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[WyndhamPrice]

Has anyone mentioned the runtime? Fandango is showing 2hrs 16min. Longer than I thought after Kasdan's comments that the film would be shorter than most modern blockbusters .

That's about as long as Return of the Jedi.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Has anyone mentioned the runtime? Fandango is showing 2hrs 16min. Longer than I thought after Kasdan's comments that the film would be shorter than most modern blockbusters .

2 hours and 16 minutes is the only runtime I've seen. The cinema I've booked with in the UK hasn't even put up a runtime yet.

 

[ChoklitReign]

I had a dream last night where I caught a ~20-minute preview and my worst fears came true. Half of the time wasn't even "Star Wars'-like, it was just scenes on a future Earth with Daisy and her autistic friend. One scene was extremely awkward and featured electro-house music. The only Star Wars scene I remember was Darth Vader destroying a galaxy remotely (with a Detroit techno score) and I couldn't hear a word he was saying. I thought the tone was like a cross between Marvel movies and Family Guy. I guess I found the bottom-most tier the movie could fall at.

 

[Gorillaz]

Someone mentioned this in a vid but they had a point. Alot of shots just in the trailer alone felt like they were done without the same eye as George Lucas. Like the pat on the shoulder to Finn scene. I think in that respect, im actually pretty glad we are seeing a more modern take on this series in terms of direction

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Tried to think of similar sci-fi adventure blockbusters that were 136 minutes:

well, 2 out of 3 aint bad

Someone mentioned this in a vid but they had a point. Alot of shots just in the trailer alone felt like they were done without the same eye as George Lucas. Like the pat on the shoulder to Finn scene. Im actually pretty glad we seeing a more modern take on this series in terms of direction

That's totally a JJ Abrams shot, but I'm all for it. Its a very smooth hand-off from one to another, a show of respect and acceptance through silent body language and camera movement. I love the idea of getting a different visual aesthetic in Star Wars, and I think because of Abrams revence for the series, he might tone down of his more irritable tics like pointless canted/titled angles and overuse of lens flare in standard talking sequences. All the strengths, none of the weaknesses.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Abrams may traffic in basic Spielberg karaoke, but if that's as close as we get to Spielberg actually doing one of these, I'll take it. I just hope Abrams is in tune. It looks like he is.

 

[BFIB]

The part that stands out to me the most in even watching just the trailers, not the full movie, is how Lucas always had his characters moving right to left, back and forth front shots when characters would talk.

Here, everything is so much more dynamic. My favorite shot of the new trailer is Poe walking by Finn and giving him that reassuring pat on the shoulder.

 

[Nodnol]

The part that stands out to me the most in even watching just the trailers, not the full movie, is how Lucas always had his characters moving right to left, back and forth front shots when characters would talk.

Here, everything is so much more dynamic. My favorite shot of the new trailer is Poe walking by Finn and giving him that reassuring pat on the shoulder.

I always remember the part of the Plinkett reviews highlighting how many times two characters walk and talk along a corridor of some kind.

I'll take Abram's style over Lucas' any day of the week, though maybe with less lens flare. I know that's a running joke, that Star Wars shouldn't be as bright and shiny as Star Trek.

 

[PdotMichael]

The problem with the PT Jedi is that they go from 'I can only protect you, I can't fight a war for you' to an army of spec-op commandos in a war that they really have no business in. The Clone Wars series is terrible in this regard, it was a cash grab that totally destroyed what Jedi were portrayed as in the OT. They were once a spiritual warrior-monk society that were 'guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy', and between the prequels and Clone Wars they turned into a militaristic order of disposable superheroes whose heads were stuck up so high their own asses that they couldn't see the forest for the trees.

The PT really destroyed everything good about Star Wars..

They were etablished as undemocratic instance within the republic in the prequels. What kind of bullshit is that?

 

[hooijdonk17]

Someone mentioned this in a vid but they had a point. Alot of shots just in the trailer alone felt like they were done without the same eye as George Lucas. Like the pat on the shoulder to Finn scene. I think in that respect, im actually pretty glad we are seeing a more modern take on this series in terms of direction

That pat was a homage to Luke reuniting with Biggs on Yavin IV. Now Finn reunites with Poe. The movie is full of repetitions that I'm not sure I agree with. They may have done the same movie while trying to capture the same feel.

