[12/31
11:48 AM] Mr. Blue:
The
previews for the WoW movie looked soooo bad
[12/31
11:52 AM] Mr. Silver:
Heh.
Cue the movie trailer voice!
"In
a world..."
"...do
anything to survive..."
"...world
will change.."
"...only
one man...who is an orc but you know what I mean..."
[12/31
11:56 AM] Ms. Rose:
HA!
[12/31
11:57 AM] Mr. Silver:
"...but
can he...an actual man or the orc...I'm lost in cliche'..."
"...last
hope or something against some unrelated challenge we're throwing
in..."
"...unite
or fail...or who cares..."
"Featuring
abnormally human-like female leads to make them attractive to the
male audience who lines consist of stuff like "you can't"
"you must" “what's going to happen to us?” and "it's
over." "
"...an
epic battle..."
"...good
and evil..."
"...with
principle characters who do that long overhead weapon swing thing
that would just get a real person killed..."
"...and
50' leap attacks for some reason..."
(Reveal
film title)
"...Title...”
“...Not
a proper title, but a simple fankid one because it sounds cool even
if it makes absolutely no sense..."
"Uh...(shuffling
paper sound) this one is 'Warcraft'."
[12/31
12:15 PM] Mr. Blue:
I
counted THREE previews that involved someone that had either lost
everything or had to risk everything
[12/31
12:15 PM] Ms. Rose:
(WoW
fan kid) "Shut up and take my money!"
Got a semi
Star-Wars-Name contacting me: Omarion Farquharson!
[12/31
12:17 PM] Mr. Silver:
Oscar
bait character name! Cue the movie trailer voice!
"Farquharson's
Tide - the story that's really good that you won't even look up until
it wins a Golden Globe and 3 Oscars."
"Starring
people in nice clothes with English accents."
"Adapted
from the beloved classic you've never heard of."
"Enjoy
2 straight hours of tea and walking along shorelines, while secretly
wishing YOU could talk like that."
[12/31
12:27 PM] Mr. Blue:
“Oscar
bait”, heh
(screenwriter)
“Let's see, what's in the news lately? Uhh... transgender....
refugee... ends... racism.”
(6
months later)
“Nominated
for 17 Oscars, including 3 categories made just for this movie!”
[12/31
12:36 PM] Mr. Silver:
Is
it a heartwarming story with students in it?
[12/31
12:36 PM] Mr. Blue:
“One
woman must risk everything”
[12/31
12:54 PM] Mr. Silver:
"All
she wanted was a new life."
"Whatever
that means, because, like, conceptually that's just a stupid
over-simplification of...you know...what she wanted..."
(scenes
of lead laughing and eating ice cream with impossibly attractive,
impossibly unattached neighbor guy while obsessed villain watches
from a duckie paddlewheeler or something)
[12/31
8:22 AM] Mr. Blue:
Saw
Star Wars VII... good movie
They
blended the old characters in well. They didn't just pop in for a
wink at the camera and disappear, but they weren't the primary focus
either.
The
soundtrack, weird screen cuts (like the line that goes across the
screen with the next scene trailing behind it) all had that Star Wars
feel
I
remember saying to you that it seemed pointless to have Mayhew since
he can barely walk and anybody can wear a Chewbacca outfit and stand
around cooing, but I take that back. He has the mannerisms down, the
little head twitches and stuff. It had to be him, and even he was
noticeably good.
[12/31
8:24 AM] Mr. Silver:
Yes
He
had a stand in...they all did... I assume he was doing the running.
[12/31
8:25 AM] Mr. Blue:
Probably
You
could tell there was a hobble/limp to him, but I think that fits
well, cuz Chewie is just old
The
"reveal" of the Millennium Falcon is done well too
Nothing
crazy... they just kinda reveal it like they would an actual human
character.
That
actually got the most audible response from the audience over
anything. Even over jokes and fight scenes and stuff
[12/31
8:28 AM] Mr. Silver:
People
love that hulk
[12/31
8:30 AM] Mr. Blue:
It
seemed more "Star Wars" than the prequels, that's for sure
[12/31
8:34 AM] Mr. Silver:
One
thing I was really happy with was dirt
Heh
First
3 movies, everything was "used", often beaten-used.
[12/31
8:35 AM] Mr. Blue:
Yep
[12/31
8:36 AM] Mr. Silver:
In
the prequels everything was shiny and new, and clearly more advanced
tech than "the future" stuff of 20 years later in 4-6.
[12/31
8:36 AM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah
[12/31
8:36 AM] Mr. Silver:
So
I'm glad they made a real effort with that.
[12/31
8:37 AM] Mr. Blue:
I
assume the originals had dirty tech by accident? Just for budget
reasons and stuff? And Lucas thought he was "correcting" a
"flaw" with the shiny tech in the prequels?
[12/31
8:37 AM] Mr. Silver:
No
I
think the CGI just was incapable of doing dirt, and the art designers
really wanted to show off too.
Meanwhile
in the originals, everything was real.
Even
the junk in Watto's shop was "clean" in Phantom Menace
I
enjoyed the "fighting hurt" elements in this new one a lot.
