oojason

^ very cool gallery of covers mate 😃

lovelikewinter said:

I’ve been buying the Best Buy steelbooks for the Disney era Star Wars movies and will do the same with the Last Jedi. Do you think its worth it to get the 4K one instead of just the regular blu ray? I don’t have a 4K TV or player yet but was wondering if it would be a good idea to future proof.

Ignore what Collipso says, mate 😉
 

Personally, I’d opt for the 4K Steelbook version - it’s only a $5 difference, and these things should last a good few years - so will be ok for if/when you do get a 4K tv.

‘Andy Serkis reveal the secrets of Snoke in The Last Jedi’…

http://ew.com/movies/2018/03/06/andy-serkis-snoke-star-wars-last-jedi/

(includes a little on Snoke’s backstory - and that he would ‘be all up for it’ in playing him again)

^ that looks impressive, nice one 😃

‘File A56 7W - Airwolf’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55VuB724n6Y

a bit different to the usual Airwolf tribute videos on YouTube - a nice choice of accompanying music too.

and ‘Airwolf - The Movie’ intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcCUR2384ms

pittrek said:

By the way nobody noticed that the company in the title is LucasFlim? People used to complain about these things

Now corrected - thanks mate.

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4

yhwx said:

dahmage said:

yhwx said:

Is there something in the water today? Is it just because it’s Monday?

I don’t see much of anything to complain about? In fact, things have seemed fairly calm around here lately.

You haven’t seen the invisible thread.

It’s not so invisible these days… 😉

GZK8000 said:

Sir Ridley said:

I think it’s a big misunderstanding to say that Kathleen Kennedy put that scene in the film but I’ve seen a few people suggest that. What Rian said was that Kathleen was interested in seeing Leia show force powers, it’s a stretch to believe that Kathy decided how they should be shown. She would leave the writing to the writer.

Source:
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-last-jedi-empire-podcast-spoiler-special-rian-johnson/

That section of the interview starts at about 19:20.

Nice that they gave her some Force-related scenes but they didn’t bother to make her relevant to the plot other than being an RotJ Ackbar-like character like in TFA (what I mean is: she’s the boss of the rebel band… and that’s it). These are the priorities.

Honestly, how is this a big improvement over RotJ? Or even the entire OT? Because Leia didn’t have a character arc in the OT other than a devolution of her character in the Jabba scenes (“Who cares about the galaxy? I must save my love interest!”). And the twist in RotJ had no impact to the story other than two bits of the climax (the Vader-Luke duel and solving the love triangle after the destruction of the second Death Star). And it’s quite sad how Han and Luke gets all the attention in the ST, even after leaving the rest of the galaxy at the mercy of the First Order, but Leia remains all the whole time, creates a paramilitary force and warns the New Republic and yet she’s mostly a background character in these movies.

Sorry, I’m really disappointed with how they have handled the female characters in the Disney movies. They’re not really a huge improvement compared with the Lucas era, other than being more in number, technically being the main protagonists and the lack of sexualization/forced romance.

I think Carrie Fisher is on record as saying that Episode 9 was to be ‘her’ film? (in regards of the 3 main OT cast… Han got most of the scenes in TFA, Luke had most of TLJ, and that IX would Leia’s) - obviously, and sadly, that is no longer going to be the case.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Leia: *uses the Force in space, where there would be no strong gravity or resistance, to pull slightly so she could float back on board*

people: omg Leia can FLY now the Force can’t make people FLY what is this RUINED FOREVER.

You forgot the angry shaking of the fist at Kathleen Kennedy by some people mate 😉

Gothamknight said:

Really enjoying this guy’s rants lately:

Geeks and Gamers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSWaeCipSBE

Couldn’t make it past 25 seconds mate - nearly a new record, that 😃

HerekittykittyX said:

Did you hear it was Kathleen Kennedy who put marry popins Leia in the flim

What?

Trevor Baylis: Wind-up radio inventor dies aged 80

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43290756

FM Attack - Magic (feat. Kristine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC8uM7LKS6s

Hardcore Legend said:

oojason said:

‘Star Wars Rebels creator says his next Star Wars project will be announced soon’…

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/02/star-wars-rebels-creator-says-next-star-wars-project-will-announced-soon/

 

I wonder if part of the delay in announcing this is because maybe it ties to the fate of some of these characters?

