http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/3/9253461/star-wars-bb8-droid-toy-video-price-release-date
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
not only is it a completely feasible practical effect, you can have your own soccer ball droid at home (in miniature version)
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
An army of those things just rolling across the floor at you
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Thursday, 3 September 2015 19:06 (nine years ago) link
National Trust of Ireland starting Star Wars 8 shit talk:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/10/star-wars-returns-to-skellig-michael
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 10 September 2015 19:14 (nine years ago) link
https://www.vinylrevolution.co.uk/vinyl-shop/doorwraps-shop/han-solo-carbonite-vinyl-sticker-for-door/
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 20 September 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/znedfjm5oomhnwcf7rst.jpg
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Sunday, 20 September 2015 19:27 (eight years ago) link
Picked up the first of the "Shattered Empire" comics series, released last week, which begins concurrent with and right after the end of Return of the Jedi. There is a husband/wife couple who get biz-zay -- thoroughly and completely -- during the Endor celebration, named Shara Bey and Kes Dameron. Oscar Isacc's character in The Force Awakens is named Poe Dameron, so I assume there's some connection.
Meanwhile, standalone movie Rogue One filming in London, TMZ has photos of some kind of crash site w/stormtrooper bodies around it: http://www.tmz.com/2015/09/15/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-set-photos/
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Monday, 21 September 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
All the new Marvel Star Wars comix are pretty good, including Leia, Lando, Darth Vader and Star Wars
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 September 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
The other day I was in Target, and virtually everything in the store made a Star Wars noise, from the automatic front doors (you use the force to open them, says a sign, har har) to the apple bin, which triggered a nearby wookie growl.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 September 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
xp the Vader comic is the best of the bunch for me. I want those two psycho droids to get their own series after this.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Monday, 21 September 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
Max von Sydow “will portray a village elder on the desert planet of Jakku who plays a vital role in the quest to find the missing Luke Skywalker,” reports the Guardian‘s Ben Child. “His name? Lor San Tekka.”
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/25/max-von-sydow-plays-lor-san-tekka-star-wars-force-awakens
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 September 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
Still from the set
http://i62.tinypic.com/2dh79ms.jpg
― jimmy falloff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 26 September 2015 04:19 (eight years ago) link
is lor san tekka a reference to something, that seems like a funny way to reveal the name otherwise
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 1 October 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, September 21, 2015 9:58 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ugh, I really fucking hate the way Disney is playing the marketing of this. I was at a Mets game a few weeks ago and there was so much Star Wars bullshit it was ridiculous, scattered throughout the entire game in between play.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
Like they're kind of starting to kill off in advance any goodwill they had earned from me by trying to correct past star wars wrongs.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
the youtube ads w dads talking to their toddlers about star wars are the worst
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
He's a village elder, probably wise and ascetic and whatnot, maybe it's supposed to resemble Lore Sans Tech.
― jmm, Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
xp yeah those too -- it was almost like by advertising to me this bad approximation of how I feel about star wars it made me just want to feel less that way
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
"lor san tekka" is an anagram for Okra Anklets, feel like this is a clue.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
i'm enthused about SW because my four year old is excited about it, but he's learning about it in a vacuum and the context is preschool conversations. i've heard a lot about how "luth skywalker" and "dark mater" are battling the bad guys.
"who's the bad guy?"
"BATMAN"
― nomar, Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
this is precisely why disney purchased star wars... new generations to inculcate. (grown) fanboys are not the primary audience.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
I have to say though that as a parent of a 10 month old son I'm pleased that he might come of age in an era when Star Wars is the massive pop culture juggernaut for kids to obsess over instead of shit like Transformers or a bunch of Marvel characters I never really cared about.
― joygoat, Friday, 2 October 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link
cosine
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 2 October 2015 05:30 (eight years ago) link
I think any childhood that doesn't involve both trying to lift things with your mind AND making "ch ch ch ch" sounds while pretending to turn into a car is an impoverished one.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 2 October 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
instead of shit like Transformers or a bunch of Marvel characters
I don't really get how SW is superior to these other garbage franchises
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
they all seem equally banal and vapid to me, it's not like one reinforces values the other doesn't or teach children anything valuable, they're just money making vehicles featuring explosions
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
More toys.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 October 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
You're totally not wrong, these are just my personal biases here. Never cared about comic books for some reason but loved the shit out of Star Wars when I was growing up.
