|
Ingmar terdman posted:Part of me feels that if you really can't rock the boat too much in your stories because you're working around the movies, you may as well do fart wedding and vader using the force to mess up Luke's podracer I mean, to be fair, anything they want. Rey could go on to have whatever adventure any author wants her to have. I'm not an author and am not creative at all, so don't ask me for any ideas, but it's completely open ended, so Rey has the galaxy ahead of her and a lightsaber, so she could do literally anything a good author comes up with. Work in sequel trilogy characters like Poe and Finn, newer EU characters like Sinjir, or even older characters like Ahsoka if they feel like it, or don't and make up completely new characters. Keep in mind, I am not expecting any of this to actually happen. But what they should do is tell someone like Claudia Gray, "Do whatever you want." thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Sep 22, 2020 |
#
?
Sep 22, 2020 20:43
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 18:32 |
|
|
I don't think there is any patience from disney for books that aren't more or less synergistic with whatever new thing they're pushing elsewhere. There's no air for a theoretical post sequel trilogy rey series, though even if there were it would inevitably end up dumpstered when the sequel era comes around again because no one on the film side is willing/able to read. Even the only counter-example I know of, the new rogue squadron style book, seems like a mistimed synergistic attempt with the upcoming game in hindsight
|
|
#
?
Sep 22, 2020 21:29
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC3uH4Xw4Xo
|
|
#
?
Sep 22, 2020 21:53
|
|
|
thrawn527 posted:I mean, to be fair, anything they want. Rey could go on to have whatever adventure any author wants her to have. I'm not an author and am not creative at all, so don't ask me for any ideas, but it's completely open ended, so Rey has the galaxy ahead of her and a lightsaber, so she could do literally anything a good author comes up with. Work in sequel trilogy characters like Poe and Finn, newer EU characters like Sinjir, or even older characters like Ahsoka if they feel like it, or don't and make up completely new characters. There's no "momentum" is the problem. At the end of RotJ the characters still had goals and aspirations and a setting that was not in ruins that they could pursue those in. It made it easy to imagine the things the characters might get up to and why they would want to get up to them. And in 1983 we had every reason to believe the Galaxy was not cyclical, the characters and setting would be changed by the events of the movies and evolve. After RoS there's nothing. everyone is dead, everything is destroyed, so there's nothing the audience may want to see "shake out" and we know the universe will default back to Fascists. But most importantly what characters are still alive have no driving force. We've said it a lot in this thread how the sequel characters are painfully empty of motivation. There's nothing to see Rey, Finn, or Poe do because they don't want to do anything. Readers don't care to see how the sequel trio would react to whatever event happens in a book because we've seen they don't and didn't react or grow when exposed to things. They're less characters than gudgin conceits by the execs because they haven't figured out yet how to make a movie consisting solely of action septettes without any characters.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 08:20
|
|
|
galagazombie posted:They're less characters than gudgin conceits by the execs because they haven't figured out yet how to make a movie consisting solely of action septettes without any characters. And not for lack of trying!
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 08:22
|
|
|
Often when people talk about their ideas to improve a movie, you get inane ramblings, but the Sequel Trilogy is so bad that many people in this thread have casually tossed off cooler and more interesting ideas than anything we got. That in itself is kind of amazing.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 10:39
|
|
|
The kind of thing you get when you screw up basic storytelling to such a massive degree while treating every movie as a trailer for the next one.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 10:49
|
|
|
nemesis_hub posted:Often when people talk about their ideas to improve a movie, you get inane ramblings, but the Sequel Trilogy is so bad that many people in this thread have casually tossed off cooler and more interesting ideas than anything we got. That in itself is kind of amazing. I just discovered that it is Canon that the state of affairs between the New Republic and the First Order was called a "cold war."
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 14:46
|
|
|
Halloween Jack posted:It's nice to see Chuck Wendig go from someone I respect (for his work on horror roleplaying games) to another annoying Twitter liberal D-list celebrity pundit. I'm sure the money's good. What did he even do while at White Wolf? I remember his name being in a lot of credits but I have no idea what he wrote and if it holds up. The World of Darkness is kind of and odd beast politically. It varies a lot from book to book how reactionary/libera/anarchist/hippie/whackjob it is.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 15:16
|
|
|
He worked on Demon the Fallen and Hunter the Reckoning back in the day, but most of his work has been on Vampire the Requiem and Hunter the Vigil in the new World of Darkness. The new WoD doesn't really display the confused New Agey liberal politics of the original.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 15:28
|
|
|
New WoD is very black pilled, when you think about it. It kinda goes with the John Carpenter vibes it's going for.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 15:51
|
|
|
STAR WARS Episode XIII: You Will Not Be Saved I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live! I Live!
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 15:57
|
|
|
Jewmanji posted:It was experimental and jury-rigged until It was on-screen dialogue in ESB, watch the drat movies. e. shoulda known how beaten I'd be
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 15:59
|
|
|
mllaneza posted:It was on-screen dialogue in ESB, watch the drat movies. I don’t know what you’re talking about or why you’re upset.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 16:28
|
|
|
Halloween Jack posted:STAR WARS Pretty much.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 17:35
|
|
|
This poo poo actually makes me sad. Give Alden Ehrenreich some credit, or at least accept that the character could look a little different. I know it's just for fun, though. The Bee posted:I thought The Force Awakens was a good yet overly safe movie, and it'd be up to the sequels to bring the new era to greatness. Exact same except I loved TLJ right away, and still love it, but it's definitely made worse by being in this trilogy. TRoS just tanked everything.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 19:42
|
|
|
Hey guys I’ve been reading up and it sounds like the Skywalker Saga 4K set is a pretty mixed bag? Anyone have it and can advise whether or not it’s worth picking up? I already know about maclunkey, I’m inquiring more about the picture quality.
