Star Wars 7 shit talk

I remember an interview with the fight choreographer for the Luke/Vader fight, who was told "nothing too flashy - if we care more about the fight than who's fighting then we've lost them".

― Andrew Farrell, Monday, December 1, 2014 12:13 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was the biggest thing in the RLM takedown of TPM, comparing the original trilogy duels to the prequels

How anyone who loved all that camp kooky shit in the original trilogy had this massive problem all of a sudden with things they deemed too much aimed at kids. The prequels in other ways were a big step up in every regard. Other than II.

"Ja Ja Binks makes the fucking Ewoks look like Shaft!"

Insisting that mega buxx = well- and fondly-remembered doesn't really work in a universe with Avatar.

i still have no idea what the clones/jango fett/all that stuff was about, any of it. so many darths. so many tariffs. gr8 kids movie

camp kooky shit in the original trilogy

um, wrong

my experience mirrors forks' tbh

(with the exception of never having seen the 2nd or 3rd prequels beyond some random scenes on TV recently)

I think the final act of ROTJ is very compelling cinema. Even the Ewok planet stuff I thought was fun and made a good dramatic counterbalance to the heavy stuff going on in space and on the death star. I think it's a very balanced final act with very good pacing.

avatar was a way better movie theater experience than any of the star wars prequels imo, even if i never need/want to see it again

How anyone who loved all that camp kooky shit in the original trilogy had this massive problem all of a sudden with things they deemed too much aimed at kids.

Yeah it's so hypocritical how the same people who enjoyed the Jim Henson creations in the original trilogy hated the gungans. Clearly they just forgot it's a kids movie.

Are we seriously, in 2014, having an argument with someone trolling on the "but the originals were made for kids too! Have I sufficiently blown your mind?" tip?

it's like poetry

for anyone saying that people actually *liked* TPM when it first came out, check that Herring podcast linked above with Serafinowicz, to hear the story of the in-theater premiere-night reaction from the actual cast and crew and hold onto your hat.

Nowadays, I'm kinda more fascinated with Star Wars as a cultural institution than I am with any of its constituent cultural products (à la Disney).

But honestly, it was always more about the monster and droid design than anything else. That shit was dope.

"Are we seriously, in 2014, having an argument with someone trolling on the "but the originals were made for kids too! Have I sufficiently blown your mind?" tip?

it's like poetry

― Doctor Casino"

But and so and but so seems like you are (sorry if I ignored you earlier) and have been multiple times right in this thread, crazy right? 2014 seriously like too and!

was that gungan?

whatever you were going for there failed

^^^ the story of the Star Wars prequels

He accidentally omitted the C I A L I S.

was that gungan?

― my jaw left (Hurting 2)

whatever you were going for there failed

― linda cardellini (zachlyon),

David Foster Wallace actually, direct quote. Not that I'd expect you to know that.

proud of u

hahaha, this guy

Kooky one, Tanuki

Man that utility meter data thing really did a number on Shakey when it comes to Star Wars. RIP.

keep forgetting he's a sock

Shakes?

I hear utility meter data figures heavily in the JJ Abrams sequels fyi

"whatever you were going for there failed

― linda cardellini (zachlyon),"

Haha. Oh dear linda cardellini, oh. dear. I should've worked some Shakaespeare in too.

that Serafinowicz thing is a little time investment but it does build and build, fucking diiiiiiiiied laughing just now when it got to the issue of Terence Stamp's compensation (no spoilers).

i have been sonned don't forget me

Cardellini you've been sonned by a sock.

the joke's on you i'm not actually linda cardellini

no that means jokes definitely still on you

TPM has essentially nothing any Star Wars fan needs to see.

TPM has all of the ludicrous Queen Amidala wigs and makeup, which everyone needs to see.

a couple of ilx challops

you and rt both really need to take a step back from ilx imo

― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, December 1, 2014 4:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha challumps am i right

Still haven't figured out the relationship between Padme and Queen Amidala xp

lol

Queen is an elected position on their planet (!) and her full name is Padme Amidala or some shit, iirc

xpost this is going to blow your mind, but padme and queen amidala are played by the same actress (natalie portman)! their characters also have a lot in common. i could explain more but it gets pretty nerdy

!

Why is one named Padme and the other is named Queen Amidala?

Sorry, that's jsut the first questino to pop into mym ind

Honestly this movie is so solidly pitched at Shakey's demographic I mean just look at this screencap

http://i.imgur.com/uIMVnES.jpg?1

Loooooooool

one is the Queen, one is the Queen's body double

amidala truthers are the worst

Queen amidala is her official name, Padme is her first name. They are the same character. She pretended to be her own handmaiden under the name Padme for a bit in TMP so she could check out tattooine or something.

Who was the Queen then while Padme was the handmaiden

Why do they have different accents if they're the same person?

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but who pretended to be queen amidala? was there a real padme? someone once told me one of the padmes was keira knightley. is that true? why doesn't norma care that her sister's in the black lodge?

System you're supposed to warn me about xposts!

i can see rewatching the canonical original trilogy if it's with a child who hasn't seen it before.

except that's no longer possible, right?

@NickPinkerton
If you were a kid in the 70s, I can understand why Star Wars is important to you. Baffling otherwise. In that respect it's like KISS fandom.

^he's a film critic