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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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
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stip wrote:I was half expecting Ren to get killed here, so I was pleased to see him make it
Like I said at first I thought she cut his head off!
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Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
Because it's lazy and unimaginative and safe and boring. And also it's so blatant that it's funny. Easy to make fun of.
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Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
Could end in a conversion rather than a death.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
Because it's lazy and unimaginative and safe and boring. And also it's so blatant that it's funny. Easy to make fun of.
Its like making fun of a song with a 1/4/5 chord progression before hearing it because it is so "obvious"
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AND YOU FUCKING RATED RIDICULOUS 6 IN YOUR TOP 5 MOVIES OF THE YEAR
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
Because it's lazy and unimaginative and safe and boring. And also it's so blatant that it's funny. Easy to make fun of.

And a car that turns into a robot that can talk is better somehow
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I fear that this movie will bring on the self destruction of LV.
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Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
Because it's lazy and unimaginative and safe and boring. And also it's so blatant that it's funny. Easy to make fun of.
Its like making fun of a song with a 1/4/5 chord progression before hearing it because it is so "obvious"
There's archetype and then there's laziness. They're not interchangeable.
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I fear that this movie will bring on the self destruction of LV.
Nah, it's not interesting enough.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Don't worry, Ren won't die until the end of 9. And it will be at Rey's hands.
Of course. Is that a bad thing? Why does that bother you?
Because it's lazy and unimaginative and safe and boring. And also it's so blatant that it's funny. Easy to make fun of.

And a car that turns into a robot that can talk is better somehow
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Here's a thought.

We don't know that Luke hasn't gone renegade.
Maybe the reason he left was called s he felt the dark side calling him and he abandons Rey and his friends cos he feels it growing
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I mean we see him at the end but he doesn't welcome or embrace her. He seems hesitant to accept the blade
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I fear that this movie will bring on the self destruction of LV.
What a cliche.
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dimejinky99 wrote:Here's a thought.

We don't know that Luke hasn't gone renegade.
Maybe the reason he left was called s he felt the dark side calling him and he abandons Rey and his friends cos he feels it growing
Nah, that would be too risky. He is going to be Yoda.
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dimejinky99 wrote:I mean we see him at the end but he doesn't welcome or embrace her. He seems hesitant to accept the blade
I dont think it should be dissected too much. I think it was just a wonderful "come back next time to see what happens" scene. Luke, being one of the greatest jedi's ever, probably knows exactly what is going on and why she is there. She is obviously the daughter of Solo and im sure he feels it.
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I trust empire so this is automatically a great read
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/feat ... ull-story/
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That final "stare" really does feel lik it goes on for five minutes, though.
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One of the theories is that Rey and Ren are brother and sister and Ren hides her on jakku cos he knows the supreme leader is going to ask him to kill his family to prove his commitment to the dark side.

I don't buy that. She's Lukes daughter and she's hidden to protect her
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dimejinky99 wrote:One of the theories is that Rey and Ren are brother and sister and Ren hides her on jakku cos he knows the supreme leader is going to ask him to kill his family to prove his commitment to the dark side.

I don't buy that. She's Lukes daughter and she's hidden to protect her
I dont think Luke was banging anybody though. Also:

Abrams: If they were still making X-Wings, If they were still making TIE Fighters, If they were still making Stormtroopers, what would they do? how would they evolve? There were endless conversations about these things. There have been hundreds if not thousands of movies where the design has been influenced by Star Wars and yet could not be Star Wars. They couldn’t do something as badass as a TIE Fighter, couldn’t do something as undeniable as a Stormtrooper, because you couldn’t rip off Star Wars. But when you are doing something that takes place within that world, to not incorporate those things felt borderline criminal.


I love that. I agree and that is what Stip is saying too.
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