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CUrses, beaten by seconds 😀
I think that should auto-embed?
I'm still struggling to get over how iffy the last one was (not quite a horse-race or Luke enjoying green alien milk anyone?) but I'm sure the cinema will get my £5 when it comes out!
so we have to wait until Christmas??? That isn't fair!!!
First thing I’m putting on when I’m back from the pub.
Is that a bit of the Death Star at the end?
Looks very Star Wars-ey. Hopefully it'll be better than the last one, which on rewatching last week I'll finally admit was a bit pants.
The last one was so bad that I'm struggling to get excited after watching that. Rolling out old Lando seems a bit desperate too. Plus a highly marketable new little bot in time for Christmas. <sighs>
Someone needs to make a really blood thirsty dark grity Star Wars horror film set in space - Jedi Vs Alien or something. Disney is on a highway to nothing by keeping on making Star wars for kids, as they are all busy playing Fortnite - it's only those aged 30+ who actually care.
I think the spin-offs are better.
The last Mary poppinsesque drivel was enough for me.
The last one was great, as long as you delete about 25% of it from your brain
Yeah go in looking for fun, the good guys winning and some moments along the way, yep the directors cut skips the trip to the casino but that is true for most nights out.
Middle part of a trilogy is always annoying as it has to go somewhere but never get there.
Only 25%? That only covers the rubbish casino section. How are we going to erase the entire opening sequence with bombs that fall directly downwards in the vacuum of space, slicing spaceships in half with hyperspeed jumps (should've just used that on the Death Star), and most of the grumpy Luke Skywalker stuff?
Yeah go in looking for fun, the good guys winning
Considering the resistance is more or less entirely wiped out at the end, not sure it meets your criteria!
That was part 2, the way down to rock bottom before the spark that .......
Part 3 means we get to see it coming together and our plucky band of heroes doing something.
Also if you are thinking about the physics something has gone wrong, took it in the same was as Captain Marvel which I saw last night, lean back in the comfy chair, leave the brain at the door and let it play on your emotions.
They should do a star wars - star trek crossover movie 🙂
They could call it war trek. Or star star.
Lando and the Emperor, I'm down with that.
slicing spaceships in half with hyperspeed jumps (should’ve just used that on the Death Star)
I don't get the bitching about this.
Bleeding obvious when you see it done, but had you thought of it before?
I don’t get the bitching about this.
Ever watched a film with fighter jets in with people who worked for BAE.... it's like auf wiedersehen pet and talking about the pointing....
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I think the spin-offs are better
You missed Solo I assume?
I think the spin-offs are better.
Erm, Solo?!?
I will be disengaging my brain and enjoying this one as much as the last one.
Middle part of a trilogy is always annoying as it has to go somewhere but never get there
BLASPHEMER! Empire was the best!
I liked Solo.
Rogue One was the best though.
I think the spin-offs are better.
Damn straight!
I realise I'm in a small minority but I thought Solo was a good film and I liked Ladt Jedi much more than Force Awakens..Rogue one best of the new bunch though.
Having said all that Star Wars Rebels is the best output since Jedi.
Its Star Wars and thats good enough for me...not a 'super' fan but enough of a fan to enjoy the movies without fretting about plots, canon, 'comedy' sidekicks, acting ability etc etc
I’d be much happier if this was an option on Disney wipeboard..
Someone needs to make a really blood thirsty dark grity Star Wars horror film set in space – Jedi Vs Alien or something.
As is, yeah I’ll watch it... but I’ll suspend fawning over it until I’ve been kicked in the back of the seat by some yobbo scoffing maltesers and burping coke, while his Julie texts her besties.
And obviously, having to be logged into this site before commenting (6 times in one day)
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Ever watched a film with fighter jets in with people who worked for BAE…. it’s like auf wiedersehen pet and talking about the pointing….
With any film that has a steam train* my Dad will disappointedly point out that it would never have run in that location/time period.
And then go into great detail about where/when it would have.
*sorry, engine 🙄
Random aside but I just watched the Force Awakens trailer again and holy shit, what a brilliant trailer.
It’s certainly getting a lot of media, R1 yoof were chatting about it and seems to be a theme running now about who is “the” Skywalker..
Is it the long dead Luke, the pouting Ren, or that little lad at the end of the last one who commanded his broom from the steps..?
(at that point of the film, I half expected a full sci-fi rendition of Fantasia)
Well once again it's got me excited.
Looks like the ESB template.
Semi-ignoring Last Jedi.
I thought Solo was a great old adventurous romp. Much preferred it and Rogue One to either of the main films. The Last Jedi just seemed disjointed to me. It was like a few decent set pieces had been filmed and they had to build a plot around them.
The last few I've watched I couldn't help think that it was very much "suicide squad advance"
I wouldn't have been surprised if it turned out princess leia was actually the sith lord sneakily sending everyone out to die until there are only a handful of rebel scum left.
