So… we will finally get the much needed backstory for TFA? Good, count me in. And knowing Filloni is in charge, it’s going to be good.
I just hope that at least somebody important dies. Not like in Civil War, where they didn’t have the courage to kill Captain America, or Iron Rhodey
Han Duet, Who is he? I’m doing a Star Wars fandom power research project and I need that information.
Is this like the websites from the early internet days that ranked every Jedi or Dragon Ball Z character by power level, but for fans? I can’t wait to find out what my power level is!
First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.
So THIS is what I’m doing wrong! Thanks for the tip, Homer!
I see I didn’t put “positive” in front of “emotional reaction”. Fair enough
I personally would say that the droid assembly line sequence in AOTC is the worst sequence ever to appear on screen in a Star Wars film. It’s long, bland, inconsequential, and ultimately completely forgettable. Do you agree? What would you say is the worst? The Ewok movies don’t count, the Clone Wars animated movie or TV shows don’t count, the Holiday Special doesn’t count, and Rebels doesn’t count. We’re only counting the live action films: episodes I-VIII and R1.
Funny, to me that’s one of the best sequences in the prequels. Memorable, and one of the few scenes in which I felt something. Anything.
TLJ - Way too many scenes to chose from, but the biggest insult was the casino planet subplot. Way too long and absolutely pointless to the overall story, and too political
Wait wait wait, you think the AOTC droid factory scene is one of the best scenes in the prequels but Canto Bight is pointless?
Correct. If you are suggesting that the droid factory is pointless too, I agree. Still, as I said, that was one of the few scenes in the prequels which evoked any emotional reaction in me. Canto Bright didn’t.
I personally would say that the droid assembly line sequence in AOTC is the worst sequence ever to appear on screen in a Star Wars film. It’s long, bland, inconsequential, and ultimately completely forgettable. Do you agree? What would you say is the worst? The Ewok movies don’t count, the Clone Wars animated movie or TV shows don’t count, the Holiday Special doesn’t count, and Rebels doesn’t count. We’re only counting the live action films: episodes I-VIII and R1.
Funny, to me that’s one of the best sequences in the prequels. Memorable, and one of the few scenes in which I felt something. Anything.
To chose just one worst is impossible for me. I’ll try one for each movie.
TPM - the podrace
AOTC - hard to chose, maybe the fireplace scene between Anakin and Padme?
ROTS - almost all of them?
SW - absolutely nothing
ESB - absolutely nothing
ROTJ - the song number, Lapti Nek or Jedi Rocks, both suck IMHO
TFA - I hated the whole “Death Star 3.0, now even bigger!” subplot
R1 - bumping into the Mos Eisley cantina aliens, and the whole tentacle monster subplot
TLJ - Way too many scenes to chose from, but the biggest insult was the casino planet subplot. Way too long and absolutely pointless to the overall story, and too political
- the look. After seeing a trilogy filled with green screen footage poorly composited over CGI backgrounds it was a PLEASURE to watch real sets, real locations, real props etc.
You do realize practically all the backgrounds that are composited into the Prequels are miniatures.
Except that’s not true. Episode 1 used miniatures for the spaceships and some of the backgrounds, all of the space footage was CGI in episodes 2 and 3, and almost all of the surroundings, with a few exceptions.
“Molested”, lol. No, that’s too harsh 😃 But wonderful work indeed. BTW if you didn’t notice Sky_, I sent you a PM a few days ago
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This is still my favorite example from ROTS.That whole scene is rough.
That looks GREAT! Is the game on Steam?
- Revenge of the Sith - bad plot, bad acting, bad dialogue, bad cinematography, bad compositing, bad CGI. The only remotely interesting thing is the scene where Vader is burning alive.
I mean… I have no issues with it being your least favourite Star Wars film if that’s your opinion, but your reasons for it being the worst seem a bit hypocritical don’t they? I’ll preface this by saying I love the PT, but if we’re talking about objective qualities in the films…
I don’t think we’re talking about “objective” qualities, I mean at least the stuff I wrote were my opinions, which by definition are subjective.
bad acting
I truly do not understand how AOTC can be ranked higher on your list.
