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So I read the short story that they're adapting into Arrival and I have no clue how they're going to make a movie out of that. While it doesn't have a "twist" it does reveal some stuff as it goes and I don't see that working all that well when you can actually see the characters instead of them just referenced in text.
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also aliens wouldn't have language in any way that would be recognized as language by any human.
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Aug 11, 2016 23:31
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LesterGroans posted:On the other hand, The Coen Brothers have literally only had one bad movie. Their segment from Paris, Je T'aime is pretty dire.
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Aug 11, 2016 23:59
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muscles like this? posted:So I read the short story that they're adapting into Arrival and I have no clue how they're going to make a movie out of that. While it doesn't have a "twist" it does reveal some stuff as it goes and I don't see that working all that well when you can actually see the characters instead of them just referenced in text. I also just read it and am super intrigued how a movie of this could work. Definitely a movie I'm gonna try to watch.
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Aug 12, 2016 00:25
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I actually liked the other shorty story by the same author that was linked more than the one the movie is going to be based on.
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Aug 12, 2016 00:38
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Megasabin posted:I actually liked the other shorty story by the same author that was linked more than the one the movie is going to be based on. Yeah, it's one of my least favorite stories of his, even if it's well-enough written. It's basically the long way around to Dr. Manhattan, with none of the considerable extra time spent explaining providing any particular illumination.
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Aug 12, 2016 01:22
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I wish I wasn't such a mark but the new Star Wars trailer is really good https://twitter.com/starwars/status/763927709521018880
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Aug 12, 2016 03:44
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Youtube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY Yes, this does look not only good but also also different from previous movies.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:45
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That tease at the very end was very well done.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:49
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Sir Kodiak posted:That tease at the very end was very well done. Are you talking about the Vader part? Because while I've been kinda down on the idea of this movie overall, I thought overall this teaser was pretty good, but that part made me groan out loud The lead character facing down the tie fighter is a much better image to go out on.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:51
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Yeah I liked the teaser much more. But I think it's because in the back of my mind I keep thinking about the re-shoots. I know there's a lot of "oh no this is normal" (and yes I do know a certain amount of reshoots is normal), but I just get the sneaking suspicion that they really thought it was too non-StarWarsy and wanted to fix it which kind of bums me out.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:53
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AT-ATs, will watch
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Aug 12, 2016 03:54
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It may have worked because I was thinking, "isn't he in this?" right before he showed up. Would have been clunkier otherwise, possibly.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:54
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:AT-ATs, will watch AT-AT bazooka to the face has me giddy as hell.
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The MSJ posted:Youtube version: Agreed. But I do wish they could ever stop the Death Star from being the focus of so many SW films
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Aug 12, 2016 03:55
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Sir Kodiak posted:It may have worked because I was thinking, "isn't he in this?" right before he showed up. Would have been clunkier otherwise, possibly. Yeah i had no idea he was supposed to be in this and I dunno, the problem I have with this movie is I don't want it to feel like just "here's some stuff what was going on in the background of A New Hope." Makes it feel too much like The Thing prequel, just backstory I have no interest in. The action stuff looks really cool though and the cast seems good. I didn't know Riz Ahmed was in this so that made my interest go up like 1000%.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:57
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More excited to see Donnie Yen than anything else.
