Star Wars 7 shit talk

not really a fan of 3d in general but i've seen this in both 2d and 3d and didn't feel 3d added anything

I was considering it but I don't think they could really fly at u face

i had two people sell me on going 3d, specifically not because of stuff jumping at you, but because of the 'depth' it added

the spaceships looked cool but i think 2d would have been fine + no putting things on your face

I have never seen anything in 2d that made me want to go back and see it in 3d.

Star Wars title fading into the stars and massive text crawl both looked cool in 3d fwiw. Movie felt a little dark bc of the 3d tho

Rey abseiling down into the star destroyer looked like a tiny doll in 3d.

My best friend since grade school (we were 7 years old in 77 when we saw the first movie together at the Roseville 4) is on his way to pick me up for this. I think we're seeing it in 3D which wouldn't be my druthers but fuck it.

Watched rotj for the first time in decades this morning and was surprised that I now find the beginning of the movie boring compared to the stuff after they leave jabba's. The Jabba sequence felt oddly limp and I am a creature fiend so I should love it.

Gonna go tomorrow, 38yrs after seeing the orig a few blocks east. Thence to the spoiler thread.

It was v good
I have thoughts I hope to type later

Really hoping stupidly named Snoke is actually about 2 inches tall

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

3D plus some (plenty) of beer and wine before the first viewing has given me a lovely woozy and fuzzy, already nostalgic idea of the whole thing. I enjoyed it a lot. But I will see it again soon in 2D and sober.

Saw it again today, this time in 2D. Confirmed my suspicion that springing for 3d the first time around was completely unnecessary.

Some minor spoilers itt over the last couple of days. Come on, people. There are two threads!

For those who haven't seen it and are understandably avoiding the spoiler thread, I will happily say that most of the reservations I voiced itt were unfounded. It's derivative but not to an off-putting extent (and I went in expecting to be at least a little put off). And the extent to which it's derivative is offset by the newer cast, who do their level best to make this its own thing. I saw it with family members who claimed to have seen any previous Star Wars films or have any interest in Star Wars and they enjoyed it. So, y'know, recommended.

Look, just go see it, Shakey.

'claimed to have never seen any previous Star Wars films'

http://hypetrak.com/2015/12/listen-to-royksopps-unused-song-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens/

when I get the band back together I'm just going to start every song by announcing a recent hit movie it wasn't used in

lol at "Star Wars-themed music" being interpreted at "for the movie"

I mean, come on, they will have a dozen "music inspired by" collections or music used at their new Star Wars Land or w/e in the next few years

https://vine.co/v/iqWhd2Qh9VK

Anyone have thoughts on the following viewing options:

(a) Standard 2D
(b) IMAX 3D
(c) Regular 3D, but in a cool-ass movie palace with huge screen

Would honestly prefer IMAX 2D but there is no such option near me.

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:56 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

FTR I'm generally someone who doesn't like 3D, but I love IMAX and I would also love to be in a movie palace.

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:56 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(reposted from rong thread)

Option (d) would be wait til I can actually see it at the Franklin Institute in glorious 2D 70mm Imax, but that's 2 hrs away and so not gonna happen.

I honestly didn't have a sense of 3-D adding much to the experience. See it on a big, nice screen and you should be good.

Does the 3D detract? I'm not sure how nice the standard 2D screens are (also, if anyone is in NYC and can recommend a good 2D screen...)

It detracts from your wallet.

seeing the battles on a tru IMAX screen (we only have a few in FL, one of which is conveniently located near my house) is awesome. that battle on Jakku was boner-inspiring

not sure your equipment is functioning properly if that's happening to you at star wars.

just wrapping up Special Edition ROTJ with my son, and hoo boy, it is clearly the worst of the Special Editions by a mile. So much badness added to the Jabba the Hutt sequences and the horrible, multi-planet ending, now I know why I haven't watched this since it came out.

The ending is poopshits

Never watching the special editions of the OG trilogy is one of the best unimportant decisions I've ever made.

there are a few annoying changes in Special Edition Star Wars (Jabba scene in particular), but it is mostly pretty good. The changes to Empire are pretty negligible. The changes to Jedi are off-the-chart bad.

The change to the Emperor's hologram in Empire really throws me off bc it seems more subtle but I am too old school I miss that weird chimpanzee-faced witch version. The dialog was altered too.

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

Bring back Clive Revill's and the chimp eyes!

yeah the gf and i just watched 4-6 (the special editions) this past week and ROTJ is so much worse than i remember it being.

I still have that special edition widescreen VHS box (non special editions obv) and it made me wish I had a functioning vcr.

psst the despecialized versions are en la bahía del pirata

eh the insertion of the new Sidious is the only change I approve. I think it works.

It's the least glaring scene, at least

IMO the worst thing about the "special" edition is that their rewriting of history even extends to the soundtracks. A while ago I thought it'd be cool to listen "Jub Nub" (i.e. the Ewok celebration song from the end of RotJ that was replaced by some general orchestral music in the special edition), and guess what? You can't buy it. All the RotJ soundtrack CDs in print and the digital versions available don't have it, they just have the new soundtrack with the new ending tune. ("Lapti Nek", the disco tune in Jabba's palace is also replaced by "Jedi Rocks".) It's hard to find the extended soundtrack version of "Yub Nub" even on Youtube, the only version I could find was sped up so that Youtube's copyright robots won't delete it.

I ended up ordering an used 80s German CD of the RotJ soundtrack, and now I can listen to it in its full glory. But it's ridiculous that at this day and age, where pretty much every obscure 1980s nostalgia item is rereleased, I had to go through all this trouble. Since Disney now has the rights, why don't they reissue the original movies and original soundtracks? Surely they must realize there's a whole bunch of 30+ geeks who would love to own the version of the movie they saw as a kid?

The negs for the originals literally no longer exist; Lucas collaged them with various revisions, and the original pieces are in terrible shape. Disney would have to go through the same magpie process from multiple prints as the fan-made "despecialised" versions to bodge together masters.

(Also don't Fox still own the first movie?)

googled: Fox not only have "episode 4" forever, they have the other five until 2020.

luckily this wonder exists:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrOSuY12Rrs

So there's a fair guarantee Disney will release new HD "despecialized" editions in 2021. It's not as if they don't have the resources to do it or are ignorant of the demand.

I just got a few packs of "Force Attax" cards for my kids and they feature characters from the original trilogy and Force Awakens but not the prequels lol

I have also just spent half an hour vainly searching for instructions on how to play. Kind of shocked that 1) I can't figure out a card game for kids and 2) that a Disney/Topps Star Wars merch gambit doesn't have either official instructions online anywhere nor forums/geek chat spelling it out

it's these, though I bought them at a corner shop - http://www.toppsdirect.com/star-wars-force-awakens-tarding-card-collection.html

xxxp So wait, does the poster in that Youtube video mean Luke was gatecrashing the equivalent of Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore?

i have to say these are p sweet too - http://www.toppsdirect.com/star-wars-journy-to-multipack.html

Does this help?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/83089/star-wars-force-attax

The game is designed for two players. Each player must have 12 cards in their unit (deck), with the following deck building rules - at least 4 different character types, only 1 star foil, only 1 force master.

Players lay their cards (all 12) faced down, and flip a coin to see who goes first. First player pick the card to play with and the type of action (defense or attack). Second player responds with his own card of choice. Player with higher number wins the turn. There are 12 turns in the game. Played cards are discarded and the game continues with remaining cards, until all 12 are played (12 turns). Winner of the game is the player with the higher number of winning turns.