|
Der Shovel posted:People on Facebook are going insane over this, but I literally do not see a downside here. This is incredibly exciting! I've been on the side of Lucas leaving the franchise to someone else for a while.
|
#
¿
Oct 30, 2012 21:50
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 19, 2024 03:58 |
|
|
feedmyleg posted:Oh snap. Assuming that this isn't an April Fool's joke: This is interesting... Disney might not kill the contract with Dark Horse after all? On a sidenote, Lucasarts is moving over strictly to licencing, meaning SW 1313 is gone. Licencing SW to other developers does seem like a better option though ... we've been past the golden years of Lucasarts for a while now.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 3, 2013 18:44
|
|
|
May the 4th be with you. I'm sure some of you guys read Star Wars Comics and here's a Megabundle: https://digital.darkhorse.com/blog/2013/dh-digital-may-4th-be-you-sale/ A bit pricey at 100 bucks, but there's a lot of quality comics there.
|
|
#
¿
May 3, 2013 23:01
|
|
|
drunkill posted:I watched A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and skipped the boring parts of Jedi today. The De-specialized editions, very fun on the big tv with the sound up loud and some snacks. The Clone Wars series is also really good and retroactively makes Attack of the Clones and (more importantly) Revenge of the Sith much more enjoyable. Anakin, the weak link of the prequels, becomes more tolerable.
|
|
#
¿
May 5, 2014 21:12
|
|
|
redshirt posted:I legitimately have always liked TPM. AOTC is the worst of the prequels, but it has some good parts. ROTS is better than AOTC, not as good as TPM, and is super uneven. I think I agree with you on this. TPM is fine, if a bit boring. AOTC and ROTS rely too much on this is how democracy dies, the George W Bush is evil narrative. Sorry Lucas, but you've been missing out on the years of US Imperialism during the Cold War.
|
|
#
¿
May 17, 2014 14:21
|
|
|
Not completely related to the discussion, but it looks like AICN buried its axe with the Clone Wars series. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/67362 It's interesting how Lucas passing the torch really ignited popular interest in this franchise again. Just don't read the terrible comments.
|
|
#
¿
May 19, 2014 19:17
|
|
|
hhhat posted:Even better is the fact that he got hired by Disney with those opinions and what that says about their approach. Considering Disney's actions included canceling Clone Wars, shipping all the games to EA and deleting the Extended Universe, I'd say Gary Whitta's fundamentalism is perfect.
|
|
#
¿
May 23, 2014 12:52
|
|
|
SWTOR's pretty top tier for a WoW clone. Heck I enjoyed the Age of Empires 2 clone too and Rebellion was the bomb.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 3, 2014 17:22
|
|
|
Tuxedo Jack posted:Sure. These are just my personal disappointments with the trailer, and if you liked it, cool. One thing that makes Star Wars is cinematography. I'm not feeling it with these fast cuts. Looks like a well made fan trailer. Screw it, bring back Lucas.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 28, 2014 17:39
|
|
|
Tuxedo Jack posted:I'm old and cynical. I didn't like the prequels and this doesn't do it for me. It doesn't mean the movie is going to be bad, but that wasn't a great teaser for ME. The prequels aren't great, but so far the animated series have been really great at conveying the good stuff from the original series. I'm sure this movie will be watchable, but part of me thinks that it'll be like another Bond reboot - exciting for the first watch but ultimately shallow.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 28, 2014 17:53
|
|
|
Hobo Siege posted:Anyone complaining that this doesn't look like Star Wars is 100% correct. It does not look like the previous six Lucas-headed films. Attempting to ape that style would be a huge creativity-stifling mistake. Don't go in expecting Star Wars, go in expecting new films set in the Star Wars universe. You'll enjoy yourselves more. I look at it in the context of the Star Trek reboot. The first one was incredibly fun to watch for the first time but completely fell flat on a rewatch. I literally fell asleep in the theater because it was just a bunch of stuff happening on the screen that happened too fast for me to care. It felt like watching a Transformers movie. This new style could work, but if it's just the old JJ Abram's quick cut after quick cut because 'THIS IS AWESOME', then no thanks. I genuinely skeptical that Abrams knows how to tell a good story without resorting to the focus tested modern style of keeping the audiences engaged just long enough for a screen change.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2014 00:15
|
|
|
Powered Descent posted:But doesn't that boil down to "the exceptional one is also the least typical one"? Because, well, yes, that's what makes it exceptional. The tallest building in a city is far above the average building height; that's what makes it tallest. Empire is the movie that fans use to justify themselves to non Star Wars fans since you get a bit of that Shakespearean/classical Drama stuff. The original is the most influential and is by far my favorite one. But honestly, I can enjoy any of them (even AOTC, man that one was terrible.)