Could likely be that mate - good call… 😃

‘Harloff Interviews Filoni! They Talk Future of Lucasfilm Ahead of Star Wars Rebels Finale’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9w202ewiiE (from Collider Videos)

HerekittykittyX said:

NeverarGreat said:

There’s something about Filoni’s Star Wars sensibility that rubs me the wrong way. Having watched Rebels, it feels remarkably sterile, existing in this purgatory between epic adventure and serialized drama.

True but i would take it over holdo not telling plans to the Resistance and starting a goddamn mutiny.

What?

How is Kathleen Kennedy responsible for that occurrence in TLJ (did she write/come up with the plot and script?, and wasn’t it proved that Holdo’s assertion was correct?)

As for Filoni taking over the creative team… for me, no. It seems he and others do a ‘top job’ with various input into the series and films.

(notably history and lore etc - using other creatives’ work in both Legends / Canon and then retconning or rewriting that work into his own projects - without giving the original creative’s any credit! So much for the ‘one consistent narrative’ and ‘creatively aligned program of Star Wars storytelling’ ideas of nu-canon!)

Maybe he has earnt a chance at a film? That could likely be the next step - if not working on a live action tv series, first?

2023 Edit: Caston & Emre have compiled a couple of informative posts on Dave Filoni’s incorrect claims on canon, and also his re-writing & retconning of other creatives’ projects in both Legends and Canon for use in his own various projects, in The 2008 Clone Wars messes up continuity thread.

All without giving the original creatives any credit - or even links to their original work.

The two ‘info posts’ linked above also covers Filoni’s re-writing and retconning other creatives’ work into his own projects also completely ignores the idea and reasoning given as to why Canon and Legends was introduced by Lucasfilm in 2014.
 

suspiciouscoffee said:

Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
I really don’t understand the difference between the two, so I pass.

My Vote: I abstain.

Why does this person even get to vote for anything if they don’t know anything?

Indeed mate - and also why isn’t there some bumph somewhere in some sort of ‘Info Pack’ explaining the difference so people can educate themselves - in what the Academy ‘define’ each category as? (before they get anywhere near being in a position to vote for this type of thing)

Forgive my grumpiness - I’m a little disappointed this wasn’t an Oscar from Sesame Street thread - maybe getting his own film based on a future/alternative 2018. Now that would win awards (mainly from me).

Davide Astori: Fiorentina captain and Italy international dies at the age of 31

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43278166

^ a beautiful tribute from Buffon in there.

Sir Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/43273249

Darth Tag said:

HI all. Han solo was not supposed to be frozen in this substance, Luke skywalker was! Boba Fett and Darth Vader agreed to use Han solo as a test. The Carbonite froze everything that was working in him so he did not need any food or water. The real question is, How did he survive if his heart stopped? This is simmilar to a heart attack called Scad. This is when there is a tear in an artery of the heart, Mostly happens to women. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is also called sudden cardiac death. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating, which stops oxygen-rich blood from reaching the brain and other organs. … This causes death of the heart muscle. But a heart attack does not always mean that the heart stops beating. So, Han solo must have survived this!

You bumped a 14 year old post with incorrect medical terms for part of a plot from a sci-fi film - as your first post on here?

SCA can often result in a sudden cardiac death - yet Solo didn’t die… nor did he seemingly suffer from a heart attack from being frozen in carbonite. Nor did ‘This causes death of the heart muscle’.

Bad bot.

Tobar said:

Whether what she recounts is accurate or not, she’s going to be in trouble for this one:
Star Wars 8: Rian Johnson THREW OUT JJ Abrams entire Last Jedi outline says Daisy Ridley

Ah mate - that’s from the Daily Express - who seem to often run/sensationalise a daily click-bait Star Wars article taken out of context just to get hits. They are not reliable - or accurate in their reporting/article content - personally I’d take anything that appears from there with a pinch of salt.
 

A more accurate article in the context of what Daisy Ridley originally said, and where she said it, can be found here:-

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/03/02/jj-abrams-wrote-drafts-for-star-wars-8-and-9-says-daisy-ridley

and the translated article mentioned in it, can be found here - link
 

(and all credit to https://daisyridleys.tumblr.com/post/171361502495/daisy-ridleys-interview-for-geek-le-mag)

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/81pckw/bought_these_a_while_ago_and_thought_youd_like/

all 3 for £10 (around US $14) - not bad at all 😃

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/81p1wc/solo_textless_posters_combined_into_one_big_banner/

some textless individual banners of those above can be found here:-

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/81jufc/solo_high_resolution_textless_character_posters/

a new Japanese poster:-

an English text version can be found here:-

http://www.uruloki.org/felipeblog/imagenes2018/20180302-han-solo-star-wars.jpg