Star Wars 7 shit talk

i stand with shakey

I showed the trailer to my six year old son. He liked it. I didn't think to ask him if he's pumped.

He really likes the light saber. I think he might not have understood that those two short beams are supposed to be a hilt. He's imagining some sort of unwieldy triple light saber.

I'ts been thirty years since good star wars. I only watched first prequel in cinema, hate all three of them. Why on earth would i be 'pumped'? Are you guys actually going to watch this?

I am a consumer whore and yes

I'm cautiously pumped. I will need to see more before advancing to 'stoked'. They seem to be aiming to recapture some of the look and feel of the originals (recon droid sound effects, etc.), which if nothing else is nice, pleasant, nostalgic.

'pumped'

the thing about hilts is usually they aren't made out of blades

I have a young son who is the right age for this stuff so yes, I'm almost certainly going to see this. This looks much better than the countless superhero movies he also wants to see.

The JJ Abrams aesthetic actually seems like a good fit for the star wars universe.

also yeah i think the trailer's great for trying to reassure nerds that they're going back to the "old" ways of the original trilogy

but then i remember

jj abrams

xp

and yeah of course i'm seeing this it's sw

Did you see the prequels? I think i saw iii in 2012. I'll get to vii at some point.

I... watched the wrong trailer (the fan-made fake one with Ford and von Sydow).

Now I have watched the authentic one.

I am still unpumped.

"Unpumped" from you is practically a ringing endorsement!

Did you see the prequels? I think i saw iii in 2012. I'll get to vii at some point.

― Frederik B, Saturday, November 29, 2014 11:06 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes of course i saw the prequels

it's sw

I'm also intrigued to see a new Star Wars movie that isn't bound down by a lot of prior storyline commitments. The prequels had all these dots to connect. They had to be about Vader. They had to tediously unpack a throwaway line from Episode 4 about the "Clone Wars". This time, who knows?

you can count on JJ for incessant unnecessary callbacks

I appreciate all the extended book/game canon being flushed down the toilet

At worst I'm out ten bucks and two hours of my time so why would I not go?

ilxors will question your taste

I'd have an opinion about the trailer except I am way too distracted by the fact that this "hilt" wouldn't do it's job since the opponent lightsaber "blade" would fit inside the corner below the hilt beam and destroy it. It wouldn't block anything. What is this bullshit gimmick? Fucking infomercial lightsabers.

1 vote for pumped

don't worry about the hilt

the hilt has invisible hilts attached to it to deflect blows to the (visible) hilt

yea, there is another hilt above the visible hilt

I spose there's something symmetrical about this opening in the month when the Grand Moff Rodham is crisscrossing Iowa and New Hampshire.

a disturbance in the Farce

I say the beam continues inside the metal hilt part. It needs to be enclosed next to the handle so that you don't scorch your hand.

I've been imagining a post-Star Wars sequel since I was a kid so this is exciting! Who is driving the Falcon?

Like I wonder if Chewie is gonna be in this with an eyepatch and some grey hair.

jar jar binks, old and grizzled, knocking back rum and blue milks

the ineluctable modality of the hilt

Who is driving the Falcon?

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081126192732/starwars/images/4/4a/Nien_Nunb_JKTCG.jpg

the thing about hilts is usually they aren't made out of blades

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:59 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this criticism does not make sense. the hilt needs to be able to stop a lightsaber and so must be made of lightsaber. it is not necessarily a blade. the whole concept of blade and non-blade lightsaber is just...maybe you don't have what it takes to be a tru believer.

I spose there's something symmetrical about this opening in the month when the Grand Moff Rodham is crisscrossing Iowa and New Hampshire.

a disturbance in the Farce

AMAZING Morbz parody account, fess up guys, who's behind it?

this criticism does not make sense. the hilt needs to be able to stop a lightsaber and so must be made of lightsaber. it is not necessarily a blade. the whole concept of blade and non-blade lightsaber is just...maybe you don't have what it takes to be a tru believer.

― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, November 30, 2014 1:54 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok but in real sword land if the hilt had to be made out of blades then they would've just said "let's not do this because it will backfire and hurt real quick" so thanks again george lucas

yeah i'm putting this one on george

well there's no guarantee that the lighthilt would do damage. maybe the photon density is lower in the hilt or something.

and maybe when the dude hits the lighthilt with a lightsaber it's all SSKKKGGGGHHH! SKKKGGHH SKKKGGGGGHHH! and he's like AWWWW YEAH! and that makes it worth the risk.

we're descending to a level i never meant to descend to

to the planet core

is Adam Driver wielding the hilt? wh y is there no frontal shot of his lightsaber?

No lens flare. Some teal but not much orange. I'm OK with this teaser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v93Jh6JNBng#t=67

xp: Oh, there was lens flare alright. I noticed it on the first view.

I feel like this teaser does not provide me with enough information to confidently pump yet.

yeah the lack of T and O is a very good thing. are we past peak T and O now? i think we must be, thing really seems to have tailed off.

I watched Walter Mitty the other day and it was crazy levels of T&O in places.

I'm OK with lens flare when it's used to make special effects blend in. Lens flare when the Falcon passes by a sun is fine.

All I want to know is how Obama will mess this up, too.

Can't wait for this HD Star Wars reboot by JJ 'I'm a movie director' Abrams.

no matter how craptastic it is, it's NOT A REBOOT

they have 3 fossils reprising their roles for God's sake

Six fossils, counting whacky sidekicks.