Another layer to this is how it seems like Johnson just decided to throw away everything from TFA he didn’t like. Snoke. Phasma. Kylo’s mask. By the end of this he’s boiled it down to the one big conflict that matters, taken the meaningless mysteries off the board, and raised the stakes by an order of magnitude
― El Tomboto, Friday, 15 December 2017 17:07 (eight years ago)
not reading the above right now, but don't you guys usually change over to a current thread once these genre OOH SPOILERZ things actually get released?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 17:24 (eight years ago)
I'm not sure how much credit RJ deserves for that / how free a hand he really had. xp
― Simon H., Friday, 15 December 2017 17:26 (eight years ago)
naw Morbs think we only had the one thread for Star Wars 7 shit talk
― nashwan, Friday, 15 December 2017 17:41 (eight years ago)
https://society6.com/product/our-blessed-rebel-queen-carrie-fisher_print?sku=s6-8248160p4a1v45
― El Tomboto, Friday, 15 December 2017 17:45 (eight years ago)
nashwan steered us right into spoilertown and there's no turning back
Ah wait how could I forget Star Wars 7 Spoilers Thread: This SPOIL bath is going to feel so good.
Better to keep it all in one place tho imo.
― nashwan, Friday, 15 December 2017 17:46 (eight years ago)
should a mod add "now with SPOILERS" to the thread title?
― El Tomboto, Friday, 15 December 2017 17:49 (eight years ago)
fine, i don't care who chops Luke's leg off
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2017 17:50 (eight years ago)
lol unfortunately i've spoiled myself plenty already but i'm psyched for this film based on tombot's impressions
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 15 December 2017 17:52 (eight years ago)
return of the jedistar warsthe empire strikes backrogue 1the last jedithe force awakensrevenge of the siththe clone warsthe phantom menace
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 December 2017 17:53 (eight years ago)
that's encouraging
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 15 December 2017 18:02 (eight years ago)
there's unique magic to this one (without being too spoilerrific -- a super dope fantastic racing beast stampede) though for sure it is not perfect given its bloated running time but still it is way way worth seeing. it never gets as dumb as when han first got introduced in the force awakens with that raiders of the lost ark big trouble in little china space smugglers sequence. anyways i'd say the 'good' star wars movies outnumber the 'bad' ones now 6 - 3 \m/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 December 2017 18:20 (eight years ago)
I wouldn't rate Return of the Jedi that high but I'd say my list would be:
EmpireNew HopeForceRogue 1last jedireturn
then all that other shit in a heap at the bottom
― akm, Friday, 15 December 2017 18:39 (eight years ago)
luke skywalker jedi knight outfit is the best star wars action figure
serious battlestar galactica / fifth element vibes in this one
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:03 (eight years ago)
I got no bad feelings about this movie.
― Roz, Friday, 15 December 2017 19:23 (eight years ago)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, December 15, 2017 12:24 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If we do, will you stay in here and behave yourself?
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:23 (eight years ago)
I enjoyed this. BB8 sucks though. I can't even explain why ... something about that little bugger gets on my last nerve.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:24 (eight years ago)
was it the 8 scenes of BB8 Ex Machina that did it?
― Simon H., Friday, 15 December 2017 19:27 (eight years ago)
I like BB8 he’s such a little rapscallion
― The Spilling of a Sacred Beer (latebloomer), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:29 (eight years ago)
Totally. I liked the scene where General Hux was doing the Turing test on her but they could have tossed the rest of them. ;-)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:41 (eight years ago)
do Finn and Poe fuck in this
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:47 (eight years ago)
https://entertainment.theonion.com/new-star-wars-film-once-again-disappoints-die-hard-ni-1821291309
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Friday, 15 December 2017 19:52 (eight years ago)
xp There were a few scenes near the beginning that I thought were REALLY playing with the Finn-Poe shippers for sure. Frankly Poe seems to love BB-8 more than any actual person.
