Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Why do people hate lens flares? I love them! Very dramatic and cinematic.It draws attention to the fact that there is a camera filming what's in front of it. And there is such a thing as too bright and too many lens flares.Really? I think the effects they yield are breathtaking. And they've never "reminded" me that there's a camera. It's a natural light effect that often makes an image look more interesting. Joe Brausam and Arpy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Definitely an interesting teaser, fitting (if not completely memorable) music and great look! Narration felt a little bland, through... slightly concerned about the stormtroopers and TIE fighters, on the one hand it's very cool to see them again, on the other hand I hope there's a good reason for them being in the story that doesn't feel shoehorned in for nostalgia's sake ("Surprise! Some remnant of the Empire has risen... again!").Well the Empire is always better than some weird random lizardmen from a far away galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I watched it. I enjoyed it. Actually I loved it. The shot of the X-Wings was gorgeous, I can't pull that from my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Why do people hate lens flares? I love them! Very dramatic and cinematic.It draws attention to the fact that there is a camera filming what's in front of it. And there is such a thing as too bright and too many lens flares.Really? I think the effects they yield are breathtaking. And they've never "reminded" me that there's a camera. It's a natural light effect that often makes an image look more interesting.Not if it's getting in the way of the mis-en-scene and character action. And I don't find getting blinded every so often "breathtaking". I find it annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Shaky cam doesn't feel very Star Wars-y, I'll give you that.Star Wars must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve. What it requires of its Directot, Alvar, is the answer to its question, "Is there nothing more"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 214 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The Empire existing 30 years after ROTJ makes more sense than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Sigh some people just don't appreciate the beauty of lens flare and streaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Why do people hate lens flares? I love them! Very dramatic and cinematic.JJ has the habit of over doing it and anytime that happens, it calls attention to itself and takes you out of the picture. Natural lens flares are great but the digital ones are just too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Other sci-fi franchises, other genres of films.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 New worlds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,092 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 He did so with Star Trek, why do you think it would be different with SW?I dunno. Star Trek already had a diversity of styles and directors before J.J. And his was a reboot, not a continuation of an enumerated saga. Star Wars has an established tone and a visual consistency that I actually expected JJ to uphold. Kershner and Marquand understood that the Saga needed to have continuity of visual language. J.J. Has too much hubris to set aside his camera gimmicks and maintain the visual aesthetic. I like surprises, and I appreciate change, but Star Wars doesn't need a director whose style is bigger than the storytelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 What it needs is the JJ factor.His ability to leap beyond plot logic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 LOVED the new music. The narration was a bit cheesy, as was the subtitle appearance at the end. Not sure about the new lightsaber design. But other than that I ate this trailer up...looks great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 And joining with its director might accomplish that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Why do people hate lens flares? I love them! Very dramatic and cinematic. JJ has the habit of over doing it and anytime that happens, it calls attention to itself and takes you out of the picture. Natural lens flares are great but the digital ones are just too much.I see lens flare in a positive light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 You are officially a Trekkie, Alvar! Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 One of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Yay! Where is my membership card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Hehehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Yay! Where is my membership card?Second shelf on the left. Behind the oregano. So the narration is Serkis, I'm seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tedfud 38 Posted November 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2014 thank god the internet didn't exist in 77t Hlao-roo, Incanus and Sharkissimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Yay! Where is my membership card?Second shelf on the left. Behind the oregano.Got it! Also found my certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 And may God have mercy on his soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Computer! Remove the plank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 What a shit teaser. Is that supposed to make me excited? If there were at least a couple of iconic shots instead of the Abrams shaky cam ...And if nobody made a fuss about Johnny doing music for it, I would have assumed they edited together some prequel music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 A better title for this new movie would have been Star Wars: Generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Three aging heroes. One destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The Sith don't care about weapons or power. They just care about getting back to the Nexus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Well, that was...disappointing.It still looks better than the prequels. Regardless of some typical J.J. Abrams camera trademarks, it mostly looks visually similar to the OT. Not the cartoony CGI look of the Lucas-helmed prequels.I notice that the trailer is clean from the studio logos. Just says © 2014 Lucasfilm Ltd. at the bottom of "December 2015" at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Wow just watched it...that was very underwhelming, and that's coming from a guy who had little interest in this to begin with!The dialogue was so bad, like some SW fanboy making a fan-fiction film. Something about the sith lord rubs me off the wrong way, and that light saber design seems useless. I liked some of the shots though, but it really was strange what they decided to include in the teaser. Like it was totally random footage with SW music piecing it together...which moron was behind this?All in all, the prequel teasers were a LOT better. But that might bode well for this film then...As for Williams music, liking the polychordal stuff in the beginning, though I couldn't hear it very well (watched this on my phone, in a loud bus). But thought the resolving chord of the fanfare was a weird place to end off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post filmmusic 1,823 Posted November 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2014 Incanus, airmanjerm and Not Mr. Big 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 If I were on my computer I'd stick some Stiff heads in that shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 It was like being inside joy. As if joy was something tangible and you could wrap yourself up in it like a tauntaun. fommes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 It's OK. Looks and sounds like Star Wars. Not much to say beside that.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 The prequels never really had teasers. At least not TPM. That trailer came out in October, when the movie was released in May. This movie still is 13 months away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 All in all, the prequel teasers were a LOT better. But that might bode well for this film then...I'm searching for TPM teaser. Was there one?All i find is a 2 minute trailer.edit: oh, it seems Romao answered my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Wasn't there that epic teaser before TPM? I remember really liking that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Prequel teasers: Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 It's OK. Looks and sounds like Star Wars. Not much to say beside that.KarolIt didn't feel like much of a teaser. Just random shots from the film.I actually like the look of some of it, but the structure of the teaser is awful.I'm sure the film will at least be decent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Wasn't there that epic teaser before TPM? I remember really liking that one.You mean ROTJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,793 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Why people complain som much about Jurassic world CGI and love this teaser's CGI?I see the same (substandard) work.I dont like the X-wing's scene lightning and the Falcon looks like the one from ANH SE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 That's not a teaser for Episode 1. That's a trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,793 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 TPM had two trailers.Not a teaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Why do people hate lens flares? I love them! Very dramatic and cinematic.It draws attention to the fact that there is a camera filming what's in front of it. And there is such a thing as too bright and too many lens flares.And let's not forget about the artificiality of a lens flare. Any post-prod engineer can add a lens flare, but the natural lens flares are superior to fake ones.All true. There's nothing like a REAL anamorphic lens flare - the kind that John Carpenter and Dean Dundey were masters at.Or Spielberg and Zsigmond on CE3K. Gruesome Son of a Bitch and airmanjerm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 On the DVD, isn't it listed as a "teaser"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 It is.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Joe Brausam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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