ShinyMetal***

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I feel that, when I saw it it definitely wasn't a bad movie but also didn't feel much like a Star Wars film. That's probably because you can't easily create that nostalgia of the original Star Wars derived from the mere passing of time and the age gap from when we first saw it. I'm sure the little tots watching the series for the first time with their fanfreak parents feel much differently than us.
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DannyJC13

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« Reply #203 on: 12-13-2018 19:00 »
« Last Edit on: 12-19-2018 21:25 »
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*bump* Pedro Pascal Revealed as The MandalorianLucasfilm is pleased to announce the cast of the first-ever Star Wars live-action series — The Mandalorian.
Pedro Pascal (Narcos) has been cast in the title role as a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. He is joined by Gina Carano (Deadpool), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers (Predator), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), and Nick Nolte (Affliction). *edit* Ludwig Göransson to Compose Score for The Mandalorian
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DannyJC13

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its hilarious.. after oversaturaring the StarWars world and burning it out (and killing it by basically going full frak-everything-pre-2000s) .. now they let it die totally underpromoting it....
I have noticed the Star Wars hype has been pretty much non-existent lately (though, if you go over to the r/StarWarsLeaks subreddit, you'll see plenty of information about both Episode IX & The Mandalorian), I wonder if Disney are waiting for the Endgame hype to be over before starting up the Star Wars engine again...
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Javier Lopez

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Endgame[/i] hype to be over before starting up the Star Wars engine again...
Could be... they fraked up last year with Solo putting it right next to Infinity War in a clear attempt to portray "hey nothing happent..this movie is fine.. all those rumors you heard about the production problems mean nothing..we are releasing on schedule despite having allready moved 2 movies to december plus a 3rd one ahead" and it horribly backfired along the production problems (they were totally irrelevant in the end for the final product..but Disney/LF did nothing to counter the strong histories going on arround and that created a fatal mouth-to-mouth negative hype that the movie was bad) and also underpromoted it.. maybe tought the market was oversaturated with SW.. wich it kind of was .. but the big problem was the dissaster TLJ is and how its been going on and on and on from worst to horrible. its like if they tried to use Star Wars the same as Marvel MCU...and then hit a hole and decide to stop dead and not treat it like MCU..but with a movie just a couple months ahead..and that movie paid unfairly all that the problem is that from there to today all that happent in Star Wars as Resistance.. wich is utterly horrible..and they are letting it die again.. at least this time they have 6 months between End Game and ep IX to promo things up..
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DannyJC13

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[youtube]adzYW5DZoWs[/youtube] .
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Tachyon

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Damn, I'm a clueless blond! I only just now made the connection between the executive order to remove an entire class of people (the Jedi, including children) and the real world executive order to remove an entire class of people (Japanese living in the US, including their American born children)!
The former was of course Chancellor Palpatine's Executive Order 66, and the later was President Roosevelt's Executive Order 1066...
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DannyJC13

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[youtube]aOC8E8z_ifw[/youtube] Also, probably the best news of all, Ewan McGregor is back as Obi-Wan for a Disney+ series! Apparently, it is set 8 years after Revenge of the Sith, showing us his time in hiding on Tatooine.  We also got a new poster for The Rise of Skywalker:
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Svip

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Damn, I'm a clueless blond! I only just now made the connection between the executive order to remove an entire class of people (the Jedi, including children) and the real world executive order to remove an entire class of people (Japanese living in the US, including their American born children)!
The former was of course Chancellor Palpatine's Executive Order 66, and the later was President Roosevelt's Executive Order 1066...
No. It's ridiculous to think that Lucas was thinking of that. It's just that 66 is a short form of 666. So it sounds scary, without being too obvious. Furthermore, Executive Order 1066 was signed by President Taft in 1909, so it had nothing to do with Japanese interment camps. You are probably thinking of Executive Order 9066. But the 66 connection is just a coincident, I think.
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Tachyon

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Spear through the cockpit?
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Svip

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No one's ever really gone.
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Farnsworth38

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Not just Wedge: there are hints that Ezra Bridger will also appear. I basically ignored Rebels when it was on -- because, kid's show -- but recently I've been watching some clips and have come to the conclusion that some of its material was better than that in some of the films. Hera is to all intents and purposes a Twi'lek Leela, and Chopper has to be the best droid since R2. I watched the original movie in the cinema as a kid, and R2 was one of my favourite characters. Chopper takes astromech attitude to the next level: yes, he's a bit OTT at times, but he just has so much character. The one big gripe I have with the clips I've seen is the further increase in Imperial ineptitude. Stormtroopers already have a reputation: was there really any need to reduce them to the level of battle droids? But hey, it was for kids. And my ramblings are about half a decade late... I did like this though.
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Tachyon

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Cute little guy. Thinking back, I'd have to say that my favourite droid is K-2SO. Maybe they'll do him in the flesh someday, so to speak. Spear through the cockpit?
Like a leaf in the wind...
Holy crap...I just now learned that the person playing K-2SO via motion capture was none other than Alan Tudyk!!
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Javier Lopez

