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#1058010
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Rogue One * <em>Spoilers</em> * Thread
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Lord Haseo said:

I wonder how people would see these characters had they not died. For a character like Bohdi all he had was a good death scene so without that there’s nothing to really get emotionally invested in. The only exception is for “blank slate characters” like Eleven and none of the characters in Rogue One come close to being one.

I thought he had a good story (for one of the non-lead characters in the film) - an everyday average Joe has had his eye opened and wants to make amends for what he had done - and when he does the ‘right thing’ and defects he is overawed in something he doesn’t fully understand.

Yet he, the little guy, can still make a difference even when surrounded by more experienced or ‘talented’ people or ‘heroes’ - that he can step up and be just as brave, and important or effective, as them.

I hope we get more characters like this in the coming Star Wars films - yes, there’s always ‘the chosen one’ and larger than life characters - but it’s important to have that grounding - that realism of what it’s like for the everyday Joe in this vast galaxy…

I thought they nailed it with Bhodi.

Fair play to Riz Ahmed for his performance too and the director/editor for keeping that balance between the ensemble Rogue One team. Sure, maybe we’d like to have seen a bit more from each (maybe we would have in pre-reshoots?) but overall each character comes through without weighing or slowing the flow of the film down.

Each to their own though mate.

 

(I’d have been okay with Bodhi living and escaping the planet - afterall if everyone else was dead on Scarif and he got on another Imperial ship and sneaked off back to Yavin to rejoin the Alliance. Though, probably right he shared the same fate as his fellow Rogue One crew. Poor lad.)

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#1057632
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Last Album Listened To
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TV’s Frink said:

How does it compare to their other two? I loved their debut but Raise the Pressure was a mixed bag for me and I never even gave this a listen.

For me I liked the 1st half of Raise The Pressure (and Out Of My League as a tune), though the rest was pretty forgettable unfortunately.

This one has a lot more influence from Johnny Marr I think - a fair bit more of his guitar and some bass than the previous 2 albums - to the point where it comes across as more of pop-rock/dance inspired album. Sumner is still great and there are those familiar rhythms still there, just not quite so pronounced.

This is definitely an album where you can it has evolved on what they did before - I enjoy it 😃

(a shame they didn’t do another after this - it would have been interesting to see where they went with it)

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#1057623
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Rogue One * <em>Spoilers</em> * Thread
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MalàStrana said:

Yet again a personal attack. This forum will never change…

No, read it again, and read then read back your post, and then have a think about posting and criticising something you obviously knew nothing about - but chose to deride in a narrow and ignorant manner anyway.

And when you got called on it - using similar language and content of your own post - you then post ‘Yet again a personal attack’.

If my post offends, I apologise - to all the 12 year olds I demeaned. They deserve better than to be used in an example of your ignorance, no?

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#1057620
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Rogue One * <em>Spoilers</em> * Thread
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MalàStrana said:

Lord Haseo said:

The fact Rogue One is even being considered for awards is a testament to Disney’s ability to put Star Wars back on course. Almost any love Rogue One gets is cool in my book.

(best actress, seriously… best film, come on…, best director… well, that I can understand)

(and WTF are Empire awards anyway, it’s an online video game magazine ?!? It’s 12 yo kids giving awards to movies ? Dude…)

Don’t worry, soon you’ll be 12 years old, and you too will be able to vote along with all the other 12 year year olds who buy monthly film magazines and give out awards to movies - stay patient, dude…

 

darthrush said:

oojason said:

darthrush said:

oojason said:

Rogue One Wins Three Empire Awards… (Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director)

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/03/rogue-one-wins-three-empire-awards-gareth-edwards-talks-han-solo.html

Best Film? And Actress? Jesus Christ, I liked Rogue One but I think that is a little much.

Aye, I thought Ken Loach would get the Best Director for ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

For Best Film it was against Hunt For The Wilderpeople,

Heard wonderful things about this. Dying to see it.

Arrival, La La Land,

Being my two personal favorite films of the year, this is nice.

& Deadpool

Ugh

Just disgraceful that Felicity won. Her character was one of the worst aspects of Rogue One for me.

