Star Wars 7 shit talk

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Boba Fett was a big deal in large part because they went out of their way to make him a big deal long before Empire was released.

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link

I've read somewhere about people who watch all of them in numerical order, and they say the original trilogy becomes gibberish as a result. So much of those films depend on the great great twists, so a lot of it becomes a slog when everything has been spelled out in advance.

Frederik B, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link

still have no idea who Boba Fett is

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, December 15, 2015 2:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

mascot of a chain of shrimp restaurants IIRC

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link

he was a legendary action figure because he got recalled (removably rocket was a safety hazard)

akm, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link

but enough about scott walker

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link

xpost Just like the Death Star (whose trash compactor was filled with razor-sharp shrapnel before they replaced it with a low-grade foam).

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link

that ellen video is amazing, carrie fisher is rad

Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:17 (eight years ago) link

xpost Just like the Death Star (whose trash compactor was filled with razor-sharp shrapnel before they replaced it with a low-grade foam).

― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, December 15, 2015 2:17 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

on that note, remember that weird creature in the trash compactor? the one that almost kills luke? how did that creature survive the compactor being, well, compacted every few hours?

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link

it was really skinny

Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link

Its biological composition was largely low-grade foam.

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link

boba fett helmet was one of the rejected prototypes/concepts for vader's helmet iirc

ogmor, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link

still have no idea who Boba Fett is

he's Fetty Wap's dad

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link

We called him Bubba Fat when we were kids.

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link

Boba Fett's "rep" during the original trilogy was totally established by stuff outside the film - he was the first action figure you could order via "mail away", for ex.

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:31 (eight years ago) link

The foam in the trash compactor was in the mini toy version iirc

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link

Boba Fett's "rep" during the original trilogy was totally established by stuff outside the film - he was the first action figure you could order via "mail away", for ex.

The very first Star Wars figures were "mail away"

Let's not forget that Boba Fett's spaceship is a big metal elephant head, too

glandular lansbury (sic), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:41 (eight years ago) link

Trying to remember what ultimately happened to Boba Fett in the EU and realizing that I'm way more excited about snagging my copies of Tales Of Mos Eisley/the Bounty Hunters/Jabba's Palace from my mom's house over Christmas than I am about seeing the new movie.

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link

it's actually a streetlight xp

μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link

EU?

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link

Get out.

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link

j/k. Expanded universe. Novels, etc.

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link

Let's not forget that Boba Fett's spaceship is a big metal elephant head, too

― glandular lansbury (sic),

and it was called SLAVE-1

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link

The very first Star Wars figures were "mail away"

the pedantry

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link

Do you expect any less itt

Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link

xxp

i kind of imagine BF listening to this in his spaceship on repeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzybwwf2HoQ

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link

I remember really liking Boba Fett's spaceship.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that the spaceships and other vehicles in those movies (AT-ATs, etc.) were the main thing that I liked about them.

silverfish, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link

the Millennium Falcon was quite well detailed. I used to recreate the fight on Jabba's Sail Barge on the roof of the Falcon.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link

This is comprehensive and incomprehensible: http://screenrant.com/star-wars-journey-force-awakens-guide/

schwantz, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link

I definitely spent a lot of time trying to recreate these spaceships with my legos. I think the only ones I managed to do reasonable well were Tie Fighters.

silverfish, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link

https://lightsaber.withgoogle.com/experience

μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link

so how big is Adam Driver's lightsaber?

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link

The more I think about it, the more I realize that the spaceships and other vehicles in those movies (AT-ATs, etc.) were the main thing that I liked about them.

the character and technology design of the original trilogy is nonpareil -- completely stunning -- i think people who dismiss these films think these things aren't important. but it all depends on how you look at it!

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link

the world-building of the og trilogy is still pretty mindblowing even now, it's so immersive

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link

the character and technology design of the original trilogy is nonpareil

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Nonpareils.jpg/500px-Nonpareils.jpg

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link

lol i was picturing that too

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link

One small bit in TESB I've always liked: after the Imperial troops have entered the Hoth bunker and Vader leads the way and the scene builds to the possibility of his and the gang's interacting but it doesn't come. It's the kind of small but essential storytelling touch that Kershner had that Lucas didn't.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link

xxxp tried four times, gave up.

Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link

i was intrigued by Kasdan saying he went off w/ Kershner to do his draft of the script. We forget that WGA credits and who wrote what don't often match up.

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link

I'm sure this was posted way up thread but just in case any ship geeks missed it

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1NEKrnWO--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/xe0yjmmjhdedgykt0a1j.jpg

http://imgur.com/gallery/Zt9Y4

(massive gallery of models from the OT)

Number None, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link


i was intrigued by Kasdan saying he went off w/ Kershner to do his draft of the script. We forget that WGA credits and who wrote what don't often match up.

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, December 15, 2015 3:34 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's a good rule of thumb to presume that, credit or no, a director had a lot to do w/ shaping a film's narrative. unless one has evidence to the contrary.

leigh brackett's credit is widely viewed as a courtesy. i haven't read her draft (which is out there) but most people suggest it doesn't have a ton to do w/ what eventually became 'empire'.

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link

The world building in Star Wars is definitely the main thing of it from the point of film history. For better or for worse. At some point 'amazingly build world' became 'hodgepodge of marketing posibilities'...

Frederik B, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:53 (eight years ago) link

heh, that point was in 1977 (or before)!

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:56 (eight years ago) link

i mean star wars was always about marketing! i don't think it's particularly cynical, either -- the marketing possibilities just dovetail with the world-building ambitions.

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link

Perhaps not, but the wave it began became plenty cynical...

Frederik B, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link

grownups say that now

i'll remember those toys fondly thank u v much

Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link

a director had a lot to do w/ shaping a film's narrative.

there are entire eras and settings of commercial filmmaking where this is not true

skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link

"grownups say that now

i'll remember those toys fondly thank u v much"

exactly. it's easy to get disgusted by the amount of tie in marketing these days, but these things made my life so much more livable in the late 70's. I can't even imagine life without my action figures when I was 7.

akm, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYyuo7gm-aQ

akm, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:13 (eight years ago) link


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