To all Star Wars fans

[IHateMyJob2004]

Face it. You want that sense of amazement from when you first saw star wars. I'm 40 and when episodes 4,5,6 were on TV ... it was like an event for me.

What we really want is amazement. The only way to ge that is through a new story you have never seen that has an amazing story arc. I invite you all to watch Nightwatch and Daywatch. Some of the best, most original sci fi I have seen in the past 10 years. It's foreign. it's subtitled. It's epic. The best part is the thing I can't tell you about. You have to see both of them in order. It's 3 hours and if you get it, the pay off is epic.

Now do it and get some giddy feelings in your belly.

Or atleast suggest some sci fi that we should see that actually does something different. Something not of the typical Hollywood formula.

My prediction. They will make star wars a 140 minute movie. And 100 minutes in you will be sick of all the fancy special effects. The insurmountable odds against the protagonist 3/4 of the way in. And the epic conclusion where the protagonist wins. Ya, same crap, different skin.

EDIT: No shock there. I didn't even know. Yup, it clocks in at 136 minutes. Trust me, you'll be praying for it to end about a half hour before it actually ends.

 

[ImpulsE69]

No. I just want Carrie Fischer nude, now not then.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Hahahaha. If this is well received, Star Wars will be nothing more than a well reskinned reboot that is akin to Star Trek.

I bet when Star Wars is out there will be atleast one video that goes throguh both movies and shows how all the conflict, climax, insurmountable odds and all hat crap occur in the same order.

On that note, please let The Hateful Eight be epic!!!!

 

[Newbian]

As I said in the other post you have to wait for Wednesday for reviews because of the restrictions.

 

[highland145]

I'm 40

Loser. Wrong decade.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Loser. Wrong decade.

Ya and epsidoes 4,5,6 were all in front of me when I was 10. My formative years.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

 

[highland145]

Ya and epsidoes 4,5,6 were all in front of me when I was 10. My formative years.

My 1st were in my "grope and get slapped" years....or not. There was this girl...:sneaky: Good times, my friend, good times.

 

[DesiPower]

They all suck, question is how hard will this one suck...

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

And I will add. I hope I am wrong.

But what I expect:
1) either great reviews (90% on RT) or crappy reviews (30% on RT). Probably not in between.
2) A story I have seen told all to many times in the same way in the same order.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

My 1st were in my "grope and get slapped" years....or not. There was this girl...:sneaky: Good times, my friend, good times.

Took a girl to see Star Wars? Did she shave her pits?

 

[Newbian]

Took a girl to see Star Wars? Did she shave her pits?

Her wookie costume needed the extra hair.

 

[Jeff7]

Face it. You want that sense of amazement from when you first saw star wars. I'm 40 and when episodes 4,5,6 were on TV ... it was like an event for me.

What we really want is amazement. The only way to ge that is through a new story you have never seen that has an amazing story arc. I invite you all to watch Nightwatch and Daywatch. Some of the best, most original sci fi I have seen in the past 10 years. It's foreign. it's subtitled. It's epic. The best part is the thing I can't tell you about. You have to see both of them in order. It's 3 hours and if you get it, the pay off is epic.

Now do it and get some giddy feelings in your belly.

Or atleast suggest some sci fi that we should see that actually does something different. Something not of the typical Hollywood formula.

My prediction. They will make star wars a 140 minute movie. And 100 minutes in you will be sick of all the fancy special effects. The insurmountable odds against the protagonist 3/4 of the way in. And the epic conclusion where the protagonist wins. Ya, same crap, different skin.

EDIT: No shock there. I didn't even know. Yup, it clocks in at 136 minutes. Trust me, you'll be praying for it to end about a half hour before it actually ends.

No big surprise: Humans have been telling each other the same stories over and over and over for thousands of years. They just keep getting reskinned to keep pace with popular culture.

 

[shortylickens]

I'm 36 and I never saw any in the theaters. And Phantom Menace killed the wide-eyed little boy inside me.

 

[Newbian]

I'm 36 and I never saw any in the theaters. And Phantom Menace killed the wide-eyed little boy inside me.

 

[bbhaag]

And I will add. I hope I am wrong.

But what I expect:
1) either great reviews (90% on RT) or crappy reviews (30% on RT). Probably not in between.
2) A story I have seen told all to many times in the same way in the same order.

Your first point is a joke....right? Your second point is about typical for any movie released in last 30 years....

 

[Bubbleawsome]

I'm hyped up, because even if the movie sucks the people there will make it awesome. It's a huge GLOBAL experience already. It's amazing to see people come together over something like a movie.

I saw ~50 people that must've been pros at a hockey game friday. All dressed up, we had a Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Leia, stormtroopers, speeder troopers, snow troopers, snipers, royal guards, Boba Fett, a TIE pilot, and many more. It was incredible to see.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

No big surprise: Humans have been telling each other the same stories over and over and over for thousands of years. They just keep getting reskinned to keep pace with popular culture.

Then again, sometimes people makes films like Pulp Fiction. Non traditional path to story telling.

 

[Jeff7]

Then again, sometimes people makes films like Pulp Fiction. Non traditional path to story telling.

Mental illness in the arts is also nothing new. :awe:

 

[Captante]

I couldn't care less about all the haters. Hate Star Wars? Stay home.

I can't wait to see it & I'm pretty sure it will be at least very good if not truly epic.

 

[ViRGE]

I bet when Star Wars is out there will be atleast one video that goes throguh both movies and shows how all the conflict, climax, insurmountable odds and all hat crap occur in the same order.

The hero's journey isn't a very flexible path from a story telling perspective. That said, if the movie culminates in the hero flying an X-wing destroying a planet-killer weapon, then you have good reason to be annoyed.

 

[zerocool84]

All I care is that no one spoils the movie so plainly. Some websites, and of course forums like this one, I hope people care to not spoil it for us that aren't going to see it at midnight.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

All I care is that no one spoils the movie so plainly. Some websites, and of course forums like this one, I hope people care to not spoil it for us that aren't going to see it at midnight.

I'm avoiding any info on the movie. I have to say that I am pretty clueless about it right now. Which is great. Here's to hoping for good reviews.

Spoiler free reviews:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/201...rst-reactions-suggest-overwhelming-experience

It actually sounds positive. The review embargo is lifted on Wednesday.

 

[gorcorps]

I don't want to read subtitles when I'm watching a movie. I'd rather just read a book if that's what I have to deal with.

 

[ImpulsE69]

For me it sucked. I can't believe they killed off Han in the first 5 minutes.