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[SPOILERS] Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Thread #2) - One Thumb Up
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Apparently the saber design dates back to Knights of the Old Republic days.
Biggest issue is he has a cracked crystal, and one crystal isn't enough to focus the power he had running into it.
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No one cares about those children, we didn't know who the hell they were.Anakin killed children, and yet he got redeemed in the end.
The ultimate test wasn't killing children, but killing your family. Blame Lucas lol
Bedameister
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So I finally saw it. I really liked it.
Who was that old guy at the beginning, was he important? I didn't really get it.
Also when Ren took of his mask. Are you serious. Oh god he's so awful.
Who was that old guy at the beginning, was he important? I didn't really get it.
Also when Ren took of his mask. Are you serious. Oh god he's so awful.
I mean, Padme literally died from a broken heart heart, and anakin is the one who did it. And Obi-Wan was his brother. Or do only blood relations count?
He played Lor San Tekka. Nobody knows much about him yet, other than he was part of the Church of the Force (which is explained a little more outside the movie)
In terms of Ren...well that's the point.
Ren Rocked.
And the old guy is just some resistance supporter, I don't think he's that important.
EDIT: What the person above said.
Saw this last night and while it was good overall there were a lot of bad scenes. Poe's 10+ kills in 30 seconds including shooting an individual storm trooper with his X wing was some was some B action movie crap. I thought both Leia and Luke's scenes ever were really weak. There also seemed to be to much fan service. Did they really need to include a bar scene? I liked all the 3 main new characters though and thought they made the movie good despite the other stuff.
WadiumArcadium
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Driver was great, He's not supposed to be Vader 2.0. He's intended to be vulnerable and conflicted. The mask is his way of hiding it.
He was pretty damn creepy too. In a good way. If there is such a thing.
excelsiorlef
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Anakin killed children, and yet he got redeemed in the end.
After 30 years and really the redemption came before
Chuckie
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She's cuter than Leia...so maybe even 5
tauroxd
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Warm Machine
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None of the other 6 movies have dialogue at the end. I was only disappointed that he used a helicopter shot which is the least Star Wars camera thing you can do.
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Fisher is just magic. Her being back in the spotlight is the gift that keeps on giving. She's a treasure.
Robot Pants
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This is the worst thing I've ever seen
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A friend of mine just said that he thinks The Phantom Menace had better story telling, dialogue, and finale than The Force Awakens.
... At least I thought he was a friend of mine. I mean sure, apparently The Phantom Menace can get people laid, but I cannot fathom his thoughts. I guess everyone has opinions but...
... It's The Phantom Menace D=
... At least I thought he was a friend of mine. I mean sure, apparently The Phantom Menace can get people laid, but I cannot fathom his thoughts. I guess everyone has opinions but...
... It's The Phantom Menace D=
at least he didn't say Attack of the Clones...
MistressMoitie
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I need a recap on what she's been up to since the premiere!
And this is how friendships end.
Ether_Snake
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I'm sure Rey falls to the dark side at the end of VIII but not in the expected way: no sith thing where she gives herself to some master. She kills Kylo and leaves Luke to go kill Snoke, if she doesn't outright kill Luke himself for holding her back. In the later case Luke would probably left himself be killed and come back as a force ghost to help Maz train Finn.
In IX Rey faces Snoke, but Snoke uses this opportunity to make her fall further (tells her he can bring her family back to life?). Finn shows up to stop Snoke and save Rey, but now Rey as become Snoke's protector and they fight. Finn saves her, they kill Snoke.
It's basically how in the OT Obi and Yoda said Leia was their last hope if Luke fell, but Luke didn't. Here Finn is the backup plan for Luke and Maz.
In IX Rey faces Snoke, but Snoke uses this opportunity to make her fall further (tells her he can bring her family back to life?). Finn shows up to stop Snoke and save Rey, but now Rey as become Snoke's protector and they fight. Finn saves her, they kill Snoke.
It's basically how in the OT Obi and Yoda said Leia was their last hope if Luke fell, but Luke didn't. Here Finn is the backup plan for Luke and Maz.
