I can't wait until Jar Jar steps out of the shadows behind Kylo Ren and ignites his FOUR BLADED LIGHTSABER after saying "MEESA SECRET EMPERORER ALL ALONGS"
― si monvmentvm reqvires, pvmpkin spice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
i would put the odds of jar jar or a jar jar alike being sarcastically killed in the background of one of these movies at about 3 to 1
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
normally i oppose such things but it might be good to have a really long torture scene
― 1999 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
or maybe just 15+ dense paragraphs of text flying through space describing the torture at the very beginning
― 1999 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
Fanfare, chapter VII crawl, slow pan across an alien world stopping on a full-frame close-up of Jar Jar, who just stares into the camera and wordlessly mugs for five minutes or so.
I'm not sure there's a dollar amount I wouldn't pay Abrams to make this happen.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
does anyone think they'll do away with the intro template/music/incredibly slow crawling text with this one? i know it produces warm nostalgic feelings but it's also kind of cheesy to keep going back to it
― 1999 ball boy (Karl Malone), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
what if the Emperor was using his proximity to Jar Jar to mold his mind for consciousness transfer, and after his death, he fully took over the Gungan? game changer
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:05 (nine years ago) link
there is 0% chance there will not be a text crawl
it'll be something like: - such-and-such years have passed since the rebellion's victory on Endor - the New Republic believes the Imperial remnants to be fractured and defeated - there's actually been a consolidation of Imperial power in the First Order, they're hiding out in the Queluhan Nebula (maybe not mentioned by name) and have strong leadership - something something dark side
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:08 (nine years ago) link
xxpost Cheesy or not, the only reason I can imagine them abandoning any of the standard Star Wars movie intro stuff is rights issues (although I think I read something about Disney possibly trying to even secure the 20th Century Fox intro??).
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
Star Wars, cheesy? Never!
(they have the anthology movies to fuck with the formula a bit)
― Number None, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link
"Vendortainment" is a good name for what this and the genre stuff covered by ComiCon
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
....has become.
good options:1) the whole movie is just a text scroll2) halfway through the scroll, there's a needle-scratching-the-record noise and a bunch of jawas wobble through the frame, movie starts3) text scroll says, in its entirety, "awwwwwwwww YEAH STAR WARS BITCH"
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
they recycled some bit of john williams fanfare to replace the 20th century fox intro
― balls, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
maybe the text scroll will inexorably crush jar jar to death
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
i'm counting on jj abrams to do something lame but i guess at least SW isn't sharing the same universe with earth so there won't be scenes of drunk han in a bar listening to beastie boys
― nomar, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
or whatever the hell happened in chris pine star trek
there's a character called Ello Atsy
no joke
― Number None, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/bloodbrothersgame/images/6/69/Facepalm_Emoji.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131118191429
― nomar, Monday, 19 October 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Again, I don't know how much money I'd pay Abrams to drop a Beastie Boys song into the new Star Wars movie, but it's a lot of money.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
OH: an extended Jar Jar dance number set to a Beastie Boys song. Please. Please.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
The chances that the name "Ello Asty" is going to be spoken on-screen are approximately one in a kazillion.
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
Many/most of the names we "know" for characters in the OT were never spoken on screen.
I have some recollection of Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto being addressed onscreen by name at some point.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Star Wars character names after Beastie Boys album named after publicity company
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ptdJFFAy68
― BRAAAAAAMETHEUS (El Tomboto), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Some other Episode VII character names that have recently leaked:
Shakya RuppChichak EetoutFyte-Fyar Ayt'partiPols BatikSah BotajHeart Attack ManSawitcha-Wunt
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
kinda cheezy to go back to that "force" well
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
in other news, is anyone buying their ticket tonight?
i think i will just be a regular person & buy a ticket at the theater
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
There is a particular audience that I'm sure will happily flock to the screenings of Episode VII which require them to purchase their ticket months in advance. I do not want to attend those particular screenings.
― Don't Call Me A Lunkhead, You Dingbat! (Old Lunch), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
My kid has been being me to take him to this ever since I mentioned that I did the same thing for Phantom Menace. I'm a little bummed that I have to try and execute an Internet ticket transaction late at night and I have to watch a goddamn football game to get the cue about when I'm able to but them.
― how's life, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
Buy them.
― how's life, Monday, 19 October 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
but them, definitely but them
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 October 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
:)
text crawl is obviously 100%, but i'm still weighing the odds on whether it will be preceded by a black screen with sylvester stallone's voice declaring "let's do this."
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
i have to go out for dinner, do you think it'll be ok to shush the whole restaurant when the trailer comes on MNF?
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
most definitely
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 19 October 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
frankly, what kind of respectable establishment wouldn't demand silence from its patrons in that scenario?
― Number None, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
any respectable establishment
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
well I just rang Le Bernardin to check and they said they're shutting down service for the duration
― Number None, Monday, 19 October 2015 22:00 (nine years ago) link
if anyone plays this in my presence I'll probably just loudly talk over it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
that's the spirit! crush that childlike sense of joy!
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Joy is ®™ Disney Corp, of course
joy hasn't been a component of this cultural juggernaut for at least 3 decades
― Οὖτις, Monday, 19 October 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
keep grinding that axe
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 19 October 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
btw guys Star Wars Rebels is still pretty joyful
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431439/post production manager as it happens
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 October 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
got my tickets in the seats i wanted and it sold out like ten minutes later. fandango seems to have crashed.
― balls, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
http://deadline.com/2015/10/demand-for-the-force-awakens-preorder-tickets-crashes-fandango-others-1201588246/
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 02:09 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 02:17 (nine years ago) link