Speaking subjectively, when I watch AOTC I see characters. When I watch ROTS I see actors trying to pretend they give a f*** about what’s going on.
bad dialogue
I truly do not understand how AOTC can be ranked higher on your list.
Well the AOTC dialogue doesn’t make me laugh. When I watched ROTS for the last time I was laughing the whole time, including scenes which are meant to be dramatic.
bad cinematography
I truly do not understand how AOTC can be ranked higher on your list.
AOTC used at least some sets, even though many (or most?) of them had at least some digital set extensions. There is not a single scene in ROTS which looks real. All of it looks like video game cutscenes with poorly composited actors.
bad CGI
I truly do not understand how AOTC can be ranked higher on your list.
I used to watch all of the “making of” documentaries on DVDs and TV specials and that kind of stuff. There was one of them many years ago, where the “talking head” said something that the sad thing about their work (he was from the effects department) is that if they do their work correctly, nobody will ever notice that they have actually done anything, or something in that matter. In other words, if I know in a scene what is real and what is CG, it immediately takes me out of the movie. In again another words, if the CGI effects don’t look real or at least blend perfectly with the rest of the scene, it’s bad CGI. Example of good CGI in recent Star Wars movies - the starships in Rogue One.
I love AOTC but the acting, dialogue, cinematography, CGI, etc. ain’t exactly great.
I agree, I wouldn’t call any of it great, but in my opinion all of these things are done better in AOTC than in ROTS.
In fact I see most people, even those who don’t like ROTS, say it’s visually the best of the three, if not the second best.
I know, and I can’t understand it. But I don’t have to understand everything.
1./2. Star Wars + The Empire Strikes Back - the two masterpieces of the saga
3. The Force Awakens - a heavily needed breath of fresh air, even though the story is almost identical to SW
4. Return of the Jedi - I don’t like the story, and Harrison Ford looks like he really wants to get out as soon as possible, and the Ewoks are way too cute, but overall, still a pretty enjoyable movie
5. Attack of the Clones - my favourite of the prequels, filled with memorable scenes, and the only prequel coming close to being good.
6. The Phantom Menace - The Room of the Star Wars movies, but still filled with visually beautiful scenes
7. Rogue One - a hugely boring movie with highly unlikable characters, way too many of the “hey look, you remember this, right?” moments, hugely illogical plot. The visual effects are the most realistic from the new movies, the ships look like models, but the CGI Tarkin looks worse than the characters from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The movie has one good scene, where Vader brutally murders the rebels, so I started to be happy that the movie might start being good, and then it ended.
8. The Last Jedi - I love the way how the movie looks, it is the most beautiful looking Star Wars movie in my opinion. And that’s the only positive thing I can say about this movie
9. Revenge of the Sith - bad plot, bad acting, bad dialogue, bad cinematography, bad compositing, bad CGI. The only remotely interesting thing is the scene where Vader is burning alive.
Yeah, sorry for that, it’s a form of a “professional deformation”, I used to be paid for searching for software bugs, so I still tend to click things which other people don’t 😃
Just letting you know that trying to follow any non-forum link, e.g. about, help, or terms of service at the bottom gives you
If you plan to do some CGI stuff, can you replace the “sparks” with something which would at least slightly look like 2 space ships shooting at each other? If you indeed plan to do 2 different versions…
Restoration - great.
Adding the buildings is in my opinion similar to Greedo shooting first. Why would the moisture vaporators be between houses? That defeats their whole purpose
What would you guys recommend as a replacement for a slowly dying Samsung Galaxy S2? Yes, I have 7 years old phone and only now I start to think about an upgrade.
Requirements
I don’t care about facial recognition or finger sensor or any other fancy crap. Any tips?
Most disappointing
Most satisfying
Nobody even mentions the Doom series? The only 2 games I beaten hundreds of times and still enjoy them quarter of a century later. And no good old Wolfenstein?
Oh yes, a singer singing to a dildo while the guitar player plays the guitar with his teeth, that’s what will save the Disney Star Wars 😃
My overall feelings
Were there any news about a physical release of Discovery? Even though I’m not a fan of the show, I love watching things like deleted scenes, or behind the scenes documentaries (something like After Trek, but good).
Bravo
They are already on youtube. Some of them are pointless, other would IMHO improve the movie
So the world lost one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. And a very funny man.
