Star Wars 7 shit talk

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I was really into it as a kid but seeing my culture/generation fixate on it for 35+ years, gobbling up absolutely anything and everything with the brand name on it whether its utter garbage or not, is pretty nauseating

How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link

And that's totally fair. But just because people gobble up the shit, doesn't mean there aren't some gems buried in there. To this day I think there are some really creative things being done in the comics and video games, not to mention The Clone Wars animated series.

an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link

haha what, that "four rules" thing is a video (already.. no) and they're featuring a MAKING-OF on the site? shut up

socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link

my feeling on this is this could be bad, or it could be good, and either way, it's like 2 hours of my time and $12 of my money, so like, the stakes arent super high (especially as the bar has been set so low)

shakey i cant but imagine all of your posts being mumbled under your breath as you rock back and forth

socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link

like your posts make me think that you, more than anyone else in this thread, want so hard to believe they might be good but you've been hurt so badly you need to keep talking yourself down

socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link

which is tbh a position i can relate to

socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link

no I really am so sick of Star Wars I would be a-okay with it being completely erased from the cultural landscape. I was tired of it and its place in nerd culture before the prequels came out, and then it just got really sad/irritating. Maybe it's just really prevalent where I am (nerd capital USA, with ILM HQ just over the hill), it's just ugh. Star Trek, even with all of its similarly shitty iterations, still retains some speck of value/interest for me. Perhaps because as a franchise it typically has adhered to a certain core philosophy/vision that has something interesting to say about life, people and society than just COOL THINGS BLOWED UP also ALIENS. Star Wars is just this vacuous, empty monster that eats money and cultural space.

How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link

lucas' vision of "war is a boring and incoherent mess" actually turning out to be oddly more progressive than the "torture and revenge is regrettable but sometimes justified" mantra that is latter-day star trek.

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link

i definitely feel that... i feel like most of the attachment i have to the originals has just been smeared over with the last 20 years of shittiness... but im still curious about what this will bring. mostly because of stuff like shooting on 35mm, which seems like such a fuck-you to lucas. it'll probably just be like super 8 tho, kind of amusing at first as a 70s pastiche but ultimately lame

socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link

"torture and revenge is regrettable but sometimes justified" mantra that is latter-day star trek

I didn't see the last movie, but I am not aware of this being a "mantra" of either the first film or any other iteration of Star Trek (in which case, again, I have no faith in Abrams to do anything right)

How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link

lucas' vision of "war is a boring and incoherent mess"

and lol is this some ridiculous auteur theory apologia I can't even

How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link

well, to make an even less compelling case for the clone wars than for invading Iraq takes some doing!

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link

Also, corny fuxx alert here, the thought of being able to experience a new Star Wars film in the theaters for the first time with my son is pretty cool. Even if it does suck. He's already really into the few Star Wars books he's gotten and can name most of the characters (Chewbacca and Boba Fett are his faves, fwiw).

an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link

Think about how shitty it'll be on the day when this thread is bumped for actual Star Wars 7 footage.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link

I remember the first time I watched all three of these post-prequels, and there was a point in ROTJ where Luke was talking to Leia and I realized the past 30 minutes were basically a crummy episode of Care Bears followed by a soap opera.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link

Star Wars always should have been a James Bond-style director-hopping series. Unfortunately The Holiday Special put that to rest. So blame drugs.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link

Moonraker directed by David Lynch would have been something

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link

The question might have been asked before, but how does kids watch Star Wars these days? From part one? That way you ruin the twist of part five, and well, pretty much everything in four-six. Or in chronological order? Which at this point would include weird inserts form Coruscant and other places you've never heard about, as well as other 'call-backs' to stuff they haven't seen.

Frederik B, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link

my daughter (6yo) watched Star Wars (ep IV ugh I hate even having to specify this). she hasn't shown much interest in watching the others.

How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link

For my son, we watched 4-6, then it wasn't in my plans to show him the prequels at all, but my wife bought them for him because he was so into it. No idea how my daughter's gonna get into this whole mess.

how's life, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link

My son is only 2 so he's got some time before watching the films (obviously we won't be seeing the first new one in the theaters with him), but I'm hoping to start with 4-6. Kinda why I'm hoping somehow Disney/Lucas lets out the original versions in the next few years.

