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Shimrra Jamaane posted:As a huge Star Wars fan that cannot be more excited for Episode 8 I couldn't be less excited about the Solo movie and actively wish it didn't exist.  I loved TFA & Rogue One & I already pre-ordered my ticket for episode 8 opening night, but if Ron Howard wants me to be excited about his sloppy seconds Han Solo movie, he sure is doing a piss-poor job.
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I had no idea until 2 weeks ago that the Han Solo prequel was even coming out so soon (April). I have very little interest as well.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:14
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I think part of it is the endless marketing. There's shelves and shelves of Star Wars poo poo now at every store in every department. Star Wars used to be a special treat but now it's just forced on you at all times. It's the LootBoxification of America.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:26
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feedmyleg posted:The biggest relief I've felt recently is realizing that I don't have to be a Star Wars fan anymore. Or an anything fan. If a movie looks good to me, I'll see it. If a movie doesn't look good to me, I won't. If a sequel to a movie I liked isn't good, oh well! There will be a different new movie that I do like coming along soon enough. I think 1999 gave a lot of Star Wars fans cover to be fanatics but selective. Not sure I can think of a prequel concept that was intriguing to me at all. I was super skeptical that the Hannibal tv show had anything to offer (which it did in spades). A Han Solo movie that doesn't have to fit anywhere is about the best I could imagine. No Greedo peeking from around a pillar, no bumping into R2. Just a random space adventure, perhaps bookended by old Han telling it to young Kylo, interrupting to make him tell the story right.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:27
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I think part of it is the endless marketing. There's shelves and shelves of Star Wars poo poo now at every store in every department. Star Wars used to be a special treat but now it's just forced on you at all times. It's the LootBoxification of America. You really don't remember the ungodly marketing blitz in the lead up to Episode 1 than.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:32
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:You really don't remember the ungodly marketing blitz in the lead up to Episode 1 than. I do. That was after 15 years of relative drought, and after a year it had pulled back (IIRC, and this is not to imply it disappeared). Now...it's continuous.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:42
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I feel like the internet makes everything continuous now.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:44
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I remember the big Episode 1 marketing push. And I remember the big marketing push for the OT special edition rereleases. I don't remember the actual announcement for Episode 1, however. Those two events just kinda bled together for me. 1999 was a very different time.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:49
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'd pay a lot of money to see Lord & Miller's original version. Everything I've seen since Howard took over looks boring and uninspired. What is there to see? Can you link some stuff? I haven't seen anything.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:59
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Detective No. 27 posted:I remember the big Episode 1 marketing push. And I remember the big marketing push for the OT special edition rereleases. I don't remember the actual announcement for Episode 1, however. Those two events just kinda bled together for me. 1999 was a very different time.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:03
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I do. That was after 15 years of relative drought, and after a year it had pulled back (IIRC, and this is not to imply it disappeared). Now...it's continuous. Detective No. 27 posted:I remember the big Episode 1 marketing push. And I remember the big marketing push for the OT special edition rereleases. Yeah 97 to 99 wasn't quite 15 years. Before the OT SE goldboxes, the biggest thing was either the redesigned trilogy pack (the one with the big Yoda face for like Empire) or the games on the SNES. Though point is correct that aside from that you weren't quite getting hit with lightsabers and R2D2 thermoses and wookie backpacks and other poo poo.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:05
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I remember it being as everywhere back then as it is now. However, there two years between Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, and about 3 or so between Clones and Revenge of the Sith. I was prime kid to teen demographic during those years and I remember at least some cool down in between movies. And while it never completely died down after Revenge came out, Star Wars hype did cool down a ton, since it was understood that they were done making Star Wars movies.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:12
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Ape Agitator posted:A Han Solo movie that doesn't have to fit anywhere is about the best I could imagine. No Greedo peeking from around a pillar, no bumping into R2. Just a random space adventure, perhaps bookended by old Han telling it to young Kylo, interrupting to make him tell the story right. I read The Stainless Steel Rat earlier this year and really enjoyed it. It's about a charming grifter conning his way through the galaxy who gets snatched up to work for a giant evil empire as a spy, and along the way gaining some morality while still retaining his true nature as a scoundrel. It's also a book that Lucas read before 1977, based on his handwritten pre-ANH notes. So I just accepted that as a pretty solid semi-canon Han Solo origin. There's a bunch more books in the series too, so if I ever want a sequel I can just dive into those.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:16
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bows1 posted:What is there to see? Can you link some stuff? I haven't seen anything. There isn't one specific thing to link to, but makingstarwars.com is a spoiler site that regularly posts and discusses leaks and set videos, etc. And then there's Ron Howard's Instagram, he usually posts one or two photos a week.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:20
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Big Mean Jerk posted:There isn't one specific thing to link to, but makingstarwars.com is a spoiler site that regularly posts and discusses leaks and set videos, etc. And then there's Ron Howard's Instagram, he usually posts one or two photos a week. Oh ok never mind Im not going there. I thought you meant like official videos and photos and stuff. This makes more sense
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Oct 17, 2017 22:26
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bows1 posted:Oh ok never mind Im not going there. I thought you meant like official videos and photos and stuff. This makes more sense Yeah, my take is based entirely on behind the scenes stuff that you'd want to avoid if you're not into spoilers. It hasn't reached an Episode 7 level of leaks, but we know a not-insignificant amount of the film's plot.
