canofhumdingers

I never played it myself so I don’t have a very strong opinion. I played the demo, and like others mentioned, was quickly turned off by the ridiculously strong force powers. It just didn’t jive with what I liked about the force in the OT (amazingly powerful when you thought about it, but so subtle you could almost miss it if you weren’t paying attention). Also, like so much of Star Wars since the mid 90’s the Force was severely lacking in the mysticism aspect it had in the 70’s and 80’s that was so crucial in making it so interesting.

I dunno if I’m doing a good job of explaining it. I’m not always good at using words to explain feelings. But back in the day, the force had a certain feeling to it and The Force Unleashed (based on the demo I played) failed to capture that feeling. I really have no idea how the final game turned out, but the demo was enough to make me completely apathetic and have no desire to even try the final game.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Be careful what you get super duper excited for.

I think I’ll be just fine. I’m as much excited to be seeing another feature film on IMAX 15/70 (something I thought Interstellar was likely the last time I might ever get to do) as I am to see a new Star Wars movie. And while I was skeptical at first, they’ve slowly won me over and I think this has a lot of potential to actually be a good Star Wars movie. But if it sucks, oh well, I’ve still got the OT (thanks to the awesome community here!) and I can still enjoy the Star Wars movies that made me a fan to begin with.

YYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

So I just got my plans settled and tickets bought for The Force Awakens opening weekend! Gonna be seeing it via 70mm IMAX on a proper, non-dome, 6 story tall flat screen in Indianapolis!! Super duper excited!

Thanks guys!

Fang Zei said:

Speaking of which, I checked the Smithsonian’s ticketing site and noticed they’ve quietly added a 70mm showtime earlier in the day at 2:30 for Friday-Sunday. Previously they were all sold out until 10:45 on Saturday night.

Maybe I’ll be seeing this earlier than expected.

Aaaaand just this moment saw the special preview during the “Shondathon” on ABC.

LOTS of new shots.

Where are you seeing this? The website I can find only lets you see the schedule out to 21 days, can’t even see the listings for Star Wars on it yet.

Yeah, I saw Interstellar in 15/70 in Las Vegas. It was an incredible experience. At the time I thought it was probably the last time I'd ever see a feature film shot and projected on 70mm IMAX film. I'm so glad to see I was wrong!

I don't live in DC but I'm looking at making a trip just to see this. Unfortunately I won't know my December work schedule until mid November. Also I don't know if I'll wind up going to DC or one of the other cities showing it (that may depend on who has tickets left!)

Fang Zei said:

canofhumdingers said:

And never mind... I should've paid more attention tithe lists. Both the DC and Citywalk theaters are the laser projectors. NOT 70mm. :-/

There are two Air&Space museums in the DC area.

One is downtown in DC itself and still uses 15/70 projection.

The other one, the Udvar-Hazy center out in Chantilly VA near Dulles Airport, just recieved the laser upgrade earlier this year.

When slashfilm posted that list, they must've either neglected to include the downtown location in the list of 70mm theaters or it just hadn't been added yet as the list was "subject to change" (I'm guessing it was the latter). If you go to Imax's website you'll see it.

In any event, I didn't see it until it was too late to secure a ticket to the 7pm Thursday screening.

Sorry for the confusion.

And never mind... I should've paid more attention tithe lists. Both the DC and Citywalk theaters are the laser projectors. NOT 70mm. :-/

SilverWook said:

canofhumdingers said:

Holy moly! Was this already known about and I just missed it, or is this new news?

<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/imax-announces-star-wars-the-force-awakens-screening-details-and-reveals-a-new-poster/" target="_blank" title="www.slashfilm.com/imax-announces-star-wars-the-force-awakens-screening-details-and-reveals-a-new-poster/">Where to see The Force Awakens via 70mm IMAX prints!</a>

It's sad to see how few IMAX theaters there are left that actually show 70mm prints anymore. But at the same time...AWESOME! They're actually making and screening 70mm IMAX prints of the new Star Wars movie!!! I was not expecting this at all! I may have to make a special Christmas trip to one of these theaters just for the experience...