 

[Cindres]

I'm sure it's been posted, but holy fuck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7_qW4pPrc

"The Binks Awakens".
Absolute hysterics.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

That pat was a homage to Luke reuniting with Biggs on Yavin IV. Now Finn reunites with Poe. The movie is full of repetitions that I'm not sure I agree with. They may have done the same movie while trying to capture the same feel.

Can you please link to the advanced footage you seem to have seen on which you can further explain this thesis?

 

[raphier]

Can you please link to the advanced footage you seem to have seen on which you can further explain this thesis?

he probably means this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kgl9gmtvZo

 

[DrGonzo615]

I'm sure it's been posted, but holy fuck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7_qW4pPrc

"The Binks Awakens".
Absolute hysterics.

lol, thats pretty good

 

[GAMEPROFF]

he probably means this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kgl9gmtvZo

I want to see the longer scene in The Force Awakens that makes him so sure that the movie will be a rehash of the OT.

Sorry, thats just a so illogic jump to conclusion. I would bet money that Poe and Finn never meet before Finn, Daisy and Han arrive at Starkiller base.

 

[hooijdonk17]

Can you please link to the advanced footage you seem to have seen on which you can further explain this thesis?

Not sure what you mean..

Spoiler

Desert planet
Backwater teen with something the Empire wants on the run
Han Solo and Falcon
Arrive at a site full of Imperials on special quest
Ground fighting
Spaceship combat
Flight to a forest planet
Meet buddy in hangar
Spaceship combat against superweapon
Even another Trench

I mean...

 

[Einchy]

This would have been awesome if for no other reason than Obi-wan and Anikan's relationship would already have been established.

I think the setup that they went with should have been way more than enough time to really build that relationship since they had 3 movies. As we know, though, they weren't able to properly do that.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I laughed loudly at citing "Ground fighting", "Spaceship combat", and "humans greeting each other in a hangar".

Might as well put "lightsaber duels" "spaceships" "robots" and "aliens with laser weapons", too.

spoiler alert: the new Star Wars movie will have many elements present in other Star Wars movies

 

[hooijdonk17]

I want to see the longer scene in The Force Awakens that makes him so sure that the movie will be a rehash of the OT.

Sorry, thats just a so illogic jump to conclusion. I would bet money that Poe and Finn never meet before Finn, Daisy and Han arrive at Starkiller base.

How can Finn have Poes jacket all movie long then?

 

[Lord Thrappleper The 49th]

Came into thread first time. See this;

This is actually a big reason why I'm glad I read the leaked synopsis/summary of the movie. Now I know pretty much the entire shape of the movie

abandon thread.gif

 

[hooijdonk17]

I laughed loudly at citing "Ground fighting", "Spaceship combat", and "humans greeting each other in a hangar".

Might as well put "lightsaber duels" "spaceships" "robots" and "aliens with laser weapons", too.

spoiler alert: the new Star Wars movie will have many elements present in other Star Wars movies

Its uncomfortable to me that the whole thing is in the exact same order plotwise. Whatever.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Not sure what you mean..

Spoiler

Desert planet
Backwater teen with something the Empire wants on the run
Han Solo and Falcon
Arrive at a site full of Imperials on special quest
Ground fighting
Spaceship combat
Flight to a forest planet
Meet buddy in hangar
Spaceship combat against superweapon
Even another Trench

I mean...

Wow, Space Combat and ground fighting. Are you serious, this are you arguments? Lol

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Its uncomfortable to me that the whole thing is in the exact same order plotwise. Whatever.

Do you know that it is, or does it just seem to you that it's the case?

I mean, it's four minutes of footage we're looking at in total.

 

[More_Badass]

Its uncomfortable to me that the whole thing is in the exact same order plotwise. Whatever.

You don't know that

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Its uncomfortable to me that the whole thing is in the exact same order plotwise. Whatever.

Wait and watch the fucking movie before you jump to conclusions. Or post the link to the torrent or whatever thing to did to watch the movie 2 fucking months before it played in cinemas. Because otherwise you make your pretty cool synopsis with incredible surprising elemts like "The Empire (which is not even the empire, its the fucking first order, man!)" is there and stuff like "people greeting" and "Space combats in a star wars movie" up for fucks sake.

The superweapon is not even that what you think it is, my god.

 

[bill0527]

Not sure what you mean..

Spoiler

Desert planet
Backwater teen with something the Empire wants on the run
Han Solo and Falcon
Arrive at a site full of Imperials on special quest
Ground fighting
Spaceship combat
Flight to a forest planet
Meet buddy in hangar
Spaceship combat against superweapon
Even another Trench

I mean...

