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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5075 on: April 23, 2017, 09:22:16 AM »
Watched RO with the kiddos again last night and what sticks out to me is that with each instance I've watched it (I've seen it 5 times now) I care less and less about the characters. Sure, I know whats going to happen and all that so I'm not expecting anything new....only that, when I sit and watch TFA with the kiddos I still feel just as invested in the characters and movie as if I were watching it for the first time.

I think RO is an awesome movie...I like the idea behind having just some 'STAR WARS' stories out there. It's very cool. But it may be difficult for me at least to feel as 'connected' to those movies being that they aren't 'about' the Jedi/Luke/Rey/Ren etc etc.

Not sure how much sense that all made...but I had fingers and a keyboard so I figured what the heck.....
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« Reply #5076 on: April 24, 2017, 07:11:45 AM »
I think that could be because they all die. It's hard to get invested in characters when you know they aren't going to show up again.

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« Reply #5077 on: April 24, 2017, 07:20:35 AM »
I think that could be because they all die. It's hard to get invested in characters when you know they aren't going to show up again.

This could be it...

Biggest problem with RO for me is, that the main cast is way too big!

It would have been better if they focused only on Jyn, Cassian, K2 and Saw.

Forest Whitaker was a glorified cameo, they could have explored the relationship between Saw and Jyn much further.

Nevertheless, i enjoyed the movie!

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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5078 on: April 24, 2017, 08:12:59 AM »
Nevertheless, i enjoyed the movie!

Yeah. I don't want to confuse the fact that I dig the movie big time. It's really a whole different kind of 'like'....which I'm assuming is what's going to happen when you're telling STAR WARS stories that have nothing to do with the original story.
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« Reply #5079 on: April 24, 2017, 08:45:04 AM »
I rewatched it a few weeks ago too, and was surprised by how much of a drag it was to get through. First time I saw it I thought it was fine, but nothing really special, but the second viewing was, aside from a few scarse moments, pretty boring.

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« Reply #5080 on: April 24, 2017, 05:05:28 PM »
Forest Whitaker was a glorified cameo, they could have explored the relationship between Saw and Jyn much further.
Agreed. They talk up his character so much, and then he has almost no role whatsoever. It feels like a lot got left on the cutting room floor, so to speak. I wouldn't want the movie to be any longer than it is, but his character certainly feels incomplete.

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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5081 on: April 25, 2017, 01:48:30 PM »
Episode 9 will now arrive in May 2019. 17 months after Episode 8.


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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5082 on: April 25, 2017, 01:53:01 PM »
Episode 9 will now arrive in May 2019. 17 months after Episode 8.

Huh. I honestly just assumed they were moving all Star Wars to December. Seems to be working thus far.

I think studios need to quit doubling down on summer for all the big ones. Spread the love. Deadpool came out in Feb and did amazingly well.
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« Reply #5083 on: April 25, 2017, 01:54:22 PM »
Yes.

Titanic and Avatar both came out in December and look what they did.

Force Awakens = December - also a huge billion $ movie.

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« Reply #5084 on: April 25, 2017, 01:57:07 PM »
Exactly.


Stop putting ALL block busters in May/June/July

Stop putting ALL oscar movies in November.

God damn.
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« Reply #5085 on: April 25, 2017, 02:03:30 PM »
Marvel is doing that.  If memory serves, for example, Black Panther is coming out in February 2018.

Sure, they still put out big movies in May (GOTG V. 2 this year, Infinity War next year), but they spread the wealth around as well.  Doctor Strange was November last year, Thor: Ragnarok is November this year.
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« Reply #5086 on: April 25, 2017, 02:31:50 PM »
Episode 9 will now arrive in May 2019. 17 months after Episode 8.

And Indiana Jones 5 in 2020 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

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« Reply #5087 on: April 26, 2017, 12:43:05 PM »
And Indiana Jones 5 in 2020 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

I thought this was posted in jest till I googled it. Can't believe this is happening. Well, I sorta can. Ford obviously loves the character and working with Spielberg. And the first 2/3 of IJ4 was good. It is still my grandest hope this franchise doesn't get rebooted, or recast.
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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5088 on: April 26, 2017, 12:55:27 PM »
Just keep George Lucas away from it and it might be ok.