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Aug 12, 2016 03:59
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Yeah i had no idea he was supposed to be in this and I dunno, the problem I have with this movie is I don't want it to feel like just "here's some stuff what was going on in the background of A New Hope." Makes it feel too much like The Thing prequel, just backstory I have no interest in. I definitely have sympathy with that, but I feel like that's not really a problem with the presence of Vader. He's just a fun character that could be dropped into any number of Star Wars stories, Fury Road style.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:03
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Sir Kodiak posted:I definitely have sympathy with that, but I feel like that's not really a problem with the presence of Vader. He's just a fun character that could be dropped into any number of Star Wars stories, Fury Road style. eh, I'm pretty done with Vader. Especially after the prequels.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:04
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That trailer makes it look far more interesting than Force Awakens ever looked It looks like Star Wars but also different enough to have it's own voice whereas TFA looked (and ended up being) mostly pandering Would have been happy without Vader tease though
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Aug 12, 2016 04:06
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:eh, I'm pretty done with Vader. Especially after the prequels. He's in them for, what, 2-3 minutes? He got about as much screen time as the Death Star or its plans.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:06
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I assume they'll go Vader as Boogeyman which could be fun
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Aug 12, 2016 04:08
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Sir Kodiak posted:He's in them for, what, 2-3 minutes? He got about as much screen time as the Death Star or its plans. He's like the lead character in all three of them
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Aug 12, 2016 04:11
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:He's like the lead character in all three of them Obi-Wan Kenobi is a different character entirely.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJj12tJzqc
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Aug 12, 2016 04:20
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If Vader has like 4 lines and 10 minutes of casually destroying some rebels I will be really good to go. I'll be really good to go regardless, but still.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:22
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:AT-ATs, will watch AT-ATs in HD loving owns.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:21
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Sir Kodiak posted:Obi-Wan Kenobi is a different character entirely. You lost me on this one. I guess you could argue Obi-Wan's the lead in Episode 1 (Episode 1 feels weirdly protagonist-less, actually). But then, I'm pretty much just as tired of him too. I think him, Vader and C3PO are the only characters to appear in all six movies? I don't remember if R2D2 shows up in episode 1
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Aug 12, 2016 04:24
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:You lost me on this one. Anakin definitely isn't the protagonist of Episode 1. It's probably Qui-Gon, with Anakin, Obi-Wan, Jar Jar, and Padmé in the strong supporting roles that R2D2, Han, Obi-Wan are in Episode 4. My main point, though, was that Anakin isn't Darth Vader until the end of the prequels. Both in the literal sense and in the more subjective sense that I feel like the prequels didn't run the risk of over-exposing him the way it did, say, light sabers and Star Destroyers. What I like is the voice, the costume, and the attitude, and those are barely in it.
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Aug 12, 2016 04:33
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Who does pickups/reshoots and changes a character's haircut? Were the screening notes "Forest's character is too mean and he should have hair"? 
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Aug 12, 2016 04:45
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Apparently he is going to have both hair styles in the film, because they are at different points. But if they don't, its because they decided having hair would better align him with the character he is playing from the CGI show.
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Jerkface posted:Apparently he is going to have both hair styles in the film, because they are at different points. But if they don't, its because they decided having hair would better align him with the character he is playing from the CGI show. Ugh I really don't want to watch the cartoon to know what the hell is going on, I don't have the time. Can you spoiler the cliff notes for me or is this more speculation than existing plot?
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Aug 12, 2016 04:50
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Dillbag posted:Ugh I really don't want to watch the cartoon to know what the hell is going on, I don't have the time. Can you spoiler the cliff notes for me or is this more speculation than existing plot? Sure here is a spoiler, his character is Saw Guerrera, an anti-separatist turned anti-Empire guerilla fighter that is more like a terrorist than a freedom fighter. In the tv series he ends up causing the death of someone close to him and apparently goes off the deep end. That character had hair. He is only in like 3 episodes, but has been mentioned in some other various canon EU stuff. Usually in the context of "that loving saw guerrera and his terrorist friends are loving poo poo up all over'
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Aug 12, 2016 04:56
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Maybe it's CGI hair added in post.
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Jerkface posted:Sure here is a spoiler, his character is Saw Guerrera, an anti-separatist turned anti-Empire guerilla fighter that is more like a terrorist than a freedom fighter. In the tv series he ends up causing the death of someone close to him and apparently goes off the deep end. That character had hair. He is only in like 3 episodes, but has been mentioned in some other various canon EU stuff. Usually in the context of "that loving saw guerrera and his terrorist friends are loving poo poo up all over' Rad, thanks. Who comes up with these loving names? Smells like Lucas (see: jizz") teagone posted:Maybe it's CGI hair added in post. You joke, but that's actually the it's the first thing I thought. I've worked on a couple films that had to fix bad wigs with CGI hair and the seams on his head set off alarm bells.
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Aug 12, 2016 05:23
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Dillbag posted:(see: jizz") No. You see it.
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Aug 12, 2016 05:28
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I wish Star Wars had even fewer white people
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Aug 12, 2016 06:18
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Every character in that trailer seems pretty rad. Still looking forward to this very much.
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Aug 12, 2016 06:21
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Dillbag posted:You joke, but that's actually the it's the first thing I thought. I've worked on a couple films that had to fix bad wigs with CGI hair and the seams on his head set off alarm bells. We know there are flashbacks from the other trailer released at SDCC that shows a young Jyn (the protagonist), and a recent article confirms that the different hairstyles are not a mistake.
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MeinPanzer posted:We know there are flashbacks from the other trailer released at SDCC that shows a young Jyn (the protagonist), and a recent article confirms that the different hairstyles are not a mistake. Of course they aren't a mistake. How the gently caress would an entire crew of thousands make that mistake?
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