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Lampsacus posted:Jolly good film. So anybody cramming a marathon before the release? I'm thinking in order of: V, II, IV, VI, III and lastly I.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I'm not telling you not to do this but I will point out that this franchise has had pretty much all of their film based around hosed up father/son relationships so far .. What I'm getting from this is that he should be afraid his father will cut off one or more of his limbs.
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Just fwiw if anyone reading this thread is also about to start a band but is searching for a name allow me to suggest: Kyle Katarn and His/The Extended Universes
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Also the 2016 Rogue One movie will be set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope so it's going to be prequely-ish. Hoping that all props throughout Rogue One get dirtier and more 70's looking over the duration of the film
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Lampsacus posted:Just watched RotJ. That's the dumbest viewing order I've ever seen, and I have insane obtuse ideas about the order one should watch End of Evangelion, Belladonna of Sadness, Adolescence of Utena, Funky Forest and Gundam Soldiers of Sorrow in.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Merchandising Merchandising! 
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May the orange be with you.
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Robotnik Nudes posted:That's the dumbest viewing order I've ever seen, and I have insane obtuse ideas about the order one should watch End of Evangelion, Belladonna of Sadness, Adolescence of Utena, Funky Forest and Gundam Soldiers of Sorrow in. Unless your ideal viewing order for those is 'in any order literally after every other piece of media in the known universe is consumed first' then yeah, that's p. hosed up. Everyone knows that the ideal viewing order is IV, V, I, II, III, VI, and then I dunno, Robocop 2.
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well why not posted:Hoping that all props throughout Rogue One get dirtier and more 70's looking over the duration of the film The teaser cast photo they've released is grungy as gently caress, they look like a bunch of homeless people hoarding recycled metals in an abandoned factory. If they get any dirtier than that they'll look like walking trash heaps.
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Aaronicon posted:Everyone knows that the ideal viewing order is IV, V, I, II, III, VI, and then I dunno, Robocop 2. Turns out that Elan Sleazebaggano moved to Detroit and invented Nuke.
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Lampsacus, just watch the movies in chronological order, and inbetween trilogies, just watch Heartbeeps, The 'Burbs, and Hot to Trot.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:In the old thread I was one of the PT naysayers but thanks to the discussions we had I went out and bought the 3 pack PT DVD set today and will watch them this week with an open heart and mind. - The Phantom Menace's opening 30 minutes are loving atrocious and feel kinda racist. The overall flow of the film is really weird - it cuts to new scenes with no natural 'end' point for the current scene and jumps from planet to planet with no introduction. The CGI has not aged well at all, but Naboo / Gungan City are beautiful. Everything with Anakin in it is really off-putting. The pod race is still kinda awesome and holds up well. The duel is great, but the space battle lacks any kind of stakes. I couldn't stop laughing at the part where Padme and her team rappel up the side of the palace. It's so lame. - Attack of the Clones is just irredeemable. The acting is at its absolute worst, the CGI sucks and stands out like a sore thumb. The colosseum scene with all the Jedi is a monument to all of George's sins as far as the prequels go. The romance stuff is unwatchable. - Revenge of the Sith's opening 30 is this kinda tantalizing glimpse at what a *good* prequel trilogy might have looked liked. There's still hokey acting, but the action is well done and still looks great today, along with some genuinely fun banter between Obi Wan and Anakin. I can't help but think General Grievous is kinda a fun villain and I kinda wish they'd used him and Maul as a duo through all three prequels. Anakin's downfall is actually quite close to being well-executed, but that "What have I DONE!" line just kills any hope of drama. The lightsaber duels in this one are all really poorly choreographed, the worst offender being the Mace/Palpatine duel where Mace just kinda walks past Palpatine scot-free. The childbirth scene is atrocious and embarrassing.
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I should also add the the clerk in the store where I bought the DVDs was super excited about Episode 7 and insisted on showing me the boxed set they had in case I wanted to buy that instead and asked me who my favourite character was. I went "Uhhh, R2D2??" and he went "Oh, a droid man. I haven't met many droid men." He was telling me that the favourite characters for people his age are usually Qui Gon or Mace Windu because he had that cool purple lightsabre and I just nodded at him.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:He was telling me that the favourite characters for people his age are usually Qui Gon or Mace Windu because he had that cool purple lightsabre and I just nodded at him.
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I think both those characters sucked but I didn't want to rain on his parade.
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TPM is the best prequel. But it is also the least 'star wars'. AOTC went poo poo because Lucas started to pander to 'fans' (the worst people). This article in The Guardian, of all places, refers to how Star Wars fans don't like Star Wars- "true fans hate everything about Star Wars”. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/14/myth-star-wars-force-awakens-heroic-legends
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Wank posted:AOTC went poo poo because Lucas started to pander to 'fans' (the worst people). AOTC is the one that attacks fan preconceptions the most.
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If you like Star Wars you do not like Star Wars. If you do not like Star Wars you like Star Wars. We must make sure that the two never meet, or they will collide and explode.quote:AOTC is the one that attacks fan preconceptions the most. It's the most boringest one.
