That makes me imagine an alternate universe where Ron Howard played Luke and I can see it sort of working.
― joygoat, Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
henry winkler would have been a helluva han solo
tom bosley as obi-wan, obv
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
Scott Baio as Chewbacca.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 3 May 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
Pat Morita as Yoda
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 3 May 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
Tickets on sale.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2018 04:53 (six years ago) link
D Glover is cute and all, but jeez, no Billy Dee Williams.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/solo-a-star-wars-story/54630/solo-a-star-wars-story-ron-howard-reshot-70-of-the-movie
...it’s now being estimated that Howard reshot around 70% of Lord and Miller’s footage, as part of his overhaul of the movie.The reason? According to a source, “Ron wanted to go back to the spirit of the original trilogy, while Phil and Chris were looking forward to something new, more like Guardians Of The Galaxy”. Lucasfilm preferred Howard’s approach, it seems clear.
The reason? According to a source, “Ron wanted to go back to the spirit of the original trilogy, while Phil and Chris were looking forward to something new, more like Guardians Of The Galaxy”. Lucasfilm preferred Howard’s approach, it seems clear.
― groovypanda, Friday, 11 May 2018 08:12 (six years ago) link
The opening crawl for Solo has leaked. Ugh. I’m sick of Disney pandering to SJWs: pic.twitter.com/BivdNLjFS4— popular comedy account “the pixelated boat” (@pixelatedboat) May 14, 2018
― Westworld more like Worstworld right? (Phil D.), Monday, 14 May 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
Walter Chaw:
What's most painful is Donald Glover, the artist of the moment, literally days removed from his withering statement as alter ego Childish Gambino on the role of African-Americans in American popular culture, "This is America," being asked to do a Billy Dee Williams impersonation as the single biggest piece of shit in the galaxy. The script is so ossified it's clear he's meant to be something like a heavy from The Sting: a smooth sharpie with a literal card up his sleeve who tricks Han out of a pile of money, but tricks himself into an ill-fated mission to the mining planet of Kessel. There, something something happens, something something, and that "Kessel Run" line from Star Wars way back when is checked off the list of fan-pleasing references. It says something that later, when Han wins the Millennium Falcon from Lando in another card game (something spoiled by The Empire Strikes Back some 38 years ago), that even with shots of Lando's empty sleeve and obvious dismay, even after a clear insert where Han hugs Lando to obtain said card, Solo still thinks it necessary for Han to throw said cheat onto the table as an explanation as to why Lando isn't able to cheat again. (Han verbally explains it, too.) This is the way you write a scene when you have absolute faith that your audience is full of idiots. Given some of the reaction to The Last Jedi, that's admittedly not a reach. Lando is also a coward, unfaithful to his word, and apparently was in the process of figuring out how to fuck his robot. Glover is exceptional, mind--it's the writing that lets him down. The timing of "This is America" doesn't seem so random after all.
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
Damn.
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
AO Scott in NY Times: "in effect a filmed Wikipedia page"
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
Times review iirc said it was like a movie based on a Wikipedia entry.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
twinsies!
Wookiepedia, I'm sure?
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
It's arrested development.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
"Filmed Wikipedia page" kind of a toothless criticism when not referring to a biopic.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
in context it's fully teethed.
this incel fanboy shit of wanting BACKSTORIES is what most makes me wanna beat em up
there's a reason Butch & Sundance: The Early Years was a flop.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
I'm not the biggest fan of filling in every gap which is why I'm not amped for this like I was for Ep 8 but i am totally going to see it anyway
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
xp Well it wasn't because of the all-American handsomeness of William Katt, that's for sure!
― THERE IS NO PHIL D. THERE IS ONLY LIZ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
um
this is a biopic
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
lol, i was gonna say
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
btw Han Solo has a Wikipedia page
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
Ive edited the fucker before. Quite aware.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
Even if Han were real all ive read suugests this is as much a biopic as Cheadle's Miles Davis flick
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
Opening crawl: "Han Solo is a character in the Star Wars franchise. Han is a pilot from the planet Corellia, who is depicted as the second owner of the Millennium Falcon after winning..."
