CHEWBAKAspelledwrong

Warbler said:

adywan said:

Warbler said:

adywan said:

Warbler said:

adywan said:

Warbler said:

2. the minor interaction with surroundings we see in ROTJ don’t matter near as much as finding out that force ghost Obiwan and Yoda maybe could have appeared before the Emperor and Vader and zapped them.

But Yoda didn’t just zap the tree out of thin air like the force lighting the Emperor uses. This has already been explained to you.

Whatever you want to call it, it sure would have been nice if had used it on the Emperor in ROTJ after Yoda died.

Please point me to the scene in the Emperors throne room where there were storm clouds over head so we could have had the same lightning and then i’d agree with you.

He needs storm clouds? That is never explained. What if in a future movie a force user does it without storm clouds, then can I ask why force ghost Yoda doesn’t zap the Emperor in ROTJ?

The fact that there are storm clouds coming in overhead and the lightning comes from those clouds that we clearly see in the film, isn’t enough to explain where the lightning comes from? What more did you need? Ric Olie suddenly popping his head from behind a rock to explain where it came from? 😉

We are talking about the force here, he doesn’t necessarily need storm clouds.

Says who? Where is this explained in a movie? If you really believe the force is limitless, which this post suggests, that you have a problem with this is baffling.

Warbler said:

SilverWook said:

Warbler said:

SilverWook said:

I thought Yoda was just guiding the lightning not creating it.

sure looked like he created it to me.

Big difference between manipulating the weather to create lighting and firing it out of your fingertips. It’s been suggested in the past Yoda used the Force to make sure Luke crashed in just the right spot on Dagobah. That was some choppy weather he hit coming into the atmosphere.

I don’t think he just manipulated the weather.

Well then, frankly, that’s your problem. What else could it be? He conjured lightening from a stormy sky. We see earlier in the film that the island is prone to inclement weather. It seems pretty clear to many of us that that’s what he did.

dahmage said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Ric Olie suddenly popping his head from behind a rock to explain where it came from? 😉

YES!

This whole tree is one big forest fire.

This:

TV’s Frink said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Ric Olie suddenly popping his head from behind a rock to explain where it came from? 😉

YES!

This whole tree is one big forest fire.

To the tree:

“You catch on fire pretty quick!”

Is better

Ric Olie suddenly popping his head from behind a rock to explain where it came from? 😉

YES!

This whole tree is one big forest fire.

How are we supposed to explain it in the film? A brief interlude with a soliloquy by Pablo Hidalgo ecplaining the continuity?

why does everything need to be explained? Shouldn’t there be some mystery?

Just ordered the Complete Sopranos on Blu-Ray (on sale on Amazon for $50!).

I’ve streamed the first season on Prime, but HBO is supposedly not renewing it’s deal with AMZ and will be pulling its shows from Prime once it expires in May, and no way I’ll be finishing the whole series by then.

oojason said:

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - SteelBook [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray] - also available to pre-order at $34.99…

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/star-wars-the-last-jedi-steelbook-digital-copy-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-blu-ray-only--best-buy-2017/6166202.p?skuId=6166202

If the OUT is ever released in 4K, I might buy a set just to celebrate 😉

I’m probably going to end up ordering the standard 4k set. I don’t have a 4k setup yet, but for 5 bucks, I might as well save myself from a future purchase when I inevitably do upgrade, whether it’s next year or a decade from now.

NeverarGreat said:

an overcomplicated and dull political ‘thriller’.

I think you’re confusing this with Attack of the Clones.

DominicCobb said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

joefavs said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Last Jedi retailer exclusive packaging for BD (and 4k!) leaks. Hopefully the standard release just has theatrical release art as with TFA and RO.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/011218-1500

Here’s the standard art:

Wtf is a “multi screen edition” and is there a normal edition without the lame border? Also, the last two SW movies included a DVD with the Blu-Ray, so why stop now? Is it just no longer worth it for them to print more DVDs?

I’m skeptical that that cover is legit. The official Target and Best Buy images seem to include DVDs.

