Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Why did the Hungryans get ESB so late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,358 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Why did the Hungryans get ESB so late?Because in 1980 they weren't Hungary for a Star Wars sequel. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 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...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Why did the Hungryans get ESB so late? Because in 1980 they weren't Hungary for a Star Wars sequel.Yor peepaw are stawving. And you, Governor, will die much soonah dan yor peepaw I'm afwaide. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,358 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 But did they get to enjoy the spectacle of Baljós árnyak 3D? Baljós árnyakBaljós árnyakBaljós árnyak Baljós árnyak Yor peepaw are stawving. And you, Governor, will die much soonah dan yor peepaw I'm afwaide.Prowcess dem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 No it's "pwossess dem". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,358 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 No it's "pwossess dem".But in which camp should these inter-globally important hostages be pwossessed though?We better send at least 6 battle droids, just to be safe. 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...
Balahkay 627 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I don't know why he's comparing Abrams to Spielberg. We all know Spielberg became a household name because of Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It's because he's aware of how massively overrated Abrams is - and arguably touted as the being the nearest equivalent to a modern Spielberg with it. 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...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 In his dreams.Nobody is the new Spielberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Essay on Abrams' Visual Style: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 JJ is to Spielberg what Michael J. Fox is to Tom Cruise. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I'm not a JJ fan, but I don't think he's that highly regarded for the most part. He has never been in serious contention for major awards, for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 He's a lesser Ron Howard, or Zemeckis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Nobody is the new Spielberg.Actually, there are six of them: Max, Theo, Sasha, Sawyer, Mikaela and Destry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 No one should be the new anyone, they should just be a good version of themselves. Cerebral Cortex and DarthDementous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I'm more excited about the director choice for Episode VIII. JJ, for better or worse, is quite an obvious choice for Episode VII, to the point of being boring. Rian Johnson is a much more risky endevour and left field choice crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Everyone is putting way too much stock in this dude's story. He seems predestined not to care much for the movie anyway and then quotes "sources" within ILM that it isn't good? You know how many people are employed at ILM? This guy has accurately taken the temperature of the entire company through some "friends" and has obtained a full report of the employees morale? Right.At this point it just seems people are now looking for ways to feel worried. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 No one should be the new anyone, they should just be a good version of themselves.But is Nolan a good Nolan? I wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Everyone is putting way too much stock in this dude's story. He seems predestined not to care much for the movie anyway and then quotes "sources" within ILM that it isn't good? You know how many people are employed at ILM? This guy has accurately taken the temperature of the entire company through some "friends" and has obtained a full report of the employees morale? Right.At this point it just seems people are now looking for ways to feel worried.Indeed.No one should be the new anyone, they should just be a good version of themselves.But is Nolan a good Nolan? I wonder!Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 But is Nolan a good Nolan? I wonder!NO!http://youtu.be/XbAM2_6jKY0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,358 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I think people are just being deservedly cautious after the one-two punch in the guts of Phantom Menace and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Many would argue Prometheus and The Hobbit trilogy continued that tradition.Arguably the only directors who've ever successfully revisited past glories years later and succeeded would be Miller with Mad Max and Cameron with T2 (though that was only 7 years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Bespin is right. My expectations couldn't have been higher when I sat down in that theater for the midnight premiere of TPM. And when the scroll was over, and the first scene was a slow arrival at a new place with a bunch of talk of trade disputes and whatever, and nothing happened for five minutes, I knew right away this wasn't the Star Wars I grew up with.At least the score was good This is how I felt when I saw the first Hobbit film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,723 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Bespin is right. My expectations couldn't have been higher when I sat down in that theater for the midnight premiere of TPM. And when the scroll was over, and the first scene was a slow arrival at a new place with a bunch of talk of trade disputes and whatever, and nothing happened for five minutes, I knew right away this wasn't the Star Wars I grew up with.At least the score was good This is how I felt when I saw the first Hobbit film.It was the end of your childhood, wasn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It was his generations The Phantom Menace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 What I find funny is that, had the comments by the ILM guys been positive, most people would have probably ate it up, but since the comments are negative, then surely it means it's bullshit!"ILM members said the movie is