Sounds like a Star Wars movie to me.

Even if it's a rehash, it'll still be better than the last three movies.

Haven't half of you people been wanting a remake of the original anyway????

 

[ViewtifulJC]

there's even a forest in this movie, which was an environment that were in other movies

 

[GAMEPROFF]

there's even a forest in this movie, which was an environment that were in other movies

Oh shit. Star Wars out of ideas confirmed. I mean, there are also even people showing up.
People even showed up in Phantom Menace.
TFA to be Phantom Menace remake confirmed

 

[Einchy]

Its uncomfortable to me that the whole thing is in the exact same order plotwise. Whatever.

Come on, man, you gotta realize how insane this sounds when only a handful of people actually know the plot of the movie.

 

[PdotMichael]

The big question would be if episode 7 has also a fight against a monster like the other movies.

 

[jett]

Aw yea the Dolby Atmos theater near me will actually show this in plain good ol' 2D.

 

[PeskyToaster]

You can't figure out homages, symbolism, motifs and all that literary shit from a total of four minutes of disjointed footage. Calm down.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Do you know that it is, or does it just seem to you that it's the case?

I mean, it's four minutes of footage we're looking at in total.

That dude went around making up fake plot spoilers in this thread before. So no, he doesn't know anything.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Aw yea the Dolby Atmos theater near me will actually show this in plain good ol' 2D.

Nice.

 

[G-Fex]

Phantom Menace trailer used lightsabers and space and fast things and look what happened!!! HEED HIS WARNING!

 

[-griffy-]

If this movie starts with the fanfare and opening crawl I'm walking out of the theater. Just rehashing the other movies at that point.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It's not a real trailer until Harrison Ford is yelling at you in his Nasal Nerd voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96v4XraJEPI

 

[El Topo]

You can't figure out homages, symbolism, motifs and all that literary shit from a total of four minutes of disjointed footage. Calm down.

Speak for yourself. I now know that Ren is actually the son of Palpatine who will turn to the light side in the second movie only to be betrayed by the Ewoks in the third. Don't be jealous just because you can't extrapolate properly.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

If people were more familiar with Mad Max, they probably could called Fury Road a Road Warrior rehash, too. With its post-apocalyptic desert settings, tanker chases, downfall of civilization openings, broken shotguns, music boxes, booby-trapped vehicles, bad guys in scary masks, dudes tied to the front of vehicles, pole vaulting on trucks, a group of people trying to reach a seemingly mythological paradise, hell Max wears the same damn jacket and rides in the same car, too.

And don't get me started on Terminator 2

 

[WadiumArcadium]

It's not a real trailer until Harrison Ford is yelling at you in his Nasal Nerd voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96v4XraJEPI

All trailers need a corny voice over and exploding logos.

Enjoyed the Full of Sith podcast on the trailer by the way.

 

[Omegasquash]

Aw yea the Dolby Atmos theater near me will actually show this in plain good ol' 2D.

You lucky bastard.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

I heard from a friend of a friend that this movie has human beings in it.

Such a fucking rehash, why can't these people come up with new ideas once in a while for fuck's sake.

I can't deal with this shit. I'm out on this movie.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Enjoyed the Full of Sith podcast on the trailer by the way.

Thanks! I lucked out by getting some really, REALLY good panelists. Tried to get Collins from Oxygen but couldn't get that hooked up.

It's not super in-depth, but then again, that's what the regular shows are gonna be for. I think Making Star Wars did FOUR HOURS on theirs.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Thanks! I lucked out by getting some really, REALLY good panelists. Tried to get Collins from Oxygen but couldn't get that hooked up.

It's not super in-depth, but then again, that's what the regular shows are gonna be for. I think Making Star Wars did FOUR HOURS on theirs.

I'm not really a big podcast listener so a one hour analysis without spoilers was exactly what I wanted really.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

It's not a real trailer until Harrison Ford is yelling at you in his Nasal Nerd voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96v4XraJEPI

The fuck.

How did I not realise that was Harrison Ford before?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It's not like he makes it easy.

 

[El Topo]

Wait, what? That is Ford? Seriously?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Yup

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Wait, what? That is Ford? Seriously?

There's a few moments when you can just about tell, like the cast listing. I didn't notice it at all the first time I watched it.

 

[Garlador]

Wait, what? That is Ford? Seriously?

Yep, and now I'm compelled to listen to his studio-mandated voice over for Blade Runner's ending to really feel the difference.