SilverWook

Why is Chewie wearing a Power Glove?

Wonder why they even bother with China when the OT and PT never played there, (AFAIK) and the sequels have not done well there either.

I hope she gets the help she needs then. (And if it’s not a PR stunt, ABC/Disney should reconsider it’s options for the show.) Some people need the social media equivalent of a designated driver it seems.

Ok, I’m with you on mimes, (except for Bowie) but what did ventriloquists ever do to you?

Cthulhunicron said:

Nothing I’m hearing about this movie makes me want to watch it. I think I’m done with Disney Star Wars.

https://youtu.be/3q4WkcPKiUg 😛

You’ll be back come December 2019. You’ll all be back! laughs maniacally

dahmage said:

1985 - 1983?

Well, there was a DeLorean involved. 😉

Only in the 21st century is a number one opening weekend proclaimed a bomb.

I thought there were and they did?

JEDIT:Artoo’s panels are still black in the DS battle, but I always thought they turned black when in outer space for some reason.

And dead Artoo still has black panels when Luke returns to the base, supporting my theory. 😉

There must be a reason the Y-wings don’t have R2 units? Even the Kenner die cast toy has one.

I swear photos I’ve seen of the original models have them, but they could have been added later?

The design of the Y-Wing cockpits would make it impossible to see the R2 units behind the pilot even if they were there.

moviefreakedmind said:

SilverWook said:

Most box office talk is just click bait fodder. They built SW up now they want to tear it down. The movie will be fine and Star Wars will be fine. Anybody who stayed home because they hated TLJ, thank you! As I went at the last minute on Thursday night, I got a nice seat. 😉

When movies cost 500 million dollars to make and market, an 84 million dollar domestic take on opening weekend is very concerning, especially when it’s the movie based on the most likable character in all of Star Wars.

Arguably they should have stuck to the December release schedule, and it’s a really crowded summer. Let’s see how some people cope waiting 18 long months for the next movie now.

As for most likeable character, they haven’t made the Chewbacca movie yet. 😛

…or 1983 for that matter. 😉

I’m almost at the point where I will have no use for the community at all. I hope that guy gets paid by the word.

You guys know Reagan called Russia the evil empire, right? Politicians invoking Star Wars has been around as long as the movie.

Well, I never thought we’d see Jaxxon in a new comic book either. 😉

And look what Marvel has done with characters that were once considered obscure. I never thought I’d see Rocket Raccoon in the movies!

DrDre said:

While this review is for TLJ it sort of sums up how I feel about the current state of the franchise, and the addition of Solo to the list of feature films:

https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.popmatters.com/star-wars-the-last-jedi-death-spirit-review-2517583409.amp.html

This quote sums it up pretty well:

“These films of oppression and resistance, good and evil are restrictive in their scope, their multi episode continuation an echo chamber that would best left to the silence of imagination over big screen realisation. Star Wars has become a broken record, with a faulty premise of philosophical balance, that can only be handled appropriately by breaking its defined structure.”

While Solo is not a bad film in my view, and I liked both TFA and RO, I’m sick to death of the current franchise’s self-referential nature, and its tendency to revisit past hits. The announcement of a Boba Fett film on the day of Solo’s release only reinforces this view, and I dislike it intensely. Star Wars used to spark the imagination. These new films stiffle the imagination by either giving us distorted versions of what came before (ST), or by filling in the blanks with backstory and fan service (RO and Solo). So, while I found some enjoyment watching Solo, I can’t help but feel empty after yet another entry in the continuing Star Wars franchise, which sadly grows much faster in volume than in original content.

Because the prequels never referenced anything. And the feeling empty comment is kind of ironic as Star Wars was sometimes compared to junk food back in the day. I wish these pop culture pundits would burn their Star Wars fan club card and be done with it already. And get a spell checker. Stiffle the imagination? 😉

And I refuse to believe anybody was ever happy about waiting three years for a new movie. I sure wasn’t.

Cool VHS cover! And the Nelvana personnel in the credits is a nice touch.

With Warner cranking out all those direct to video DC movies, you’d think Disney would get an idea to do some animated Star Wars films.

I forgot about the cyborg the locals don’t want buried in the cemetery. Wasn’t sure Valance fell under the droid rights discussion since he liked to blast droids for fun. He’d be a great character to show up in the films though.

If you’ve ever seen the fan made comic Jaxxon’s 11, Greyshade and MasterCom seem to be more than friends. 😉

Jay said:

SilverWook said:

I suppose the show could be salvaged if they kill her character off between seasons and bring in Sandy Duncan? 😉
(Nobody is going to get that one…)

The Conner Family?

Ding!

Might have been the short lived Comics Scene magazine Starlog press had for a while in the early 80’s? The layout style is similar to Starlog in any case.

paja said:

Mission impossible music in the train heist scene.

Only if it’s the original. 😉
https://youtu.be/vIrvIv0yr8s

Dek Rollins said:

SilverWook said:

I guess the really bad American dub of Mad Max has vanished off the face of the Earth?

The DVD I watched had it as an option. I quickly avoided it in favor of the original mono.

I thought it sounded odd when I first saw it on HBO as a kid, but couldn’t put my finger on it. I had no idea that it was dubbed, because who would dub over an entire movie with English speaking actors? It’s laughable the American distributor didn’t think anybody could understand the Aussie accents.

I suppose the show could be salvaged if they kill her character off between seasons and bring in Sandy Duncan? 😉
(Nobody is going to get that one…)

Dek Rollins said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Dek Rollins said:

In the opening scene when we see the Gyro Pilot steal Max’s crap, I thought he was going to find him and confront him, with them then recognizing each other. But instead it takes most of the movie for him to show up again, and Max never says he’s mad at him for taking his ride, and there’s never any indication that they recognize each other.

Bruce Spence’s character from Beyond Thunderdome isn’t meant to be his character from Road Warrior.

Starlog #95 said:

While traveling in the desert in his camel-drawn vehicle, Max is overtaken by a small methane-powered plane flown by the freewheeling bandit Jedediah and his son. Although the two characters bear no relation to each other, Jedediah is played by Bruce Spence, who was the much-loved Gyro Pilot in Road Warrior. Jedediah succeeds in taking off with all of Max’s worldly goods, leaving the hero to perish in the desert.

That’s dumb. Why not take a perfect opportunity and make it the same guy? That actually makes it worse.

It’s like if the Bond movies had Donald Pleasance play a totally different bald guy with a cat in a volcano lair. 😛

So why did they cast the exact same actor as a weird fellow with a flying machine? I swear Miller wanted to confuse the audience. Great Tina Turner songs though.

Only sporting goods and fetishwear survive the apocalypse, at least down under.

There’s a Kill button on Max’s dashboard?

I guess the really bad American dub of Mad Max has vanished off the face of the Earth?

Most box office talk is just click bait fodder. They built SW up now they want to tear it down. The movie will be fine and Star Wars will be fine. Anybody who stayed home because they hated TLJ, thank you! As I went at the last minute on Thursday night, I got a nice seat. 😉

The sad thing is the Roseanne side show is overshadowing that today.