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Strat wrote:This one is great

With Rogue One, we’re able to return to the era of the original trilogy without pandering. It’s a story-first approach to franchise building that allows fans and creators alike to spend more time in an era they love without harping on cheesy callbacks while paying homage to what came before. Case in point: Though the former “Expanded Universe” slate was wiped clean at the start of the Disney era, Rogue One already features many subtle nods to the original theft of the Death Star plans in the beloved Dark Forces game series. What a time to be alive. –Cap Blackard

Let us now all praise the daring originality of a movie that manages to seperate itself from pandering OT trilogy nostalgia by bringing back the first Death Star, making Darth Vader your chief villian, including younger versions of secondary characters, recycling a story from a Star Wars video game, and craming frames full of storm troopers, At-Ats, and X-wings, all in the service of a story whose ultimate ending is a foregone conclusion.

Fair point by someone on collider talking about this film.

We've never seen actors of Mendelson and Whittakers calibre play major roles in a Star Wars film before.


No arguing with that.

None of which bothers me, of course.

dimejinky99 wrote:Fair point by someone on collider talking about this film.

We've never seen actors of Mendelson and Whittakers calibre play major roles in a Star Wars film before.


No arguing with that.

There are plenty of a-list actors in the prequels, and Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness were pretty serious deals, weren't they?

I was mostly excited about "what a great time to be alive"

So much star wars in my face and i love it.

Also Billy Dee Williams!

stip wrote:

Strat wrote:This one is great

With Rogue One, we’re able to return to the era of the original trilogy without pandering. It’s a story-first approach to franchise building that allows fans and creators alike to spend more time in an era they love without harping on cheesy callbacks while paying homage to what came before. Case in point: Though the former “Expanded Universe” slate was wiped clean at the start of the Disney era, Rogue One already features many subtle nods to the original theft of the Death Star plans in the beloved Dark Forces game series. What a time to be alive. –Cap Blackard

Let us now all praise the daring originality of a movie that manages to seperate itself from pandering OT trilogy nostalgia by bringing back the first Death Star, making Darth Vader your chief villian, including younger versions of secondary characters, recycling a story from a Star Wars video game, and craming frames full of storm troopers, At-Ats, and X-wings, all in the service of a story whose ultimate ending is a foregone conclusion.

LV is choking to death on this somewhere. Hopefully.

dimejinky99 wrote:Fair point by someone on collider talking about this film.

We've never seen actors of Mendelson and Whittakers calibre play major roles in a Star Wars film before.


No arguing with that.

stip wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Fair point by someone on collider talking about this film.

We've never seen actors of Mendelson and Whittakers calibre play major roles in a Star Wars film before.


No arguing with that.

There are plenty of a-list actors in the prequels, and Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness were pretty serious deals, weren't they?

Yeah but they were peripheral actors. Obi wan is a plot vehicle and not a huge one and Tarkin is almost throwaway

Strat wrote:I was mostly excited about "what a great time to be alive"

So much star wars in my face and i love it.

Me too.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Fair point by someone on collider talking about this film.

We've never seen actors of Mendelson and Whittakers calibre play major roles in a Star Wars film before.


No arguing with that.

They're both good actors but not in the deep thespian sense I don't think. Especially not Lawrence Fishburn.

dimejinky99 wrote:

stip wrote:

Strat wrote:This one is great

With Rogue One, we’re able to return to the era of the original trilogy without pandering. It’s a story-first approach to franchise building that allows fans and creators alike to spend more time in an era they love without harping on cheesy callbacks while paying homage to what came before. Case in point: Though the former “Expanded Universe” slate was wiped clean at the start of the Disney era, Rogue One already features many subtle nods to the original theft of the Death Star plans in the beloved Dark Forces game series. What a time to be alive. –Cap Blackard

Let us now all praise the daring originality of a movie that manages to seperate itself from pandering OT trilogy nostalgia by bringing back the first Death Star, making Darth Vader your chief villian, including younger versions of secondary characters, recycling a story from a Star Wars video game, and craming frames full of storm troopers, At-Ats, and X-wings, all in the service of a story whose ultimate ending is a foregone conclusion.

LV is choking to death on this somewhere. Hopefully.

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Fair point by someone on collider talking about this film.

We've never seen actors of Mendelson and Whittakers calibre play major roles in a Star Wars film before.


No arguing with that.

They're both good actors but not in the deep thespian sense I don't think. Especially not Lawrence Fishburn.

I hope that's intentional

Anyone ever see that West Wing episode about NASA having a secret military shuttle?

Spoiler: show

rumours abound that there were actually three different Death Stars under construction at once, all at different stages of completion and one blows up at the weapons test stage and this might be a feature of the story and also explain how the empire had another so quickly by Jedi

Aside from the clunky dialogue that trailer was pretty cool. Super excited to see Ben Mendelsohn in this!

The only reason you need to know that this film will suck without even seeing it.


It's a prequel to the original trilogy.

this is getting so weird

you're reckless! A loose cannon! Turn in your badge and your gun!

Looks like shit.

I'll be honest, now that I've watched it a few times I like it, but I'm not in love with it. And everything I care about that I'm really excited for is the shit that is already familiar to me. I don't think this was a great trailer in terms of really making me care about the story or getting me intrigued by new characters. I'm sure the girl will be fine but given the recent spate of tween lit movie adaptations she feels familiar. Not sold on Whittiker as the wise veteran. The Asian martial arts guy feels out of place. But I'm usually happy to see shit happen in the star wars universe. More X-wings, Walkers, Star Destroyers, people going into battle--this stuff will always get me excited.

I still like the idea of the story, and I'm sure it'll be good. But I think if we're honest this trailer is just as heavily dependent on the nostalgia beats as Force Awakens. I'm not excited for any of the new things I saw.

stip wrote:I'll be honest, now that I've watched it a few times I like it, but I'm not in love with it. And everything I care about that I'm really excited for is the shit that is already familiar to me. I don't think this was a great trailer in terms of really making me care about the story or getting me intrigued by new characters. I'm sure the girl will be fine but given the recent spate of tween lit movie adaptations she feels familiar. Not sold on Whittiker as the wise veteran. The Asian martial arts guy feels out of place. But I'm usually happy to see shit happen in the star wars universe. More X-wings, Walkers, Star Destroyers, people going into battle--this stuff will always get me excited.

I still like the idea of the story, and I'm sure it'll be good. But I think if we're honest this trailer is just as heavily dependent on the nostalgia beats as Force Awakens. I'm not excited for any of the new things I saw.

Same as.