I know it's star wars and I know they have always had their arse kicked but at least have some strategic battle plans rather than attack attach attack.
They've left me disappointed but I've still watched them numerous times and enjoyed them. Possibly as I was brainwashed as a child growing up on star wars.
On the bright side there isn't a jar jar binks in the latest films.
Id like to see a film following the siths and empire and watching them kill and destroy but I doubt that would fit in with disney
with bombs that fall directly downwards in the vacuum of space
Did that really agitate you? Jeez
I thought Solo was a great old adventurous romp.
It tried to be but failed, it's watchable but only just.
Did that really agitate you? Jeez
Yup odd isn't it? They accept space travel across numerous planets, 100s of species that all breath oxygen, humans existing in another galaxy far far away, magical super powers but not bombs.
There was a wee pusher inside the bombers sending the bombs down the way. They just didn’t show it. Hope that helps.
My problem with Solo was the guy who was supposed to play Harrison Ford doesn’t appear to have ever seen a Harrison Ford movie
Ever watched a film with fighter jets in with people who worked for BAE…. it’s like auf wiedersehen pet and talking about the pointing….
Yeah, I found it hard to take this one seriously.
My problem with Solo was the guy who was supposed to play Harrison Ford doesn’t appear to have ever seen a Harrison Ford movie
Except he's playing Han Solo not Harrsion Ford.
This could get released around the same time as the new James Bond - I think there is a new Bond coming - Could be suicidal for one of them.
or that little lad at the end of the last one who commanded his broom from the steps..?
Nah that was Harry Potter.....
Seriously though, the new trailer looks good. Lando, the Emperor and a hope that it'll be better than the last one..
This could get released around the same time as the new James Bond – I think there is a new Bond coming – Could be suicidal for one of them.
It will be cold, dark and miserable so perfect time to make 2 trips to the cinema
I wasn't convinced by his Han Solo, then I watched A New Hope again and yep, he pretty much nailed it.
Moan, moan, moan… yawn.
Enjoyed the last one… and Solo… and the kids loved them.
This could get released around the same time as the new James Bond – I think there is a new Bond coming – Could be suicidal for one of them.
Bond is a long way off yet.
The two recent films are right up there with Attack of the Clones for crappiest Star Wars movie and AOTC at least had the excuse of needing to get from TPM to ROTS. Neither of the recent stories seem to link very well to the rest of the universe. I really don’t buy their portrayal of Luke, nor the whole rise of the First Order and complete disappearance of the Empire/Rebellion/New republic military in the space of 30 years, especially when they’re making planet sized super weapons and mega city sized Star destroyers.
It all just seems poorly thought out, badly connected and driven by timescales and marketing. For all their faults, at least the Prequels were well connected, and Clone Wars (cartoon) helped the narrative.
I fully agree that Rebels is the best, original things to come out so far. Solo is based upon (loosely) the Solo trilogy of books (characters, organisations. Etc) and Rogue one is based on back Story, but Rebels is original (well, not Thrawn, we have Tim Zahn to thank for that), engaging and very well tied into the universe.
I didn't think Solo was great, it was OK. Looking forward to the new one but really want a Chewbacca based film, all spoken in Kashyyyk with sub titles.
Solo was entertaining enough, Sense of humour, spaceships, chases and fights... I don't ask for much more from a Star Wars movie. The Last Jedi unfortunately just wasn't that entertaining, and the plot holes were just too big to ignore (and I realise it's a SF/Fantasy film and not reality!)
But I'll be off to the cinema in December to see the new film, just hold my eldest daughter is back from uni to go with me 🙂
New one looks good! Last one was a bit weak really, especially the drawn out ending.
Rogue One. Great. Proper popcorn adventure sci-fi / fantasy.
The Force Awakens. Decent enough remake of Episode IV.
The Last Jedi. Not really good enough, but kind of moves the story on...
Not seen Solo.
Hopeful that with Abrams back at the helm, The Rise of Skywalker (awful title BTW) could be pretty good as an action film if nothing else. Teaser doesn't really give much away (Is Rey a Skywalker? Too obvious surely? Does it refer to Luke somehow coming back into things? Are they going to pull a Line Of Duty and reveal some hitherto unknown character?).
Guessing that the STW demographic were mostly of an age to be totally blown away by Star Wars (it was a proper groundbreaking film at the time) and that nothing since can really have the impact that the original had on our impressionable young minds...
I just want to see a movie about Jar Jar Binks as a suicide bomber on Tatooine.
Then I'll be happy enough with the Star Wars franchise for the rest of my life.
I don't think it'll be called Rise of Skywalker. Partly because half the point of the last one seemed to be to close off the whole "skywalker saga" and partly because it's a terrible name.
Also, wouldn't it be ace if the evil laugh was actually Mark Hamill's Joker?
Leia is a Skywalker is she not? So perhaps the rebel alliance once again rises up a.d defeats their enemy...same as they have done in the previous 2 trilogies...
