I think the Starfleet uniforms in TOS look like ass. My initial thought was they bought primary-coloured sweaters in bulk, slapped patches on the breasts, and called it a day; that’s how cheap they look to me.
If Ed Wood had been a multi-millionaire with access to early 21st century VFX, he would’ve made movies of exactly the same quality.
That’s part of the charm of the prequels for me, honestly. The fact that they’re so unapologetically George’s movies, with all the good and bad that that entails. It’s preferable to movies that feel like they were made by a board room.
I wish more prequel fans thought this way, really. I can understand loving the prequels, warts and all. What I can’t fathom is the mentality that insists there are no warts.
I was 11, 14, and 17 when TPM, AOTC, & ROTS came out, the “right” age to enjoy them. I have absolutely zero nostalgia for any of them. I can’t think of a more grossly overrated set of movies if I tried. If Ed Wood had been a multi-millionaire with access to early 21st century VFX, he would’ve made movies of exactly the same quality.
“Home? I have no home. Hunted. Despised. Living like an animal. The jungle is my home! And I will show the world that I can be its master! I will perfect my own race of people. A race of atomic supermen which will conquer the world!”
“Y’know, all my life I’ve been careful to stay in my own corner looking out for Number 1, no complications. Now suddenly I’m responsible for the entire fucking world! And everybody in this mother is trying to kill me, if — if — my head doesn’t blow up first.”
“Maybe it’s not just about you anymore.”
“Listen. You listen to me. You see that city over there? That’s where I’m supposed to be. Not down here with the dogs and the garbage and the fuckin’ last month’s newspapers blowing back and forth! I’ve had it with them! I’ve had it with you! I’ve had it with all this!”
“I want room service! I want the club sandwich! I want the cold Mexican beer! I want a $10,000-a-night hooker!”
“I want my shirts laundered … like they do at the Imperial Hotel … in Tokyo.”
Oh BTW that avatar is magnificent.
Felt appropriate to give such a crappy character such a crappy hairstyle.
1,000% disagree. Anakin is a great character and his story is an incredibly tragic one.
The only thing I found tragic was Lucas’ filmmaking. But different strokes and all that jazz.
Oh BTW that avatar is magnificent.
Felt appropriate to give such a crappy character such a crappy hairstyle.
Everything becomes fanfiction if it’s popular enough. No exceptions.
It’s time for the Internet to end.
The Northman didn’t do much for me. The whole while the movie was playing, all I could think of was this quote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vYOqoBj_Wc
The protagonist being an unrepentant murderous slaver didn’t help any, either.
It may not have been handled well or built up well as a twist, but Luke and Leia’s relationship works better as a fraternal one than a romantic one.
Which reminds me.
The decision to all but gut the Luke-Leia-Han love triangle from TESB was a mistake. It’s made it easier for Lucas to shoehorn that terrible sister retcon in when he made ROTJ.
I’ve realized that Finn had every right to leave on that escape pod in TLJ. He’d been forced to be a soldier his whole life, and he didn’t owe the Resistance anything. He deserved a chance to live a normal life.
Conscription’s only bad when it’s the side wearing black.
Dave Dorman’s art
Yes.
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Sadly, this one falls in my estimation every time I see it. The middle drags so much that it can hardly be enjoyed like the campy awful brilliance of the rest of the film. Ah well, at least the ending always makes me laugh.
Never understood this movie’s cult following. It’s just a bad movie. Not so-bad-it’s-good, not even Coleman Francis-level so-bad-it’s-horrible. Just average bad.
Jaster Mereel killed that snot-nosed clone brat and stole his identity.
Frickin’ blacks, feminists, and queers. They all need to go back to Africa, the kitchen, and the closet. Tolkien is for the white, super-straight ubermensch. Cleanse Hollywood of degenerate art. Deus vult.
what a glorious strawman
I have zero patience for anti-SJWs. You can have legitimate grievances with Hollywood “progressivism” and express yourself accordingly. But if you start dropping “woke” pejoratively, spouting conservative rhetoric with no nuance, I’m taking the kid gloves off.
I still don’t have a personal canon. But if I did, it would include everything released 1976-1998, starting with the publication of the SW novelization, ending with the Hand of Thrawn duology. No prequels, no Yuuzhan Vong, no Darth Caedus or Krayt, and no Disney. Only Star Wars at its most organic and varied (though no less commercialized or messy).
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was a three hour long borefest, and I cannot for the life of me comprehend how can anyone enjoy it.
Felt pretty much the same. I liked the conversation between DiCaprio’s character and the little girl, but that’s the only moment that inspired any feeling in me.
How can a quote be invisible?
It exists in a parallel timeline.
Not every film can be Red Zone Cuba.
Mara is too good for the new canon. Too good for the old canon, too, to be frank.
Can’t tell if Superweapon VII is being sarcastic, I’m guessing so?
Absolutely.
I recognize tokenism as a problem in Hollywood, but the rank toxicity spewed by the anti-SJWs is not a justified resposnse.
Maybe an animated series of the entire Star Wars saga would be more interesting. To see classic events from the original films told from a different point of view, maybe from different characters too. With the goal of a 9 film series being written a lot more coherently.
This. Exactly This. I have always thought a traditional anime style retelling of the entire star wars saga would be fantastic. It would have to be done traditionally though, none of this CGI fake anime style. I would love the style of art to be similar to something along the lines of Neon Genesis Evangelion or Akira.
I don’t have a problem with anime, but I’d prefer a more western style. Something harkening back to '80s/'90s Saturday morning cartoons.