ElBoxyBrown
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That lightsaber was made to sell merchandise.
The Technomancer
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Its on par with Maz. However the problem is that you can still tell its CGI because we still haven't gotten skin 100% right yet. Both of them look just a little too glossy at times
Everything in Star Wars is made to sell merchandising ... even in TFA
The Technomancer
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Regardless of if this is true or not (it is) it also works very nicely thematically with his character
I see, I'll go watching it a 2nd times in few days
ElBoxyBrown
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Oh I know. I like the design of it.
ProudCanuck
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shouldnt he have a big scar on his face?
The funny thing is, the CG was supposed to look bad, as it was a projection, not the CG actually rendered there
excelsiorlef
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Which is hella sad. Thank god that's not what we got
excelsiorlef
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So basically a 3 movie set up so that the man can be the one to truly save the strong woman? No thanks.
ClosingADoor
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Complaining about CGI is a cool thing to do these days. It was perfectly fine here.
Lifejumper
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Nah hes done.
So, the flashback that Rey has...
1. Shot of long hallway collapsing. Jedi Temple? Luke?
2. Luke touching R2...map to his location?
3. Ren murdering a villager
4. Rey being dragged back by someone as a child while she watches a ship fly away...probably her parents (who dragged her back?...and likely raised her?...maybe the old guy at the start of the movie?)
5. Ren coming at her with a sword
We don't actually know who raised her. I hope we're not to assume that she just "raised herself" as a kid and grew up an orphan the entire time.
1. Shot of long hallway collapsing. Jedi Temple? Luke?
2. Luke touching R2...map to his location?
3. Ren murdering a villager
4. Rey being dragged back by someone as a child while she watches a ship fly away...probably her parents (who dragged her back?...and likely raised her?...maybe the old guy at the start of the movie?)
5. Ren coming at her with a sword
We don't actually know who raised her. I hope we're not to assume that she just "raised herself" as a kid and grew up an orphan the entire time.
I thought the junk vendor on Jakku raised her. Kinda like Anakin being a slave to Watto.
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Also Rey doesn't even have a strong motivation to be a jedi, let alone go fight Kylo and Snoke. Definitely something she will get in VIII, and her family is probably the most likely point that would give her one. Han having been killed isn't enough of one, right now she's just supposed to bring Luke back to the resistance.
Hmm, I didn't see that implication. I thought he was just a junk vendor with no connection to her.
CloudyTuba
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This is what I never realized I needed from episode 8. A bromance would really seal the deal on my love for these characters.
dragonyeuw
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I missed that one, but I've 'only' had one viewing thus far. I'm hoping to see again this weekend to catch all the little details...
Tell your friend he's breaking your heart.
Pretty sure this is the hallway from Cloud City in which Luke and Vader fought, in Empire.
Not sure about the touching R2, but it looks like Luke is facing a fire. Burning the bodies of those killed by the Knights of Ren after Kylo went dark?
If you look and listen closely, you can tell it's actually the hand/voice of the junk dealer handing out food portions toward the beginning of the film.
I didn't think so. I thought it looked a little off, and not in the way it was trying to sell. It was a little disengaging for me, as were the Rathtars. I think the problem isn't just that it's CGI, but that the post-production was very accelerated and compressed.
I guess what I'm saying is that I don't have a major problem with how the effects work in the scenes as they are now, but I also wouldn't mind if they continued post-production work and made improvements for the home video release.
Gnome Scat
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Oh god that saber, blech.
I mean I think he's gonna turn to light side by Ep. 9, but man is he gonna do some really bad stuff in the meantime.
Did you take off your 3D glasses during that scene?
I think her chemistry with Han Solo and the Star Destroyer attack were suppose to create that motivation, but you are not wrong
I liked the performance but the character is to much of a mary sue, she can do everything, she is literary to good at everything to a point you don't feel she is struggling.
This coming from a writing perspective, has nothing to do with gender.
Lol saw it in 2D
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