He's actually really into Star Wars already, although I honestly haven't tried pushing it on him (a lot of my relatives seem to think that since I loved Star Wars as a kid that they must buy him Star wars stuff too though, so he has quite a few things). He does keep pulling out these Star Wars A-B-C and 1-2-3 board books and naming all the characters though.

an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link

i dont have any special hopes for this, it'd be cool if it was good but if not whatever, but i am definitely curious what its going to look like and what angle they'll take

AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:23 (ten years ago) link

am pretty sure this will follow the same pattern of "trailer that gets you excited , movie is ultimately disappointing" that every one of these summer event movies has followed for the past couple of years (with a few exceptions of course)

TheMenzies, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:29 (ten years ago) link

Shakey, you will probably be happier if you stop reading and posting on this thread.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link

It says "shit talk" in the thread title, I'm just being accomodating

How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:09 (ten years ago) link

Yeah that's totally your aim here.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link

i dont have any special hopes for this, it'd be cool if it was good but if not whatever, but i am definitely curious what its going to look like and what angle they'll take

― AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:23 AM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah basically I'm hoping for cool space battles filmed with miniature plastic models filmed on 35mm... and tha'ts it

, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link

This thread has become a place for those genuinely curious and, maybe, cautiously optimistic about the new films to speculate and share tidbits. Somebody periodically popping up with LOL THEY ARE GOING TO BE SHIT YOU ARE ALL CORPORATE SHILLS is just annoying tbh.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link

Shit talk

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link

http://dathealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/shiitake-mushroom.jpg

how's life, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 00:38 (ten years ago) link

that is the house where all the ewoks live, right?

stanley turpentine (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link

Red Letter dude could make a better '4 rules' video in his sleep.

piscesx, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link

but could he make a making-of of that video

socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 04:39 (ten years ago) link

who would make the better kickstarter video tho

°ㅇo ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link

i dont have any special hopes for this, it'd be cool if it was good but if not whatever, but i am definitely curious what its going to look like and what angle they'll take

― AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:23 AM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, I am certainly looking forward to seeing the trailer for this and later reading the wikipedia synopsis

silverfish, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link

I'm hoping to start with 4-6. Kinda why I'm hoping somehow Disney/Lucas lets out the original versions in the next few years.

is it really gonna matter that much? if they release any version whatsoever of the OG trilogy into actual movie theaters i am going, and i am taking my kids, i don't give a shit if darth's helmet looks shinier or whatever the fuck

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:48 (ten years ago) link

I read a blog post positing that the best way to view them (apart from ignoring the prequels altogether obv) would be 1,4,2,5,6. That way the Vader paternity twist remains a surprise.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link

surely the best way to view them is

4,5, half of 6 and then you discover sex and heavy metal

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link

4,5,2,3,6

President Frankenstein (kingfish), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link

5

silverfish, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link

ep iv - i do not remember a time when this didn't exist and when i did not own at least one pillow case and one action figure
ep v - remember going to this in the theaters with a family friend and having it be the most important experience of my life
ep vi - prob saw this like seven times in theaters
ep i - waited in line for opening preshow with other nerds, forced myself to pretend to like it enough to justify all the still-in-box next gen figures in my dorm
ep ii - watched the first half on video and ffwd through the rest, can't remember anything about it except it was really really stupid
ep iii - never saw it, am okay with this

PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link

4,5,2,3,6

― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:30 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^

i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link

ep v - remember going to this in the theaters with a family friend and having it be the most important experience of my life

o hello, are you me?

you are clinically deaf and should sell you iPod (stevie), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link

ep iii - never saw it, am okay with this

― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:31 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

only one of 1-3 worth watching

i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link

Maybe don't bother with 2 even.

xposts

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link

xp i dunno man, i think i'm gonna be okay going down that lonesome road without it

PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link

It has a sense that there is important stuff at stake which obviously sets it head and shoulders over the other two dramatically. Still populated with cardboard characters delivering awful dialogue though.

I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link

agree that 3 is the only partial keeper of the new batch

with tracer on the ideal viewing order

thuggish ruggish brony (contenderizer), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link

best order: 4, 5, 6. If the kids want to see the prequels they can buy 'em themselves.

you are clinically deaf and should sell you iPod (stevie), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link

I hope they have murderbears in #7:

http://ewoksaremurderbears.tumblr.com/

EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link


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