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2014 03:01
|
|
|
gohmak posted:I have a gut feeling that after this movie, fans will be begging Lucas to return. This trailer was an incoherent mess. As flattered as I am the first character we get to see is a black man like me, who the hell is he and what does he do? He is established like "whoa that storm trooper is black and not white or Samoan. X wings over water, Falcon over dessert, no space chases and dubious Lightsaber effects equal a dull and disjointed teaser once the nostalgia wears off. I could actually love for The Rock to be in a Star Wars movie.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2014 10:39
|
|
|
Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:He is Adam Driver's character, who is (mega ultra super spoilers): That's pretty neat since it mirrors what happened in the EU. I read some more spoilers and the fact that they do take from the best of the EU makes me pretty happy.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2014 14:23
|
|
|
Anyway, I'm in on the movie even though the JJ Abrams has made some questionable decisions before. It's a new Star Wars, let's do it:
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2014 14:29
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjrPTCnZwB4 This is the George Lucas cut of the teaser. It owns.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 29, 2014 14:35
|
|
|
Ross posted:This thread has me reminiscing about the build-up to Episode I in 1999. I have to believe there's never been a movie with higher expectations. Maybe the Matrix sequel came close. The Clone Wars series (the newer one, not the 2D shorts) really redeemed the prequel settings in my eyes. All it really did was make Anakin into a hero and give him a padawan and you actually started cared about the tragedy of his turn to the dark side. Having multiple perspective switches gave the Clone Wars room to tell its story, giving it a feel similar to that of Game of Thrones and Romance of Three Kingdoms. Out of the prequels, AOTC was the only one that felt like a complete mess because it packed in so many things without really going anywhere. Phantom was mediocre/ok for the most part and Revenge was a bit short of being truly great. All of them had the issue of being overstuffed with different ideas, factions, themes while giving the viewers minimal time to synthesize all those threads and connect the story. Tezzeract fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Nov 30, 2014 |
|
#
¿
Nov 30, 2014 03:50
|
|
|
SuperMechagodzilla posted:Put simply, by the same standards that the prequels are awful and meaningless, so are the original films. If the Imperial "grey death-pits and catwalks" look is meaningless in Phantom Menace, then it is meaningless in Empire Strikes Back. 
|
|
#
¿
Dec 1, 2014 00:55
|
|
|
I think the main appeal of Star Wars for most people is the engaging special effects and how it takes you completely into the scene. In terms of imagery, it's hard to forget about the first time you saw a TIE fighter flying through space or the AT-ATs stomping through in the invasion of Hoth. The problem with the prequels was that the technology couldn't quite get over the uncanny valley and the issue of everything looked faker than in the original series. I think if the prequels were remade with current CGI technology, they would've been much better remembered. In terms of acting, I remember rewatching Empire and seeing how stilted the conversations could be at times. The dialogue was just as bad as in the prequels.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 1, 2014 01:05
|
|
|
Steve2911 posted:Eh the main problem definitely wasn't that the CGI wasn't good enough. It was a combination of a terrible, ill-conceived story and the fact that CGI was used to replace 99% of sets, objects and characters, leaving what was real feeling lifeless and disjointed. I'm arguing that a good set piece battle would've made the prequels better received. Everyone remembers Hoth and the Death Star battles and they played a huge role in making the movies engaging. None of the space battles or land battles were really memorable in the prequels and in the end of the day, that's what people are looking forward to the most in a Star Wars movie. The lightsaber fights were better but they really don't carry the movie for some reason. Tezzeract fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Dec 1, 2014 |
|
#
¿
Dec 1, 2014 01:15
|
|
|
Davros1 posted:And how do we know that the stormtroopers in the trailer are bad guys? Maybe that armor is used by Republic troops now? You're probably a bad guy if you're called a Sturmtruppen. Anyway, if Lucas took a bunch from Hidden Fortress to make the original Star Wars, what's the subtext of Hidden Fortress? That no one likes Kurosawa movies?
|
|
#
¿
Dec 1, 2014 23:56
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 19, 2024 03:58 |
|
|
Entire (20 year) Star Wars comics run for 300$ (the licence is going to Marvel, so this sale is the last hurrah) https://digital.darkhorse.com/profile/5400/
|
|
#
¿
Dec 27, 2014 20:46
|
|