still waiting for that day
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
What if the heroes slowly discover that there is also a Death Moon and a Death Heart and a Death Clover and a Death Diamond and that Lucky the Deathprecaun has been pulling all of the evil strings this whole time, what if that.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 April 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
What if someone wipes off the dust on the nameplate and they find it's the "frienD EArTH STAR"
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 20 April 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
damned dirty apes
― mh, Saturday, 21 April 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
I'd li;ke a cross over of Hitchhiker's guide universe into star wars where the invinifteimprobality drive powers the new Golden Death sta turning it into the Life STar and they the wookies and ewoks run it
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Monday, 23 April 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
Appears Billy Dee Williams will be the returning cast member in this one
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 07:55 (five years ago) link
About time!
Actually, I haven't seen any of the new ones yet. Should I? I've never been a die hard or anything, but I've heard spoilers and I'm not sure watching movies where [that one] and [the other one] get killed off in succession has much appeal to me?
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
they’re moderately diverting, worth a look if you’ve got the time i guessrogue one is the best of the new batch, haters don’t @ me
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:07 (five years ago) link
Do you hate the youth? If not then it's a good idea to see them.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
I'm just a sap who likes everyone having happy endings and whatnot at the end of ROTJ
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
see Solo! srsly it's about as feel-good as these get and there's plenty of Lando action
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:17 (five years ago) link
rogue one > force awakens > last jedi > solothis is canonical
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah Rogue is even better in the re-watching, i'm hoping the same is true for TLJ when i get around to it but not holding out much hope. Caught just a glimpse of the casino scene from it last week and was all 'urgh jesus..'.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
i'd agree with that ranking. all of these are better than the prequels by a factor of 10
― akm, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
tbh the most interesting thing to me about TLJ is how fiercely divided the reaction is, like not even the people who hate or love it seem to agree with each other as to what's good/bad about it
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link
It's kind of like, I don't care if they're good, I'm just not persuaded I need to see the story continue, especially if I have to watch childhood characters die in weird, inappropriate ways. As if Crystal Skull wasn't punishment enough.
I'll see Rogue and Solo though, why not
And I'll see the sequels eventually, who am I kidding
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
Talk also going around last week that Keri Russell had been cast in an unspecified role, not confirmed by Disney/LFL yet.
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
She would make a great fucking villain in SW though.
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
I liked it fine at the time but there were a few groans and it dragged badly. I just think a lot of the reaction looking back was just a comedown from the high of TFA. JJ has his work cut out for sure.
xp They're nothing like Crystal Skull at all IMO so that's something i guess.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
I don't think they're canny enough to use her in this way tbh. I expect she'll be playing another Fierce Resistance Heroine(tm).
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
Billy Dee Williams was originally supposed to be in the last one and they passed on him for some reason. he is now 81 years old
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
xp I don't know, this is one of the rare instances where I feel like Abrams can actually manage a curveball, especially with an actress he knows really well.
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
The Russell/JJ connection hadn't even occurred to me. It would be cool if they did something great with her, she's usually wasted in films (MI:III, the Apes movie she was in)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:12 (five years ago) link
Hrm, I thought it was somewhere here that someone was saying they went back to rewatch TLJ and was delighted to find out that it stays as good (unlike TFA, which is very hit-this-beat-then-that-one-then). It is pretty clearly the best of them, though.
JJ has his work cut out for sure.
I'm really not expecting anything non-Pavlovian from Episode 9.
especially if I have to watch childhood characters die in weird, inappropriate ways
I could be wrong but I think even the haters* think the deaths were well done.
*okay not Adam.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 8:15 AM (fifty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol my advice is to just enjoy that final shot of all the characters together like the big happy family that they are. everyone ends up dying alone and apart from one another.
funny, there are several reunion shots where old characters are introduced to old spaceships or old robots and these moments are milked for nostalgia, but nobody thought of getting the gang of human actors back together.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
im not a hater, i actually enjoyed the film when i saw it. but pressured into thinking it's a genius work of art i disagree and i guess that makes me a hater.
i just don't think it's an amazing work of film, just like most of the other ones. it's funny how you could trash the prequels and nobody called you a hater. that's part of the fun of watching dumb space movies. apparently it's serious shit now.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
xp ...apart from the scenes where they do.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:19 (five years ago) link
this movie is going to end with most of the galaxy being blown up and 3 of our heroes getting in an escape POD and heading to a new galaxy and landing on this weird blue planet called EARTH
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
That seems pretty likely.
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
I'm the man out there pressuring individuals into believing star wars movies are genius works of art
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link
u monster
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
my friend who does Star Wars cosplay (mostly as Kylo Ren) went to Disney as Rose (wearing a similar pendant) and got harassed by a busboy who proceeded to accost her and tell her how terrible a character she was for about 15 minutes while she was trying to get food.
I kinda hate this fanbase.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
(natch they reported him)
should have told him he was doing a horrible job playing a Disney employee and they can people for that
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
i find it pretty weird that the twitter/tumblr/online press zeitgeist opinion seems to be that The Last Jedi WAS A TOTAL ERROR OMG DISASTER HOLY SHIT THEY WRECKED STAR WARS
whereas my experience seeing it and chatting to normal real life people afterwards was that despite a few shitty bits, everyone had a lovely time and it went down really damn well.
people on the internet convinced of the importance of their own opinions can't allow themselves to not tear every single thing apart i guess?
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
^(old man shouting at "the cloud")
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
this whole revival is an exercise in pandering and condescension (I say this as someone who mostly likes the new movies) and people, as a rule, unconsciously despise being pandered to.
― ryan, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Last Jedi was pretty great imo. I think it's the least pander-y of the bunch.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
really excited for this
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
oh wait sorry thought this was the RIP Donald Trump thread
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
the films are very skillfully made with some awe-inspiring moments...i think they fall short in certain areas, mostly in their stabs at terrible meta humor that are mostly completely out of character for those who deliver the lines.
― omar little, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
Agreed, I don't think they benefit from any kind of self-awareness
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
Shdn't grim resignation be the title of uk politics thread lol
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Actually, I haven't seen any of the new ones yet. Should I? The Last Jedi was the first new one I've seen since Caravan Of Courage was in the cinema, and I enjoyed it OK
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
the last jedi > attack of the clones > revenge of the sith > rogue one > the phantom menace > the force awakens
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
Attack of the Clones should always bring up the rear
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
McGregor brings up the rear of that alien-cook's trousers in the diner scene
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 9:43 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh wow i am so into this ranking
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
nobody thought of getting the gang of human actors back together
wha? that’s fucking nuts
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
rewatched all the prequels this last few weeks as the girlfriend hadn't seen them. They're all actually worse than I remember. stories and scripts are mindboggling awful from start to finish and anyone thinking the new films are somehow worse than them is crazy.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link