 Well, damn. I guess they replaced the one that used be at Universal Studios Citywalk. That was the only one remotely closest to me.

[quote=Fang Zei]

Unfortunately, they didn't include Air&Space DC in the list

Holy moly! Was this already known about and I just missed it, or is this new news?

Where to see The Force Awakens via 70mm IMAX prints!

It's sad to see how few IMAX theaters there are left that actually show 70mm prints anymore. But at the same time...AWESOME! They're actually making and screening 70mm IMAX prints of the new Star Wars movie!!! I was not expecting this at all! I may have to make a special Christmas trip to one of these theaters just for the experience...

Wow, this sold me. I've been cautiously optimistic about this based on the news and rumors (real sets, puppets, teaser trailers, etc.) but this new trailer definitely solidified my genuine excitement.

There was (and still is, really) a part of me that really wanted this to LOOK like it was shot in the late seventies (like Star Wars and Empire) but I always knew it wouldn't and would instead look like a modern blockbuster. But it occurred to me that the original trilogy were all SUPER modern, trend setting, in-your-face action sequenced spectacles at their times of release and this film should be no different. If this film really follows the Star Wars tradition faithfully, it too should be very modern with cutting edge effects and mind blowing action sequences. It SHOULD look modern. More modern than anything else in the theater. And it shouldn't ape the cinematography/look of any of the previous films. All three of the OT have their own distinct look and feel when it comes to cinematography, lighting, etc. but the common thread they have running throughout them that ties them together visually is the art direction, sets, costumes, creatures, etc all look like they're from the same universe. And the snippets I've seen of this film fit that bill too. A new look/visual style for a very familiar universe. I can't wait!

Wow, that is amazing. I need to go to one of these! Hope they start doing plenty of them in the states so I have a chance!

Bingowings said:

Having the cross-guard like that is a bit like having a razor sharp handle for a razor.

I didn't care for the cross guard mostly because of the fatal flaw that the emitters of the cross guard are wide open to be cut off and therefore kinda pointless. But the idea of a classical Medieval European styled light saber is pretty cool imo. And then, I saw this toy image.



I don't know if it does that in the movie (we certainly haven't seen any evidence it does, and none of the other toys have that energy arc protecting the emitters). But if it does, that solves the one genuine complaint I had with it. In fact, I'm all for using other ancient hand to hand weapons as inspiration for new light saber designs. I still think that light sabers over all should be rare and a thing of great mystery and power like they were in the OT, but we can still have variety too...

I can't for the life of me remember where I heard or read this, but back in the mid '90s when Star Wars was getting popular again and the Thrawn trilogy was hugely popular, I saw a speculative story that addressed this. It was speculating about the clone wars and drew from the cloning info we get in the Thrawn trilogy. The author surmised that perhaps Obi-wan was actually a clone of the original Ben Kenobi who had been dead for years. "Obi-wan" was not actually a name, but an alternate spelling for a designation (much like "Artoo Detoo" and "See Threepio") that actually stood for "OB-1" which represented the clone "Old Ben One". Thus, "Ben" actually was his real name and "Obi-wan" was the designation he was known by during the Clone Wars.

The article went on to speculate that the Clone Wars had something to do with a war between the Old Republic and the Mandalorian warriors. The Mandalorians began cloning themselves to increase troop numbers and they began winning. The Jedi ultimately decided that, despite their misgivings regarding the idea, the only way they stood a chance was to begin cloning themselves.

Ah man, I loved when there was so much mystery in the Star Wars universe and you could let your imagination run wild with these crazy ideas about what might've happened outside the films...

