I remember seeing the rerelease of return of the jedi at a theater that has since been torn down that had the city's largest screen. it was slightly curved so if you sat close enough you could turn your head to watch tie fighters zooming past
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:18 (eight years ago) link
I first looked at the food & beer options (Alamo Drafthouse), you have to reserve specific seats ahead of time. there are no showings with two seats together that are not in the first row for many weeks.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
I am excited about the Alamo Drafthouse finally opening
― Οὖτις, Monday, 14 December 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
http://www.flixbrewhouse.com/des-moines/film-info/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens
my local Drafthouse-alike theater
looks like the extra 2d one they added has seats at 11pm, I should go for it, right?
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
(full disclosure: I have enough vacation days to burn off that I am leaving work on Thursday and not returning until 2016, so this would be my first act of lazymas 2015)
by Monday spoilerz will be all over the place
a good film survives spoilers
so yes, go Friday
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
the novelization is released on friday, for everyone who wants to read the book first (lol)
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:36 (eight years ago) link
i had the *hardcover* novelization of A New Hope Star Wars.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
the writer of that one is the writer of the novelization of this one, too
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
Really don't care about what happens or avoiding spoilers. ESB was a shocking twist but deft plotting was never the series strong point. Han an Leia have a kid, they don't have a kid, they don't end up together, they do, it's all kind of equally plausible and exciting, which is to say yeah one of the outcomes will be inevitable.
It has nothing to do w if the movie is good or not IMO.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:43 (eight years ago) link
had no idea Alan Dean Foster was the ghostwriter, or that he was still alive.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
yup
he was also the story writer (although not the screenwriter) of the first Star Trek movie
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 14 December 2015 22:46 (eight years ago) link
embargo on reviews finishes Wednesday December 16th at 12:01am.why can't they just embargo it til Thursday when the screenings are?? absolutely zero reason to even write/print a review for a movie everyone's already decided to see/not see!
― piscesx, Monday, 14 December 2015 22:53 (eight years ago) link
the premier is in hollywood tonight. they started shutting down some of the streets at like 11am.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 14 December 2015 23:10 (eight years ago) link
nope, Hollywood Boulevard has been closed since at least Friday, and buses are rerouted to south of Santa Monica & Highland. (I had to walk 40 mins to get to a bus stop last night. (Then it was so cold I got an Uber rather than wait another 20 for the bus.))
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 14 December 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
(I think it's closed until Friday, so maybe there are multiple premieres there? Doofi are sleeping in tents in front of the Chinese Theatre.)
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 14 December 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
i don't blame them, once those prints of the movie are sold out you'll never get your hands on another one
― nomar, Monday, 14 December 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
I bought us tix for Saturday morning at 9.40am --- I *almost* convinced myself to go on Friday night by myself. I have no problem seeing movies on my own, but I was like, no I really do want to see this with Mr Veg --- it's always been a shared experience, I saw all the original movies with my brother & sister & Mum, and the prequels with my sister or Mr Veg. They're better enjoyed together...and that way it's less depressing if it's really crappy, lol
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
I'm glad I convinced him to go on Saturday though...by the time I got home he'd revised up to Tuesday or Wednesday and I was like, "..."
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:51 (eight years ago) link
10:55pm thursday night, pray for me
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 02:24 (eight years ago) link
I'm next to a seat that might not be filled, and right behind a wheelchair spot, so I can drink heavily and duck out to the restroom without problems if the movie is bad and I start drinking heavily
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
nice
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
I like how I have this weird repetitive affliction with my posts now, like someone who may be drinking heavily
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
The Doofi Awaken
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
well luckily its cold as fuck right now so all the hollywood doofi are being appropriately punished by god
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 04:02 (eight years ago) link
Unimpressed overall
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 04:05 (eight years ago) link
Tho my opinion might change after I've seen it
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link
#noCollier
uh oh
@devincfSTAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS is ok. I know it's poetry, I know it rhymes, but does every line have to rhyme with the last poem?
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 06:05 (eight years ago) link
Yeah yeah we know it's A New Hope ver. 2
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 06:19 (eight years ago) link
pleased that cinemas in london are showing this in 2d as much as they are in 3d.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 10:55 (eight years ago) link
Xpost So, more reboot or relaunch than sequel? Fair enough, that's how Hollywood works, and good or bad there was no way a property this valuable was going to take anything but the safest route.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 13:07 (eight years ago) link
I really only kinda want to see this early-ish because, yes, spoilers. Otherwise, I'm realizing that I'm about as excited to see it as I generally am about seeing movies directed by J.J. Abrams.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 13:19 (eight years ago) link
@ZeitchikLATOrder of cast prominence, in ascending order5) Driver4) Boyega3) BB-82) Ford1)Ridley#StarWars#TheForceAwakens5:58 AM - 15 Dec 2015
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 13:31 (eight years ago) link
absolutely zero reason to even write/print a review for a movie everyone's already decided to see/not see!
Counterpoint: a lot of people would be interested in seeing this provided it's not a TPM-level shitshow.
We've got a ticket for 7 on Thursday - pm so we miss the costumed lines, but early enough - I might remove bookmark for a bit.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 13:46 (eight years ago) link
http://io9.com/the-first-spoiler-free-impressions-of-the-force-awakens-1748095494
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
Can't trust ass-kissing/covering celebs, and certainly don't trust anyone saying this has Best Picture potential (whatever that really means), but between these and the aforementioned "eh, it's OK," at least its seems to be solid. So that's good.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
I'm just remembering that infamous first online review of TPM (on the Stereo Review site or something) where the guy absolutely panned it and it set the tone for everything that came after. So anything north of that is a positive sign.
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
Well, if Rob Liefeld and Josh Gad love it...
My expecations are still tempered, but it sounds more positive than not.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
if Elizabeth Banks loved it...
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
Love how the bar has been set so low that all it has to be is not bad to be considered a success.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Soto, you were just in Disney, right? Is there any Star Wars presence? Just last year I was really surprised by the conspicuous absence of Star Wars, Marvel and even Pixar, and a mad hustle to take advantage of Frozen (like a Frozen gift shop with fake snow on the floor). And yet there's Avatar-land construction ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
(I mean, there is the modest Star Wars experience ride or whatever, but for a franchise that all but invented promo toys and swag there wasn't much to even buy.)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
do you ppl want to start a post-opening thread? for informed shit talk?
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
Soto, you were just in Disney, right? Is there any Star Wars presence?
An understatement. I even saw goddamn R2 ear muffs.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
They're supposedly beefing up the Marvel presence and there's an entire Star Wars land in development. But I agree that it's strange how unprepared they sometimes are to ride a wave of their own creation (my own example: I was last in WDW the spring after Frozen became huge and there was pretty much ZERO merchandise for the movie).
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:21 (eight years ago) link
That was a huge problem for Frozen in general. They didn't really have much merch until the summer after it came out.
― how's life, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
oh Disney has compensated: a Frozen ride will replace Norway's Malestrom.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:24 (eight years ago) link
Frozen is getting its own ride in Epcot soon. Avatar-land is still a head-scratcher to me, but I guess it'd be pretty easy (if radical) to expand/rebrand Tomorrowland into Star Wars stuff (a la the recent expansion of Fantasyland).
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Jinx!