There's a great history, probably linked up thread, that makes a strong case that a lot of early excellent Lucas is actually his first wife Marcia Lucas.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah she's been completely written out of the official narrative
― Number None, Saturday, 3 October 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
So I just bought tickets to a slightly-early screening of this to benefit the Greater Cleveland Film Commission. It will screen at 7pm on 12/17, about 5 hours before the wide US release.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
not to put something out there that I don't feel like expanding on (much) but...
one of the things that I liked about the OG star wars trilogy had is the sense of infiniteness -- there were all these AWESOME ALIENS in the cantina but none of them had names (at the time), or all the dudes wandering around Bespin or w/e and that gave the illusion that the galaxy went on and on and on and you could never hope to see it all. The idea that there was so much out there in the world that could be seen but not understood or compartmentalized is pretty powerful to a 6 year old who sees the world through that same lens. I never got into the EU stuff for pretty much that reason. Once you start trying to give a name to everything some of the wonder goes away.
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, October 2, 2015 11:33 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah totally. The fact that it left so much unexplained made the universe so much more real, and it was probably my first exposure to a story told in that way.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
The Black Hole is sort of hurt by a lot of the Disney touches, e.g. those cartoonish floating robots with their corny dialogue, but there are aspects of it that are genuinely terrifying, and yeah, the theme rules.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 18:49 (eight years ago) link
gosh watching clips on youtube it really does look a lot worse than I remembered
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
I re-watched The Black Hole not too long ago and yeah, does not age well. Schell is hammy *even for a Disney movie*, and most of the actors seem bored. (Borgnine puts in some effort.) Maximillian robot still genuinely, and I love that he just leaves Schell for dead like "Would love to help, but I have a thing."
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
I can't help but think that the makers of Event Horizon were fans, though.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
I watched it within the last decade and yeah it doesn't hold up - plot and characters are largely nonexistent
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 October 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
Jeez, next you're going to tell me that The Last Starfighter hasn't aged well. Whither my childhood memories.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
Counterpoint is that The Last Starfigter was always awesome
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 9 October 2015 19:51 (eight years ago) link
I am eyebrow-tilted by the fact that sometime between when I gave a shit about this stuff and the SW: Battlefront beta, the pronunciation of AT-AT changed from an acronym (at, at) to an initialism (ay tee ay tee).
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Saturday, 10 October 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
gr8080
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 October 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Exactly. Who wants to go up against an 8080? of any grade.
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 11 October 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link
I know I am gradually turning into a gawker media stan already but these two listicle / clip mixes have really made me want a PS4
http://kotaku.com/eight-players-who-killed-it-in-the-star-wars-battlefron-1735641858
http://kotaku.com/10-priceless-fails-from-the-star-wars-battlefront-beta-1735757709
wait what board am I on
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 11 October 2015 00:59 (eight years ago) link
I bought a PS4 yesterday, see u on the BATTLEFRONT.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link
Man, I am not precious about Star Wars at all, but it has done nothing to deserve FPS players.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
How so?
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
The gif at the top of http://kotaku.com/one-gif-sums-up-star-wars-battlefronts-modern-multiplay-1734746714 is a decent place to start? Basically multiplayer in general is (I know, I know) a hive of scum and villainy, console and PC both.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 11 October 2015 20:11 (eight years ago) link
just downloaded this :/
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 11 October 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
see you in 2016
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 October 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
Oh, you mean pubbie scum
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Sunday, 11 October 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
I spent about 2.5 hours playing the Drop Zone map in the beta, to discover that I am really, really out of practice on FPS. I've been playing platformers and MMOs so much, I was just getting decimated.
― I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Sunday, 11 October 2015 23:42 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRnIPhQUYAAoupy.jpg
― Number None, Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link
Nice.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
no Luke in the poster?
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
he hasn't been seen (apart from a hand maybe) in any of the marketing material so far
― Number None, Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
ANOTHER Death Star?! O_o
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Still... Chewie taking aim looks rad :)
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 18 October 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
I especially like how you have to think for a minute about where Chewbacca's right arm ends and Leia's hairdo begins. Like what they're going for with Rey's staff and Kylo Ren's saber, but hair
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
trailer for the trailer
https://twitter.com/DisneyStudiosCA/status/655806407648800768
― Number None, Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
Interesting to me that, in the material we've seen so far in trailers, we've seen a desert planet, some kind of snowy/icy environment, and some kind of jungle/forest environment. All the primary planets from the OT. Gotta imagine that's purposeful.
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxU2eqZtYmc
― Number None, Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
I'd suspect everything about shooting a kwazillion dollar franchise meso-reboot is pretty purposeful
I'm pissed that the new-trailer teaser trailer doubles as an ad to make people watch fucking Monday Night Football.
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
oh yeah and the stanza rhyming bit. I read about that earlier on some other site for nerds
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
will the new movies ever feature people eating food or visiting a WC?
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:38 (eight years ago) link
btw the poetry quote comes from the official making-of documentary. it's amazing that they released it -- it is on the level of some kind of monster in terms of the filmmakers getting away with shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8s9m4zEpo
― aaaaablnnn (abanana), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
Yeah the prequel trilogy was almost worth it for giving us that and the RLM reviews.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Sunday, 18 October 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
does that new death star have eyelashes
the sassy star
― μpright mammal (mh), Sunday, 18 October 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
starfleeker
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 October 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
wtf ANOTHER DEATH STAR????
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 19 October 2015 00:19 (eight years ago) link
You know, the dark gritty reboot.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 October 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link
(Hey I titled this thread for a reason.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 October 2015 01:29 (eight years ago) link
Maybe they will get Bill Murray for the Christmas special this time.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 19 October 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
it's a pokeball. the force awakens is a stealth pokemon crossover.
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 19 October 2015 06:38 (eight years ago) link
dying at "starfleeker"
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 19 October 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
xp chewbacca revealed as a bidoof
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 19 October 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
cannot believe tickets are going on sale NOW; star wars is going to be a completely inescapable and utterly engineered phenomenon of daily life (moreso) for the next few years huh
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
its so weird that Star Wars was just a stupid nonsensical film student b-movie and now it this monolithic eternal cash cow
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
i just hope it gives Mel Brooks some good material to work with
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link