My Dinner with Darth
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link
That, but not the scene where he reaches out to Luke at the end of Empire?
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
Or when they tenderly hug after the space battle in ANH?
― Masters of Engilsh Litera-ture (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
when he “reaches out” to Luke is probably the most blistering scene in the entire set of movies - Luke’s had his hand cut off, is rage-crying in shock and fear
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
i liked Star Wars a lot more before the internet.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:17 (four years ago) link
The hippyish idea that being open to the darkside must mean being open to the light, that even this (amazingly well built-up) terrifying threat is open to change if approached correctly, is pretty crucial to the Trilogy imo - it's not a flaw.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
struggling to think of anything i didn't like a lot more before the internet tbh
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
Without the internet, I might never have known that unqualified enjoyment of anything is bad + wrong.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
this is why I'm not an old millenial -- I existed for quite a while before the internet but I didn't like any of it
reality is shit and cyberspace is god imo
― a u.s. government department (mh), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
mh irl
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― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
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― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
Is that footage from the birth of BB8?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
it would not at all surprise you to know that I taped The Lawnmower Man off tv and rewatched it a number of times
― a u.s. government department (mh), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
Even as a stupid young teen I regretted spending my $4 or whatever on that matinee
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
I would hazard a guess that it's one of those movies that is helped by commercial breaks
― a u.s. government department (mh), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
well this bodes well
Poor The Last Jedi pic.twitter.com/wWcUxNzIio— 🎅, fka ☕️ (@coopercooperco) December 11, 2019
(quotes from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/movies/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-jj-abrams.html)
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
tru
beyond that, it’s insane that none of these folks ever acknowledge that Abrams was the one who handed Johnson an ep 8 with every character scattered to the winds and a Luke Skywalker who had retired in shame and fled into hiding https://t.co/3O8bDXyQZr— David Sims (@davidlsims) December 11, 2019
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
was thinking the other day that almost everything i dislike about the last jedi is a result of the corner kasdan/abrams wrote things into for force awakens
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
still glad snoke is dead
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
I guess I'm gonna have to rewatch these things before seeing the new ones. I can maybe remember a half dozen elements from each that I can distinguish as belonging to that specific movie but otherwise both sequels kinda blur into one another in my mind. I have no recollection of how the last one ended aside from that lightsaber duel. I mean, I just sat here for a minute trying to remember which one Mads was in before realizing it was neither. Guess I also gotta turn in my fan club badge now, huh.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
this all reinforces my longstanding sense that the RJ trilogy isn't really going to happen
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Crazy idea, I know, but maybe they could try a few solo outings (not of the Han variety, natch) set in the SW universe to see if one in particular resonated with the public before going all-in on an entire trilogy.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
Why would you make a Rian Johnson trilogy, when you have Benioff and Wise ready to recreate that Game of Thrones magic?
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
I honestly don't know if that is still on...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Canned
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
That was 86d like, 3 months ago shortly after (and maybe a direct result of) the GOT dudes admitting they kind of conned their way into the GOT gig
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
Like I don't know how many times the studios need to burn their dicks off with the 'expansive years-long palette of films whose plots and characters are thoroughly unknown and untested' plan before they start to learn that they're putting the cart before the horse.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
we should do a poll of never-completed would-be blockbuster film franchises a la Golden Compass, Narnia, Maze Runner etc
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
That would be a good poll also add in that infernal machines movie thing that happened this year (?)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
xxpost Didn't I see somewhere that somebody was picking up the Narnia mantle where it was left off? And cranking out another movie or two to a confused public before following Disney's lead and abandoning it all over again?
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
oh yeah that had budding franchise written all over it, see also Alita xp
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
Did Hobbit TV get axed too?
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
no, the Hobbit TV series went straight to theaters, cut as three "movies"
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
the maze runner is technically complete
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
they didn't include the prequel books but whom gives a shit
ah I thought some of it got shunted off to a TV series or something
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
(research montage) It does appear that Netflix is indeed continuing the Narnia adaptations, although whether for theaters or TV (or both) is unclear.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
― Simon H., Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:32 AM (eight minutes ago)
Alita did $400m worldwide and will get a sequel if I pray hard enough
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
Nope, thriving. New casting news the other day, J. A. Bayona's arrived in Auckland, second season confirmed. Trust me, having a Tolkien podcast means you know these things.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Cameron doesn't get involved in a project these days without securing half a dozen sequels from the outset. He's planning to alternate the upcoming Avatar installments with Titanic follow-ups iirc.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
― Simon H., Wednesday, December 11, 2019 10:27 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
the golden compass got rebooted as an hbo series
― gbx, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:57 AM (fifty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
for example: maz kanata, who is nearly written out of the last jedi but we still had to see her in hologram form. really terrible character
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
Hm, reminds me that I haven't seen a mention of her at all for the new one.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
She kills a Jimmy Hoffaesque Jawa
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
ok rise of skywalker has one thing going for it xp
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I am aware. diff cast/crew years later doesn't count imo!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
Narnia failed to complete two separate times!
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
I have to give them credit for plugging forward instead of starting over each time.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
I liked Maz but some of that character's role could have been given to others
― a u.s. government department (mh), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 18:34 (four years ago) link