Escape Goat
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Abrams Trek movies were more star wars than star trek anyways.
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Abrams Trek movies were more star wars than star trek anyways.
I think it's time to lock this thread. Nothing of value will come from discussing how wrong you are.
None of that matches. What.
Monocle
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More like awesome and practical.
TheKaeptain
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Whatever the rails in the Death Star were made out of.
chicko1983
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that would explain why costs were spiraling out of control....
Was this edited in any way? weird that they would just match up like that.
In the KotOR games, there were swords called vibroblades that lightsabers couldn't cut.
Yeah I'm not getting it at all.
lol what the fuck are you going for here
Cortosis.
razzmahtazz
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Theres a bunch. Cortosis and Mandalorian Iron can withstand it. While pure cortosis can overload the saber and turn the blade off.
Hey... yeah... what was with that anyway?
I never thought of it until now, but yeah, I know the exact shot you're talking about. lol
They are both dumb because having a crossguard that can cut your own fingers off is a dumb idea. But then again Star Wars is full of dumb things that run on the Rule of Cool, the most important rule.
I'd listen to this guy. Not only is he a primary source, but he'd kill you otherwise.
It looks infinitely better. Nifty hilt design, too.
Who cares about practicality? Just look awesome.
I guess there's people in this one too, and I think there's spaceships in both. Yep, must be the same thing...
He is the first person we see.
as protagonists? you sure about that?
if you scroll down this list, you'll find that among major Hollywood blockbuster movies, those that have a black (or even non-white) protagonist, you can count on one hand, those who have a female heroine, you can count on maybe 2.
So putting a black person, a person of central/south American descent and a woman front and center in this teaser sure is great.
The Real Abed
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Episode II started my infatuation with Natalie Portman way back then.
ITT Star Wars nerds try to convince people that Natalie Portman is anything but gorgeous.
DiipuSurotu
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Ridley is gorgeous. You make it sound like she's below average or something.
Not just the face. Attack of the Clones is anything but memorable IMO, but I remember it had some pretty nice shots of Portman in that white spandex outfit...
Amentallica
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This is so stupid. I can't believe you wasted your time on this.
Then and Now
Terrible photoshop job of the same promo photo.
Looks are highly subjective, so it's a fool's errand to try and argue whether someone is gorgeous or *just* good looking.
Bro..
brandonh83
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No.
In a thread with a lot of weird things going on, this one stands out and makes little sense. Even if you were making that statement, wait until we see more of the film. This whole thing is early, and the comparisons aren't even there yet.
Most definitely, but her body is great regardless.
illmatic22
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Screw Y'all. Natalie Portman is very attractive.
NekoFever
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I bet it's shown at Star Wars Celebration in April. Then released to the public with Age of Ultron.
Rebels was shown for the first time at the last one.
Not as great as her acting chops. She's been consistently great since Leon.
nelsonroyale
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...nothing really piqued my interest in that.
Although this edit does absolutely nothing for your argument, I wouldn't be surprised if the style ends up being something in the ballpark of the most recent Star Trek films.
The thing is, at this point, the two franchises aren't all that different. Abrams has said as much that he's a far greater Star Wars fan than he is of Star Trek, and he consciously directed ST'09 as his wacky version of Star Wars, unknowing that he would eventually get the opportunity to direct the real thing a few years later. It's less Sci-Fi and more space opera. It's less methodical and intuitive problem solving and more fast paced action. It's dogfights and foot chases.
That's actually what makes Abrams kind of a boring choice for SW. He's, for all intents and purposes, pretty perfect for it, but we kind of already know what we're gonna get. Although it was really cool to see the Millennium Falcon being followed by a weighty, sweeping, clunky Abrams camera, it was also nothing anyone couldn't have imagined after seeing Star Trek.
It's a good choice, but a safe one that I don't think will offer too many surprises. And yes, it's probably ultimately damaging to the two properties because they'll probably end up being far more similar than they have in the past. It makes you wonder if had Abrams known he was going to be directing Star Wars down the line whether he'd take Star Trek in the direction he took it in or, hell, whether he'd direct Star Trek at all.
It'd be like if Nolan ultimately wanted to direct Batman, but was initially given the chance to direct Iron Man instead. He took his chances, and directed Iron Man as a relatively realistic, straight, serious affair to success. He then got the opportunity to direct Batman afterwards, and did it in the same way. Well now Batman isn't anywhere near as fresh or unique, and the two series are strangely similar when they never really needed to be. The two are far stronger as very tonally unique entities.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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No figure at all, kind of similar to Keira Knightley. Cute, but that's about it.
brandonh83
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I think she has a way better figure than Keira. Keira looks like a skeleton. Natalie is very thin and doesn't boast the largest assets, but I think she's filled out pretty nicely.
Time to leave this planet.
I wasn't arguing it, I was simply stating that I like that they look fairly normal to me, and I think that's unusual. Of course it's subjective.
shira
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Poodlestrike
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Oh, I was thinking about the hilt, like the bit you hold; not the guard. Thought there was something else about it I was missing
I'm not gonna derail this ish that bad. I could have a lengthy discussion about this, but lets focus on people being wrong about Star Wars.
am I the only one, who sees a lot of simularities in the way stuff is shot?
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