General / Off-Topic Solo
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And this is only tip of the iceberg with current SW/Disney but I wont get in to details to not brake forum rules. Just do some googling its quite disturbing to be honest what is the main focus of these ppl. Until certain individuals are not fired from making this franchise I wont give them any money - I go watch SW to escape politics and real life problems not to have them shovel down my throat.
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Jacques d'Orleans
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I'd rather beat myself to death with a baguette
Meanwhile at a school in England.
[video=youtube;ua0KzTi1vTo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua0KzTi1vTo[/video]
And just in case RLM let me down (again) i hope this guy manages to get around to doing a review of it:
(the Force Awakens):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N0_GdI8TWE
(Rogue One):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7jTfgXfaCU
I'd not seen those before, but they hit some home runs in relation to why i just don't like the New Star Wars stuff imho.
(the Force Awakens):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N0_GdI8TWE
(Rogue One):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7jTfgXfaCU
I'd not seen those before, but they hit some home runs in relation to why i just don't like the New Star Wars stuff imho.
I can only agree to a point.
I was expecting this flick to be lame, as in Ewok Adventure lame, but it is a satisfying romp though the SW universe for what it is. The action and adventure are well done. The supporting cast is excellent and Howard didn't kill the film.
That being said I just can't see the actor who plays Solo growing into the Han Solo who is now part of film culture. I would have much preferred an actor to look like they could become the Solo from Chapters 4-6 and 7.
That's my 12 parsecs worth........
Jacques d'Orleans
Banned
He was lucky not to have broken teeth
Yup, if you use a stale baguette, which is as hard as a brick, you can easily beat the living snot out of one.
IN case of war you also can use it as APCR round.
But a baguette is also usable for many many other things.
And there was me thinking how much he actually looked like Harrison Ford at times.
Was the film perfect? No. But it is a fun romp, fills in the blanks of the character, and it works as a Star Wars film.
It is certainly much better than the travesty that was TLJ or even TFA.
To be fair, I do see TLJ as solid attempt to do SW differently - and I actually bought some of arcs people seem hard time to get by. But it felt rushed, and actors and whole team underserved by studio goal to push it out asap. TFA felt just cheap nostalgia cash in after 3 weeks of watching it.
But yeah, Solo is returning back to adventure romp which has been SW signature. And that's why it is confusing that people concentrate so hard on 'not Harrison Ford' part of deal. I think guy did good job in reshoots.
But hey, I kinda find all SW fan base storm a bit pointless anyway. It is just a movie.
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A fun romp yes and:
........ at least we get a Solo and Chewie relationship origin story.
Also the opening segments and speeder chase on Solo's planet really reminded me of 1990's SW video games because of the look (think Dark Forces).
Also the opening segments and speeder chase on Solo's planet really reminded me of 1990's SW video games because of the look (think Dark Forces).
I haven't read much about this flick so I'm not really up on the whole "storm" angle. The Solo look thing is my opinion.
I did read Emilia Clarke saying that getting Ron Howard on board saved the film and I'd believe that.
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I can see what he was trying to do....
He just didn't carry it off. But too much of the story was filler, too much was forced, there were too many contrivances and it is never a good idea to leave plot holes. Sometimes the film is good enough that you don't care - TLJ wasn't good enough.
Unfortunately - I think Solo is going to pay the price. TLJ was a poor film that got success it didn't deserve...but it's always the NEXT film that pays the price, no matter how good it is.
TFA? It had too many contrivances, too many unanswered questions. Daisy Ridley is not a good actress and Finn had the more interesting backstory and potential by far. Poe should have died - he did nothing of value all film. Good points/ The film was still enjoyable and Ford gave a good performance.
TLJ? Daisy Ridley continued to get worse as an actress, the plot holes from TFA were left unfilled, there was an unneeded detour to the casino world, Rose was toxic as a character, put there simply to give Finn an unneeded love interest and there were huge elements of the plot and story that made absolutely no sense. OTOH - Hamill gave a sterling performance (even Ridley couldn't drag him down), Poe had something to do - even if it was getting the Resistance crushed and while Finn had a poor arc in the story (not forgetting the mess his story and background have become), Boyega gave a good performance. Even Kylo came off a lot better. And there were about 5 nice moments.
