Star Wars 8 shit talk

I fear I dare nto view it on the big screen - its all too much - maybe on my pone on netflicks

XP jedi power battels for dreamcast was fun

Brody did write a lengthy prequels defence, yes

the thing about Lucas that gets me is every time I hear him say something re: the prequels like "I couldn't do all this stuff originally because the technology just wasn't there yet". Why does no artist ever get the idea of limitations being a good, maybe the most important, thing?

"every time," good lord, mh

These films can still be monumentally successful by appealing exclusively to SW nerds instead of a general audience because there are enough of the first class now (doing multiple admissions), and the g.a. is staying home to stream and watch TV no matter what.

Why does no artist ever get the idea of limitations being a good, maybe the most important, thing?

it's a bummer that we didn't get that original, non-CGI jabba the hutt

Dominique, some artists do

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/FordandMulholland.jpg

lol sorry Morbs, I knew that'd get you :)

Honestly the most movie repetition is being around my friends' kids, who will watch the same ones over and over. my coworker knows all these details of the Marvel comics films that I never noticed or forgot because he's caught ten minutes here and there over the year.

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of course, that's all my message hyperbole. But seemingly not Lucas -- and I think that's part of the magic of those orig movies, because it's this push/pull of his vision/ambition versus his budget versus what was actually possible.

that's kind of why adding to or reworking the older films never made sense -- if your story and plot arc are crafted to the limits and contributions of your special effects and staging, altering the film throws everything out of balance

adding distracting, random window-dressing to the picture just because you have the technology is not unique to Lucas--it's a big problem in video games, for example.

but yeah, it's important to quell that impulse. it helps to have an editor with actual creative decision-making power, which the prequels did not have

never considered dubbing in some Tom Stoppard dialogue, did he

Look, we ain't talkin' about some hoity toity high-class enterprise like Last Crusade here.

this all explains why I'm more interested in the planned trilogy RJ is getting to do on his "own" (to the extent that's possible)

I kind of believe it, but the way these large ships are steered makes me skeptical

I could see, if the reception of this film is good, Johnson getting a reasonable amount of creative control over three films, but doubt he'd direct all of them?

just overheard a convo in the men's room here that covered in 3+ mins this film, The Room and Disaster Artist.

Women are truly the superior of the binary genders.

If I get any real work done tomorrow it'll be a miracle of commitment and focus

My wife has decided to indulge me and come along, and my BFF who doesn't even know from movies is coming over to babysit for free at 7pm so we have plenty of time to get in line at the Uptown 1

hah dude I almost took tomorrow off. had to talk myself out of buying a BB-8 bling ring today too

I'm going with one of my best friends. procured a nice Last Jedi t-shirt for the occasion, just need to de-sleeve it

Where I live a zip mock is considered super casual, we need more star wars buttondown oxfords tbf

MARKET GAP

with Death Star cufflinks

tie silencer neckties

there were some nice Star Wars winter hats on sale today and living in FL it's like "oh cool let me buy something I can wear 3 out of 365 days this year"

this is where you learn to use the camera part of the phone and find out what your weird internet buddes can offer in exchange

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61fb2TUyasL._UX562_.jpg

a droid for all seasons, such as it is

aw man I wish I had seen that when I was still office-bound

i'd have worn that to work every day

appreciated David Edelstein review that coined 'Luke Cavesulker'

It’s good, I liked it. It’s all-over-the-place in the middle but the final hour is a barn-stormer.

ugh i'm so excited to see this and idk why

First 30 minutes was awful though xp

i mean i know why but really the force awakens should've defeated my desire xp

I love how Rotten Tomatoes gives the same weight to this person and the New York Times.

Diana Saenger
ReviewExpress.com December 13, 2017
Lucas Hit the Jackpot!
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Over my 20 years and more as a syndicated film critic I have sat through many Star Wars movies. Most of the time I wasn’t impressed, but that’s part of my job. However, I did enjoy an invite to Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch where critics learned so much about the making of these films and all the work that George Lucas and his comrades put into making the movies.

I just saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi and was delighted and immersed in the entire film. Writers Lucas and Rian Johnson have a real winner here, also to Johnson’s direction. We have new characters, new adventures but also back are some of our favorites making us laugh or holding our breath if they will survive.

Several people are out looking for the long- lost Luke Skywalker (expertly played by Mark Hamill). One is his son Kylo Ren (a determined Adam Driver) who wants revenge for things Luke has done. Of Course we can’t forget Leia (Carrie Fisher) who also wants to find Luke and sends the newest character Rey (Daisy Ridley) who also appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to look for him.

expertly played

Needs a New York Times review for comparison. For all we know their reviews are also written by a 12 year old.

Wait, Kylo Ren is Luke's son? So like, Luke and Han?

I was glancing at the contrary opinions on RT the other day and there were a couple that really seemed like writers deciding this was their moment to break out and gain some publicity

I should track down the best one, the language was... florid

turns out Rey is r2dr and c3po's daughter

It's too bad the new one still has a 94%, well out of range for being genuinely interesting

Love when Morbs gets guffaws out of mummified-film-critic-dad Jokes

"Dad Jokes"

UPROARIOUS!

Seeing this in two days and hoping it's a whole lot more compelling than TFA

i guffaw infrequently JV, mostly at Yorgos Lanthimos films

is Jake naked in this one

making us holding our breath if jake is naked in this one

Crossposting with the op-ed toon thread:

I'm the distressed box office worker who wants more patrons to buy a ticket to the film I am showing at my theater, Care About Real Wars pic.twitter.com/1CI0sn0lVu

— air brooks (@brooksasanoun) December 14, 2017

Seeing the movie tmrw. How much of anything apparently influenced by “Letter Never Sent” made it in?