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 19:48
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwLccJOMTX0 Lmao
|
|
#
?
Sep 23, 2020 21:08
|
|
|
man nurse posted:Hey guys I’ve been reading up and it sounds like the Skywalker Saga 4K set is a pretty mixed bag? Anyone have it and can advise whether or not it’s worth picking up? I already know about maclunkey, I’m inquiring more about the picture quality. Best picture quality you'll get for any of the movies (even the prequels). What I don't get is how a scan of the Theatrical versions for the originals aren't commercially available as at least a separate option in the year of our Lord 2020.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 02:15
|
|
|
Lucas keeps them in his belly like the blue girl from the fifth element. You’ll have to dig em out when he’s dead
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 02:18
|
|
|
Lucas has always been vehemently against studios and other corporations disrespecting an artist's work. He even testified in congress that it was barbaric for the copyright holder of a film to alter it against the original creator's wishes. I'm sure that whatever contract he signed when he sold Lucasfilm to Disney prohibited them from releasing any version of his movies other than the ones he specifically wanted released.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 02:39
|
|
|
CelticPredator posted:Lucas keeps them in his belly like the blue girl from the fifth element. You’ll have to dig em out when he’s dead Reading this just injected the visual of George Lucas doing the blue lady's opera performance into my brain. loving thanks for that.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 02:43
|
|
|
Too bad, it's canon. He's just about to go onstage, right after the Mon Calamari sperm ballet.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 02:50
|
|
|
Make your dreams come true 
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 02:52
|
|
|
Wasn't he buying destroying prints of the originals? Like, good lord. The scene with Greedo and Han is so loving awkward now. There's an obvious glitch that makes it look like poo poo and Lucas just doesn't care that he's destroyed the film in all aspects. Not only that, but he's destroying the unaltered originals that don't have the problem of looking like poo poo. He has a serious mental illness.
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 03:12
|
|
|
Grandpa Palpatine posted:Wasn't he buying destroying prints of the originals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnHyStDZ3_U 
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 03:15
|
|
|
The United States posted:Lucas is doing what brings him joy I don’t know how it applies to what you’re quoting, unless you’re saying that being a troll brings him joy, but as a recovering alcoholic, that video means a lot to me, so thanks for linking it. It may seem like a simple concept, but some of us have a hard time with the difference between pleasure and joy, as he describes it here. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Sep 24, 2020 |
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 03:50
|
|
|
Grandpa Palpatine posted:Wasn't he buying destroying prints of the originals? Caring about star wars is a mental illness. It's not as though the original carer can get out unscathed
|
|
#
?
Sep 24, 2020 05:14
|
|
|
Grandpa Palpatine posted:Wasn't he buying destroying prints of the originals? Totally! I heard that Richard Marquand had the last copies and Lucas murdered him for it!
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 11:49
|
|
|
Stumbled on a little callback in the prequels. In episode 4 Obi-Wan plays up his ignorance, in episode 2 he tries to hide it 
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 14:09
|
|
|
Almost seems coincidental; a hallmark of a cunning adventurer is to know when to act dumb and when to act smart. But it is fitting either way.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 15:43
|
|
|
In the OT (hell, even in just the first movie) several of Obi Wan's famous bits involve lying or admitting he was lying. The first time we see him using the Force is to lie to Stormtroopers.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 15:51
|
|
|
Doctor Spaceman posted:In the OT (hell, even in just the first movie) several of Obi Wan's famous bits involve lying or admitting he was lying. The first time we see him using the Force is to lie to Stormtroopers. Is it? You think that noise he made to scare off the Tusken Raiders was natural? (Whatever version you’re watching.)
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 16:29
|
|
|
thrawn527 posted:Is it? You think that noise he made to scare off the Tusken Raiders was natural? (Whatever version you’re watching.) I dunno, maybe? It's been given a bunch of inconsistent explanations. Doesn't really change my point though since it'd still be an instance of Obi-wan using the force to trick people.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 16:46
|
|
|
thrawn527 posted:Is it? You think that noise he made to scare off the Tusken Raiders was natural? (Whatever version you’re watching.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTZyLiIaZY4 Sounds natural to me
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 17:30
|
|
|
Doctor Spaceman posted:I dunno, maybe? It's been given a bunch of inconsistent explanations. Does come to mind that of characters using the Force, we see the Dark Side used for brute force and intimidation, while the Light Side used for trickery and bluffs. The overall theme is that the Light Side favours a gentle touch, subtlety and discretion. And of course, its ultimate ability is to treat death as just a change of habits and removal of limits.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2020 17:56
|
|
|
And then the sequels came out and it can cast heal heavy wounds, bless, and resurrect
|
|
#
?
Sep 27, 2020 02:34
|
|
|
The Force gets new upgrades in almost every Star Wars movie, so while the newer upgrades may be not the best, the sequels weren't setting a weird precedent.
|
|
#
?
Sep 27, 2020 03:03
|
|
|
Barudak posted:And then the sequels came out and it can cast heal heavy wounds, bless, and resurrect Magic Missile does do 1d4+1 points of force damage...
|
|
#
?
Sep 27, 2020 03:09
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 18:32 |
|
|
I mean in the official Episode 1 visual book, one of the weird dudes on the Jedi Council is stated to be able to use to Force to breathe fire.
|
|
#
?
Sep 27, 2020 06:04
|
|