fantastic" => Reaction: "Wow. Awesome! Can't wait!""ILM members said the movie is bad and doesn't feel like Star Wars" => Reaction: "Who are these guys anyway? Can they be trusted? Nah, it's probably just bullshit!"On this MB, I don't think that's true at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes. Raped childhoods aplenty. Though a lot of people ate the film up, unlike TPM. I'm mainly referring to how Jay describes expecting the world coming in, and instantly knowing you weren't going to get what you were expecting in the opening minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,654 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 What I find funny is that, had the comments by the ILM guys been positive, most people would have probably ate it up, but since the comments are negative, then surely it means it's bullshit!"ILM members said the movie is fantastic" => Reaction: "Wow. Awesome! Can't wait!""ILM members said the movie is bad and doesn't feel like Star Wars" => Reaction: "Who are these guys anyway? Can they be trusted? Nah, it's probably just bullshit!"On this MB, I don't think that's true at allDrew Struzan Says That 'Force Awakens' Is Probably the Best 'Star Wars' MovieIt does look promising, but... the best?Even more, he says it's "far and away the best..."That's mighty praise.Why are you guys surprised he claimed that? That's typical marketing bullshit whenever a new film in a franchise is released.Schwarzenegger: "Terminator Genesys is the BEST Terminator film we've made!" Yeah, sure, Schwarzy...Peter Jackson: "The Desolation Of Smaug is the BEST Middle-Earth film I've made!" Yeah, sure, PJ...Harrison Ford: "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is the BEST Indy film we've made!" Yeah, sure, Harry...It doesn't mean a damn thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 On this MB, I don't think that's true at allSo, are you saying that, had the comments been positive, people would have questioned them too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I'm sure of it. But like with everything, you have people on each side of the barricade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Maybe you're right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I wonder, will Mike Verta appear at some point to discuss this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes. Raped childhoods aplenty. Though a lot of people ate the film up, unlike TPM. I'm mainly referring to how Jay describes expecting the world coming in, and instantly knowing you weren't going to get what you were expecting in the opening minutes.Loads of people loved TPM when it was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I wonder, will Mike Verta appear at some point to discuss this?And most importantly: how does he think Harry Potter should have sounded?Yes. Raped childhoods aplenty. Though a lot of people ate the film up, unlike TPM. I'm mainly referring to how Jay describes expecting the world coming in, and instantly knowing you weren't going to get what you were expecting in the opening minutes.Loads of people loved TPM when it was released.I'm sure you did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I think there's definitely a pre and post TPM world concerning the hype of a movie. TPM really put cynism and skepticism on the map concerning highly anticipated movies DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I think there's definitely a pre and post TPM world concerning the hype of a movie. TPM really put cynism and skepticism on the map concerning highly anticipated moviesThis. And now it is fondly remembered as one of the worst films of all time.AUJ never got that. It's hype died to a whimper. People just stopped caring about those movies.I wonder, will Mike Verta appear at some point to discuss this?I'm sure he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The first great Internet let down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,799 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 After AOTC and ROTS... (and many other franchises' turds released afterwards) i dont think TPM is regarded as one of the worse movies ever anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 It doesn't really matter what came after, TPM's reputation precedes it, and it'll never really recover from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,443 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Bespin is right. My expectations couldn't have been higher when I sat down in that theater for the midnight premiere of TPM. And when the scroll was over, and the first scene was a slow arrival at a new place with a bunch of talk of trade disputes and whatever, and nothing happened for five minutes, I knew right away this wasn't the Star Wars I grew up with.At least the score was good This is how I felt when I saw the first Hobbit film.Really? I love the Erebor prologue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I consider that one of the worst parts of the film!I think it was just the whole look of it (design-wise, CGI, everything). Once we started going into Erebor, my heart kind of just sank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,443 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I think it was around Radagast's confusing introduction scene that I truly knew there was no hope for the new trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,333 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 I agree that was basically the point of no return. But I agree with KK that I was already feeling a little uneasy after the Erebor and Frodo prologues, and the awkward pacing and humor of the Bag End stuff. The HFR didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 So is everyone here finally in agreement then that the Hobbit trilogy was a massive failure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Yes, the HFR did not help at all. I tried to stay optimistic afterwards, but the Azog flashback was kind of the final bullet in the head I think.So is everyone here finally in agreement then that the Hobbit trilogy was a massive failure?I've been on that boat for a while now, as have a good many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Time to pull the plug on Tolkien Central? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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