La Mer said:
This trailer gave me a good warm feeling.
Star Wars quote potential reference missed-opportunity fail ^
Watching it again, the droid has this little RC car aerial...
...that is wobbling and rotating around exactly like the aerials would when I ran my toy cars over some bumpy dirt tracks. It's a detail like that, that makes this special for me.
RicOlie_2 said:
I think so. Is it because you thought the rest sucked, or because you really liked the droid?
The latter. Thinking about it, I guess the shape and some design elements remind me of a few favourite droids from my childhood. No one influence...
^ Zax (From 1983's 'Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince')
^ Sergeant Major Zero (From 1983's 'Terrahawks')
^ Blinky (From 1991's 'Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars')
^ T-Bob (From 1985's 'Mobile Armored Strike Kommand')*
...so for me at least, it feels like something that would have been around the same time as the OT.
(* Daaammmnn! I had totally forgotten about M.A.S.K. I had every toy from that show! These are the kind of fuzzy memories this droid brings back. No way does this looks like something from the PT.)
Am I alone in thinking the droid was one of the highlights?
Handman said:
While we're on the subject, here's one of my favorite reviewer's reaction.
Stuckman is always good. His little skit at 05.30 about talking to his dad after TPM is very funny.
Some hilarious trailer reaction videos...
That was hot! (My fav. Guy losing his sh*t)
Sweet! (Intense fanboy reaction)
I wish it was next month (Family watch together... Kid is adorable)
This is so beautiful! (Almost tears of joy)
imperialscum said:
For example that lightsabre design is stupid. The fact that it might be a real prop doesn't change the fact that it is stupid.
Lightsabers are real! ;-)
This page has some very hi-res images from the trailer...
http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/11/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-debuts-online-giving-a-first-look-at-episode-vii/
Plus a super detailed iMAX shot of the Falcon that would make a nice wallpaper.
Johnny Ringo said:
I did however do a quick mockup to get an idea of what things might look like sans hollywood teal / orange filtering.
Trailer colour-timings are meaningless these days. They bare no resemblance to the finished films, so I wouldn't get too concerned based on an early teaser. But if some of those shots were the actual timing, I'd be mildy concerned same as you.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I didn't go to sleep last night and now I'm paying for it in the form of an upset stomach complete with rotten egg-tasting burps.
Eat less rotten eggs.
Bingowings said:
I predict it will be as weird as watching Into Darkness if you are a Star Trek OS fan.
So not at all weird. ;-)
RicOlie_2 said:
Things I disliked:
- The possibility that we're going to be seeing Sith again.
I'd bet were all sick of the boring Sith that have populated the SW universe. I'm sure when it comes to JJ's undoubtably fun take on them, we'll find we like them afterall.
RicOlie_2 said:
This is the first movie I have ever actively awaited in my life, or watched the trailers for as soon as they came out, so watching things progress and waiting is fun in itself.
Oh how I envy you. To be anticipating a new Star Wars film, blissful in the ignorance of how it felt having all of your dreams being shattered the last time. LOL
Any film containing that g-force inducing shot of the Falcon is a winner in my book. Reminds me favourably of the thrilling shot when the Falcon swoops into the Death Star in ROTJ. It looks like the OT, it looks like a JJ film, it looks like the best of both. I'm as pleased as punch! *
(*Okay the cruciform-Lightsaber is a bit silly but nevermind. You can't have everything LOL)
This thread reminds me of why I love this place. Reading back through it was more fun than what was actually on TV :-) Glad it got bumped.
A comparison between a frame from the 2D/3D set captured by KK650 and the "same" frame that I've captured from the UK 2D standalone release...
Being a daylight scene the colour difference probably isn't as marked as it is in some scenes. If you look very closely though you'll see that this isn't actually the "same" frame. It more obvious when I overlay the two...
Everything in the foreground and background is at a different angle. I'm 99.9999% sure this is because the standalone 2D is just a scan of the left or right eye from the 3D Blu-Ray. It's not the first time I've noticed this problem...
