You clearly haven't watched the trailer
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
why watch movies or trailers, I only watch merchandising
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
Trenchant
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
my Star Wars brand bag of broccoli told me all I needed to know about the Last Jedi
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/583rA2JlUjk/hqdefault.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
I can see you really honed that Whiney impression on your sabbatical, shakes. ILX's Rich Little does it again!
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
(nice to have u back, bruh)
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
pfft I think you will find my Star Wars hatred predates Whiney's schtick by several parsecs
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
kind of sad we didn’t name the thread “star wars 9? no great shakes. grim resignation thread”
― mh, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
/r/shakeydidnothingwrong
― how's life, Thursday, 19 April 2018 22:59 (six years ago) link
i’m all for shakey complaining as much as possiblehe’s like the jaded luke from the last jedi
― mh, Friday, 20 April 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
that tracksshakey strikes me as someone who would enjoy broccoli
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 April 2018 02:01 (six years ago) link
broccoli is good but i like brussels sprouts better
― mh, Friday, 20 April 2018 02:21 (six years ago) link
Gif of shakey indignantly gulping space milk
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 02:27 (six years ago) link
you get my ideas, Moodles
― mh, Friday, 20 April 2018 02:43 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QfDQYP4.gif
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 20 April 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
Lol
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 02:58 (six years ago) link
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/JauntyAromaticFirecrest-max-1mb.gif
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 20 April 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
what should happen is they finally make peace with the death star which has become a sentient being on its own Like in MOana they add teh heart of skywalker and it becomes a sexy big tree lady that fixes things
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
somebody give this kid a million dollars and a production contract
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 April 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
still waiting for that day
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Friday, 20 April 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
What if the heroes slowly discover that there is also a Death Moon and a Death Heart and a Death Clover and a Death Diamond and that Lucky the Deathprecaun has been pulling all of the evil strings this whole time, what if that.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 April 2018 16:01 (six years ago) link
What if someone wipes off the dust on the nameplate and they find it's the "frienD EArTH STAR"
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 20 April 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
damned dirty apes
― mh, Saturday, 21 April 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
I'd li;ke a cross over of Hitchhiker's guide universe into star wars where the invinifteimprobality drive powers the new Golden Death sta turning it into the Life STar and they the wookies and ewoks run it
― Rabbit Control (Latham Green), Monday, 23 April 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
Appears Billy Dee Williams will be the returning cast member in this one
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 07:55 (five years ago) link
About time!
Actually, I haven't seen any of the new ones yet. Should I? I've never been a die hard or anything, but I've heard spoilers and I'm not sure watching movies where [that one] and [the other one] get killed off in succession has much appeal to me?
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
they’re moderately diverting, worth a look if you’ve got the time i guessrogue one is the best of the new batch, haters don’t @ me
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:07 (five years ago) link
Do you hate the youth? If not then it's a good idea to see them.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
I'm just a sap who likes everyone having happy endings and whatnot at the end of ROTJ
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
see Solo! srsly it's about as feel-good as these get and there's plenty of Lando action
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:17 (five years ago) link
rogue one > force awakens > last jedi > solothis is canonical
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
Yeah Rogue is even better in the re-watching, i'm hoping the same is true for TLJ when i get around to it but not holding out much hope. Caught just a glimpse of the casino scene from it last week and was all 'urgh jesus..'.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
i'd agree with that ranking. all of these are better than the prequels by a factor of 10
― akm, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
tbh the most interesting thing to me about TLJ is how fiercely divided the reaction is, like not even the people who hate or love it seem to agree with each other as to what's good/bad about it
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link
It's kind of like, I don't care if they're good, I'm just not persuaded I need to see the story continue, especially if I have to watch childhood characters die in weird, inappropriate ways. As if Crystal Skull wasn't punishment enough.
I'll see Rogue and Solo though, why not
And I'll see the sequels eventually, who am I kidding
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
Talk also going around last week that Keri Russell had been cast in an unspecified role, not confirmed by Disney/LFL yet.
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
She would make a great fucking villain in SW though.
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
I liked it fine at the time but there were a few groans and it dragged badly. I just think a lot of the reaction looking back was just a comedown from the high of TFA. JJ has his work cut out for sure.
xp They're nothing like Crystal Skull at all IMO so that's something i guess.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
I don't think they're canny enough to use her in this way tbh. I expect she'll be playing another Fierce Resistance Heroine(tm).
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
Billy Dee Williams was originally supposed to be in the last one and they passed on him for some reason. he is now 81 years old
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
xp I don't know, this is one of the rare instances where I feel like Abrams can actually manage a curveball, especially with an actress he knows really well.
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
The Russell/JJ connection hadn't even occurred to me. It would be cool if they did something great with her, she's usually wasted in films (MI:III, the Apes movie she was in)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:12 (five years ago) link
Hrm, I thought it was somewhere here that someone was saying they went back to rewatch TLJ and was delighted to find out that it stays as good (unlike TFA, which is very hit-this-beat-then-that-one-then). It is pretty clearly the best of them, though.
JJ has his work cut out for sure.
I'm really not expecting anything non-Pavlovian from Episode 9.
especially if I have to watch childhood characters die in weird, inappropriate ways
I could be wrong but I think even the haters* think the deaths were well done.
*okay not Adam.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 8:15 AM (fifty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol my advice is to just enjoy that final shot of all the characters together like the big happy family that they are. everyone ends up dying alone and apart from one another.
funny, there are several reunion shots where old characters are introduced to old spaceships or old robots and these moments are milked for nostalgia, but nobody thought of getting the gang of human actors back together.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
im not a hater, i actually enjoyed the film when i saw it. but pressured into thinking it's a genius work of art i disagree and i guess that makes me a hater.
i just don't think it's an amazing work of film, just like most of the other ones. it's funny how you could trash the prequels and nobody called you a hater. that's part of the fun of watching dumb space movies. apparently it's serious shit now.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
xp ...apart from the scenes where they do.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:19 (five years ago) link
this movie is going to end with most of the galaxy being blown up and 3 of our heroes getting in an escape POD and heading to a new galaxy and landing on this weird blue planet called EARTH
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
That seems pretty likely.
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
I'm the man out there pressuring individuals into believing star wars movies are genius works of art
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:43 (five years ago) link