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Grievous is just a villain, and Obi-wan fights him. It’s stupid but there it is, it exists for that reason. C3PO and the factory is ??? who even knows.
It wasn’t in the script. The Indulgent One came up with the scene on set and just thought it would be cool to put in the movie.
Shocking development
I have never seen TCW, but that list has a prequel in it, so it can’t possibly be the right order.
More for you Wookie, must watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrk0DVTwzdU
In order to really understand what’s going on in Star Wars and where the Jedi screwed up, we need to see how lazy and comfortable they got in the prequels.
No.
I’m only posting this because he makes a specific reference to Star Wars:
Richard Gere has argued his vocal stance on Tibet has cost him Hollywood blockbuster roles because the academy is fearful of alienating its burgeoning Chinese audience.
“There are definitely movies that I can’t be in because the Chinese will say, ‘Not with him,’” he told the Hollywood Reporter.
“I recently had an episode where someone said they could not finance a film with me because it would upset the Chinese.”
Fortunately, the actor made it clear he was not upset about not being given the roles for studio blockbusters. “I’m not interested in playing the wizened Jedi in your tentpole,” he said. “I was successful enough in the last three decades that I can afford to do these [smaller films] now.”
Besides basic casting decisions (Rogue 1, Independence Day 2016 come to mind), there are also any number of films where the script was altered, in order to accommodate more screen time for the Chinese supporting roles.
And of course, at a more fundamental level, when financing is needed for something that is not a comic book tentpole, Chinese investors will only bankroll state-approved films. There is also the issue of Chinese people in the business who are not allowed to associate with certain film projects in any way, under direct threat to themselves and especially their families back home.
If you don’t know, then I’m sure you’re capable of using Google or some other search engine.
China is the big money now in Hollywood. If Star Wars didn’t exist in 2017, and some young filmmakers wanted to make it, it wouldn’t get made. Or the Empire would win.
If Star Wars were made today, the Empire would probably win. China isn’t exactly comfortable bankrolling films that involve rebellions against the state.
Most obvious, least creative troll in the Star Wars galaxy?
PTOTST, or Disney?
YOU DECIDE.
To get to the other side.
Another thought is that recreating the softer facial features of a young woman is easier for the CGI and our human eyes to accept, than the harder angular features of a gaunt old man.
I’m sure Disney will make a Jawa movie, and you’ll get to find out every last detail.
CGI Tarkin had a lot more screen time and a much more prominent role. The CGI characters can’t act and they don’t coordinate very tiny muscle movements in the face right. When I saw the movie twice in theaters I too thought Leia looked much better, whereas Tarkin looked fake to me, but I think that’s probably just down to her barely getting on screen.
Even then, she looked more realistic but soulless. Kinda like you were looking at a picture of a dead woman from long ago when she was very young. And I thought that before everything happened with Carrie.
But it was still better than Tarkin. He just looked like a video game character to me.
The Democrats should just nominate Rey to run against Trump in the next election.
That whole ear thing is B-level bad, but the rest of Star Trek II is a really great movie.
Star Trek IV very underrated too.
You want this… don’t you?
That’s a good one.
Alderaan, you really bring out the worst in people. Now everyone kindly stop pushing each other’s buttons.
Not really, it’s only the same four or five posters. One of them is Haseo, and hey look, we were briefly getting along.
DominicCobb said:
The “fuck off” was in regards to the persistently annoying fact that you can’t get two posts into an argument without being a pompous dick.
You know Haseo and I don’t exactly see things the same 90% of the time, right? And yet we managed to civilly engage each other for a few posts. Seems like the problem is you, not me.
DominicCobb said:
I wasn’t embarassed by anything because if I had been that would imply I was wrong and you were right. The fact that you think you know more about good filmmaking than any and everyone here would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
I don’t know anything or everything and I never claimed I did. I’m not Rey, after all. 😉
Oh fuck off.
See this is the problem with you. Haseo and I, and then later you and Tobar, were engaging in a discussion. When you didn’t like someone’s reply, you made an ass of yourself with your comment. Which was particularly funny, because you clearly don’t even understand the terms you are using. I wouldn’t have pointed it out and embarrassed you if you hadn’t been an asshole in the first place, though.
DominicCobb said:
You should try thinking a little harder. As I said there is nothing convenient about her understanding of multiple languages. What it does is show that Rey is someone who’s spent a lot of time learning about a lot of different things.
Apparently she learned everything. Thank you for clearing that up for us Sherlock, I guess we can all move along now.
Well you should probably learn the difference between character and characterization before you try and convince people that a bunch of random, convenient traits, were essential to understanding who Rey is.
DominicCobb said:
It tells us about who she is.
Yes, it tells us that she can do anything. Whatever the situation, whatever the task, there is nothing Rey cannot do.
And that’s where the criticism comes from.
Lord Haseo said:
something integral to the character from her conception. There is no evidence to support our theories on how exactly Rey was written so for me all that matters is that her competency is explained and for the most part it is.
How can being able to do anything and everything whenever the plot calls for it be an integral part of someone’s character?
Now you know where the criticism comes from. She can do this thing. She can do that totally unrelated thing. She can do EVERYTHING! One of those skills or a subset of those skills might enhance her characterization (not her character), but when someone can do everything, and the audience reacts with amazement–OMG, is there anything this Rey can’t do!?–suddenly you have a very poorly designed protagonist and story.
Although he denies it, I believe there may be more of them.
I don’t care for the term Mary Sue because it unnecessarily inserts gender into a conversation that can apply equally to male and female characters alike. But I don’t think the criticism has to do with no explanation offered. I think it has to do with lazy writing, and having a character who can do seemingly anything and everything whenever convenience calls for it.
Once you have established such a character and such a story, simply going back into the script and inserting an explanation for all of their endless abilities – seems to not address the problem in the first place.