Dredd 2012 French Blu-Ray Review
I'm not sure if this is because preparing a seperate 2D home-video master is expensive, or if sometimes studios just don't really care and assume nobody will notice. Maybe this is standard practice wth Marvel. I wasn't that impressed with the 'Winter Soldier' BR either but unlike Guardians, I hadn't seen that movie 3 or 4 times to be able to instantly notice when something was off.
Another couple of shots...
^ This one is terrible, like a photocopy, of a painting, of a film... in the dark.
...and what is up with the blue splodges of flat cyan in the background of this ^.
This and the UK Dredd 2D Blu-Ray really shakes my faith in the format. I'm going to treat any release of a 3D film with deep suspicion from now on.
Long story short. After a lengthy and heated argument, the store gave me my money back. No is not an answer I'm prepared to except in these situations ;-)
I'll be buying the 3D/2D set tomorrow with hopefully better results. I have my doubts that it will really be any better. To clarify, I take it we've been so far discussing the US Blu-Ray sets. So the UK 3D/2D might be just as bad or worse? Any info on that around the interwebz??
I'd imagine this is going to be the biggest selling Blu-Ray of the year so returns are gonna be plentiful, even given the fact that 99% of people couldn't give a sh*t how a movie looks.
Arrrrrrgh!!! Just got back from buying the 2DBR an hour ago and thought the image looked off. Almost so dark and muted I couldn't see what was going on.
Then saw this thread. Dammit why couldn't I have read this first. Refund time!
Behold this awesome FX shot I did a screencap of...
(^ Click to see full res)
The 'Independance Day' thoughts raises an interesting film question. Is a "stereotyped" character okay if it's a massively positive portrayal?
I can't see the 'Julius Levinson' character as a negative-stereotype as he is such a lovely character. One of the most likeable things in that film.
Other "caricatures" I can think of would be...
Jenette Goldstein "browning up" to play Private Vasquez in 'Aliens'. I suspect Cameron wouldn't get away with that casting these days. But she plays it with total conviction and everybody would want to be that character, male or female. She's so badass.
I go on about how good it is too often but, 'Short Circuit 2'. Fisher Stevens not only "browns up" his skin but puts on a ridiculous exagerated accent and mixes up his words "how time is fun when you're having flies" to play Ben Jarhvi. But again the character is played with such warmth and humour. Ben's such a lovely guy and you are rooting for him to get the girl.
'Short Round' in Indy2. I know people here have stated they find him offensive with all the getting words wrong and such but I was the same age as Shorty once and I wanted to be him. If you love a character this much, can it be a negative portrayal?
I'm sure there are other examples.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Ryan McAvoy said:
DrCrowTStarwars said:
our nose is the only feature on our faces we can see without a mirror.
My commiserations. Not having a tongue or eyelids must be a bitch.
I should have said normally see or are aware of since we not seem to notice those features. Then again I did say "on our faces" and eyelashes are part of the eyes and the tongue can only be seen if we stick it out and is not on the face.
Thanks for clearing that up.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
our nose is the only feature on our faces we can see without a mirror.
My commiserations. Not having a tongue or eyelids must be a bitch.
emanswfan said:
Ryan McAvoy said:
30 theatres in North America and the rest of the world can go **** themselves. Nothing out of the ordinary there ;-)
But you others do get to see the actual film before us US people though.
Really? Well that's not fair either.
30 theatres in North America and the rest of the world can go **** themselves. Nothing out of the ordinary there ;-)
This guy is making a custom T.A.R.S toy...
...me want. Somekind of official Rubik's cube style, puzzle, transformer, sarcastic-talking T.A.R.S toy would be on my Xmas list of it was available.
So wrong...
FanFiltration said:
I was in a bit of a bad mood today, but this took me to another place.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=839534979414745&set=vb.690604840974427&type=2&theater
Links tend to do that.