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
It's a world of BothansA world of Siths
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
no thanks! just not my thing, you guys can have it and i will continue to joke about it
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
a few thousand diverse ewoks singing ewoks songs sounds possibly worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKvdrqFSwhQ
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Speaking of Ewoks singing, any mention of a musical number in this new movie?
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
― μpright mammal (mh),
thank you for introducing me to tonight's nightmare
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
I hear Chewie has a dance number called the Wookiewaken
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:23 (eight years ago) link
i figure this new movie can't be too bad if you keep expectations low. i just re-watched the "original trilogy' for the first time in > 25 years so my expectations are suitably diminished. (that isn't a dig. i like the first one especially. but they are certainly not deathless masterpieces. the production design and effects are consistently stunning, though. i want to visit bespin.)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
10 minutes of Yub Nub wouldn't be so bad.
― jmm, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ebjptd6Kgo
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
i don't think 'empire' is the best film (depends on by what standard you're judging of course) but it certainly is the handsomest. the filmmaking isn't too flashy but the compositions are consistently more graphically engaging than in the other two films. (that said there are a few moments of interesting depth staging/rack focus in the first one that show some of things lucas is good at--other than world-building, of course.)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
Lin-Manuel Miranda on His Star Wars Cantina Song www.vulture.com/2015/.../lin-manuel-miranda-star-wars-cantina-song.ht...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Talks 'Joyous' 'Star Wars' Cantina Musicwww.rollingstone.com/.../lin-manuel-miranda-talks-joyous-...
Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote Some Star Wars Musicwww.slashfilm.com/lin-manuel-miranda-star-wars/
How Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda Wound up Writing a ...www.vanityfair.com/.../star-wars-hamilton-lin-manuel-mirand...
JJ Abrams wrote new Star Wars cantina music with Hamilton ...www.theverge.com/.../star-wars-force-awakens-cantina-music-...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Explains How He Ended Up Working ...www.billboard.com/.../lin-manuel-miranda-jj-abrams-star-wars-...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Contributing Music to 'Star Wars' - The ...artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/.../lin-manuel-miranda-contributing-music-to...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote Music for 'Star Wars: The Force ...variety.com/.../lin-manuel-miranda-star-wars-cantina-120165099...
Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote Star Wars Music with ...www.broadway.com › Broadway Buzz › News
― glandular lansbury (sic), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Thread delivers.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ROyNyRukQ
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
I just remembered that there's a Star Wars character who's actually named Droopy McCool.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:42 (eight years ago) link
looking forward to dling this as soon as it leaks.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
The screening was an hour ago. I missed it b/c work and food poisoning (I didn't want to underestimate the dark side of the Force).
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
My jam when I was 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOp04pxm7ro
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
I'm excited to see these guys. Hopefully they get to kick some stuff.
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/12/13/star-wars-the-force-awakens-iko-uwais-and-yayan-ruhians-roles-revealed
― jmm, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
Huh, wtf are they dressed as cowboys? Disco might not have sucked, but it was still pretty weird.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:48 (eight years ago) link
xpost Oh man, costume changes! And it gets weirder!
Sometimes I think Lucas is actually history's greatest and most successful troll, giving background characters "names" that are never spoken onscreen or used anywhere than on toy packaging or Wookieepedia, just to see how people will react.
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
he sure played a long con. 30+ years of "Star Wars is all written out, it's 12 movies long!" while just making stuff all along paid off mightily in the end.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
I was surprised not to hear that Meco track in the movie, since it was on the radio constantly when the film finally came to my town late in the year. (Also remember being puzzled at my realization, 20 minutes in, of the absence of any opening credits.)
― kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
Droopy McCool.
the best character name is still Salacious B. Crumb!
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
also, further evidence that either lucas is some kind idiot-savant or is a magnificent troll:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jizz
― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
Wait, Salacious has a middle initial? How has that escaped my notice?
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
I wish I could've gotten a job recommending character names to Lucas. Sludge Fartpants. Smirk Hamhands. Fidget O'Dicksplitter.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
or at least a job with MAD Magazine
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link