BB-8 is p-dameron's muffit / space-pup
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 December 2017 20:47 (eight years ago)
I just realized there was no "I have a bad feeling about this."
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Friday, 15 December 2017 21:06 (eight years ago)
Sweet.
― how's life, Friday, 15 December 2017 21:07 (eight years ago)
“I have a bad feeling about this” could have been spoken by the protagonists during almost every scene, tbf
― El Tomboto, Friday, 15 December 2017 21:35 (eight years ago)
Spoilery take on how this is finally the common people’s Star Wars http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/rey-parents-star-wars-last-jedi-populism.html
― El Tomboto, Friday, 15 December 2017 21:38 (eight years ago)
BB-8 spitting coins and slot machine tokens at dandy arms dealers was not the subtlest class-warfare flourish
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 December 2017 21:46 (eight years ago)
boy this is kind of a mess huh
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 December 2017 22:43 (eight years ago)
nice to see eddie hitler getting work tho
my kids literally had to pee three times during this movie so i missed a lot of it (rey in a hall of mirrors??) but it was p good
the action didn't feel as lean and directed as TFA. there were even bits that were kind of.. boring? too much snoke. that was a cool red room though. and i loved the way it all burned and fell apart.
once everybody's safe i noticed rey just chilling with her characteristic bandages wrapped all up her arm EXCEPT on the actual place where she's been slashed lol
there was a LOT of innocent deaths going on in this one, like entire ships full of people, again and again and again :(
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 December 2017 22:54 (eight years ago)
the escape on the beasts was magnificent
agreed with the pointlessness of the poe/finn/rose gambit, and how quickly poe's forgiven
when rose and finn are in that cell, realising they're fucked, and they get an offer of help from an admittedly shady character, why aren't they immediately on the case? i know the script wants us to understand they don't trust him or believe him but what's the alternative?? they literally are like "nah we're good" when he promises he can break the code. uh? lost of lot of momentum and motivation for me there and i suspend disbelief for a whole lot less, believe me
and it felt like rey was on that goddamn island forever
hux has really taken snivelling to a new level tho, it is quite an accomplishment
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:02 (eight years ago)
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:09 (eight years ago)
Johnson had said that the plan was for this to be the more Luke-centric movie and the next one more focused on Leia (for reasons now clearer) iirc
― nashwan, Friday, 15 December 2017 23:14 (eight years ago)
i liked how tangibly glad poe was to see finn. probably the best thing for me about the OG trilogy was how much hand/luke/leia's friendships mattered.
on that tip, near the end, when poe introduced himself to rey i was like..... they haven't met?? that's crazy
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:18 (eight years ago)
anyone else wonder if rose’s sister was originally written as her romantic partner?
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:24 (eight years ago)
huh?
― Simon H., Friday, 15 December 2017 23:26 (eight years ago)
i did!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:26 (eight years ago)
my man
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:27 (eight years ago)
tell you 1 thing for sure.. i've no idea where they go from here.
― piscesx, Friday, 15 December 2017 23:27 (eight years ago)
if anyone can write them out of the corner they’ve painted themselves into it’s... jj abrams?oh
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 December 2017 23:28 (eight years ago)
next film will have only droids and chewy as holdovers from the original.
I do hope Finn has more to do in the next film, I feel like he was kind of misused here. I just saw the movie for the second time, and I still don't really like that whole casino scene. bah.
― akm, Friday, 15 December 2017 23:53 (eight years ago)
the attempt at social/class commentary shit was weird and lame
― Simon H., Saturday, 16 December 2017 00:03 (eight years ago)
but yet not weird enough
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 16 December 2017 00:09 (eight years ago)
there's good weird and bad weird ffs
― Simon H., Saturday, 16 December 2017 00:11 (eight years ago)
hall of reys + teat monster + jodorowsky room were good weird
― Simon H., Saturday, 16 December 2017 00:14 (eight years ago)
Mark Hamill was very good in this btw
― The Spilling of a Sacred Beer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 December 2017 00:29 (eight years ago)
Really dug Salty Luke