"Hey!
People are getting tired! REALLY tired! Nice!"
[12/31
8:55 AM] Mr. Blue:
At
least in the sense that people get winged/burned by the light sabers
and stuff
and
then have to compensate or fight through it
[12/31
8:59 AM] Mr. Silver:
They
didn't even do that too much in the originals. Just Luke
(rightly) beaten to a pulp all through Empire Strikes Back
[12/31
8:59 AM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah
[12/31
9:00 AM] Mr. Silver:
This
one, people are wheezing and falling over and struggling to rally for
another exchange.
Sweat!
Hehe
Kylo
beating on himself to stay up despite the brutal bowcaster
hit...nice!
[12/31
9:12 AM] Ms. Rose:
As
Mr. Blue and I discussed yesterday, I absolutely loved everything
about SW...except Kylo Ren. Or “Darth Sanchez”, as I call him.
[12/31
9:13 AM] Mr. Silver:
Hehe
What
was wrong with him?
I
was hoping Han would have opened with "get a haircut"
[12/31
9:15 AM] Ms. Rose:
I
didn't know anything about him before the movie. And all the
mask-deep voice buildup made me think he was going to be reeeeally
evil. He took off the mask the first time and that wimpy little voice
squeaked out. Just mildly disappointing.
And
yeah, he looks nothing like Han nor Leia.
[12/31
9:15 AM] Mr. Silver:
Dark
Side does
things to ya, maaaaan...
[12/31
9:16 AM] Ms. Rose:
He
is not actually Hispanic (I've since Wikied) and he is supposedly a
very talented and trained actor. But he just didn't fit all the way,
IMO.
[12/31
9:16 AM] Mr. Silver:
“Darth
Chin” came to mind, actually
[12/31
9:16 AM] Ms. Rose:
Hahaha!
[12/31
9:22 AM] Mr. Silver:
(von
Sydow) "How do you fit all that hair and the chin in that little
helmet?"
[12/31
9:23 AM] Ms. Rose:
LOL
(takes
off mask) "Um, excuse me, evil dudes. Could we, like, talk about
my mommy/daddy issues? My feels are hurting... kthx."
It
wasn't that bad. I kid. :)
[12/31
9:19 AM] Mr. Blue:
I
kinda liked the dichotomy of this evil brooding guy that takes off
the mask and he's kinda fresh-faced and normal looking.
[12/31
9:26 AM] Mr. Blue:
Man.
Lucas is a fucking idiot
He
would've ruined this new one if he had any say in it
[12/31
9:28 AM] Mr. Silver:
I
agree, he would have.
[12/31
9:28 AM] Ms. Rose:
"Okay,
I will go my way, and I'll let them go their way. But we both end up
at the bank, so it's cool."
[12/31
9:28 AM] Mr. Blue:
He
just can't help but ruin things
If
he had more of a budget the originals would've sucked too
His
original script and storyboards were insane
[12/31
9:31 AM] Mr. Silver:
(Lucas
at story-boarding, Working title - Star Wars VII: An Old Despair)
"And
then, Darth Fencepost should stand stiffly and say 'The Dark
Siiiiide'."
“And
Stik-Up-Buttobi should look blankly out the window and mumble 'There
is still good in you'."
[12/31
9:32 AM] Ms. Rose:
ROFL
[12/31
9:36 AM] Mr. Blue:
LOL
I'm
pretty sure his original idea had most characters, including Luke,
being non-human.
[12/31
9:52 AM] Mr. Silver:
Luke
was a dwarf. Han was a lizard man.
[12/31
9:45 AM] Ms. Rose:
He
seems so adamant that his "vision" is the ultimate and that
everyone else just sucks. I think I read somewhere that he's banned
from some director's or writer's guild or something, too. Like, a
major one.
[12/31
9:45 AM] Mr. Blue:
I
saw a good documentary called The People vs. George Lucas that talked
about the relationship Star Wars fans had with him
[12/31
9:45 AM] Ms. Rose:
Oh,
neat! I'd watch that.
[12/31
9:45 AM] Mr. Blue:
Basically
just how they perceive him as both this guy that made something they
love, but also this guy that is hell-bent on ruining the thing they
love with re-releasing and re-cutting the originals and destroying
the original copies
Like
adding the "NOOOOOO", that weird jazz/r&b group, or
young Anakin showing up at the end of episode 6, and not giving
anyone the option to purchase an original version.
Or
Greedo shooting first (or at all)...messed up. It doesn't even make
sense that Greedo could fire and miss, simultaneously, while Han is
shooting.
[12/31
9:47 AM] Ms. Rose:
I
guess the original secrets will die with Stick-Up-Buttobi. *giggle*
[12/31
9:52 AM] Mr. Blue:
WTF...
“After
Luke hands Princess Leia his blaster in the chasm swing
sequence, it sounds like Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum when she fires
it. This is present in the Special Edition, but was changed back to a
standard blaster sound in the DVD and the Blu-ray.”
Why???
TWICE???
[12/31
9:53 AM] Ms. Rose:
WOW