I thought she was fine - though likely the re-shoots may well have eaten into various character development. A bit surprised she won though that may be down to the amount of people who watched Rogue One over some of the other films…

…in that the Empire Awards are picked by the viewership, and whilst it’s great to have the viewers pick the winners, it’s likely not all will have seen every film nominated - and due to timing of releases, it was tough for say La La Land to get many votes in quite a narrow timeframe as to a film which had been released earlier in the year?

and also, Star Wars does have a considerable media campaign and presence to it in the build up to its releases - which seems a little unfair on for eg, independent or small budget films. Such is life…

(and yet on the flip side I’d still prefer the public to vote for winners over a panel of anonymous judges - who we know little about other they work in and around the film industry. Overall I don’t think these award shows are not too be taken too seriously. Glad that Rogue One got some love - and from the Empire Awards themselves - I’ve come across a few films and features I’d like to see that I haven’t otherwise heard about - or forgotten about - or lacked a PR/advertising budget etc).

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#1057444
Topic
The Random <em>Star Wars</em> Pics &amp; GIFs Thread
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SilverWook said:

IIRC, that shot is one of the blooper reels and it’s seen being shot in the original making of documentary.

Nice one, wasn’t sure if I’d seen it before - felt familiar but the old memory often plays tricks 😉

Seems a decent twitter page Dave Prowse has - seems to be posting up a fair few behind the scenes pics of late too 😃

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#1057364
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Rogue One * <em>Spoilers</em> * Thread
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darthrush said:

oojason said:

Rogue One Wins Three Empire Awards… (Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director)

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/03/rogue-one-wins-three-empire-awards-gareth-edwards-talks-han-solo.html

Best Film? And Actress? Jesus Christ, I liked Rogue One but I think that is a little much.

Aye, I thought Ken Loach would get the Best Director for ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

For Best Film it was against Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Arrival, La La Land, & Deadpool

For Best Actress, Felicity Jones was up against Natalie Portman (Jackie), Amy Adams (Arrival), Ruth Negga (Loving), Emma Stone (La La Land).

 

Good to see Rogue One pick up some awards and get some love - though I don’t really take these awards too seriously - often it’s one country favouring its own film industry over another country.

Although for the Empire Awards it is it’s own readers who vote for the winners.

 

for a list of the films, categories and winners etc - http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/three-empire-awards-2017-rogue-one-tom-hiddleston-patrick-stewart-win-big/

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#1057315
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Fan Edit Ideas thread...
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darthrush said:

I’m going to be making a crawl for Rogue One and I’m very curious if I should have the title text above the main body read just “ROGUE ONE” , or if I should have “A STAR WARS STORY” beneath it. I think I’m leaning towards it just reading “ROGUE ONE”.

I’d opt for having just ‘Rogue One’ on it - more in keeping with the original Star Wars film back in the day 😉

and good luck with it mate

 

edit - something which may be of interest to you - Gary Whitta with a few details on the crawl he wrote…

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-opening-crawl/

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#1057135
Topic
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Fan Edit Ideas thread...
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a few interesting videos compiled by a fan (john4real on youtube) using scenes from the various trailers, promos and adverts for Rogue One - hopefully it may be of use for ideas and inspiration for the talented fan editors out there…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mPzBKG8wyE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucrzV4AY9qI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYWJnKzXK0g

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#1057073
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

Warbler said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Whoa this is excruciatingly awkward…

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

Of course diplomats behind-the-scenes do all the real negotiating but when you refuse to shake the hand of the most important politician in European, diplomatic relations just got frosty (or to be generous, Trump might be going deaf).

Knowing what she might have just grabbed with that hand, I wouldn’t want to shake hands with her either.

fixed

“Knowing what she might have just grabbed with that hand, I wouldn’t want to shake hands with her either.”

^ what do you mean by that?

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#1056954
Topic
<strong>STAR WARS: REBELS</strong> (animated tv series) - a general discussion thread
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a trailer for Rebels: Zero Hour (the season 3 finale - to be screened 25th March)… so you may not want to watch it until you have seen Twin Suns:-

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRxcDoOjXwD/?hl=en

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/6034xd/spoilers_zero_hour_trailer_shown_in_ad_breaks/