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Post by chronovore on Jun 27, 2018 16:31:58 GMT -8
It opens in Japan tomorrow so I’ll finally see it this weekend.
Really looking forward to a Star Wars movie without a death star. Except for the first Death Star, those have been my favorites so far.
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Post by chronovore on Jun 27, 2018 16:33:14 GMT -8
Also heists are great! If you want a Star Wars heist novel, Timothy Zahn’s SCOUNDRELS will not steer you wrong.
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Post by chronovore on Aug 25, 2018 1:56:22 GMT -8
I thought I'd posted a reaction, but obvs not. Also, sorry for three posts in a row, despite the delay.
It's good. It's got a lot going for it that feel like Lucas' original trilogy movies. You've got a young hotshot full of (largely) undeserved confidence. Hotrods/fast speeders. Dangerous crime bosses. Practical sets and practical makeup. Good stuff.
Unfortunately, though Very Star Wars, it was also very formulaic.
I enjoyed the RedLetterMedia takedowns of the prequels as much or more than watching the source material, but there's part of me that feels this is more than a little unkind:
This is a series which rides on tropes, rides on patterns. And gets stunning mileage from its canon. So it seems a little rough to mock it for following tropes too predictably… but I found myself laughing at the degree of accuracy RLM managed.
I was relieved that Ep VII was solidly back in the Star Wars vein, and even more in love with Ep. VIII — pulling the story away from being being a Skywalker legacy story, and into the broader populace. It took more chances than many are crediting it for doing.
I guess I would have liked a few more chances to be taken with the story.
…More than that, Han Solo is a horrible scoundrel when we meet him in A New Hope, but he's basically the ONE good guy in this movie, and I am not down with that.
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Post by Kainguru on Sept 19, 2018 8:52:31 GMT -8
Well, you also have to remember he's Disney's Solo - George Lucas' anymore. So this sort of thing is part of the Disney formula - Han has got to be basically a 'good guy', that or lose the Disney tag of approval (ie: film it under one of Disney's more adult oriented studio tags). Though things might change - the next trilogy will be from the GoT guys and it's slated as being for a more adult audience. Aaron PS: much as I love a lot of Disney productions their Disney is a way of life mantra like stuff, I have always found a little creepy.
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Post by weaselcreature on Sept 20, 2018 9:22:13 GMT -8
…More than that, Han Solo is a horrible scoundrel when we meet him in A New Hope, but he's basically the ONE good guy in this movie, and I am not down with that. Interesting. I got a totally different takeaway from that. Sure, he was a scoundrel in a New Hope, but he still had a heart of gold, which ended up being revealed. What led him to be a scoundrel covering up his good side? Solo showed it; he was a scoundrel, a rebel, but fun-loving. Loved sticking it to the man, but had a love, dreams and aspirations. He goes on this adventure, gets spurned and betrayed by the only people he loved or respected and sees just how nasty this upper-crust criminal underworld can be, and the movie ends with him heading to work for Jabba. Working for Jabba increases his scoundreliness (now a word), but his true self (good-natured rogue) is still in there, revealed at the end of Ep IV.
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Post by ayslyn on Sept 20, 2018 17:55:42 GMT -8
…More than that, Han Solo is a horrible scoundrel when we meet him in A New Hope, but he's basically the ONE good guy in this movie, and I am not down with that. Interesting. I got a totally different takeaway from that. Sure, he was a scoundrel in a New Hope, but he still had a heart of gold, which ended up being revealed. What led him to be a scoundrel covering up his good side? Solo showed it; he was a scoundrel, a rebel, but fun-loving. Loved sticking it to the man, but had a love, dreams and aspirations. He goes on this adventure, gets spurned and betrayed by the only people he loved or respected and sees just how nasty this upper-crust criminal underworld can be, and the movie ends with him heading to work for Jabba. Working for Jabba increases his scoundreliness (now a word), but his true self (good-natured rogue) is still in there, revealed at the end of Ep IV. I agree with the Weasel.... I read Solo as a Grey Hat, rather than a Black.
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