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Oct 17, 2017 22:49
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Snake Outta Compton trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytv-2Na65pc
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Oct 18, 2017 00:24
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I've had it with these motherfuckin snakes in this motherfuckin compton
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Oct 18, 2017 00:54
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Tars Tarkas posted:Snake Outta Compton trailer
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Oct 18, 2017 01:02
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The best part of Rogue One was the art direction leaning into the original film's 70s-ness with all the costumes and makeup and technology. Obviously Solo needs to be American Graffiti in space and super 50s.
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Guy Mann posted:The best part of Rogue One was the art direction leaning into the original film's 70s-ness with all the costumes and makeup and technology. Obviously Solo needs to be American Graffiti in space and super 50s. If I can say one positive thing about the film, it's that all the set photos and production design looks ludicrously 70s.
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Oct 18, 2017 01:16
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feedmyleg posted:I read The Stainless Steel Rat earlier this year...
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Oct 18, 2017 01:36
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Tars Tarkas posted:Snake Outta Compton trailer crazy motherfucker named asp cube in a gang called vipers with attitude
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Oct 18, 2017 01:42
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The SOLO movie (why not just call it 'Han Solo'?) is 100% definitely going to be how he met Chewie and got the Falcon. He'll win it off of Donald Glover's Calrissian in a card-game that will probably be available as a tie-in card game, or more likely, an app.
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Oct 18, 2017 12:16
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Guy Mann posted:The best part of Rogue One was the art direction leaning into the original film's 70s-ness with all the costumes and makeup and technology. Obviously Solo needs to be American Graffiti in space and super 50s. I think that really was my favorite part of Rogue One, it really did feel like it had been filmed contemporarily with the original film.
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Oct 18, 2017 12:21
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Ugly British men with sideburns really did the heavy lifting for that.
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Oct 18, 2017 12:40
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I once considered starting a blog that would post a photo of one background actor a day, in an attempt to determine who was the ugliest man in Star Wars: A New Hope
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Oct 18, 2017 14:35
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It's the "I don't like you either" guy
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Oct 18, 2017 14:41
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ALFbrot posted:I once considered starting a blog that would post a photo of one background actor a day, in an attempt to determine who was the ugliest man in Star Wars: A New Hope It's this guy... Al Borland Corp. posted:It's the "I don't like you either" guy ...unless you mean without makeup. Naturally ugly.
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Oct 18, 2017 14:54
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Lobok posted:It's this guy... Yeah, sorry. Just natural, terrible hair, unfortunate face British dudes hanging out in the back of Star Wars. The Death Star briefing room scene is a treasure trove of them, for instance.
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Oct 18, 2017 14:55
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You never see his face but David Prowse is pretty ugly
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Oct 18, 2017 14:58
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ALFbrot posted:Yeah, sorry. Just natural, terrible hair, unfortunate face British dudes hanging out in the back of Star Wars. The Death Star briefing room scene is a treasure trove of them, for instance. In Jedi at least the winner for this that one guard in Jabba's palace that has a nice meltdown after the Rancor is killed.
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Oct 18, 2017 15:26
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That guy is so great. Just in the middle of this hive of villains that guy really loved his pet monster and there are some alien dudes patting him on the back trying to comfort him
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Oct 18, 2017 15:31
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I love it, was there ever EU stuff about him/did he have a name? I hope he wasn't on Jabba's barge when it blew up.
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Oct 18, 2017 15:40
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"It's time for the Jedi... to end." "But why?" "Killed this cave beast thing once, long ago. I'm supposed to represent the light side of the Force! I should have figured out a non-lethal solution."
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Oct 18, 2017 15:44
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Neo Rasa posted:I love it, was there ever EU stuff about him/did he have a name? I hope he wasn't on Jabba's barge when it blew up. He's a Star Wars character with more than two seconds of screentime. Of course he's got a name and an extensive backstory.
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Oct 18, 2017 15:48
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Samuel Clemens posted:more than two seconds of screentime Not a requirement.
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Oct 18, 2017 15:49
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:
Same with the fondness for TFA and I really liked Rogue One. I am car crash fascinated with Solo I have to say.
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Oct 18, 2017 17:52
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Neo Rasa posted:I love it, was there ever EU stuff about him/did he have a name? I hope he wasn't on Jabba's barge when it blew up. 
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Neo Rasa posted:I love it, was there ever EU stuff about him/did he have a name? I hope he wasn't on Jabba's barge when it blew up. IIRC he started a restaurant
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