Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Doesn't look like they go for that much on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 OK, I was viewing Amazon only, seeing about fifty to 100 asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I don't really collect toys anymore, but I was kind of interested in picking up a Black Series Rey + BB-8 set, assuming it looked as good to me in-person as it did online. Both Target and Wal-Mart were sold out of all action figures, of course, so I'll just have to wait. I did pick up a BB-8 shirt to wear for my race over the weekend, but that's the only in-stock thing that tickled my fancy.Episode I was a disaster, marketing-wise, but only because the movie was so poor. The fact that stock is so low currently is a sign that franchisees have learned their lesson from Episode I - because, yeah, everybody could find every action figure all the time, but then two years later Ric Olie was still clogging up the pegs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'm no toy expert but the new Force Awakens figures look pretty lousy. They look pre-Phantom Menace (toy) bad. I guess they were going for a "retro" look but it didn't work and they look like generic knock-off figures you'd find in a Dollar General recycling bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Yep. They also brought back Micro Machines, but the sets look lousy and only come with one figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I think the Black Series 6" figures all look great, IMO, although I've only seen Chewbacca in person from this most recent wave. Hasbro's focus with the 3 3/4" figures has moved to a more kid-friendly approach - simple articulation, focus on main characters and troopers - and for the most part I think that's a good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'm no toy expert but the new Force Awakens figures look pretty lousy. They look pre-Phantom Menace (toy) bad. I guess they were going for a "retro" look but it didn't work and they look like generic knock-off figures you'd find in a Dollar General recycling bin. There are quite a few complaints in regards to the quality of the toys especially the vehicles. I don't think they captured the likeness of Rey and Poe but like you said, they may have been going for the old school look. The paint job on some of these figures look rushed, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 After becoming so spoiled by SH Monsterarts and Neca, I can't go back to old school figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 From a recent interview with Ridley Scott: "I enjoyed making The Duellists so much that I decided, with David Putnam, that I’d do Tristan and Isolde. I was in LA to show The Duellists and David said, there’s a film called Star Wars at the Chinese. I can get two tickets, do you want to go? I think you should go. We went to an afternoon performance at 2:00, I was eight rows from the front with David Putnam. I never saw or felt audience participation like that, in my life. The theater was shaking. When that Death Star came in at the beginning, I thought, I can’t possibly do Tristan and Isolde, I have to find something else. By the time the movie was finished, it was so stunning that it made me miserable. That’s the highest compliment I can give it; I was miserable for week. I hadn’t met George at that point, but I thought, Fu*k George. Absolutely seminal for me, that first one that George Lucas directed. So creatively brilliant that he decided to make it the flip side of the coin to 2001, and it certainly became the flip side of Alien which I would do two years later. George made a fairy tale story, with a princess, the young prince, and the cynical Harrison Ford playing Han Solo. To me, it was an absolutely perfect rendition of a great comic serial. I learned to draw from comic strips, the better ones. I always remembered the early Supermans were better drawn than the later one, and the early Tarzans were spectacularly well drawn, the anatomy of the jungle was great. There’s artistry in comic strips and George was obviously a devotee of that and what he did was brilliant." Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Source or it didn't happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Here's the link. I must say, he's quite talkative this time.http://deadline.com/2015/09/ridley-scott-the-martian-star-wars-2001-alien-blade-runner-prometheus-toronto-film-festival-1201522484/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,270 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 That was a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Everyone always talks about the Star Destroyer opening and how earth-shatteringly spectacular it was when it came roaring overhead. I wish I'd been old enough to see and appreciate what has clearly become a legendary moment in cinema, I always try to be there for such landmark moments but alas I was merely days old when people queued to see Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I saw the movie for the first time at home, but that Star Destroyer also left me quite an impression. I can only imagine what it was like in the theatre more than 10 years earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,268 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Siilly:Luke And Leia Might Be Twins - But Thanks To Space Travel, They Wouldn't Be The Same Age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Makes perfect sense actually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Wow. Big flaw/plot hole! This is even worse than Interstellar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 There should have been more exposition making that clear then, even though I hate exposition LOL. And what was with that score? Constant planing triads, Holst and Stravinsky lifts... ugh! Can't he do anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Wow. Big flaw/plot hole! This is even worse than Interstellar!Obviously The Force made sure they aged the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,268 Posted September 18, 2015 Author Share Posted September 18, 2015 George Lucas claimed the Star Wars movies “rhyme” and this video shows howhttps://vimeo.com/137711830Eh. That recent similar Indiana Jones video I posted was better than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Nothing ever needed to be pointed out, Lucas basically slaps you in the face with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 This is the only Star Wars I know anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Those eyes really look realistic... Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 And relatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I couldn't understand what was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I couldn't understand what those teddybears were talking about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 It was a moment Star Wars felt embarrassing ... again (after Star Wars Christmas Special, ROTJ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Hasn't Star Wars been embarrassing from 1983 till...the present day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I guess so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I wouldn't admit to a date that I own the Star Wars films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Because women are highly judgemental of men who like Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 As a Trekkie so am I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Women are especially judgemental of you Trek nerds too. Women want tradie blokes who like footy, cars, Fast & Furious movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 In 'Stralia maybe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Women are especially judgemental of you Trek nerds too. Women want tradie blokes who like footy, cars, Fast & Furious movies.Dreamtheater should go there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Women are especially judgemental of you Trek nerds too. Women want tradie blokes who like footy, cars, Fast & Furious movies.And who wear great wristwatches, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Those too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 For unknown reasons Amazon lists new releases for the prequel scores for this November:http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-Attack-Clones/dp/B015BSI7E6/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1442775142&sr=1-6&keywords=star+wars+soundtrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,326 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Accross the Stars dialogue version! finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I feel like we're being set up for disappointment as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,268 Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Until Sony's license expires, the only CDs coming out for the original 6 films will contain what Sony's already released before.Surely in 2017 (or 2019, no one seems to know which), after Sony's out of the picture and everything reverts to Disney, we'll get new, Matessino-produced versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Lets hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 You will re-buy SW till it comes out of your fucking ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Disney will buy Sony's mixes"They were done by Mike Mattesino, he's excellent! We can release those" Disney executives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I mean, I'll even take the rumored canceled, possibly non-ever-existent Ultimate Edition of Attack of the Clones. Who do I have to blow for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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