Star Tours — Page 4

Author: xhonzi
Time: 22-May-2011 1:29 PM
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Yay, we got onto a sneak peak at Disney Land (Anaheim) yesterday!

We "got" to see the Vader scene, then Kashyyk, then Naboo. Very wild, almost made my sister in law puke.

But the best part of the day was seeing Captain EO again. MAN! 1986 was RAD!

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

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Author: skyjedi2005
Time: 23-May-2011 10:25 PM
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So is Boba Fett in this like the rumor claimed, not that it matters now since he is no longer a Mandalorian thanks to Lucas and Clone Wars.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 23-May-2011 11:10 PM
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If you just watched the movies, you wouldn't know or care what he is.

Author: skyjedi2005
Time: 24-May-2011 1:04 AM
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Who did the cgi for this, i hope not ILM it looks worse than 1999 phantom menace, i saw test footage of star tours 2 podrace and it was much inferior to that this is maybe 2 or 3 years ago.

I could understand as test footage but as final release, my god what an embarrassment. I guess they figure kids won't notice, yeah right kids with High Def tv and xbox 360's and ps3 and blu ray could definitely tell the difference.

I guess its a step up from peewee herman, but all the prequel-isms are a huge stumbling block in the way of enjoyment.

Unless you have nostalgia for the peewee herman droid voice, i found it almost as bad as jar jar binks.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 24-May-2011 7:33 AM
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Ok, now you are taking shots at Pee-wee and I will not stand for that.

Author: Anchorhead
Time: 24-May-2011 2:01 PM
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skyjedi2005 said:

Unless you have nostalgia for the peewee herman droid voice, i found it almost as bad as jar jar binks.

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Author: greenpenguino
Time: 24-May-2011 2:28 PM
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Anchorhead said:

skyjedi2005 said:

Unless you have nostalgia for the peewee herman droid voice, i found it almost as bad as jar jar binks.

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No I'm not you are, No. Knock it off. ohshutup. Why don't you make me? Why don't YOU make me? BECAUSE! I don't make monkeys! I just train 'em!

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Author: none
Time: 25-May-2011 8:10 AM
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http://www.g4tv.com/videos/53031/star-tours-with-george-lucas-tom-fitzgerald/

George & Tom Fitzgerald (Disney Imagineer) discuss the ride.

Author: digitalfreaknyc
Time: 26-May-2011 1:14 PM
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If anyone is interested, i went to the press party a week ago today.

http://fresh1027.radio.com/2011/05/23/star-tours-3d-opens-at-orlando-disney-producer-craig-was-there/

I was on the ride 5 times...what a blast.

Unfortunately, I got the same two planets 3 times in a row. Sucked.

Author: Tobar
Time: 3-Jun-2011 8:37 PM
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For all the Disneyland fans....

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Author: TheBoost
Time: 3-Jun-2011 9:15 PM
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My sister in law has never seen the prequals.

So to her a WHOLE lot of the ride (she went three times with a preview pass) was totally new and original. And without context she thought it all ruled.

How I hate her.

Author: skyjedi2005
Time: 4-Jun-2011 2:07 AM
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Isn't that kind of what the prequels were really boring theme park rides with videogame graphics, kind of like star tours 2.

Would have been nice If Lucas still made films.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

Author: xhonzi
Time: 6-Jun-2011 4:11 PM (Edited)
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Tobar said:

For all the Disneyland fans....

I was there that day and heard they were walking around and on some rides. Too bad we didn't run into them...

TheSluggolessBoost said:

My sister in law has never seen the prequals.

So to her a WHOLE lot of the ride (she went three times with a preview pass) was totally new and original. And without context she thought it all ruled.

How I hate her.

Similarly, my kids saw a lot of PT stuff they'd never seen before. But as opposed to thinking it ruled, I think they were just more disappointed they didn't recognize anything. They were very excited to see Star Wars, and came away wondering what they had seen.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: Tyrphanax
Time: 7-Jun-2011 1:01 AM
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TV's Frink said:

If you just watched the movies, you wouldn't know or care what he is.

I disagree, Sir!

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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Author: TV's Frink
Time: 7-Jun-2011 8:59 AM
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Tyrphanax said:

TV's Frink said:

If you just watched the movies, you wouldn't know or care what he is.

I disagree, Sir!

