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"This is ridiculous…"

NeverarGreat said:

Bingowings said:

For me Star Trek (2009) is practically identical to Star Trek into Darkness and not that different from Star Trek : Nemesis or Enterprise.

For me Prometheus is almost exactly the same film as Alien Vs Predator (2004).

And yet critically and in terms of popular opinion the reaction is wildly different.

My only conclusion is that trends are not set by quality but by some market led opinion swing. I highly expect the Star Wars sequels will be as bad as ROTS but as popular as Skyfall, just because the markets have decided Star Wars is to rise again.

Watch this space.

While Star Trek '09 has a similar conflict to Into Darkness (stop the evil baddie who has it out for the Federation) you are right that the reaction is very different because of expectation. This is very important. If The Empire Strikes Back told the same story as Star Wars, I believe that Star Wars would never have become a multi-generational phenomenon. Empire needed a darker tone that took risks with the material and actually advanced the story of the original instead of repeating it. Because of this Empire earned its place alongside Star Wars. Into Darkness is very similar to Star Trek, except that it doesn't introduce the crew, establish the universe, or explain the backstory of any important character, things which the original was required to do. So Into Darkness is a movie without a Prime Directive, coasting along on name recognition while systematically making nonsense of things which held the franchise together for almost fifty years.

That's why I really wanted to deny Cumberbatch being Khan. I think that movie would have been so much better if the whole plot centered around Harrison trying to take down Starfleet from the inside out.

I thought there were going to be scenes of him planting bombs in international HQs, grand speeches given over the air, and all that stuff.

I think that could have made for a much more interesting story, if you ask me. 

Is the second picture Turl?

Leonardo said:

 I like this one.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DEMAND AN ANSWER!!!!!!! DAMN YOU, FRINK/OLIE!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'll actually have to get this DVD/Blu Ray soon. I've seen only the asteroid scene, and plus it would be the perfect companion to the Season 6 set I've got.

Too bad about that trailer. There was a YouTube upload of decent quality, so I wonder where that came from.

SilverWook said:

You mean like these?

http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/StarWars/index.html

http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/Empire/index.html

http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/Return/index.html

Not sure why the pages aren't linked anymore.

 I will treasure these. I just wonder why stuff like the original Alderaan is so hard to come by.

Can someone tell me if there is a collection of all the McQuarrie art? In all versions. Because I love this page and want to know if there's anything like it anywhere else.

http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/2014/01/14/an-annotated-guide-to-the-star-wars-portfolio-by-ralph-mcquarrie/

We know stuff on SW.com never lasts long.

What…the…

Sorry for my outburst, by the way.

DuracellEnergizer said:

"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis

That worked out incredibly well. 

RicOlie_2 said:

"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" By ABBA

I think you could argue every rapper in history is better than Lil' Wayne. Even Vanilla Ice.

I… I… What? I….

What the hell do you say to that?

Yes…Yes! To SilverWook you listen!

Officially, ROTS looks like a film instead of a video game cutscene.

darklordoftech said:

What if they hadn't made Palpatine a Force-user?

 Dear god, man! DO YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE!?!?!?!?!?!

I suppose you're right. You just seem to mark most of your movies that.

What is a 10/10 to you exactly?

Or do you just watch a bunch of mediocre movies?

darklordoftech said:

One problem I do have with some prequel bashers is that they'll say to stop bashing the prequels if you bash the prequels for a different reason from them. For example, if you talk about how terrible the Padme-Anakin romance is, everyone will love you, but if you talk how terrible it is that Palpatine is a Sith, those same people will tell you to shut up.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4rPGFYBDk

OK, there's other reasons. 

1. Don't know if I have the equipment.

2. Most likely I'll still sound like a kid.

3. Don't know how to upload it.

So, I wish you well Mr. Boost.

Too…many…EMO PETERS!!!!!

._.

Eh, I'm probably over-hyping myself. I guarantee you'll find better people in your quest to get this thing off the ground.

Besides, I stutter and slur. Badly.

OBI-WAN37 said:

As awesome as the original trilogy is, I think the prequels surpass episodes IV-VI.

 So you like dull, dry, humorless stories with rushed character development, overdone action sequences, terrible dialogue, and altogether strange moments all stemming from the mind of a guy who should have quit years ago?

I'd audition myself as a John Hurt type.

If I wasn't a minor...