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« Reply #5089 on: April 26, 2017, 06:39:39 PM »
And Indiana Jones 5 in 2020 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

I thought this was posted in jest till I googled it. Can't believe this is happening. Well, I sorta can. Ford obviously loves the character and working with Spielberg. And the first 2/3 of IJ4 was good. It is still my grandest hope this franchise doesn't get rebooted, or recast.
I don't know if he loves the character or if he just loves getting paid. :lol Over the years, while being asked constantly about new Indiana Jones movies, his regular response seemed to be that he'd always do it if they paid him enough.

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« Reply #5090 on: April 26, 2017, 06:50:50 PM »
Mutt is gonna stab him and throw him off a cliff  :P

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« Reply #5091 on: April 26, 2017, 11:12:05 PM »
I get reprising Han Solo, all he does is run and shoot.

Indiana Jones gets beaten, dragged and bloodied. The thought of seeing a 70-something year old doing that is laughable.

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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5092 on: April 26, 2017, 11:13:23 PM »
Indiana Jones 5: Escape from the Nursing Home of Doom.
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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5093 on: April 29, 2017, 05:06:41 AM »
https://youtu.be/ep98a0mDiIc

Has anyone else seen this? I nearly pissed myself laughing at this. :lol

Update:

https://youtu.be/usPhodK8I0Q

This is even better!! :biggrin: :rollin

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« Reply #5096 on: May 03, 2017, 02:23:00 PM »
Anyone doing anything cool/weird/stupid for Star Wars Day tomorrow?
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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5097 on: May 03, 2017, 02:24:56 PM »
I'm going on a bike ride ??

I will visit my favourite coffee chain and have a latte and a sandwich and a muffin ?

So...No ?

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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5098 on: May 03, 2017, 10:07:47 PM »
May the 4th be with you all!

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« Reply #5099 on: May 04, 2017, 01:05:08 AM »
A date that's the same in the US and everywhere else ! May the Fourth not 4/5 or 5/4 :p

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« Reply #5100 on: May 04, 2017, 02:10:07 AM »
"The fourth of May be with you" just doesn't have the same ring to it..  ;)

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« Reply #5101 on: May 04, 2017, 02:27:47 AM »
It can be either way round in words - fourth of May or May the fourth. So the Star Wars thing works fine in any country!

(In numbers DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD are the only logical orders. Americans are silly).

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« Reply #5102 on: May 04, 2017, 04:11:55 AM »
(In numbers DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD are the only logical orders. Americans are silly).

No argument here - the US date format has always baffled me, along with the dislike for the letter U (honour/honor), and double Ls (traveller/traveler)   :P

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« Reply #5103 on: May 04, 2017, 04:55:52 AM »
Mark Hamill pranks fans showing up when they're recreating their favorite Star Wars scenes. It's wonderful!

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« Reply #5104 on: May 04, 2017, 05:17:05 AM »
Mark Hamill pranks fans showing up when they're recreating their favorite Star Wars scenes. It's wonderful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz2UnciOIfI&t=186s

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« Reply #5105 on: May 04, 2017, 05:29:28 AM »
I loved it when they recreated the final scene of The Force Awakens, with a girl handing the lighstaber to "someone posing as Luke Skywalker", and he turns and says "that came with an hand, do you got that too?"  :lol
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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5106 on: May 04, 2017, 07:25:09 PM »
Watching ESB with the boys right now and I'm the battle scen on Hoth when Luke is leading the strike team against the Imperial Walkers....wasn't his call sign Gold Leader?

I only ask because in the version on TV right now they called him Rouge Leader, and the other two ships Rouge 2 and Rouge 3.

Did they change that as well?
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Re: Star Wars Discussion Thread v. Rogue One
« Reply #5107 on: May 04, 2017, 07:54:38 PM »
As far as I remember, it was always Rogue.

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« Reply #5108 on: May 04, 2017, 07:59:14 PM »
As far as I remember, it was always Rogue.

Ok. I couldn't recall.
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« Reply #5109 on: May 04, 2017, 10:17:01 PM »
You'd think they'd get the colour rouge leader mixed up with the colour red leader. ;)
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