star wars 9 grim resignation thread

was thinking the other day that almost everything i dislike about the last jedi is a result of the corner kasdan/abrams wrote things into for force awakens

still glad snoke is dead

I guess I'm gonna have to rewatch these things before seeing the new ones. I can maybe remember a half dozen elements from each that I can distinguish as belonging to that specific movie but otherwise both sequels kinda blur into one another in my mind. I have no recollection of how the last one ended aside from that lightsaber duel. I mean, I just sat here for a minute trying to remember which one Mads was in before realizing it was neither. Guess I also gotta turn in my fan club badge now, huh.

this all reinforces my longstanding sense that the RJ trilogy isn't really going to happen

Crazy idea, I know, but maybe they could try a few solo outings (not of the Han variety, natch) set in the SW universe to see if one in particular resonated with the public before going all-in on an entire trilogy.

Why would you make a Rian Johnson trilogy, when you have Benioff and Wise ready to recreate that Game of Thrones magic?

I honestly don't know if that is still on...

Canned

That was 86d like, 3 months ago shortly after (and maybe a direct result of) the GOT dudes admitting they kind of conned their way into the GOT gig

Like I don't know how many times the studios need to burn their dicks off with the 'expansive years-long palette of films whose plots and characters are thoroughly unknown and untested' plan before they start to learn that they're putting the cart before the horse.

we should do a poll of never-completed would-be blockbuster film franchises a la Golden Compass, Narnia, Maze Runner etc

this all reinforces my longstanding sense that the RJ trilogy isn't really going to happen

That would be a good poll also add in that infernal machines movie thing that happened this year (?)

xxpost Didn't I see somewhere that somebody was picking up the Narnia mantle where it was left off? And cranking out another movie or two to a confused public before following Disney's lead and abandoning it all over again?

oh yeah that had budding franchise written all over it, see also Alita xp

Did Hobbit TV get axed too?

no, the Hobbit TV series went straight to theaters, cut as three "movies"

the maze runner is technically complete

they didn't include the prequel books but whom gives a shit

ah I thought some of it got shunted off to a TV series or something

(research montage) It does appear that Netflix is indeed continuing the Narnia adaptations, although whether for theaters or TV (or both) is unclear.

oh yeah that had budding franchise written all over it, see also Alita xp

― Simon H., Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:32 AM (eight minutes ago)

Alita did $400m worldwide and will get a sequel if I pray hard enough

Did Hobbit TV get axed too?

Nope, thriving. New casting news the other day, J. A. Bayona's arrived in Auckland, second season confirmed. Trust me, having a Tolkien podcast means you know these things.

Cameron doesn't get involved in a project these days without securing half a dozen sequels from the outset. He's planning to alternate the upcoming Avatar installments with Titanic follow-ups iirc.

we should do a poll of never-completed would-be blockbuster film franchises a la Golden Compass, Narnia, Maze Runner etc

― Simon H., Wednesday, December 11, 2019 10:27 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the golden compass got rebooted as an hbo series

was thinking the other day that almost everything i dislike about the last jedi is a result of the corner kasdan/abrams wrote things into for force awakens

― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, December 11, 2019 9:57 AM (fifty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

for example: maz kanata, who is nearly written out of the last jedi but we still had to see her in hologram form. really terrible character

Hm, reminds me that I haven't seen a mention of her at all for the new one.

She kills a Jimmy Hoffaesque Jawa

ok rise of skywalker has one thing going for it xp

the golden compass got rebooted as an hbo series

I am aware. diff cast/crew years later doesn't count imo!

Narnia failed to complete two separate times!

I have to give them credit for plugging forward instead of starting over each time.

I liked Maz but some of that character's role could have been given to others

Narnia failed to complete two separate times!

and did complete two other times tbf

I remember watching the BBC Narnia production in late elementary school but can't remember how well it landed

I loved it at the time

They tried to do Susan Cooper's Dark Is Rising, but only made one film, which I think was a complete flop? Probably for the best that it flopped, I can't imagine Hollywood ever capturing the tone of the books, which is very different from the "next Harry Potter" I presume they were aiming for.

I liked Maz too, her design reminded of Raz from Psychonauts, i.e. the best video game ever.

Hmm, Raz, Maz, I hadn't realised the resemblance of their names before... Maybe the similar design was intentional?

rooting for gleeson to be the secret backstabby hero in this.

Wait, all the way to the Last Battle?

(I agree with the view that there's an edge of "armed goon just out of sight" about some of the cast quotes)

I predict Maz shows up with Lando and it's implied they're doing it.

i predict maz shows up with lando and it's graphically depicted that they're doing it.

On top of Poe's corpse

saw this gif and it made me feel hyped for lightsaber battles

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017)

Cinematography by @steveyedlin
Directed by @rianjohnson
Learn more about this movie from the director's commentary: https://t.co/v4HYoxSCfO pic.twitter.com/aiK6YLgZmR

— One Perfect Shot (@OnePerfectShot) December 11, 2019

re: Maze Runner: you might be thinking of the Divergent series? that one def fizzled after 2 movies of the 3 (?) books

The third movie did come out but only part 1 of 2

doing some rewatching in the background here, and I’m once again wondering how accurately the subtitles reflect what was actually said when they translate non-Basic-speaking characters

In ROTJ, they *claim* Jabba says Han is now “bantha fodder” when he clearly says “bantha poodoo” which seems more like “bantha shit”

justice for non-basic speakers!

I reread the novelisations more than I saw the films and "bantha fodder" rings familiar tbh

Bantha is about as much a warrior as Will Ferrell