Star Wars 8 shit talk

Yeah, E.T. was treated like the Disney films, in that there were numerous theatrical re-releases in the years before it finally made it to video. The only difference was that, while the Disney films would get re-released every decade or so (I think?), E.T. was put back into theatres every 3 years or thereabouts (I would have first seen it around '87 or '88).

VHS I think amplified this further: last chance to own! Well, our kid's not the right age now but when they ARE we better have Peter Pan ready!

i have a feeling that having a Marvel smash in the atypical month of February isn't helping

Pretty sure it's coming out on Blu-ray next month (which seems to be the norm for most films these days)

I have not seen the movie yet and have stayed away from this thread since the day it came out. I wanted to see it, but ultimately I'm just completely worn out on Marvel and Star Wars. I just checked the listings, thinking I'd maybe go and check it out today, but it's gone around here so I guess I'll just wait for video. Whoops.

I know nothing about it. I have seen no spoilers and read no reviews. Was there an ilx hivemind consensus on it?

You should probably watch this movie if you like things that are good and awesome.

^^^

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You should probably watch this movie if you like things that are good and awesome.

Yeah, then you'll have something to compare them to.

o zing

I thank you.

Be the first to bring #TheLastJedi home. On Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD March 27. https://t.co/8J9vlokqLQ pic.twitter.com/fnL1TGLI6o

— Star Wars (@starwars) February 20, 2018

further to above, I also remember when movies got re-released, years after the fact. Remember seeing Star Wars in the (non discount) theater in the mid-80s

That's because the only alternative was viewing it at home off a shitty VHS on a 20" TV so there was still demand for it.

don't forget the Endlessly Revised Lucas Editions

if only we could

No one I’ve read yet seems to have spotted the (MILD TECHNICAL SPOILER) shot that very cleverly references the tracking shot from the party scene in WINGS yet. Thought it was cute.

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Steal from the best! https://t.co/YcNjoF7qYb

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 22, 2018

ha excellent.

I remember reading about that hommage in December...

Possibly in a post by piscesx?

I still feel I must boycott this film

maybe! xp

maybe here too

http://screencrush.com/star-wars-the-last-jedi-wings-comparison/

It's ... ummm ... "out there". Just finished rewatching. All Luke stuff still feels the best to me and so much that's tiresome and sillier with a new viewing ( The Finn/Rose stuff) and practically no tension whatsoever until Luke faces down the bad guys. And it looks really artificial - but in an interesting non-Prequel way - compared to TFA or Rogue One.

The Last Jedi’s out today in the states for digital download, blu in two weeks. Of all the special features, my favorite one is kinda hidden, so wanted to call it out. If you buy the movie anywhere online (or the blu) you have access to a music only version of TLJ.

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) March 13, 2018

interesting!!

and that music? neneh cherry’s ‘buffalo stance’ on a loop

Did not really like the film, but i did like learning this:

"You can see Laura Dern say 'pew' when she fires the gun, which she could never not do every time she shot it." — Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Commentary pic.twitter.com/Wkr803BQte

— gabrielle (@daisyridleee) March 13, 2018

i heard they are releasing cut scenes. are there any of our hero Poe getting more people killed? or maybe Rose tasering some other people? this is how we are introduced to a new lead character, a narc forcing people to fight in this war.

Spicy!

I just watched this, and I'm sure this has already been observed but:

Poe is Bernie Sanders
Holdo is Hillary Clinton
Kylo Ren is Trump
Snoke is Jeb Bush

and featuring Benecio Del Toro as James Comey

wow

That young hotshot flyboy Bernie Sanders

Kylo Ren is def Alt Right tho

https://image.ibb.co/hsRixx/Screen_Shot_2018_03_14_at_3_18_48_PM.png

https://preview.ibb.co/jxRixx/young_bernie.jpg

tell me I'm wrong

!

you are wrong

Yeah that doesn’t even make any sense, there was no blaze of glory on November 9, Jeb! has less to do with the real world than Snoke does, and Poe is an asshole.

I reject this take in its entirety

No no no you are wrong bcz Poe is rugged and handsome and beautiful and young Bernie Sanders looks like...young Bernie Sanders. The only thing remotely hot about that guy is his mug of herbal tea (not pictured).

veg ilu but yung bern can get it ok

he’s all yours, Hoos

me, thinking about my enemies pic.twitter.com/lKTrD8wnUh

— rstevens 🐳💨 (@rstevens) March 19, 2018

my ilx account is caretaker memes only now

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Bernie vs. the Republican Death Star

An unexpected inspiration:

Heinrichs was the production designer for numerous films before The Last Jedi, including the Coen brothers’ Fargo. When designing the visual look of the battle on Crait, he drew inspiration for the blasts of deep red from a darkly comic moment from the 1998 film. “[The battle of Crait] is obviously a very graphic depiction of a violent battle that happens, the red on white and the rooster tail. I was actually thinking of telling Rian that I was inspired by the end of the movie Fargo which I had actually done, the wood chipper scene.”

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(Via https://nerdist.com/star-wars-the-last-jedi-cinematic-references-guide-akira-kurosawa-jurassic-park-twin-peaks/)

I'm about as old testament as you can get to this (original '77 cut only = no sequels please), but this was easily my favorite out of any of the sequels. Sometime after the Abramsification I said that Rey & Chewie should have just bailed for another galaxy far, farther away and I'll happily settle for burning it all down. It looked great projected on the side of my wall, but I'll def catch it when it's in the Cineramadome. So much of the look and feel reminded me of the original Ralph McQuarrie paintings.

There is double tension of having every scene an impossibly hard life or death situation and having many syke! moments sprayed throughout that the whole experience felt very dissatisfying. It's a shame because I did enjoy the general direction and bigger ideas Johnson tried to implement but boy oh boy was there ever a need for a film to be a story and not a collection of deus ex machinas.

Director/Actress Victoria Mahoney will be second unit director on Episode IX. First WOC to handle the camera on a Star Wars film.

Happy to share this historic news. A black woman directing stories in a galaxy far, far away. First unit director #JJAbrams. Second unit director @VictoriaMahoney. #StarWarsE9 #StarWars pic.twitter.com/s689jv9I4u

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) April 17, 2018