Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

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So what did you think (DcT edition)?

Best of all the films
8
9%
Better than A New Hope, Empire, the prequels, But not Jedi
2
2%
Better than A New Hope, Jedi, the prequels, but not Empire
6
7%
Better than Empire, Jedi, the Prequels, but not A New Hope
2
2%
Better than A New Hope and the prequels, but not Empire or Jedi
2
2%
Better than Empire and the prequels, but not A New Hope or Jedi
1
1%
Better than Jedi and the prequels, but not a New Hope or Empire
23
26%
As good as Empire, Jedi, and A New Hope, and better than the prequels
15
17%
Better than the prequels, but not the originals
15
17%
As good as some of the prequels
7
8%
As good as all of the prequels
2
2%
Worse than the prequels
5
6%
 
Total votes: 88

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stip wrote:is strat counting down the days to the debut of the Slave Rey outfit?
She's too classy for that.

how do i marry this gal?
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Strat... she's mine.
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HardTI wrote:Strat... she's mine.
I called dibs on her pages ago
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I have forensic evidence that I made dibs a few weeks ago. I don't think I washed that rag yet.
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stip wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
stip wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:The prequels managed to highlight the things that were bad about the OT. Things people were willing to let go or overlook or maybe didn't even notice in the way the movies were plotted and written became ugly and obvious. People began to rewatch the OT through the lens of the PT. Those movies were so bad, they made the flaws in other movies obvious to those how had never seen or cared about them before.

pretty much. The power of those movies is really in what they awakened in people (no pun intended), as much if not more than their value as films. Though they're still on point in that regard, their legacy and impact transcends the filmmaking. And the prequels damaged the idea of star wars by showing that they are just movies, and could be bad movies, and made me reevaluate the OT as movies in a way I would not have done before.
We really could not be more diametrically opposed in the way we approach seemingly everything, stip.
what do you take issue with here?
We've touched on it earlier in this thread, but this whole notion of SW "transcending" being "just films" I find to be total nonsense. I hate that kind of thinking. It's the same kind of thought process that places classic films above any kind of reproach in the minds of many. SW, and all other films, are just that, and should be viewed, criticized, and discussed as just that. Everything else is distraction. Saying that the prequels being made you suddenly engage with the OT in a critical way only says something about you and nothing about the films themselves.

I hope this doesn't sound harsh or insulting, because I don't mean it to. Just being honest. As someone who values film and art culture, I think this kind of stuff is important.
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stip wrote:is strat counting down the days to the debut of the Slave Rey outfit?
Spoiler that shit!
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Simple Torture wrote:
stip wrote:is strat counting down the days to the debut of the Slave Rey outfit?
Spoiler that shit!
Fisher warns, a ton of people will probably have creepy fantasies about her, but she should not relinquish her power to say no to a “slave outfit,” referring to the iconic metal bikini she wore in Return of the Jedi.

“Listen! I am not a sex symbol, so that’s an opinion of someone. I don’t share that,” Fisher tells the star in the winding interview. ” You should fight for your outfit. Don’t be a slave like I was.”

“All right, I’ll fight,” Ridley says.

“You keep fighting against that slave outfit,” Fisher adds.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
stip wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
stip wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:The prequels managed to highlight the things that were bad about the OT. Things people were willing to let go or overlook or maybe didn't even notice in the way the movies were plotted and written became ugly and obvious. People began to rewatch the OT through the lens of the PT. Those movies were so bad, they made the flaws in other movies obvious to those how had never seen or cared about them before.

pretty much. The power of those movies is really in what they awakened in people (no pun intended), as much if not more than their value as films. Though they're still on point in that regard, their legacy and impact transcends the filmmaking. And the prequels damaged the idea of star wars by showing that they are just movies, and could be bad movies, and made me reevaluate the OT as movies in a way I would not have done before.
We really could not be more diametrically opposed in the way we approach seemingly everything, stip.
what do you take issue with here?
We've touched on it earlier in this thread, but this whole notion of SW "transcending" being "just films" I find to be total nonsense. I hate that kind of thinking. It's the same kind of thought process that places classic films above any kind of reproach in the minds of many. SW, and all other films, are just that, and should be viewed, criticized, and discussed as just that. Everything else is distraction. Saying that the prequels being made you suddenly engage with the OT in a critical way only says something about you and nothing about the films themselves.

I hope this doesn't sound harsh or insulting, because I don't mean it to. Just being honest. As someone who values film and art culture, I think this kind of stuff is important.
No one said or even implied (that I recall) it was about the films themselves, though. Of course it only says something about the person watching. Obviously, they are just films. That was never actually in contention.
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B wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
stip wrote:is strat counting down the days to the debut of the Slave Rey outfit?
Spoiler that shit!
Fisher warns, a ton of people will probably have creepy fantasies about her, but she should not relinquish her power to say no to a “slave outfit,” referring to the iconic metal bikini she wore in Return of the Jedi.

“Listen! I am not a sex symbol, so that’s an opinion of someone. I don’t share that,” Fisher tells the star in the winding interview. ” You should fight for your outfit. Don’t be a slave like I was.”

“All right, I’ll fight,” Ridley says.

“You keep fighting against that slave outfit,” Fisher adds.
I love Carrie Fisher so much. :luv:
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Kaius wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Kaius wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:THEY WERE ALWAYS FILMS
I am also slightly perplexed.
It's a metaphor guys. Christ.
Yes, but in the context of judging the quality of these films, especially after seeing other, lesser quality films in the series, what does it mean?
Good talk.
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Kaius wrote:
Kaius wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Kaius wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:THEY WERE ALWAYS FILMS
I am also slightly perplexed.
It's a metaphor guys. Christ.
Yes, but in the context of judging the quality of these films, especially after seeing other, lesser quality films in the series, what does it mean?
Good talk.
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I like what you guys have done with this thread. It's got a real nice blend of nerdiness and hostility.
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tommymtcom wrote:I like what you guys have done with this thread. It's got a real nice blend of nerdiness and hostility.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Kaius wrote:
Kaius wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Kaius wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:THEY WERE ALWAYS FILMS
I am also slightly perplexed.
It's a metaphor guys. Christ.
Yes, but in the context of judging the quality of these films, especially after seeing other, lesser quality films in the series, what does it mean?
Good talk.
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Good day, sir.
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I love Carrie Fisher because she is so blunt and crazy.
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She was good in The Burbs
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I would do so much cocaine with Carrie Fisher.
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