I remember almost nothing about any Abrams movie I've seen. Beastie Boys songs in the far future. That, I remember.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 13:52 (eight years ago) link
I feel like L'il Kirk listening to "Sabotage" four centuries from now was kinda the culmination of that Futurama joke where Leela refers to Sir Mix-A-Lot as "classical music."
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
tbh i dont even know if he was/is a star trek fan, but it all feels like someone with no real ideas of their own, but having faith that affection for the source material, good craft, and general care (cos thats what 80s movies had right) is enough. he makes me think of what (spielberg fan) dawson in dawsons creek would make if he got a job in hollywood. hes like someone who takes on board every idea offered on fan forums, for fear of offending those guys.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
The forgotten/forgettable Super 8 was the perfect encapsulation of everything good(ish) about Abrams and everything terrible, general competence and a sort of appealing reverence for the heyday of mainstream Spielberg kid sic-fi and a complete lack of the instincts and conviction needed to pull the nostalgia trip off.
I'm seeing this with my kids ASAP, because that is what it is there for.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 14:25 (eight years ago) link
The AV Club review makes it sound like exactly the movie I was expecting.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLAx3VDX7g
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
xpost I respect that review for keeping the plot clouded while still being pretty thorough about pros and cons. Don't think I need to read any more reviews, since they'll likely give away what few surprises this apparently holds.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
Man, is Fallon anything but him and celebrities goofing around?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Oh good, Fallon likes Star Wars.
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
Doesn't Fallon like literally everything?
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:07 (eight years ago) link
alcohol most of all, iirc
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
Best thing I've read about this movie: Candyass Fallon asking H Ford if he got sentimental playing Han again; the reply: "No, I got paid."
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
Is Candyass Fallon something real or just a morbsism?
In other news, my kid just got sent home from school throwing up, so we might not be going to opening night after all.
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
Most people only start throwing up after they've seen the new Star Wars movie. </morbs>
Sorry to hear about your kid. That's a sucky double whammy.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
the reply: "No, I got paid."
Rather Han Solo-like answer
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
but who shot first?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
My local critic
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
I'm only throwing up my old lunch. /kisses
I might actually see this in 2D at a bargain matinee while I'm on staycation, so there.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
it is the natural state of Fallon. the "Candyass" is generally implied.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
He's so "nice" he makes Leno look like Lewis Black.
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
He's so not funny, he makes Leno seem funny.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
he's such a corporate tool he makes Leno look like Bakunin
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
Leno was always a dickhead to guests, never seemed to care what they said
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
"liking cars" perhaps the lamest rich person attribute as well
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
The Force Awakens is effectively a remake of the first Star Wars, a smooth repurposing and reconfiguring of some very familiar beats rather than a whole new direction. This is what J.J. Abrams does: rather than coming up with his own material, he takes a sturdy foundation (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, the Amblin Films corpus) and, like Lord-Miller with a (mostly) straight face, reworks it a bit. He’s not the guy who designs the car, he’s the mechanic who tinkers with the engine for a little while and makes it run eight miles faster. This might not be such a big deal if more people were competent at delivering spatially coherent, reasonably exciting action franchise installments, but there aren’t, so I’m all for it: these trains are going to run anyway, so they might as well run on time. In a friend’s post-screening words, Abrams’ task was to “unfuck” the franchise, and he’s done precisely that.
http://filmmakermagazine.com/96689-a-spoiler-free-review-of-star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens-a-film-by-j-j-abrams/
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
like Lord-Miller with a (mostly) straight face,
abrams is never gonna make a movie as genuinely unhinged and delightful as cloudy with a chance of meatballs, c'mon
― hand of jehuty and the blowfish (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
Abrams’ task was to “unfuck” the franchise, and he’s done precisely that.
Put that on the poster.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
nice to see the general consensus on abrams is a fair one
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
Star Wars: Unfucked
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
A New Fuck
Darth Fucker
the marketing options alone stagger the mind
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Salacious F. Crumb
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
George Fucas
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
fuck skyfucker
― hand of jehuty and the blowfish (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
Jabba the Fuck
Speaking of, why 'the Hutt'? It's not 'Wicket the Ewok' or 'Han the Corellian' or 'Sarlacc the Pit'.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
seems indicative of racist attitudes towards the hutts imo
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
Foster the PeopleCage the ElephantJabba the Hutt
― Resting Bushface (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
iirc the hutts are both a species and a crime syndicate, so it's almost like a title
having every member of a species be a crime lord is kind of o_O but hey, it's star wars. they also have a planet/race that is 99% banking
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
It has kind of a gangster movie sound to it. Like 'The Turk' in Godfather.
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hutt_Clan
The Hutt Clan, also known as the Hutt Cartel and sometimes simply as the Hutts, was one of the most powerful crime families in the galaxy around the time of the Clone Wars. It was governed by the Grand Hutt Council, whose members were the heads of the five Hutt families which ruled over a number of systems, known as Hutt Space.
the uh, five families, huh
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
Ah, chicaboog noon-eeg, Corleone. Tah keeng sa leeng ah pak mugglah
― nomar, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
According to film historian Laurent Bouzereau, Jabba the Hutt's death in Return of the Jedi was suggested by script writer Lawrence Kasdan. Lucas decided Leia should strangle him with her slave chain. He was inspired by a scene from The Godfather (1972) where an obese character named Luca Brasi (Lenny Montana) is garroted by an assassin.[47]
― jmm, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
the five Hutt families which ruled over a number of systems, known as Hutt Space.
And here I thought Queen only made one album about adventures in space.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
A+
https://twitter.com/jakefogelnest/status/676285530946977796
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
Nice.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ff/ba/16/ffba16d8f2e2d5ed1626088d7a49796e.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
there's a Truman Capote Hutt in the Clone Wars show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIALpfq8p8
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
(George's idea)
i'm starting to feel a little bad for the prequels
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link