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  1. Barnald
    Is that hairy thing a Bothan? Yes I realize that they were only officially involved with spying on the second Death Star, but I suspect they won't be able to resist including them. I also know the look of the Bothans has already been established, but I believe that was all EU so it's probably no longer relevant. And this doesn't look hugely dissimilar in any case.
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    I was joking (at least, I hope I'm wrong, on both counts)
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    So Shore didn't want to exist (career-wise) in a world where his long-time collaborator was no longer making films. Kind of beautiful really. Maybe they made a pact all those years ago when they started out.
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    I'll change it to the scene itself (the one with Finn, not the mind trick one) was jarring (at least to me) if that helps my case. I'm determined to salvage a shred of integrity here. Clearly I've already embarrassed myself beyond all measure. To be honest, I've no idea why I wandered into this thread in the first place. And Snoke is clearly Daniel Craig.
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    Oh dear. I remember seeing an article once about the cameo which featured a picture of the trooper from that scene, and I just assumed it was him in that scene (I can't say I noticed Daniel Craig voicing the trooper in the mind-trick scene, it didn't cross my mind at all). Might teach me to read the article in future, save me from embarrassing myself. I've lived in blissful ignorance these past five months! Still, the point in essence stands (just remove all Daniel Craig references).
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    People may be interested to know that the forthcoming German Blu-ray of The Brood (by Wicked-Vision) contains a new interview with Howard. Here's a preview:
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    I was referring to the sequence in general. You have this bog-standard soldier - almost always cannon fodder in these films - come out of nowhere and for some reason he's equipped with an anti-lightsaber device and knows how to defend himself against one. This opens up a can of worms I don't really want to get into, but suffice to say, wouldn't it have made more sense just to have Captain Phasma as this soldier, since A) she's an established character at that point; B) you suppose she is a superior, elite soldier; and C) we've had some background between her and Finn. And as I said before, at least it would give her something to do. Only when you learn that the soldier was played by Craig does it begin to make sense.
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    Sounds hilarious Call me a curmudgeon if you will, but what is the point of all these masked cameos? The Daniel Craig one was jarringly absurd, and felt shoehorned to say the least. If not for his ego that scene might have actually given Phasma something to do (albeit it would have ended differently of course, but you get the idea).
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    It involved Pete and Andrew Packard. Wonderful small scene.
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    December seems like a holding date to me. Hopefully it will be brought forward.
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    Shame Andrei Rublev is the one I'm most looking forward to. Still, I locked in a pre-order at £9 a few weeks ago.
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    I forgot about Artificial Eye, another fine label. Let's just hope those Tarkovsky titles eventually surface after all the delays!
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    Major studios maybe, but this is being offset by the sterling work offered by the likes of Criterion, Arrow, Kino, Twilight Time, Shout Factory, Eureka, BFI, Cohen Media, Grindhouse Releasing, Synapse, Blue Underground, Vinegar Syndrome, Scorpion, 88 Films, Signal One, Second Sight, Carlotta, Camera Obscura, Explosive Media, and Koch Media (I've surely left some out). Even Warner Archive are stepping up their game with some stellar editions. For me, we're in another golden age of physical film media right now. I don't know how long it will last, but I sincerely doubt we'll ever see another. I won't be going 4K Blu-ray, but I have many Blu-rays (and many DVDs), and certainly won't be stopping any time soon. Fuck streaming and downloads!
  14. Barnald
    Newcastle United fan, so not unhappy with recent form, but still very tense...
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    No football fans round here then? BB's fucked us all. I believe now he sacrificed himself so that I might return to the forum. The two of us could never co-exist.
  16. Barnald
    Mmmm. Maybe these films had a bigger cultural impact than I've assumed? De Gea as Fili works rather well.
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    He's very memorable in Quest for Fire, Silver Bullet, The People Under the Stairs, Heartbreak Ridge, Iguana and Under Siege 2 also (just a shame Seagal's ego didn't allow for a better climactic fight between the pair). Real physical presence about him.
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    The addition of Michael Cera is unfortunate, but it's offset by that of Richard Chamberlain, Tom Sizemore, Tim Roth and in particular John Savage, who I've always considered him to be a hugely underrated actor. Jim Belushi could go either way frankly. For me though, the real coup is getting Everett McGill out of retirement. Terrific actor who got out of it way too early.
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    I hadn't noticed that breathing before, nice spot!
  20. Barnald
    I think a nice inspirational start with the 'Edge of the Wild' company motif, followed by those other themes as things progressively sour.
  21. Barnald
    This is going to turn into another of those 'things I find wrong with The Hobbit' threads isn't it? It was ever thus
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    Armitage is also terrific, and Ken Stott deserves a special mention. Indeed, on the whole I find it very difficult to fault the acting (Lily and Bloom being the main exceptions). I was unsure about Pace after DoS, but felt he really came into his own in BotFA.
  23. Barnald
    I think, in the grand scheme of things - and until they are remade - these Hobbit films will always have a fairly strong degree of relevance based on two factors: 1) They're 'follow-ups/prequels' to one of the most successful and critically acclaimed film series' of recent memory, itself adapted from a famous set of books 2) They're 'adaptations' of one of the most popular and beloved books of all time And I think that's enough really. Sure they will not have the same enduring quality of LOTR, but very few films do. By the same token, whatever one thinks of the Star Wars prequels, one could surely never say that they were irrelevant or obselete (to be honest, I'm one of those sick deviants who prefers ROTS to TFA).
  24. Barnald
    Well, the note can only be from Gus, either by his hand or a lacky (Victor?). It was rather apparent, and Gilligan and Gould have confirmed this in new interviews.
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    I don't know about that. We have the very obvious Gus hint but I think they realized that showing him would completely overshadow everything in the Jimmy arc, which, lest we forget, is the primary aspect of the show. I look forward to them teasing Gus out over a few episodes when season 3 comes along (presumably we'll see Victor first). And I'm very glad Michael McKean is sticking around. He very much deserves a supporting nomination or two for his work this season.
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