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
Ok lol
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
was hoping for a Napoleon Solo crossover
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
this seems to describe 95% of the SW fanbase
even the "positive" reviews of this one are stuffed with qualifiers
― Simon H., Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:08 (six years ago) link
brand loyalty is the stuff of studio dreams, this is still gonna make a jillion dollars
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:10 (six years ago) link
back to the trough, sheeple!
At least they haven't given Howard his own new trilogy yet.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
no interest in this. VIII showed they have no interest in telling new stories, just in remaking or referencing the OT. it financial sense, it is their big investment, by idolizing the OT they add value to their brand. so they will do this OT spinoff movie, they will do an Obi Wan movie, maybe a Yoda movie, and they will do a bunch more OT referencing stuff in IX because that is what they do.
the post-Lucas films are obsessed with the OT. they are constantly referencing the OT and entire arcs of the films are lifted directly from the OT. people love the nostalgia for the OT, thus the movies are wholly about OT Love. even the "bold and risky" VIII was mostly lifted from the OT films.
maybe they will accidentally do something decent from time to time (Rogue One) but on the whole they don't offer much. i saw Woody Harrelson in a Planet of the Apes movie recently and thought "Yep, that is actor Woody Harrelson". i can easily see myself watching this saying "Yep that is Donald Glover dressed up like Lando." here we are doing a Star Wars. the new films are fan service, they are cosplay. they are product. like Mark Hamill's performance in the last one, it is closer to a skit filmed for a sci fi convention than the original movies.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
Surprise!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
fwiw, i haven't felt real affection for Star Wars in 30+ years, but I was moved by Mark Hamill's performance in VIII. Perhaps in part by the way Luke's exile mirrored his exile from stardom.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
I don't know, I thought Last Jedi was self-referencing done right, by making you reassess some of the assumptions and lore from the OT.
xxxp
― silverfish, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
They should do a young everybody movie, like Muppet babies.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
Baby Death Stars
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
This is the first thing I've read that kind of makes me want to rewatch VIII.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
I don’t really compute Adam’s post at all re: VIII tbf
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
Morbs is otm, Hamill as cranky exile was the best thing going in that film.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:19 (six years ago) link
Perhaps in part by the way Luke's exile mirrored his exile from stardom
I bet Hamill is very comfortable with his distance from stardom - he's the busiest working actor (the only busy actor!) from the original trilogy, and if he wants a dose of adulation he can do a convention somewhere in the world four days out of every seven.
(it was probably a mixture of choice and circumstance over the decades for him, as it was for Luke - but one doubts he's felt unfortunate since, say, 1993.)
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
i saw Woody Harrelson in a Planet of the Apes movie recently and thought "Yep, that is actor Woody Harrelson". i can easily see myself watching this saying "Yep that is Donald Glover dressed up like Lando."
Spoilers the actor Woody Harrelson is also in this.
I agree that Adam's take on The Last Jedi is, er, idiosyncratic.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
Hamill's like one of the only people associated with this franchise who I legit respect/have some fondness for. He seems like a pretty smart, well balanced guy.
still ain't seeing VIII tho
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
you wouldn’t like it, there’s no death star
― martin short's interiors (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
The death star is in our hearts
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 23:02 (six years ago) link
It's in there, it's just very small.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 23:03 (six years ago) link
I want shakey to watch it and join us in realizing that Mr Bruneau is off the money
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 May 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
nah, adam otm
all the potentially interesting stuff that's dangled in front of the audience in ep viii (maybe rey and/or kylo will switch sides! maybe the jedi order SHOULD be burned down!) gets swept away by the end in favour of resetting the status quo
essentially all that's changed between the beginning of the movie and the end is that luke is dead, there are less rebels than there were before, and the main cast is all in the same place
― martin short's interiors (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 17 May 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
and there's not even a death star ffs