JawsTDS said:
2. Vader’s “outfit” on Mustafar looks like a Halloween costume, yet it looks fine in the finale
Besides the redness of the plastic here’s something weird about the way the cape is attached. It’s like going too far under his neck instead of just going around with the small chain that holds it there.
Sougouk said:
Yes, the Mario Galaxy games are very fun. The music is incredible. I even have an OST of the games.
The original is still great. The second, I am less sure about. It feels like left overs that are reheated to me at times. I don’t think I’ve ever really finished it.
Yes. I actually think that that was one of Red Letter Media’s least funny and most cringe-worthy memes.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I love RLM, but they have a large subset of their fanbase that will parrot every single thing that they say as though it is 100% fact. It isn’t RLM’s fault, but it’s something that I can’t stand about its fanbase.
Their fan base made it cringeworthy like everything in a youtube comments section. But the whole thing was just another one of their reactions based on people saying how dare they not like something, so in a way it’s perfect.
IIRC, Alderaan has an irrational hatred of the EU, too, so that’s not going to sway him any.
All this stuff is in canon TV shows anyway from what I understand?
I used an Amazon giftcard and bought a Mighty Muggs Wicket the Ewok. I like Ewoks. I like Return of the Jedi.
YubNub4Lyfe
Please be joking…
I think he’s saying "it’s all OT except Hyden."
But, I’m not sure because the Lady and the Hat don’t have anything to do with the OT.
Ladies don’t know anything about Star Wars, who are they trying to kid.
Tobar said:
Pretty simple really.
I’m still fuzzy on the whole good bad thing Egon.
Magic crystals are fantasy which is good, but if they’re in Star Wars it becomes sci-fi which is bad, but this is about wizards which are good, but magic crystals make magic laser beams and swords work so that’s bad, even though they don’t obey the laws of physics which is fantasy, so this is good? Although it’s just an extension of mystical amulets? And in the end this is kind of irrelevant to anything in the narrative anyway? It’s almost like this is just some kind of minor detail that allows for another series of banal complaints over things that don’t really matter or determine movie quality on the whole.
I can sit and watch TFA but it’s a huge mess in terms of basic script elements. One TIE Fighter destroys all the turbo lasers on a capital ship? It had like two or three? Someone had to be told to use missiles? Would they have forgotten they were there if the order wasn’t given? It’s hilariously hair brained for most of the running time.
I’m pretty sure they repurposed the crystals from Splinter of the Mind’s Eye quite a while ago.
The problem is that it’s so vague and undefined. Whole systems could be funding them for all we know but it’s brushed without explanation. Who is doing what, and how, needs to be fleshed out.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/last-jedi-to-include-gorilla-walkers/
lovelikewinter said:
green lightsabers in the Falcon, a blueberry Hoth and everyone having rosacea?
Vader’s pink saber in parts of Empire and Jedi is one of my personal faves. It was his original vision!
I mean I sorta enjoyed Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs… does that translate over to good Star Wars? I honestly have no idea.
Uhh? I guess they just mean red but don’t want to be mundane…
Well I was hoping days or longer… ‘we’ve traced the rebel spies’ sounds like a long process not just glancing out at the corvette’s license plate. Comments floating around make it sound like the latter though. I will see how this all holds up on second viewing.
I think this problem could be alleviated by having a main character stuck in that hallway with Vader. Maybe a current character could be rewritten to be in that scene, or it could be a new character. The idea is that the audience is hopeful because this character managed to avoid the destruction of Scariff, so we’re rooting for him to get out of there.
They could A) make Vader the antagonist or B) use him in place of CGI-Tarkin. The problem then becomes writing him in properly, instead of him randomly meeting nameless guys in a hallway. Imagine if they wrote in a Jedi hunt plot around this which leads them to Jedha and wraps back around to Jyn and friends.
SilverWook said:
Vader probably relished a chance to cut loose on some Rebel scum.
But he casually walks in and looks around at the dead troops like it’s just another day at the office. I see what you mean but the whole thing feels like the obligatory lightsaber moment. It’s trying too hard to be badass seconds after a sombre ending.
Dominic, I see what you mean; of course his presence is not necessary. But you said in your earlier post that he “does not belong in this movie.” That’s a bit hyperbole, I think, and implies that his presence is damaging. I just wonder in what way you think his presence is damaging to the film.
It depends what you consider damaging. Vader’s scene is the most obvious reshoot material because he never meets the heroes face to face. It comes across as a very last minute addition (which it is). It also overturns their sacrifice by making the audience root for him instead. If he was written into the story effectively it might work, but it’s just an effects scene. To me Vader isn’t the sort of character who would even consider using his lightsaber this way, he’s too cool and collected. The ending should be about people with shades of grey feeling they have achieved something bigger than their own selfish ideals. Instead it’s just a spectacle, they hug, they die, now here’s a epic as hell lightsaber massacre ohhhooo yeaaahhhh. Oh but hope. It’s about hope.
Just for curiosity’s sake, what is you guys’ opinion of Search for Spock? I personally think it’s the most underrated Trek film, and one of the best in the series.
I don’t think it’s bad, I always watch it as part of the mid series plot line. I really like the first half at Starfleet, it gives all the characters a moment and it feels like a fun heist movie. The word is no, into the closet etc etc. The second half becomes kind of shlock with the classic bad Star Trek planet and the punching. Like some TOS series of course. But the pacing goes off for me at this stage and the death of David doesn’t feel earned since we never see him doing anything with his dad. Thankfully they work this into his early motivation in STVI which is a great idea.
Well the original is pretty far ahead of anything that came after but personally I enjoy;
Mothra Vs Godzilla
Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster
Destroy All Monsters
Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah
Godzilla Vs Mothra
I also like King Kong Escapes and War of the Gargantuas. Also the original Gamera, and the first two movies from the reboot trilogy. A friend to all children. Even those he crushed and burned to death. * cue theme song *
She is. But a film like Terminator Genysis would have been a train wreck without her.
Well I said mostly
JawsTDS said:
that’s just like, their opinion, man.
They could at least try and express it in a more interesting way though.
- Labyrinth (1986) – 9/10
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) – 8/10
- Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) – 6/10
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) – 8/10
- Home Alone (1990) – 7/10
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) – 6.5/10
Okay
Eh I would swap the score for Misery with Raiders and I’m not a big John Hughes fan, but you know I think this is mostly fair.
I watched Slaughterhouse-Five, it’s a cool concept with plenty of interesting ideas despite a few overly comedic bits. There are comparisons with a recent release that is also good but saying more gives away too much. Another one for the list of great pre-Star Wars 70s scifi flicks.