Care to flesh out your disagreement?

If you stick to just the movies, and don't bother with novelizations, EU, etc., it doesn't matter what race Boba Fett is.

Author: bkev
Time: 11-Jun-2011 4:53 AM
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Was not open grad night :(

Also, Misleading Commercial, is Misleading. Don't list only OT locations in your commercial when they barely take up any of the ride!

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Author: Bingowings
Time: 11-Jun-2011 5:42 AM
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TV's Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

TV's Frink said:

If you just watched the movies, you wouldn't know or care what he is.

I disagree, Sir!

Care to flesh out your disagreement?

If you stick to just the movies, and don't bother with novelizations, EU, etc., it doesn't matter what race Boba Fett is.

If you watch all the movies you get a pretty strong impression that he is Temuerra Morrison shaped.

If you watch just the OT all you know is Fett is humanoid (and likes the ladies if you watch ESB:SE).

I really was hoping for either a Dread Pirate Roberts or Samus Aran reveal or both (or none).

Why stick someone in a mask and make him cool and mysterious in Episode V and then go out of your way to tell everyone who he is and what he looks like in Episodes and stories set before when it adds nothing to the story?

If you have to look underneath the mask either make the reveal a wow moment or pile on more layers mystery.

Does George even know what masks are for?

Author: skyjedi2005
Time: 11-Jun-2011 7:17 AM (Edited)
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I always figured under the mask he looked something like Clint from a Fistful of Dollars.

Then in Attack of the Clones you find out he is a clone of some no name guy called Jango who sounds positively non threatening.

But dresses like Boba Fett from the Original trilogy only his armor has no nicks in it and is shiny instead of used universe looking.

Also the Kid is annoying just like Anakin and Jar Jar.

What a facepalm moment read empire infinities where they show what his face looks like, its that Dude from attack of the Clones who played Jango.

I am surprised Lucas did not steal the idea from that and add a scene in empire where he has his helmet off.

He did give Boba, Jango's voice in 2004, that was a rage moment for me just like Hayden as Anakin Skywalker in the Ghost scene instead of the old Jedi played by Shaw.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

Author: Bingowings
Time: 11-Jun-2011 10:24 AM
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Jango (being derived from Django) is arguably a much more threatening name than Bobble Feet, the threat comes from the mask, the surface details of his costume (the hints of an undisclosed life history) and his skill as a tracker.

If you do need to reveal of such a character it has to be something astonishing or something that only deepens the mystery.

The Vader reveal worked pretty well in that regard because you still didn't see his face, you weren't sure if he was lying, if true it opened up so many worm cans like 'Can we trust Ben and Yoda?', 'How and why did it happen?', 'Where do we go now?' etc.

The Fett reveal not only contributed little to the story but actual collapsed the aura of mystery around the guy.

The fan favorite was practically 'spit-roasted' with a crap origin story on the one end and rubbish death on the other.

Author: doubleKO
Time: 11-Jun-2011 10:52 AM
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Bingowings said:

The fan favorite was practically 'spit-roasted' with a crap origin story on the one end and rubbish death on the other.

I like this analogy.

Jango was threatening in more than name only if you are familiar with Morrison's character Jake the Muss (Once Were Warriors). I wouldn't mess with Jake the Muss, Jake the Fett or any character that guy plays.

Author: greenpenguino
Time: 11-Jun-2011 10:58 AM
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If Clint Eastwood had played Jango, would we be ok with it?

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Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 11-Jun-2011 2:59 PM
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skyjedi2005 said:

What a facepalm moment read empire infinities where they show what his face looks like, its that Dude from attack of the Clones who played Jango.

Those stupid Infinities read like bad fanfiction. The less said about them, the better.

Author: TheBoost
Time: 27-Jun-2011 3:25 PM
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Rode it 5 times this weekend. AWESOME. Looked great, fun story, overall a huge awesomeness awesomefest.

The only beef was the video you watched in line. It was bad CGI. Real bad. Fan-film bad. Don't know what was up with that.

Did I mention the ride was awesome?

Author: xhonzi
Time: 27-Jun-2011 3:31 PM (Edited)
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Which segments did you get to see?

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: TheBoost
Time: 27-Jun-2011 3:34 PM
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I think I saw them all except Ackbar. But I was never the spy. :(