August 12, 20169 yr I quite like what we've seen so far. That Disney drafted Tony Gilroy to oversee what sounds like a pretty considerable amount of re-shoots is worrying though. I'd rather Rogue One not go the way of Suicide Squad or Fantastic Four.
August 12, 20169 yr Looks boring. WW is vastly superior. P.S. Don't compare the awesomesauce of SS to that crap piece of FF, *puke* Edited August 12, 20169 yr by Volourn DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
August 12, 20169 yr Well, what I'm really comparing is behind-the-scenes studio meddling, which - regardless of how you feel about the movie personally - Suicide Squad was certainly a victim of.
August 12, 20169 yr Has studio meddling ever turned a bad film into a good one? Realistically, TV- or games, if they ever release non movie tie ins again- is where Star Wars would get genre shift and new approaches. SW movies are meant to do billion dollar box offices and shift hundreds of millions in merchandise, not challenge the viewer or give them anything other than exactly what they expected. TFA was perhaps the best example there could be, cobbled together from all the good bits of the previous movies rather than bringing the slightest bit of originality or risk. I enjoyed TFA well enough but it was utterly, utterly generic, formulaic and unchallenging and expecting anything else from a SW movie is not realistic.
August 12, 20169 yr Looks way better than Farce Unleashed. Didn't you post that before? I'm getting a strange sense of deja vu... Also I thought The Force Awakens was good even if it lacked Darth JarJar (the one true stealth Lord of the Sith). "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
August 13, 20169 yr Have I skipped untold retellings or did I miss the critics retreat where they describe a female Jedi scavenger scum and a traitorous Stormtrooper's crisis of conscience as being utterly generic and formulaic? Not arguing, I'm just getting on in years and don't understand. All Stop. On Screen.
August 13, 20169 yr I have no idea whether reviewers/ professional critics said it was generic and formulaic, that's just how I found it. I'm not actually sure whether I've read a single review of TFA, since I saw it late and actively avoided spoilers. I certainly don't count things like having a female protojedi or black stormtrooper protagonist as being original though, I just don't care about such things. I could probably compose a list of what I thought was generic about it if wanted, but I'd really want to have seen it twice before doing so which I haven't done. In any case I did like it well enough; I watched it for big explosions and cool fights, not for originality.
August 13, 20169 yr To be honest I've not seen anything to dislike about Rogue One so far. Every trailer seems to up the ante and I'm very much looking forward to a grittier tone than Force Awakens
August 13, 20169 yr Is it Star Wars? Yes. No Skywalkers? Yes. OK, count me in. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
August 13, 20169 yr What is gritty about this? The lead's smartassness? Need to have a movie where the goood guys get cut to pieces severely. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
August 13, 20169 yr What is gritty about this? The lead's smartassness? Need to have a movie where the goood guys get cut to pieces severely. Maybe that was why Empire was the best movie. for once the bad guy was actually dangerous. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
August 13, 20169 yr What is gritty about this? The lead's smartassness? Need to have a movie where the goood guys get cut to pieces severely. I would guess that the good guys will die at the end, it's supposed to be a suicide mission. Of course, they will probably find some way to make it a hollywood ending.
August 13, 20169 yr What is gritty about this? The lead's smartassness? Need to have a movie where the goood guys get cut to pieces severely. I would guess that the good guys will die at the end, it's supposed to be a suicide mission. Of course, they will probably find some way to make it a hollywood ending. "Many bothans died to bring us this information" Of course, they will probably find some way to make it a hollywood ending. Oh you mean ruin it? No doubt! Edited August 13, 20169 yr by Guard Dog "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
August 13, 20169 yr "Many bothans died to bring us this information" That was for the second Death Star. This is the first. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
August 13, 20169 yr What is gritty about this? The lead's smartassness? Need to have a movie where the goood guys get cut to pieces severely. I would guess that the good guys will die at the end, it's supposed to be a suicide mission. Of course, they will probably find some way to make it a hollywood ending. So...the black guy dies at the end. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
August 13, 20169 yr "Many bothans died to bring us this information" That was for the second Death Star. This is the first. Gotcha. That is why I like Empire the best. It was the only Star Wars movie... ever... that didn't involve destroying a "super weapon". You'd think the empire would have learned. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
August 13, 20169 yr What is gritty about this? The lead's smartassness? Point taken. I just meant this movie seems to have less of the cartoon adventure vibe that infested the prequels (also Force Awakens to a certain degree) and more of the dirt and dust that we saw in the original trilogy.
August 13, 20169 yr Remains to be seen whether they have the guts to have everyone, including stronk independant wymyn, die? The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
August 13, 20169 yr Sad beep. Kenny Baker has joined with the Force. Or gone to Droid heaven. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
August 13, 20169 yr Sad beep. Kenny Baker has joined with the Force. Or gone to Droid heaven. *Plaintive Beep* Still, he lived a hella long time for a little guy. Godspeed R2!
August 13, 20169 yr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CehVgQ43pn0 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
August 13, 20169 yr OK. That was good. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
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