zhamlau Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 You get invited to the mouses premiere, you are excepted to perform and gush on command...for some reason a few folks aren’t following the -script... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TupennyConan Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 With subtitles, endless exposition is of ultimate consequence for me. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos_in_Canada Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) Waiting for... Edited December 17, 2019 by Chaos_in_Canada paperheart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Buzzetta Posted December 18, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2019 So some random thoughts... This week I am doing a complete rewatch in the following order and a few highlights from Clone Wars and Rebels (which I had previously seen): Episodes 1, 2, 3, Solo, Rogue One, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I just finished Empire and have some random thoughts. Empire is still the best I have seen. Rogue One is incredibly well done and gets better with each viewing. Solo was better once I saw it shortly before ESB. Solo is basically a prequel to ESB Donald Glover really did capture Billy Dee in the way that Ewan captured Alec Solo AND Rogue One are actually researched and written way better than I originally gave them credit for especially on Solo. The Asteroid Belt score is one of the best in the series as is the music used for scenes such as Cloud City I really do like every change (update) made in ESB. Everything from a larger Cloud City to Vader's ship at the end, All Fetts sound the same, to the Emperor being the Emperor instead of Monkey Face is an improvement and eases the flow of the saga. Anakin talks like drama queen in the prequels... however, Vader talks like an drama queen as well. Anakin: "I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me." Vader: "Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion." Someone has a flair for the dramatic no matter what mask they have on. The side quests like Solo and the Mandalorian have really done their research in making sure they 'fit' or at least trying to. The Mandalorian explains what 'no disintegrations' really means. We don't give Lucas enough credit for the prequels. Jar Jar aside, he tried something new while still filling in a back story that fits in with what was already done. I think JJ screwed up with Episode 7 but I can see after watching the whole thing why he would bring back Palpatine. The saga really is a Palpatine story and the skywalkers that have been manipulated or opposed him. Sith also gets better with age as far as the story goes. More thoughts later. Bosco685, mr_highgrade, Antpark and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I was very surprised by Rogue One myself. It was a extremely well done tie in Catwomancomics and tv horror 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Buzzetta said: Anakin talks like drama queen in the prequels... however, Vader talks like an drama queen as well. Anakin: "I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me." Vader: "Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion." Someone has a flair for the dramatic no matter what mask they have on. JEJ spoke with prose and class. Hayden was like a whiny 6 year old who got sent to his room without dessert. There’s no equating the two. We don't give Lucas enough credit for the prequels. Jar Jar aside, he tried something new while still filling in a back story that fits in with what was already done. Any credit is too much. (Intermission) Quote Sith also gets better with age as far as the story goes. Come here Anakin and reach in Uncle Palpatine’s pocket for a present... IMHO. Edited December 18, 2019 by mattn792 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_highgrade Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I just finish watching ESB and ROJ. Will try to see the rest by Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Not feeling well... got up and see that mandalorian episode 7 is on. This show has just become incredible... this is the episode that brings it all together. Wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 58% on Rotten Tomatoes. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_the_rise_of_skywalker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
media_junkie Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 53% now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I wonder what this guy is thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Joblo gives it a 7.0/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 IGN also gives it a 7.0/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Cinemablend: disappointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 8:00 am Eastern, and Rotten Tomatoes is currently holding at 60% positive. That's better than The Phantom Menace but worse than Attack of the Clones. I've got a bad feeling about this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 60% "critic" score bodes well for us IMO. I almost always completely disagree with the "critic" score. I like pie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post zhamlau Posted December 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2019 Critics seem to have been committed to TLJ in defending and building up the choices made in it. This film by all accounts was working overtime to try and correct the damage from that film and a lot of critics Didnt seem to like that. Disney probably knew that if they gave us another TLJ the franchise would be a critics darling that fans would have no interest in. But due to the outright carnage of TLJ there was no easy way back so they had to resurrect Palpatine to try and come up with something fans would like to remind them of the good times. The problem is bringing him back makes RoTJ meaningless. They made Rey way to overpowered and borderline Marysue perfect. They killed Luke after making him a dishonorable emo whiny brat. Carrie died IRL so the planned “make it all about Leia and Rey” was lost to them. Han was there just to die. Kylo is sort of interesting but they kept making him look weak and gullible to its hard to get all ramped up for him. The rest of the characters are paper thin and poorly written...where can you go from there?! Larryw7, I like pie, Andahaion and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 24 minutes ago, zhamlau said: ...Disney probably knew that if they gave us another TLJ the franchise would be a critics darling that fans would have no interest in. But due to the outright carnage of TLJ there was no easy way back so they had to resurrect Palpatine to try and come up with something fans would like to remind them of the good times. The problem is bringing him back makes RoTJ meaningless. They made Rey way to overpowered and borderline Marysue perfect. They killed Luke after making him a dishonorable emo whiny brat. Carrie died IRL so the planned “make it all about Leia and Rey” was lost to them. Han was there just to die. Kylo is sort of interesting but they kept making him look weak and gullible to its hard to get all ramped up for him. The rest of the characters are paper thin and poorly written...where can you go from there?! Did you see the movie yet? Without seeing it myself - I can't agree with this. Han wasn't coming back unless his character was killed. Did you wanna see him in TFA? I did. And I thought his death played out very well. I also think that Fin's character in TFA was interesting. Then he was relegated to 'useless' in TLJ. His character had potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