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RBA Starblade posted:If you like Star Wars you do not like Star Wars. If you do not like Star Wars you like Star Wars. We must make sure that the two never meet, or they will collide and explode. There should be a questionaire that people have to fill in before being allowed to watch the new film with questions like "Which is the better song: Lapti Nek or Jedi Rocks?" If they pick either one they're escorted from the building, if they have no idea what those two things are they're waved on into the theatre. Edit: apparently they've already banned people in costumes from being allowed to see the film which is a step in the right direction http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/10/30/local-theaters-implementing-bans-on-costumes-for-new-star-wars-film/ Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Dec 14, 2015 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I should also add the the clerk in the store where I bought the DVDs was super excited about Episode 7 and insisted on showing me the boxed set they had in case I wanted to buy that instead and asked me who my favourite character was. I went "Uhhh, R2D2??" and he went "Oh, a droid man. I haven't met many droid men." He was trying to seduce you.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:There should be a questionaire that people have to fill in before being allowed to watch the new film with questions like "Which is the better song: Lapti Nek or Jedi Rocks?" If they pick either one they're escorted from the building, if they have no idea what those two things are they're waved on into the theatre. The headline is rather misleading; they're only banning face masks and weapons props.
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Midnight showing at downtown Disney is going to be great but parking not so much!!!!
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AfroLine posted:Midnight showing at downtown Disney is going to be great but parking not so much!!!! I love the redesigned But they have a vaguely Indiana Jones themed bar there now, called Jock Lindsey's Hanger Bar, and it's great.
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drunkill posted:Was just about to post this in the general star wars thread, but Harmy (Despecialized creator) talked with ABC Australia for an article: It's good to know that the guy behind this is now restoring films for Ultraflix, at least. Corek fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Dec 14, 2015 |
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I'd just like to say that the last Star Wars thread made it to 902 pages and at one point I got probated for resurrecting it. After what happened in the following months/years I feel like this punishment was prophetic.
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I watched ROTS yesterday and still hated it the most out of the PT. I just don't buy the fall and everything else was overdone.
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gohmak posted:I watched ROTS yesterday and still hated it the most out of the PT. I just don't buy the fall and everything else was overdone. It's pretty simple logic really. Guy loves his wife, guy gets a vision about his wife dying (and his previous one about his mom dying came true), guy learns that the Sith have the ability to save people from dying, guy finds out his boss is going to kill the only Sith left in the galaxy. A ton of people would at least consider stopping the Sith lord from dying, especially when the executioner is himself violating the law.
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computer parts posted:It's pretty simple logic really. Guy loves his wife, guy gets a vision about his wife dying (and his previous one about his mom dying came true), guy learns that the Sith have the ability to save people from dying, guy finds out his boss is going to kill the only Sith left in the galaxy. Yes, that well known law where you can't kill a guy who's actively trying to murder you with lightning.
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Yorkshire Tea posted:Yes, that well known law where you can't kill a guy who's actively trying to murder you with lightning. Guy was subdued (at least from Anakin's perspective).
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Yorkshire Tea posted:Yes, that well known law where you can't kill a guy who's actively trying to murder you with lightning. Lightning is a valid form of self-defence as defined by the galactic senate.
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The big issue with ROTS (and the PT in general, but mostly ROTS) is that the audience knows that Anakin's going to turn... The only question in the audience's mind is "what specifically is going to cause this guy to turn," but the answer is nothing surprising. ROTS could have been amazing if it was more like Minority Report. Minority Report is built around the premise that we KNOW Tom Cruise is going to murder someone in 2 hours, but the how and why is totally withheld until the last second... the entire film is a slow build to that moment. I'd have loved a ROTS that opened with Vader at some event, and then the film flashes back a week or so, and Anakin is still Anakin, and then the whole film is this waiting game that gets more tense as time goes on. Polo-Rican fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Dec 14, 2015 |
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sassassin posted:Lightning is a valid form of self-defence as defined by the galactic senate. A senate controlled by Palpatine! He's too dangerous to be put on trial! He controls the law itself!
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Yorkshire Tea posted:A senate controlled by Palpatine! He's too dangerous to be put on trial! He controls the law itself! UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:What kind of waffles do the prequels make though? Burnt and meaty.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:lightsabre Jesus!
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Polo-Rican posted:The big issue with ROTS (and the PT in general, but mostly ROTS) is that the audience knows that Anakin's going to turn... The only question in the audience's mind is "what specifically is going to cause this guy to turn," but the answer is nothing surprising. You can't put a flash forward into a flashback and then flashback again.
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Christ, the first new Star Wars film in over a decade is coming out in 3 days and we're still arguing about the prequels.
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Be the change you want to see in the Star Wars thread.
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Might as well squeeze any prequel talk in now because once the new movie comes out I'm sure it'll give us plenty to argue about.
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Mahoning posted:Christ, the first new Star Wars film in over a decade is coming out in 3 days and we're still arguing about the prequels. Your dream is dead, I guess you have to go away. 
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