I don't see how they can recover from the Last Jedi disaster. Why didn't they let Abrams direct it? He set everything up nicely with the Force Awakens.
Rogue One was excellent, my favourite after the original Trilogy. Solo was also good but mainly for the back story and reference to the rest of the Star Wars Universe.
On the bright side there isn’t a jar jar binks in the latest films.
I find Rose worse than Jar Jar, she is utter pointless and then when you think she is dead her body gets dragged onto the MF.
I agree with all posts saying the last movie was meh, its really put me off the franchise. The only thing from the trailer which has me intrigued is was that Emperor Palpatine/ Lord Sidious laughing at the end?
Judging by the trailer, I'm sure I've seen this movie before, I think it was episode 6, return of the Jedi.
Its not like ole JJ "no original idea's" Abrams did that with a new ho...sorry I mean the force awakens, The last jedi was a break from it and although the film certainly had issues, at least tried to set a new course.
The problem here and has been seen with oh so many you tube opinions over the last few years, is that "fans" just want a re-run of the original three.
Nostalgia is a very powerful thing, particularly with iconic films from childhood, but its time to move forward, not slope backwards.
Hopefully this really will be the end of this particular tale, then they can make some new stories rather than just rehash the same old shite again & again!
“fans” just want a re-run of the original three.
And yet as you say...
Its not like ole JJ “no original idea’s” Abrams did that with a new ho…sorry I mean the force awakens,
... when that's exactly what happens, they still complain.
@colournoise hit the nail on the head really. The original Star Wars came out in 1977. I don't really recall seeing it at the time now (though I clearly must have done) but I vividly remember going to the cinema to watch The Empire Strikes Back, there was a queue around the block to get in and I was excited beyond belief. I was eight years old.
So how on Earth can anyone hope to square the circle of creating a film which simultaneously appeals to your average preteen and also to those with 40 years of history and memories? It's an impossible position, whatever they do there's going to be Internet Fanboi Butthurt™.
The last jedi was a break from it and although the film certainly had issues, at least tried to set a new course.
The similarities between The Last Jedi and Empire Strikes Back are everywhere.
Jedi training on some backwater planet? Check (it even has a cave where you go to have terrifying visions)
Attempt to tempt lead good character over to the dark side with revelations about their parents? Check
Fancy location where seemingly good guy they approach for help ends up stitching them up? Check
Last stand rebel base on snowy/salty planet? check
I don’t really recall seeing it at the time
I do. I was six and was utterly blown away.
That’s why I’ll always like all the films even if they’re objectively shite.
My kids are completely indifferent to them though.
Harry Potter is their Star Wars.
Looking forward to the “Snoke was someone’s father”* reveal.
* must be, otherwise what was the point of him
So how on Earth can anyone hope to square the circle of creating a film which simultaneously appeals to your average preteen and also to those with 40 years of history and memories? It’s an impossible position, whatever they do there’s going to be Internet Fanboi Butthurt™.
You can't and it's really easy to complain about it, the chance of it being exactly what you want are slim, if it was it would piss off 98% of other people.
Expectations really do play a big part and some people really should go and watch Ep2
Rogue One is the best star wars film.
end of story
So how on Earth can anyone hope
Oh good grief. (-:
Snoke was someone’s father”* reveal.
Here's some clues to how his face got all mangled up.
Not too worried about father reveals …. Just so long as there isn’t any race to blow up an enemy super weapon or having to take down a force field….. Zzzzzzz
Are there any jet propelled dogem vehicles in this one?
Is A New Hope 4k77 worth watching?
Yes.
Just yes.
*Drives up besides Matt in a dodgey black van and rolls down the window*
Where can I get it? 😀
I didn't think Solo was that bad, but Rogue One has been one of the best Star Wars films made.
Rogue One was great apart from the Titanic / Kong effect. You knew they were going to succeed in getting the plans, but die in the process. I still think Solo was much better than it’s given credit for. Especially so given the behind the scenes shenanigans.
I find Adam Driver’s villain a bit shit. It’s like Kevin the teenager has force powers. There’s just no real sense of dread, mystery or threat about him. His whole persona could be summed up as “Nerr, it’s not fair” Star Wars has a storied history of making brilliant actors give really bad performances though.
Solo was fantastic. Way better than Rogue One for me. I hated TLJ. TFA was great so hopefully Abrams salvages the finale
Snoke will be the emperor, that is how he looks after being thrown down the tube thing by Vader.
The reveal will be that the Ewoks revived him after thinking he was C3-POs mate after a hectic celebration of the destruction of the Death Star.
I find Adam Driver’s villain a bit shit. It’s like Kevin the teenager has force powers.
+1. He's about as menacing as a dose of piles.
Daffy
...I really don’t buy .... complete disappearance of the Empire/Rebellion/New republic military in the space of 30 years, especially when they’re making planet sized super weapons and mega city sized Star destroyers....
Haven't been watching the British Empire then...