My main beef with Transformers is that when I was a kid I thought they were really stupid because why in the world would alien robots need to turn into cars? And why were a gun and a walkman the same size as jet planes? The scale was way off and the premise was stupid and seemed to defy the laws of physics.
― joygoat, Friday, 2 October 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
unlike everything in Star Wars, which totally does not defy the laws of physics ever
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
I know this is kind of corny but I actually think the original Star Wars trilogy introduces some pretty high-minded concepts about morality, mindfulness, spirituality, etc. in a way that a young audience can grasp. I think this is something that gives it a little bit of an edge over Transformers.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 2 October 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
care to elaborate? Ethical or political subtext of og trilogy eludes me. I guess the rebels don't blow up a planet (they do blow up an entire space station of comparable size)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 19:53 (eight years ago) link
not a lot of non-humans in the empire
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
"Fear is the mind-killer." - Yoda
― Famous Monsters of ILM-land (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
seedy gambler/rogue guy ends up fighting for a cause, showing that the lines between bad/good and criminal/law-abiding aren't necessarily directly relatedacknowledgment of non-corporeal "force" that binds all things in the galaxyrepeated plot point that rebels with a strong ideology can fight against the tyranny of a militaristic stateresponsibility to others / self-sacrifice (obi wan's moment of peace when he allows himself to be struck down rather than fighting to the death)
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
lol Old Lunch
but yeah, the fear -> anger -> hate progression is definitely a spiritual maxim
rebels with a strong ideology
what ideology
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 20:06 (eight years ago) link
seedy gambler/rogue guy ends up fighting for a cause, showing that the lines between bad/good and criminal/law-abiding aren't necessarily directly relatedthis is such a standard trope of genre fiction (take yr pick of genres) idk if it's really a credit or unique in any way
acknowledgment of non-corporeal "force" that binds all things in the galaxy which is also evil depending on which side of it you're on!
responsibility to others / self-sacrifice (obi wan's moment of peace when he allows himself to be struck down rather than fighting to the death) could be argued that obi-wan does it just so he can become even more powerful/live forever as a magical ghost = self-interest
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
Ultimately the thing that really sets apart Star Wars (the original trilogy) from stuff like Transformers and Marvel is that it has far superior set design, which may seem a minor thing for some people, but makes a world of difference to me personally.
― silverfish, Friday, 2 October 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
yeah dude I didn't say they weren't incredibly standard and I'm sure over the course of all of the Transformers episodes those points were hit but as a whole Star Wars is a pretty simplified movie structure that has all these things
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
Ethical or political subtext of og trilogy eludes me.
responding to that, not "what does SW have that nothing else has"
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
Power of hate to consume a person (and the strength of the temptation to hate and the benefit of resisting that temptation), self-development through meditation, etc., IDK I thought this shit was kind of obvious so I don't know why I'm explaining it to someone who is challopping/being obtuse/trolling
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
when obi-wan says he will become more powerful when he is dead he is referring to radicalizing luke, not special ghost powers, imo
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
they even treated some dumb forest teddy bears as equals, which ended up benefiting them
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
ok lol
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link
Power of hate to consume a person (and the strength of the temptation to hate and the benefit of resisting that temptation), self-development through meditation, etc.
yeah these are cool I guess
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 October 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
I mean it's not Gandhi but it seems a cut above the typical sci-fi/action children's movie.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
how different people treat droids is pretty integral
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's not the deepest thing in the world but like all the stuff about the force in Empire is way more thought-provoking (even just on an imagination level) (but also on an ethical level) than most movies I got into as a kid. Just the idea that Yoda is very strenuously trying to keep Luke from doing what seems to him and to the audience like obviously the heroic thing to do - - - in fact that this kind of zealous, well-intentioned action is what defines the "dark side" that claimed his father... that's super cool. I also, and this is less directly about ethics, but while the Force has been banalized by the prequels and spinoffs, there's still something wonderful about Yoda's new age presentation of it. I mean I wasn't seeing a lot of stuff at age 10 where someone says "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship." That's great! Like you leave the theater with something kind of weird to ponder, and not just CGI exploding at your face.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
the rebels obviously have incredible patience and some sort of workplace inclusion policy, only possible explanation for why c3po is kept around
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
btw the empire has much better style and iconography, as fascists often do
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link