(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!
Yeah, I know about the Maelstrom travesty. One of my favorite rides...
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
In related news, Spielberg went as himself to the premiere, and Kate Capshaw went as Steampunk Annie Hall. A bold cosplay choice!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/15/06/2F63040700000578-0-image-a-35_1450162566275.jpg
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
Motherfuckers. I made my parents take me on that like five times in a row. First 20000 leagues, now this.
Ok I googled and 20,000 leagues was apparently closed over 20 years ago but still.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:42 (eight years ago) link
replacing all these old rides and somehow the It's a Small World travesty still exists
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
"it can't be that bad," i thought. "it'll be funny to mock, this ridiculous ride"
think i made it about thirty seconds before hoping for swift death
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
Just looked at this and surprised at how few of them are anywhere near new rides:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-the-rides-at-disney-world#.kbGa6eVMO
Anyway, enough with the derail I guess.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
It's A Small World gets a "thrill factor" of 2.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
the It's a Small World travesty still exists
you're dead to me, It's a Small World is awesome
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
possibly the best designed ride in the park
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
(I'm talking about the Disneyland version, idk anything about Disneyworld)
Yeah, I dig me some Mary Blair.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
Small World is great, fuckups all the haterz. Does every ride need to be a thrill ride?
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Fuckups? Weird phone....
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
to me, it's a thousand creepy dolls singing a really sing-songy tale of friendship that really grates after the first couple times you've heard it. and you float past them all in the dark, as they look on with dead eyes.
I liked Mr. Toad's Wild Ride which was boring as heck, ride-wise
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
it is not dark
maybe you would prefer a thousand creepy yodas and storm troopers
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link