the people I know in real life show some signs that they’ve lived a life beyond being an actor. There’s a loss of grit, and as a result a feeling that it’s not as grounded in reality.

ok man

imperialscum said:

Anyway, for me that is irrelevant because as long as it is a different actor I will be taken out of the film.

Now that I know you won’t be in it I am suddenly more interested in seeing this!

All kidding aside I really think you would be more taken out of the film if they had kept the same actors. That is a silly complaint to make.

TV’s Frink said:

Take it to the Han Solo movie thread, please.

Come on guys. Having to report this would be pretty silly but I’m just about there.

You should be allowed to have thoughts about any Star Wars movie in this thread.

Read the first post and the new rules.

Or better yet, as a tribute to carrie fisher they could play life day on the radio. Since they don’t wanna CG her in anymore.

TV’s Frink said:

Please stop.

Captain Sulu said:

Okay.