I've never agreed with the idea that Ben Kenobi's outfit was just standard Tattooine clothing. I was always under the impression that it was definitely Jedi robes. His costume is VERY much reminiscent of samurai gi (shirt) and hakama (big, puffy pleated pants that look more like a skirt). Then they threw a monk's hooded robe over the top of it all to visually reinforce the "warrior monk" concept. And early concept art supports this idea. The drawings below (especially the ones with the shoulder pads) are almost straight up copies of samurai clothing.





Also, the fact that Darth Vader, a fallen Jedi, also wears similar robes (in addition to his cape and CLEARLY samurai-influenced armor and helmet) lends support to the idea that Jedi wear samurai-inspired robes. Below is a typical samurai out of armor.



The fact that desert dwellers also commonly wear robes and flowing garments (even here in the real world) in my opinion, just comes as a coincidence and helped Obi-wan blend in.

That being said, I have no problem with, and actually like the idea that Luke's black outfit in ROTJ is ALSO Jedi attire. Just like the samurai (or any other warrior class) from actual history, it makes perfect sense that the Jedi would change out of their every day robes and into specialized clothing and/or armor that would be more practical or better suited to combat. Luke's black costume would be a perfect basic outfit for the Jedi Knights on a mission or something. And it's worth noting, even Luke wears a brown hooded monk-like cloak over this outfit in the opening of ROTJ...

Another argument against 4K tv's (at least for right now) is that the video standards for 4K are only just now being agreed upon industry wide, from what I understand. The new 4K standard will have a wider color gamut to better recreate the range of color the human eye can actually see, as well as much higher contrast ratios among other things. It's not JUST about higher resolution. But since these things are just now becoming standardized, current 4K tv's don't have these features and won't be able to take advantage of them when they are available in the (probably very near) future.

JEDIT : This is now the non spoiler thread.

Plot spoilers should only be posted in this thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Rogue-One-Spoilers-Thread/id/49191
 

 
Teaser was shown at Celebration 2015. Can’t really make out much but here it is - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7n8i579d_JI

Jedit: a working link to the taken-down ‘For a thousand generations…’ video can be found here - www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nbjz3

darklordoftech said:

No Bespin and Yavin? No space battles? 

C'mon, EA. This feels like an incomplete game.

Did you not wait for it? The live stream switched to an HD stream of the trailer. It was pretty awesome!

I actually missed most of the live stream but tuned in just in time to see everyone on stage and then the new teaser.

And suddenly I'm much less enthusiastic... But it has a lot more to do with the terrible, cheap, photoshoppy nature of the art than it does the actual designs.

Of the designs, I'm, at worst, ok with them to, at best, like them pretty well. Except the white-accent, plastic, apple-product looking guns and flame throwers. I really hate that look. And it feels very out of place in Star Wars where the guns were always very realistic and believable looking since they were mostly real guns with extra details added. And even those extra details usually looked like real gun parts.

I do like the detail we can see in the close up of that one helmet in the first poster.

And Kylo Ren's Lightsaber is growing on me.

I like the armor. Feels very McQuarrie-esque (like so many of the other things we've seen so far). I LOVE the pistol being attached to his thigh. I'm not crazy about the revamped stormtrooper blaster. It looks a little over-designed and less "real" than the Blasters of the OT. Still can't make up my mind about the helmet. I don't immediately hate it, but it also doesn't illicit any strong positive feelings from me either.

But as Akton mentioned, I'm so happy about the fact they're building real armor, props, sets, etc. that I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt when a particular design doesn't immediately feel like a home run. EVERYTHING I've seen so far feels more like Star Wars "should" feel than almost anything since '99.

Ugh, they seriously need to stop using the latest Sideshow Collectibles 1/6 Vader toy for reference. The mask is SO wonky and mis-proportioned (compared to the real thing). It's distracting.

That and the pleather body suit looks like slightly melting licorice.

Tobar said:

The original trilogy actually had it's own alien font that was used over all three films on props and the sets that has since been forgotten.