SCULLIBUNDO
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Yeah fuck. If only The Terminator could have been as cool as TARS.
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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
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I'm all for humanoid robots ala droids. But I'm sick of cop out 'human' robot bullshit.
Heaven forbid a robot look like a robot.
Yeah fuck. If only The Terminator could have been as cool as TARS.
If only
Haloid1177
Banned
Wouldn't work. Caedus' worst moment involves Luke's wife and they didn't seem to have any desire to work that in.
I'm not saying they need fake skin and shit, I'm just saying a functional robot should be the shape of a human, with the same points of articulation, so they can do our house work, operate our cars, play against us in Street Fighter, beat eggs, etc.
I realize that. But it was done so poorly. Anyways, I don't want to go on about the prequels when this thread is about the awesomeness of this teaser.
DrForester
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I like SoccerBot. Reminds me of the original film with all the very strange and wacky robots there were.
Eh, you could cut out the padded stuff, and since SW movies work in trilogies, you have more elbow room to work with. It would've been great to have him as a villain for this trilogy because you have both Harrison and Carrie reprising their roles, and the time period would coincide with the EU years. Legacy of the Force takes place 40 years after Return of the Jedi, and supposedly The Force Awakens takes place 30 years after ROTJ.
the one's build out of spray painted trash cans and garden hoses? Yeah soccer ball droid feels right at home with the original trilogy fabrication
Or if you are going to design a robot that might have to traverse uneven terrain, don't use right angles.
Walking on flat sides like a Minecraft character. Ridiculous.
Such an awful series of books....very glad we never have to deal with that timeline again.
you got some ambition there.
I doubt even C-3po can do any housework, I mean look at those arms.
Yeah like that one box robot with the two feet that walked real super slowly.
I think it was in the background.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Come on TARS
COMEON TARZZZZZZZZZ!!
COMEON TARZZZZZZZZZ!!
illmatic22
Banned
Good on him. I'm very excited that he's landed such a big role.
POWERSPHERE
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If the Phantom Menace was this I would have died. So good.
1. Stupid shape? If you didn't notice, the robots are able to reshape into many different configurations. Its default shape is the most compact form.
2. Specific tasks? You mean like taking control of a physical flight stick for manual docking? Or the many other things he did by changing his configuration. Two of the most notable for me was toppling over to move fast in the water and securing himself and protecting a crew member while the ship was being tossed.
3. Screen and bios? lol. I think you've been watching too many movies. Military hardware has extremely bare bones software. They cut out anything that's not needed or would increase complexity and resources required. There's no reason the bios would be anything other than text.
4. Not logical? That's a setting. 90% truth remember? Him saying "that's impossible!" is his 'emotional' reaction.
The One and Done
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another fan poster
Fucking love that.
Man, but if they went in a completely different route with Luke, and had him marry Mara, we could have gotten one of the best scenes from the books.
Legacy of the Force spoiler:
Jacen killing Mara as his trial in becoming a Sith.
Hasphat'sAnts
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CASE is the superior robot overlord.
Human form gives great limitations to robotics. TARS is about maximum functionality. And a screen to operate directly on is very functional.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
another fan poster
God that is dumb.
Squall5042
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International trailer? That fake one?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Cant believe YOU fell for that.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
That last bit is clearly a jab. I love it.
Squall5042
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That fake trailer gave people the feels? What the fuck.
My thoughts exactly. It felt so janky, disjointed, and really lacked any substance.
The One and Done
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Yup. Get used to him leading the franchise out of the darkside.
Sanctuary
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Well whatever. There are actually a lot of fake trailers, and I couldn't actually tell if that one was a fake as well. Some of the footage looks almost fan made, and some looks like it could have been recycled from the previous films. Regardless, it left more of an impression than the actual "legit" trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plwVRYEQG_I
I didn't really spend much time researching it either. I only watched the official trailer, and then when I was looking for it to link in an email, noticed the "international version", noticed that it was also relatively new as well and that it had scenes that could have been legitimate. I liked the official trailer, but that light saber is still stupid as hell.
And in none of those configurations did it ever look very comfortably functional. It always looked stupid, and out of place. It looked like it was always seconds from falling over.
Obviously you could argue it didn't fall over, but that would be completely missing the point, because it's a film, and they don't have to show the realistic repercussions of the design, but the implications of the design factor into how I perceived it.
More stupid shit. It's a robot, that can interface with the ship. Why is it using a stick? Why not plug an ether cable in and just have it do exactly what it wants, not having to worry about the articulation of its arm, or the response of the stick, or any number of absurd elements. Computers don't communicate by typing out emails with a physical keyboard, Interstellar has practically that mentality. I thought the scene was literally laughable, as in, I laughed.
Oh yeah, a graphical interface is too much for the military, but the humor setting? Now that's certainly vital. Being able to display maps or biological scans while in strange places has no use, but knock knock jokes? That's what we really need.
No, it's obscenely bad writing.
I'm up for some fan trailers but when they try to pass themselves off as real so they can rake in the youtube hits (and ad money?) it changes the conversation for me.
Also it constantly amazes me how easily duped some people are on these fan trailers into believing it's real. Are these the same people who click strange links sent to their e-mail accounts?
Also it constantly amazes me how easily duped some people are on these fan trailers into believing it's real. Are these the same people who click strange links sent to their e-mail accounts?
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
You liked the fake trailer more than the real one? This is why we can't have nice things.
SilentRacoon
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Killing Anakin was never part of the plan, the whole fight was a setup to test his abilities, to see if he was ready to become Sidious apprentice.
Dooku never knew Palpatine true intentions, he went along the plan and got a much different reward than he expected. This is actually what GL originally wrote for the script of RoTS (before Lee advised him to drop it because begging didn't seem to fit for the character nature.)
Palpatine: "Kill him. Kill him now."
Dooku: "You promised me immunity!"
Palpatine: "I lied."
DiipuSurotu
Banned
The best response.
I really like how "goofy" Boyega looks in that shot -- in a good way. It reminds me of all the goofy faces classic Indy used to pull:
I hope he takes a few hits straight to his face, lol.
Did the fake trailer have real footage the real one didn't? If so, where was it from?
The amusing part about the racists being angry that Boyega is in the movie, the original trilogy had Lando. Do they feel the same way about him?
brandonh83
Banned
I love the roller droid. Very fun with some whimsy and playfulness in the design. That's something Lucas was always great with, giving that fun cartoony nature to his droids and various creatures. This looks to capture that well.
I'm also still trying to really decipher how we were able to get into this whole racism debate anyway. I know some people are dumb as fuck but if you watched this trailer and all you can comment on is the race of a main character, you're lost and confused.
I'm also still trying to really decipher how we were able to get into this whole racism debate anyway. I know some people are dumb as fuck but if you watched this trailer and all you can comment on is the race of a main character, you're lost and confused.
DonasaurusRex
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this has got to be a troll post....or im missing a link...wtf
Chezzymann
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So I wanna watch the original trilogy tonight, anyone know where I can get it without leaving the house? Is it only available on disc?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Deleted scenes from the OT
ffejeromdiks
Banned
lmao, how anyone can watch this and think it's legit is unfathomable. Did you think EP7 was being made on a 100$ budget?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Lando wasn't the new young protagonist tho
DonasaurusRex
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have not been able to stop the fist pump after the millennium falcon flyby....got damn they nailed it, and the sound as they buzz by YES *fists pumping*
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