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I basically ignored Rebels when it was on -- because, kid's show -- but recently I've been watching some clips and have come to the conclusion that some of its material was better than that in some of the films.
Rebels was actually good.. yes it had unbearable moments.. (like the end of that Imperial inteligence ship episode ..or the space whales) but if you watch the new show Resistance Rebels will look like FireFly to you now.. It had some very bad moments but it had very good moments and just like Clone Wars it became darker and darker the more the series advanced.. it really has very violent moments and they did a very good job tying the history to Rogue One and handiling very dangerous to touch characters like Vader, Thrawn or the Emperor.. it also shows very well the starts of the Rebellion towards what we know it becames by Rogue One and its internal struggles on about how to counter the Empire.. season 3 final arc with Thrawn is absolutelly brutal .. i wish they had handled better season 4 and the finale after such brilliant seasons 2 and 3 . And specially it did a fantastic job reusing elements from the old destroyer-by-disney expanded universe.. there was lots of little references to books and videogames here and there Holy crap...I just now learned that the person playing K-2SO via motion capture was none other than Alan Tudyk!!
And of course the voice.. and it seems he will return to play K2SO in the incoming Casian Andor series
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Tachyon

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For the life of me, I honestly cannot grasp why a fan of the franchise would want to expose themselves to material in a trailer before seeing the film. You might see spoilers that will ruin some of your later enjoyment. And even if there are no spoilers, seeing a scene beforehand might lessen the impact of the movie. Or you might see outtakes that lead you to expect certain things, then find out that they're from a C-plot that never makes the final cut.
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Svip

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Research suggests that's not how humans work. Humans actually like spoilers, they just won't admit it. (Hence why they watch trailers.) Seeing something familiar is always a better experience than seeing something new. Almost always, according to surveys.
People spoiled on a plot will more likely enjoy watching/reading/whatever the subject more. People don't like surprises. We are conservative beings, who prefers our routine. Spoilers is just another comfort for our lives.
So when I spoil a plot, I am actually doing you a favour!
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UnrealLegend

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Research suggests that's not how humans work. Humans actually like spoilers, they just won't admit it. (Hence why they watch trailers.) Seeing something familiar is always a better experience than seeing something new. Almost always, according to surveys.
People spoiled on a plot will more likely enjoy watching/reading/whatever the subject more. People don't like surprises. We are conservative beings, who prefers our routine. Spoilers is just another comfort for our lives.
So when I spoil a plot, I am actually doing you a favour!
Well, it obviously varies from person to person. Not everyone likes spoilers. However, a trailer can show very little and still build immeasurable hype. The Force Awakens trailers were excellent for this; they really didn't give much of an idea on what the plot was about. Avengers: Endgame is another example. 90% of the trailer footage was from the first 20 minutes of the movie, and everyone involved was very tight-lipped about the plot details. It then went on to become the highest grossing movie of all time! Until James Cameron inevitably puts Avatar back in cinemas to hype up Avatar 2.That said, since any teeny-tiny detail about a movie is technically a spoiler, I suppose you're still correct.  And personally, I'll almost never watch something that I've never heard of. Unrelated, but A New Hope was on TV this evening. I can't get Jawa voices out of my head. 
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DannyJC13

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« Reply #234 on: 10-31-2019 19:48 »
« Last Edit on: 10-31-2019 19:53 »
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Avengers: Endgame is another example. 90% of the trailer footage was from the first 20 minutes of the movie,
This turned out to be a lie, since the trailers had footage from the final act/battle of the movie. Trailers are purposefully made to mislead audiences these days, whether it be people officially-attached to the project lying about the content featured in them (such as the Endgame thing you are talking about, Unreal), the footage being manipulated to straight-up lie to you (such as the Hulk being featured in the final battle in Infinity War, when in the movie it was Banner in the Hulkbuster armour) or footage being shot specifically for the trailer with no intention of it ever being in the final movie (Gareth Edwards did this a lot for Rogue One).
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DannyJC13

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Has anyone else been playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order? 
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UnrealLegend

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Mandalorian spoilers: After seeing the first three episodes, I can definitely say that I'm enjoying it. I appreciate that the main Mandalorian (Maindalorian? I'll go with that) is a bit of a noob and makes his fair share of mistakes, instead of being an edgy Boba Fett copycat. I fucking loved the Jawa side quest in episode 2 and seeing them be cute little dickheads. Seeing them blast Maindalorian off the Sandcrawler and later mock his Jawa-language-speak was priceless. I find the culture of the Mandalore outcasts to be fascinating, and slightly confusing. Didn't their leader (is she wearing some kind of ancient Spartan helment, by the way?  ) imply that they never take their helmets off? They most certainly took them off during the Clone Wars. If you like Star Wars then you owe it to yourself to watch this show. Has anyone else been playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order? 
I intend on getting my hands on that after I finish my current singleplayer game (I can't really juggle games. One at a time for me). I'm amazed that it's taken this long for there to be an EA Star Wars game that's half-decent. How long have they had the Star Wars rights? For-fucking-ever.
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