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― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Thursday, 5 April 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
hee
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2018 23:48 (six years ago) link
dammit i knew that looked wrong but i posted anyway
― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 6 April 2018 06:46 (six years ago) link
Okay, new trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2018 00:59 (six years ago) link
Looks dope
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 9 April 2018 01:13 (six years ago) link
Plus
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--I-7Le50U--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/fmqo2dzoyisnrmccczjz.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2018 01:17 (six years ago) link
MALLA??????!?!?!!?!? pic.twitter.com/XvVEI9kGDQ— lindsey romain (@lindseyromain) April 9, 2018
if SOLO canonizes the holiday special i will take back all of those mean things i said.— lindsey romain (@lindseyromain) April 9, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2018 01:22 (six years ago) link
Impossible, it's already canon
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 9 April 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
In that case roll on the Bea Arthur-in-spirit led live action TV series at the cantina.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2018 01:34 (six years ago) link
Would def watch. I would like it even better if they completely dispatched with any plot and made it an ongoing Star Wars variety show.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 9 April 2018 01:37 (six years ago) link
This looks dumb as sand and I am here for it
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 9 April 2018 01:44 (six years ago) link
Also lol @ “I’ve got a good feeling about this”
they're really not keen on showing much of Ehrenreich's performance are they?
― Number None, Monday, 9 April 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link
It would seem unfair in that we’d all just be watching it to see if he nailed a Harrison Ford impression and then be all “nah, thanks, bye”. Presumably if he does a good job you’d want to see the whole thing to allow his take to settle in and grow on you.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Monday, 9 April 2018 07:12 (six years ago) link
Scene by scene breakdown if desired
https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-hints-and-details-we-uncovered-in-the-new-solo-1825092510
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 April 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
God trailer imo. I don't think the Disney machine is going to allow this to be less than very entertaining, but it may be blander than desired.
― chap, Monday, 9 April 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Cyofu6hLE
Donald is really his normal screen-normalized self here but I'd kill for a Lando movie and him doing the tour as Lando
― mh, Thursday, 3 May 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
I posted this on the "Arrested Development" thread also, but it's funny either way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XERmXsP-U
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 3 May 2018 12:40 (six years ago) link
That makes me imagine an alternate universe where Ron Howard played Luke and I can see it sort of working.
― joygoat, Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
henry winkler would have been a helluva han solo
tom bosley as obi-wan, obv
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
Scott Baio as Chewbacca.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
Pat Morita as Yoda
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 3 May 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
Tickets on sale.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2018 04:53 (six years ago) link
D Glover is cute and all, but jeez, no Billy Dee Williams.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/solo-a-star-wars-story/54630/solo-a-star-wars-story-ron-howard-reshot-70-of-the-movie
...it’s now being estimated that Howard reshot around 70% of Lord and Miller’s footage, as part of his overhaul of the movie.The reason? According to a source, “Ron wanted to go back to the spirit of the original trilogy, while Phil and Chris were looking forward to something new, more like Guardians Of The Galaxy”. Lucasfilm preferred Howard’s approach, it seems clear.
The reason? According to a source, “Ron wanted to go back to the spirit of the original trilogy, while Phil and Chris were looking forward to something new, more like Guardians Of The Galaxy”. Lucasfilm preferred Howard’s approach, it seems clear.
― groovypanda, Friday, 11 May 2018 08:12 (six years ago) link
The opening crawl for Solo has leaked. Ugh. I’m sick of Disney pandering to SJWs: pic.twitter.com/BivdNLjFS4— popular comedy account “the pixelated boat” (@pixelatedboat) May 14, 2018
― Westworld more like Worstworld right? (Phil D.), Monday, 14 May 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
Walter Chaw:
What's most painful is Donald Glover, the artist of the moment, literally days removed from his withering statement as alter ego Childish Gambino on the role of African-Americans in American popular culture, "This is America," being asked to do a Billy Dee Williams impersonation as the single biggest piece of shit in the galaxy. The script is so ossified it's clear he's meant to be something like a heavy from The Sting: a smooth sharpie with a literal card up his sleeve who tricks Han out of a pile of money, but tricks himself into an ill-fated mission to the mining planet of Kessel. There, something something happens, something something, and that "Kessel Run" line from Star Wars way back when is checked off the list of fan-pleasing references. It says something that later, when Han wins the Millennium Falcon from Lando in another card game (something spoiled by The Empire Strikes Back some 38 years ago), that even with shots of Lando's empty sleeve and obvious dismay, even after a clear insert where Han hugs Lando to obtain said card, Solo still thinks it necessary for Han to throw said cheat onto the table as an explanation as to why Lando isn't able to cheat again. (Han verbally explains it, too.) This is the way you write a scene when you have absolute faith that your audience is full of idiots. Given some of the reaction to The Last Jedi, that's admittedly not a reach. Lando is also a coward, unfaithful to his word, and apparently was in the process of figuring out how to fuck his robot. Glover is exceptional, mind--it's the writing that lets him down. The timing of "This is America" doesn't seem so random after all.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
Damn.
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
AO Scott in NY Times: "in effect a filmed Wikipedia page"
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
Times review iirc said it was like a movie based on a Wikipedia entry.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
twinsies!
Wookiepedia, I'm sure?
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
It's arrested development.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
"Filmed Wikipedia page" kind of a toothless criticism when not referring to a biopic.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
in context it's fully teethed.
this incel fanboy shit of wanting BACKSTORIES is what most makes me wanna beat em up
there's a reason Butch & Sundance: The Early Years was a flop.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
I'm not the biggest fan of filling in every gap which is why I'm not amped for this like I was for Ep 8 but i am totally going to see it anyway
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
xp Well it wasn't because of the all-American handsomeness of William Katt, that's for sure!
― THERE IS NO PHIL D. THERE IS ONLY LIZ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
um
this is a biopic
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
lol, i was gonna say
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
btw Han Solo has a Wikipedia page
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
Ive edited the fucker before. Quite aware.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Even if Han were real all ive read suugests this is as much a biopic as Cheadle's Miles Davis flick
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
Opening crawl: "Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars franchise. Han is a pilot from the planet Corellia, who is depicted as the second owner of the Millennium Falcon after winning..."
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
Ok lol
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
was hoping for a Napoleon Solo crossover
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
this seems to describe 95% of the SW fanbase
even the "positive" reviews of this one are stuffed with qualifiers
― Simon H., Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
brand loyalty is the stuff of studio dreams, this is still gonna make a jillion dollars
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
back to the trough, sheeple!
At least they haven't given Howard his own new trilogy yet.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
no interest in this. VIII showed they have no interest in telling new stories, just in remaking or referencing the OT. it financial sense, it is their big investment, by idolizing the OT they add value to their brand. so they will do this OT spinoff movie, they will do an Obi Wan movie, maybe a Yoda movie, and they will do a bunch more OT referencing stuff in IX because that is what they do.
the post-Lucas films are obsessed with the OT. they are constantly referencing the OT and entire arcs of the films are lifted directly from the OT. people love the nostalgia for the OT, thus the movies are wholly about OT Love. even the "bold and risky" VIII was mostly lifted from the OT films.
maybe they will accidentally do something decent from time to time (Rogue One) but on the whole they don't offer much. i saw Woody Harrelson in a Planet of the Apes movie recently and thought "Yep, that is actor Woody Harrelson". i can easily see myself watching this saying "Yep that is Donald Glover dressed up like Lando." here we are doing a Star Wars. the new films are fan service, they are cosplay. they are product. like Mark Hamill's performance in the last one, it is closer to a skit filmed for a sci fi convention than the original movies.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link