Star Wars 7 shit talk

"man it's funny to realize how many franchises millennials grew up with compared to..."

"OMG GOOD SIR DO BE STILL"

lol, i swear dude there is really no circumstance under which you can post "yeah okay, i suppose people could see things differently; i'll let it go" is there

there are, but "lol that's stupid to care about" isn't one

regardless of how you'd like to reframe it, "a twenty year old today was 6 when harry potter 1 came out" is kind of stupid to care about but seriously this is the sort of non-argument that you've made a name for yourself with and to join in is to lose

Just watched that Battlefront trailer, disappointed that no gameplay is shown.

hey i just expressed a feeling about a fact, you're the one that made it into an argument

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ4-U3ijVMo

are you guys reenacting the climactic volcano lightsaber duel from episode iii or what

kinda probably

Just watched that Battlefront trailer, disappointed that no gameplay is shown.

― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Friday, April 17, 2015 2:18 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They did say that is in-engine footage, though, so my expectations are high.

http://img.pr0gramm.com/2015/04/17/8b0cf9b3fe402a2c.jpg

xp

It was impressive for what it was I guess. I wonder if it would still have the single player mode.

xp LOL

i was about to say "man they should try to revive spaceballs" but then i remembered they did

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs:_The_Animated_Series

"What's the matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken?"

DAMN look at that model! It is so nice to see real spaceships again not CGI dreams.

They are making "Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money" last I heard.

they're still trying to write a Darth Maul double-lightsaber dick joke that works.

"If you think my double lightsaber is impressive, you should see my dick!"

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If you're watching Star Wars Rebels on Disney XD, they released a season 2 trailer today. I got shut out of seeing the season 2 premiere early -- the queue line, for a 5:30 screening, was full to capacity by 2:45pm. I missed it by about 15 minutes. Anyway, shit's going down in season 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av8GjpGK98A

I did attend the panel this morning with the producers and voice cast. Freddie Prinze, Jr. hit the jackpot with this and he knows it.

How so?

Voicing a well-liked cartoon character means paid appearances at all kinds of events for decades, I'd guess

Freddie prinze jr became a writer for the wwe (or whatever they call it now) in the last decade. I think he may just be an enthusiastic nerd.

hopefully it's not just Fast and furious 8: in space

I wouldn't mind that

A well-made action-adventure with a very diverse cast wouldn't be a bad role model, no.

I don't see a reason to believe that it wouldn't have enough depth, if that's what's being implied via F&F8 comment?

i have the same worry, cf: new trek movies

Everyone else already answered, but yeah, what I meant by Prinze hitting the jackpot is that he is clearly a huge nerd (he had several anecdotes during his panel about growing up a Star Wars fan, including one about the scar on his chin, which he got when he and his brother snapped a plastic flagpole in half to make lightsabers). And now he's on the inside of it and couldn't be happier. He came out from backstage taking video of the crowd on his phone, and was just beaming through the entire panel.

(Also fun: Tiya Sircar, who voices Sabine on "Rebels," used the words "serendipitously" and "trepidation" when answering questions. I can guess who always finishes the crossword while waiting around at the production office.)

We now know who's responsible for the BB-8 technology: http://time.com/3826420/bob-iger-star-wars-sphero/

And they appear to be making an official toy: http://toyland.gizmodo.com/is-this-our-first-look-at-spheros-official-the-force-aw-1698993843

we can get one for shakey

it'll be 'funny' if BB-8 turns out to be a Jar-Jar-like annoyance in the new film

their animated division has been doing a decent job of scripting droids with personalities

BB-8 speaks in a Jamaican patois and is known for constantly shitting everywhere.

MJR-LZR-8

Any film can do FF8: in space. Star Wars has the untouchable element and it should use it. Not just be a CGI pornsplosion fest, as much as it pioneered imagery. I always kept it in balance.

Super8 was so terrible and unimaginative I have no trust in JJBRAMS as competent.

Good set of photos from the small and mostly spoiler-free prop exhibit for Episode VII at Celebration, including two other new stormtrooper models: http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15458

Two teasers and a convention in, we've yet to lay eyes on Adam Driver, Lupita Nyongo, Max Von Sydow or Andy Serkis. It's been all Ridley/Isaac/Boyega, so they must be the Leia/Han/Luke of the new deal.

we've yet to lay eyes on Adam Driver, Lupita Nyongo, Max Von Sydow or Andy Serkis

they're inside BB-8, pedaling furiously

^ irl lol

Being into Star Wars does not make you a nerd it's 100% dominant monoculture by now.

Let's just call it brand loyalty.

It's more Ridley = 'Luke'; Boyega = the 'Leia' character, by the look of it so far. The chemistry between the leads is going to be crucial if this film is going to be anything other than a purely visual spectacle.

Boyega was really solid in Attack the Block IIRC, had a real "this guy is going to go places" feel for me. Haven't seen anything of Ridley's (pretty short) C.V., what's the word on the street? As I think I said above, I like that this cast is (veteran cast members aside) mostly fresh faces plus Von Sydow and Nyongo, perhaps in the Alec Guiness/Peter Cushing kind of positions.

Although now that I think about it that could also basically be said of the prequels - I had them in my head as involving more stunt casting, but Portman and McGregor were maybe at an Adam Driver level of exposure back then. So who knows.

McGregor was more famous than that I reckon - though maybe more so in the UK than elsewhere.

Ha, thinking about it TPM may be the film that first set Liam Neeson on the trajectory away from films where he does serious acting towards films where he kills a load of people and/or wolves.

yeah mcgregor was in some hit films and already a leading man, but like, that makes him no more a stuntcasting than alec guinness

samuel l jackson fits the term better than anybody though, esp with his proudly declaring he asked for a unique lightsaber for his nothing role