And I really liked the attempt to add some moral shades of grey into the story. DJ was a nice addition for example. Kylo taking out Snoke and becoming Emperor **could** have worked. Clearing the board for the final film was a decent enough concept that could have worked.
But it didn't. There was too much nonsense, too many plot holes, too much focus on Daisy Ridley, not enough respect for the franchise. TFA was also a bad movie, but at least it was fun.
I'm not sure why either. The main complaint I have is that the movie is a little slow but I don't see any reason for the hate towards the actor. He looks a bit like Ford, he gives a decent performance and he pulls off the role.
But the fllm is generally fun, self contained, keeps enough hooks to set up the trilogy and has the usual bunch of impressive set pieces whilst expanding upon the lore of the SW universe.
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I don't hate the actor. I think he acted well but he doesn't look like Ford at all and doesn't even posses the same body type. (Too much baby fat).
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Lol, knew it was gonna be about women. And I agree, all this postmodern sjw stuff is terrible, what happened to pushing the only female character against the bulkheads and kissing here after she explicitly says no? This world has gone mad with all thepc stuff.
Btw, not sure what postmodern means, but I assume its something liberals do. I could look it up but I wont because I ama real man.
Btw, not sure what postmodern means, but I assume its something liberals do. I could look it up but I wont because I ama real man.
It seems to me, the "Star Wars Stories" are being done in ways other than the typical Star Wars Saga style, but for me it's seeming to work fine. I saw it a second time and wanted to go right back in and watch it again. To me, that's a Star Wars flick. I dont get that desire from any other movies.
I have no problem with strong independent females (Linda Hamilton Sigourney Weave are my fav female protagonists from Terminator and Alien!) and equity but there are franchises that touch this topic much better imo - look at Marvel Avengers movies, they have all this that upset some ppl in SW but it does not compromise story/characters - does not feel that movie is made around political ideology like some SW movies now days. If someone wants to put certain ideology in his/her movie its fine as long as it dos not feel forced and only important thing. Maybe I`m getting too upset over thing I know...
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Totally agree, didn't think I'd like it half as much as I actually did.
Had a real blast!
Only thing was the Parsec part. Had my previous books EU explanation and this ruins it a bit.
But I really really liked it.
Wish it'd lasted twice as much.
Oh my God!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmPPxQnaGDY
Redlettermedia like it (well 2 out of 3 do) and this shock may indeed make me consider getting it on DVD. The main issues revolving around not filling the whole film with fan service ("I know that! It's R2D2!" etc) and allowing Solo to be it's own thing more true to the bits of Solo's story we pick up from the original trilogy etc. As people have said a nice action romp set in the universe we all love. Considering this film had a huge re-shoot it seems, going on the stuff RLM talk about, Disney actually did a great job (maybe their best job yet with the SW universe?).
Interesting. Sadly no film is 'good enough' for me to want to see it in a cinema (unless it is empty of all phone carrying people, which seems impossible these days), so i will get it to enjoy at home with the family (and friends) instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmPPxQnaGDY
Redlettermedia like it (well 2 out of 3 do) and this shock may indeed make me consider getting it on DVD. The main issues revolving around not filling the whole film with fan service ("I know that! It's R2D2!" etc) and allowing Solo to be it's own thing more true to the bits of Solo's story we pick up from the original trilogy etc. As people have said a nice action romp set in the universe we all love. Considering this film had a huge re-shoot it seems, going on the stuff RLM talk about, Disney actually did a great job (maybe their best job yet with the SW universe?).
Interesting. Sadly no film is 'good enough' for me to want to see it in a cinema (unless it is empty of all phone carrying people, which seems impossible these days), so i will get it to enjoy at home with the family (and friends) instead.
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