At BB, it seems the steelbook does, but not the regular release.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/star-wars-the-last-jedi-includes-digital-copy-blu-ray-2017/6164820.p?skuId=6164820’

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/star-wars-the-last-jedi-steelbook-includes-digital-copy-blu-ray-dvd-only--best-buy-2017/6169016.p?skuId=6169016

Same at target: it seems the regular edition has no DVD, but the retailer exclusive does:

https://www.target.com/p/star-wars-the-last-jedi-target-exclusive-blu-ray-dvd-digital/-/A-53211599#lnk=newtab

https://www.target.com/p/star-wars-the-last-jedi-blu-ray-digital/-/A-53192765#lnk=newtab

suspiciouscoffee said:

joefavs said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Last Jedi retailer exclusive packaging for BD (and 4k!) leaks. Hopefully the standard release just has theatrical release art as with TFA and RO.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/011218-1500

Here’s the standard art:

Wtf is a “multi screen edition” and is there a normal edition without the lame border? Also, the last two SW movies included a DVD with the Blu-Ray, so why stop now? Is it just no longer worth it for them to print more DVDs?

The lack of a DVD is surprising. I figured what we would see was the gradual phasing out of new releases coming out in DVD-only editions, with there simply being a DVD thrown in with every BD for those who can’t play Blu-Rays.

I guess it makes sense, though. I figure more people use the DVD to share the purchase with friends/family (technically piracy, I think) than for the intended purpose of “being able to play it anywhere.” Internet and streaming devices are so prolific nowadays (and platforms matured via Movies Anywhere) that the digital copy is probably sufficient for the purpose for most.

Edit: I remember when Disney first started advertising the 3-in-1 sets, they marketed the DVD as for the backseat of the minivan. I would guess it’s more common now for parents to load movies onto an iPad for their kids to use while in the backseat nowadays than to get DVD players in their cars.

How is it possible that Rogue One won the Empire Award for best movie, but not the Empire Award for best science fiction movie? One seems to necessitate the other…

moviefreakedmind said:

Like almost all other successful franchises, Harry Potter has a much higher rate of good content than Star Wars.

That does not necessarily make it more iconic than Star Wars, however.

I don’t see this as any different from, say, car ownership. If I sell a car, I can no longer use it. The person who bought it can. The same logic applies to your ownership of the rights to screen Star Wars in your home, represented in this case by legal possession of the Blu-Rays.

suspiciouscoffee said:

If I could, I would dismantle every sports organization on the planet. They’re disgusting glorifications of barbarism and cruelty.

I sure hope you’re excluding baseball. Otherwise, GET OUT!

Star Wars (1977)

Concluded I’ve been lying all these years I’ve been telling people The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Star Wars movie. Peer pressure, I guess. I’m just so happy when I’m watching the one that started it all!

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SW/Empire
TLJ
TFA/ROTJ

So having just watched Star Wars for the first time in more than a year, I have to retool this:

SW
Empire
TLJ
TFA/ROTJ

Empire might be a more complex and technically perfect movie, but no ten minutes of cinema puts a wider smile on my face than every moment of Star Wars after Ben tells Luke to “use the Force” and turn off his computer. Makes me feel like I’m a kid again. That’s worth five movies as good as The Empire Strikes Back.

TV’s Frink said:

That was a crazy game.

+1 entertaining game.

Comical coverage from New Orleans on the last play…

According to this article, the entire saga is coming out in the 4K format:

http://fr.ign.com/m/star-wars-8/32785/feature/la-saga-star-wars-bientot-en-4k-ultra-hd

Ugh, I hate the cookie cutter movies anywhere border.

In regard to Mark, he apparently played the alien who thinks BB is a slot machine via motion capture. They even created a giant BB-8 for him to interact with!

https://nerdist.com/the-last-jedi-mark-hamill-mo-cap-performance-canto-bight/

There’s artificial gate weave on the digital projection. Did you get double gate weave?

ChainsawAsh said:

Bourbon and ginger beer?

Oh wait, that’s what I’m drinking. Nevermind.

Can never go wrong with a bourbon high ball! An embarrassing number of bar tenders have no idea what I mean when I order one.

TV’s Frink said:

Inglorious Bastards.  Much better than I expected.

(ok, ok, last movie seen was actually Avatar, but there’s plenty of threads for that)

Was going to quote, but then realized I was on the first page. But what the hell. Finally watched it last night. Not an all time classic. Not even Quentin’s best. But pretty damn good.