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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #50 on: December 21, 2017, 03:56:52 PM »


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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #51 on: December 21, 2017, 04:19:14 PM »
I agree.  I liked it a lot.  It has one gigantic flaw, but I’m okay with it because it was so goddamn entertaining.  Plus, the flaw might get resolved with IX.

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #52 on: December 22, 2017, 03:48:20 AM »
I saw it last night, having kept away from all reviews. I can see why people are dissapointed. With all that talent and money behind it the expectation for something special must be high.

I think there are some great scenes but as a whole it's let down by a poor script with some badly judged humour. I'm amazed this guy has been given a new trilogy to create on the strength of this.

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #53 on: December 22, 2017, 05:40:32 AM »
Y'all haters/OKers are just as confused as:


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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #54 on: December 22, 2017, 06:34:49 AM »
I might not be up on Star Wars lore, but the scene when someone was being asked to 'drop' the bombs, based on a trigger that had to 'fall' into the hands of someone... I thought there was no gravity in space to make anything drop or fall.

For my part, I was non-plussed.  I didn't understand it and neither did I find it as beautiful to look at as JJ Abrahms' turn.

By the way, how is it that JJ films an entry in an already established series or franchise of films and thence for every entry afterwards, even if he is Not directing, he still gets an Exec Producer credit?  Mission Impossible, Star Trek, Star Wars???

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #55 on: December 22, 2017, 06:55:54 AM »
The nerds are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore.. They started a petition to remove the film from the canon:

https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-have-disney-strike-star-wars-episode-viii-from-the-official-canon

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« Reply #56 on: December 22, 2017, 08:17:26 AM »
I might not be up on Star Wars lore, but the scene when someone was being asked to 'drop' the bombs, based on a trigger that had to 'fall' into the hands of someone... I thought there was no gravity in space to make anything drop or fall.

For my part, I was non-plussed.  I didn't understand it and neither did I find it as beautiful to look at as JJ Abrahms' turn.

By the way, how is it that JJ films an entry in an already established series or franchise of films and thence for every entry afterwards, even if he is Not directing, he still gets an Exec Producer credit?  Mission Impossible, Star Trek, Star Wars???

The whole gravity thing should be questioned for every episode and every ship then.  How do the characters walk around with out floating off (has A Star Wars ship ever lost gravity) and R2 and BB8 should have been flung out into space long ago.  I think either you have to suspend reality or create a situation where technology creates gravity on every ship.  But if you did believe this that would mean that when forces were used to project the bombs from the ship that the opposite reaction and percussion waves would have flung the bomber upwards and away from the Drednaught...  The other theory or explanation is that they were still in the planets upper atmosphere and there was still a gravitational effect during that scene.

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« Reply #57 on: December 22, 2017, 08:25:05 AM »
Most every fanboy theory can be explained away.  One issue fanboys had was that Leia should be dead after getting flung into space.  Well as a kid I always wondered how long someone could be blow out an airlock and survive - 30 seconds until you pass out and 2 minutes until your organs shut down.  I counted the second time I saw the film and it was almost exactly 1 minute (may have been exactly  as I was doing the thousand  thing.).  So Leia could have most certainly survived as she regained consciousness about 30 seconds in and used the force to get back were she was then taken for medical treatment after only one minute.

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #58 on: December 22, 2017, 09:07:25 AM »
Thanks for the reviews of last Jedi. So instead just went and saw The Disaster Artist and really enjoyed it.

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #59 on: December 22, 2017, 10:45:19 AM »
I think you should go and see it and ignore the reviews. Obviously you’ll have your own opinion once you’ve seen it.

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« Reply #60 on: December 22, 2017, 11:23:10 PM »
The nerds are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore.. They started a petition to remove the film from the canon:

https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-have-disney-strike-star-wars-episode-viii-from-the-official-canon

The Frivolous Frothing Fanboys started another petition 3 months ago:


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« Reply #61 on: December 23, 2017, 12:18:59 AM »
Didn't know they were still producing Ralph McQuarrie-type concept art:

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/star-wars-the-last-jedi-concept-art-kylo-ren/










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« Reply #62 on: December 23, 2017, 01:17:46 PM »
The whole gravity thing should be questioned for every episode and every ship then.  How do the characters walk around with out floating off (has A Star Wars ship ever lost gravity) and R2 and BB8 should have been flung out into space long ago.  I think either you have to suspend reality or create a situation where technology creates gravity on every ship.  But if you did believe this that would mean that when forces were used to project the bombs from the ship that the opposite reaction and percussion waves would have flung the bomber upwards and away from the Drednaught...  The other theory or explanation is that they were still in the planets upper atmosphere and there was still a gravitational effect during that scene.

Good points, all.

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #63 on: December 24, 2017, 08:49:54 AM »
on the whole i really enjoyed it, but a couple of things grated me
the casino scene seemed pointless and it was as though they needed to give Finn something to do.

Luke brushing his shoulder, that fell flat.

and Smoke was a bit of a pussy when it came down it

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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #65 on: March 29, 2018, 06:17:48 PM »
Disney execs ain't crying in their champagne after all y'all  8)


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Re: Star Wars VIII: THE LAST JEDI - 2017-12-15
« Reply #66 on: March 29, 2018, 07:01:41 PM »
Now the big question is, can Solo match Rogue One returns.  I'll be amazed if it actually passes the billion worldwide, since I think there might be a little Star Wars fatigue.  4 movies in 2.5 years, that's a lot.

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« Reply #67 on: March 29, 2018, 08:56:31 PM »
Now the big question is, can Solo match Rogue One returns.  I'll be amazed if it actually passes the billion worldwide, since I think there might be a little Star Wars fatigue.  4 movies in 2.5 years, that's a lot.

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