Episode VII: Hey, Wait, Don't Leave, We Can Ditch the Prequel Numbering Scheme
Episode VII: The Trilogy After the Prelude
Episode VII: Game of Thrones Is Cool
Episode VIII: A Nightmare On Tosche Station
Episode IX: The Adventures of Kira, Pirate Queen of the Outer Rim
Episode 0: Isaac Asimov Is Also Cool
Episode 1: Reboot, Arabic Numeral Style
I solemnly predict that TFA will very likely be amusing, awful, and artificial.
(J)EDIT: I'm posting on the forums again now. Posting on the forums is cool.
I'm going now. I have a lot of scheming and evil plotting to do... elsewhere.
I probably won't be back for a long time.
But if any of you have been crazy enough to enjoy my posts on this island of relative sanity in the greater SW fandom, why not check out my Tumblr? I'll probably still post on there from time ti time.
SilverWook said:
swagmasta69 said:
Is it a bad sign that they're only taking two years apeice for the new films, or was that the same for the other six and they just took off a year in between production of films?
IIRC, pre production on AOTC was underway as TPM was in theaters. The same for ROTS as AOTC was released.
Also, they seem to be working on scripts for the sequels well in advance. That makes planning the films a lot easier.
Your first sentence does not reassure me.
Perhaps he means it in the German sense? "Ur-a-big-meanie"... i.e., a big meanie whose existence predates some other, younger, somewhat less big meanie.
You know, like the fish in the oceanic core of Naboo.
You missed out on the great bits where James Earl Jones fights an army of Time Lords.
Ryan McAvoy said:
Looking inside the new BB-8 toy
I think they are saying that since it's a fully sealed sphere, you could run it through water and it would still work? Also...
Call me jaded, but I can't see why grown adults would make such a fuss over a little plastic knick-knack.
greenpenguino said:
ray_afraid said:
swagmasta69 said:
I heard that the end of the film is Rey bringing Luke his lightsaber on this island in Ireland where he is in exile/hiding/meditating/whatever.
That's cool.
They look a lot like the Whaligoe steps in Scotland.
So this is the metaphorical rat hole where Luke's hiding? Pretty.
Maybe in the future people will refer to this bit of Skellig Michael as "Luke's Rock." I'd be rather pleased if that were a thing.
NeverarGreat said:
doubleofive said:
Why are we not complaining about this?
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/11/9309335/see-the-star-wars-scenes-shared-between-the-two-trilogies
Have we lost our vitriol? A video supposedly showing the "like poetry, it rhymes" that could also just prove that "Lazy Lucas, was Lazy" is making the rounds, "proving" that the PT was "reverent" to the OT because the director only has so many ways he can shoot a medium/closeup scene.Why would we complain? I thought the music in the video was quite relaxing, and it did a good job of juxtaposing similar shots from the different trilogies. Is it usually lazy filmmaking? Yes. Could it ALSO be poetic? Absolutely.
As much as I like picking apart the problems of the prequels, it is not a vitriolic exercise for me, and hatred isn't going to bring anyone around to my side. Enthusiasm for what I DO enjoy just might.
Spoken too sensibly for many on this board, I fear. But I approve of the principle.
I'd far, far rather have had good prequels than the ones we have now, but I sure as hell don't want some future film mogul following GL's example with the OOT by trying to stamp them out of existence.
Don't worry. This is Disney we're talking about. They'd never allow such dark and un-family-friendly material to escape from their vaults into the realm of the living.
Ryan McAvoy said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Salt and pepper -- which is the male, which is the female?
They are clearly 3 women?!?
Yeah, but Vina isn't nearly as pretty with her glamour off.
This topic title describes my feelings about Star Trek.
One could say the same thing about Leia taking off her disguise in the middle of Jabba's throne room. Frankly I doubt Luke's "plan" (such as it was) accounted for such rash stupidity. (Some things run in the family, I guess.)
Maybe these days, now that somebody at Marvel has bothered to crack open a book about Norse mythology. But Jack Kirby's Odin had both eyes back in the 60s.
mumbles_ said:
Phantom Menace: I tried convincing myself that it was a good movie when I was walking home after seeing it. Then when it came out on VHS and everyone wanted to skip to the Darth Maul lightsaber battle.
Clone Wars: When I had no desire to see it after it was out on DVD.
Revenge of The Sith: During seeing it in the theater, at the end when I heard Darth Vader scream "NOOOOOOO!"
It's sad that the last of your points now has to be specified as belonging to ROTS.
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's 60s Marvel comics are obviously great, but their version of Thor is so mythologically inaccurate it's ludicrous. They didn't even bother about Odin having only one eye, for example.
Zoom out camera.
But I digress...
Typical 21st century release strategy -- put a blockbuster movie out several days ahead of time in Europe to maximize box office receipts for opening weekend. Make the sales numbers look good, as fast as possible, because these days films are only in theaters Stateside for around a week.
Meanwhile, American SW fans like me have to stay off the Internet for a few days if they want to avoid being spoiled blind before they can even see it in theaters.
Personally, I'd say the prequels make a lot more sense when watched alongside Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain.
"Thou hast conquered the galaxy, my master.... now thou shalt conquer Hell."
At least the red arm tells a backstory of its own. (Probably of a holochess match gone wrong.)
"A funeral director dressed as Darth Vader leads a cortege."
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/08/alternative-funerals-beaches-buses-anything-but-black
So, aside from being used by the guy who promulgated the whole concept, papal infallibility has officially been exercised just one time?
I'm not sure if I ever revealed the true identity of TV's Frink.
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I'm not sure if I ever revealed the true identity of TV's Frink.
While you're at it, you might as well throw in the whole first version of the graveyard scene, without the CGI added to the central headstone to cover up the prop makers' slip of confusing Tom Riddle Sr with his son Lord Voldemort.
