I'm just a sap who likes everyone having happy endings and whatnot at the end of ROTJ
― 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
u monster
― there’s gonna be a hot time in the ol’ tub machine tonight (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
my friend who does Star Wars cosplay (mostly as Kylo Ren) went to Disney as Rose (wearing a similar pendant) and got harassed by a busboy who proceeded to accost her and tell her how terrible a character she was for about 15 minutes while she was trying to get food.
I kinda hate this fanbase.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
(natch they reported him)
should have told him he was doing a horrible job playing a Disney employee and they can people for that
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
i find it pretty weird that the twitter/tumblr/online press zeitgeist opinion seems to be that The Last Jedi WAS A TOTAL ERROR OMG DISASTER HOLY SHIT THEY WRECKED STAR WARS
whereas my experience seeing it and chatting to normal real life people afterwards was that despite a few shitty bits, everyone had a lovely time and it went down really damn well.
people on the internet convinced of the importance of their own opinions can't allow themselves to not tear every single thing apart i guess?
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
^(old man shouting at "the cloud")
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
this whole revival is an exercise in pandering and condescension (I say this as someone who mostly likes the new movies) and people, as a rule, unconsciously despise being pandered to.
― ryan, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Last Jedi was pretty great imo. I think it's the least pander-y of the bunch.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
really excited for this
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
oh wait sorry thought this was the RIP Donald Trump thread
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
the films are very skillfully made with some awe-inspiring moments...i think they fall short in certain areas, mostly in their stabs at terrible meta humor that are mostly completely out of character for those who deliver the lines.
― omar little, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
Agreed, I don't think they benefit from any kind of self-awareness
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
Shdn't grim resignation be the title of uk politics thread lol
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Actually, I haven't seen any of the new ones yet. Should I? The Last Jedi was the first new one I've seen since Caravan Of Courage was in the cinema, and I enjoyed it OK
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
the last jedi > attack of the clones > revenge of the sith > rogue one > the phantom menace > the force awakens
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
Attack of the Clones should always bring up the rear
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
McGregor brings up the rear of that alien-cook's trousers in the diner scene
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 9:43 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh wow i am so into this ranking
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
nobody thought of getting the gang of human actors back together
wha? that’s fucking nuts
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
rewatched all the prequels this last few weeks as the girlfriend hadn't seen them. They're all actually worse than I remember. stories and scripts are mindboggling awful from start to finish and anyone thinking the new films are somehow worse than them is crazy.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
Clones at least is somewhat entertaining during the assassination sequence and then, yeah.
Phantom Menace was godawful, I watched that one for the first time since 1999.
I still kinda like RotS, warts and all.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
the part where Anakin gets the "it's only a fleshwound!" treatment is v funny
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
guys let's just do a "the prequels are: good or bad" poll and everyone who votes for the losing option gets permabanned
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
polls are anonymous to protect those of us who keep voting for a certain indiana jones/crystal skull movie as the best spielberg work
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
The Last Jedi > The Force Awakens >> Rogue One >> root canal >>>>> the prequels
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
seriously tho, the three old leads aren't in *any* scenes together?
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
not a one in TFA
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
well, I guess Han Solo/Chewbacca counts, although in the last couple released films, Mayhem is no longer in the costume
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
petition for a spin-off starring Dean Winters as Chewbacca with the wookiee head taken off
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
how the fuck did I type that instead of Mayhew
Peter Mayhew. sheesh. sic, you should have caught that
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
oh wait, the insurance commercial character is Mr. Mayhem and I was properly clowned
never mind
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
... did you take a piss all the way through the Han / Leia scene?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
I was doing my hair
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
YOU GUYS.
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--EQl3mdZQ--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/ybsmpyjtqyzixdtjhg12.jpg
http://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.a-aCdAU5cK_Jy9dSXOsaAgEsCo
https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Billie-Lourd.png
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
this is where I admit that I took "the three old leads aren't in *any* scenes together?" to mean all three of them in the same scene and then appended han-chewie as an additional combo outside of the han-leia and luke-leia duos
but then decided it'd be funnier if I pretended the only two to ever appear together were han and chewie
chewie did not, in fact, do something different with his hair
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
ok fine i'll see the damn films
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
― mh
"the last jedi" showed up on netflix. i don't have netflix but the place where i get my tms has netflix and i got tired of watching nature documentaries after five weeks (yes i understand now what polar bears look like and your narrator script is terrible) so i'm watching it again, this time in 2d. it really is a wonderfully put together movie, "genius work of art" i wouldn't say but it's fantastically subversive, kind of like moffat's doctor who except it's entertaining in addition to being clever. my drunk ass is wondering how much of the backlash is just a backlash against people being clever, which if you don't like cleverness fuck you you are sentenced to watching all of the "nick and nora" movies until you stop perceiving this as a "sentence".
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
seriously today i was watching the scene transition where they went from a zoom from water dripping on kylo ren's hand to a spaceship, if you'd rather see another fucking wipe fuck you you are sentenced to watching "radar men from the moon" until you _do_ perceive this as being a sentence
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 02:08 (five years ago) link
I was being sarcastic because they’re workmanlike family space dramassteve yedlin pretty solid cinematographer though and when they ramp up all the practical+digital visual effects and great foley artists even scenes that drag seem like they could be real
― mh, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
also re: clever, I kind of hated them when I realized in the intro he is saying “holding for general HUGS” but now I kind of chuckle and mumble “general hugs”
― mh, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
idk, i've seen enough mediocre and bad films that i have a hard time describing any of the star wars films, even the awful ones, as "workmanlike"
and yeah, starting the movie with one of the main characters making a stupid prank phone call to a captain of a star destroyer is idiotic enough to be entertaining. there's a fine line, i've been told, between clever and stupid, and "the last jedi" for the most part straddles it expertly
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
buddy “workmanlike” in my book means they have a work ethic, actual normal level of skills (they’re probably union), and they’re able to hack itI mean, if you go by strict definitions a lot of Ron Howard work is hack work — they give a director with the right skills a direction and a script and he churns out usable product. It doesn’t mean it’s bad in quality necessarily. imo JJ Abrams is very much in the hack camp — he takes the day’s norms and a given formula and comes out with something that reaches the standards of the time
― mh, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
I also think there are several directors/producers who are sub-hack getting work now because they’re disconnected from modern standards or think themselves auteurs and fall far short of interesting result
― mh, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 03:23 (five years ago) link
In repeat viewings the stupidest part about TLJ is how much time it spends on two doofuses who are always fucking up and surviving by miraculous intervention while almost all their comrades get murdered in bulk, and not making it funny enough. I get the sense there was a difficult balancing act between treating Finn and Poe as the completely absurd, walking punchlines of masculinity that they are, and treating the near-total wipeout of the Resistance with some kind of A Bridge Too Far seriousness, and they got middled on the deal.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 03:34 (five years ago) link