Official: STAR WARS THREAD. These are the droids you're looking for. **WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

[ManofKent]



VIII is in post production so I'd say not at all.

Knowing what we know now I wonder how people who first saw ANH in theaters (lefty, Man of Kent) would have felt learning about Darth/Luke how mysterious and tantalizing it must've been clearly knowing there's something big connecting them.

I remember being completely shocked by the Father scene in Empire - I saw it early after it's release before word got round. I don't think I'd seen it coming at all or realised from Star Wars (none of the ANH revisionist business please ) that there was such a strong connection.

Although Empire is in many ways a better film than Star Wars, the original remains my favourite.

Of the three travesties I can just about watch episode 2 but hate all three with a passion - they make Return of the Jedi seem like high art. I thought even with a few big flaws Rogue One was a much superior film to any of the three. Cut Rogue Ones epic battle by half it's length and add a few scenes where you've got characters interacting/talking more and you'd have had a much stronger movie.

 

[ManofKent]

Thoughts on Rogue One:

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Overall I thought it was a decent film but a little more flawed than I hoped.

The climactic battle went on too long.

Saw Gererra's motivation/character needed fleshing out, particularly his disagreement with the Alliance - it just needed one two 2 minute talking scenes.

Baze Malbus/Chirrut Imwe dreadfully lacking in backstory - again just a couple of shot dialogue scenes would have made you care about the characters.

A little more back story on Jyn was also really needed - maybe a short scene of Jyn whilst she was fighting with Saw?

A little more backstory on Andor...

The Peter Cushing cgi scenes - they'd done a decent enough job of the cgi to get away with a brief usage, but not good enough for the amount they used.

The R2-D2 C3PO conversation grated - just show them walking through the background.

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On a more positive note...

K2S0 didn't grate nearly as much as I thought he would.

The sets, vehicles etc. looked right.

I thought the cast did pretty well with relatively thin material.

Not bad - enjoyed it despite the flaws

 

[indesertum]

I really liked it except the

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dumb mother in the beginning

 

[RFX45]

Episode VIII Behind the Scene Pic

 

[Jr Mouse]



I really liked it except the

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dumb mother in the beginning

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I disagree that the mother was portrayed as "dumb." She didn't make the decision many would consider logical at that moment but she showed courage of will and defiance against the Empire at all costs. It fit nicely within the overall narrative IMO.

 

[Johdus Fanfoozal]

The one thing I really loved about Rogue One...

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...is that the Death Star's reactor weakness was a deliberate trap set by Erso and not some silly design flaw that was canon since 1977.

 

[Jr Mouse]



The one thing I really loved about Rogue One...

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...is that the Death Star's reactor weakness was a deliberate trap set by Erso and not some silly design flaw that was canon since 1977.

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While I am fine with the new canon provided by Rogue One, I never had a problem with it before. I always believed the correct interpretation was that it was a symbol of the Empire's own hubris. They believed themselves and their Death Star to be invincible. I have no problem believing an organization with so much pride and arrogance could overlook a vital flaw that would lead to their downfall.

In some ways the new canon of this film slightly diminishes that.

 

[Texasmade]

Hasn't the movie been out long enough where spoilers aren't needed anymore?

 

[Jr Mouse]



Hasn't the movie been out long enough where spoilers aren't needed anymore?

It's only been two weeks.

 

[venividivicibj]

No

 

[ManofKent]



Hasn't the movie been out long enough where spoilers aren't needed anymore?

A lot of people are busy with family commitments over the holidays. Might as well give it until the New Year.

 

[Jr Mouse]

I've ranted about it in this thread before, but I don't understand why so many people can't just use spoiler tags. No offence to anyone in particular, but it's a selfish attitude to decide that just because you have seen a film you shouldn't have to be inconvenienced by using or interacting with spoiler-tags. There are different levels of fans for all genera. Some will always go and see a film on opening weekend and some will wait a little while. Even for home video these days as the release time keeps getting shorter and shorter. Should those fans be punished because they decided to hold off and not deal with the first couple weekend crowds?

Personally, I've stated before that I think home release is the minimum amount of time to go without spoiler tags. Having said that I've since compromised on my stance on the issue, but two weeks is still way too short of a time. Would it be all that hard to wait a month or two before you freely go around spoiling online a film in a franchise loved by millions online?

 

[RFX45]

On this forum, a month isn't really bad since there are pretty much a handful of posters here so it's easier to control.

On other forums though where a thread could jump 20-50 pages a day, then typical spoiler-etiquette is a week or else just do not enter the thread.

 

[willy cheesesteak]

Once a movie releases and I haven't seen it yet, I don't even go into movie threads I'm subscribed to and purposely avoid social media like FB or Twitter until I have watched it.

 

[Jr Mouse]



On this forum, a month isn't really bad since there are pretty much a handful of posters here so it's easier to control.

On other forums though where a thread could jump 20-50 pages a day, then typical spoiler-etiquette is a week or else just do not enter the thread.

I do agree with you that the thread is easier to control then others.

Having said that, this forum has a way of making random threads show up high in Google results. See the Farmers Insurance thread as a perfect example. No one should assume just because a handful of posters take part in this thread it's not turning up in search results and viewed by a large amount of people.