Star Wars Rogue One MASSIVE SPOILERS BY BERKUT

Started by Tamas, December 17, 2016, 11:43:34 AM

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Habbaku

Quote from: celedhring on December 18, 2016, 01:08:01 PM
I guess we'll see the bothans in Rogue Two

Nah, they'll just modify the story slightly to make it about Manny Bothans, hero of the Rebellion.
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MadImmortalMan

Re: the characters---The novel Catalyst is supposed to have a boatload about them in it. I might read it since it's Luceno and not Claudia Gray.
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Syt

Quote from: MadImmortalMan on December 18, 2016, 02:11:01 PM
Re: the characters---The novel Catalyst is supposed to have a boatload about them in it. I might read it since it's Luceno and not Claudia Gray.

I have it on Audible, but haven't listened to it yet beyond the first chapter. Earlier this year I set up an Audible sub that quietly ticked along, so that I had 10 free audio books. I'm using it for Star Wars audio books, because I find it easier to keep up that way.
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Eddie Teach

Saw the movie this afternoon, at risk of permanent damage to my hearing. Really fun. I liked the droid. Like threepio with less whining and more snark.
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MadImmortalMan

Alan Tudyk crashes spaceships and dies. It's kinda his thing.
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celedhring

#65
As usual, you can trust geeks with too much time in their hands to overscrutinize stuff, so here's an article trying to ascertain what might have changed in the final version of the film after the reshoots, using footage that was in the early trailers but didn't make the final cut.

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-missing-trailer-footage/2/

Interestingly, the mechanics of how the plans get stolen and transmitted to the Rebellion seem to have changed significantly.

derspiess

Quote from: Neil on December 18, 2016, 11:05:01 AM
Quote from: Barrister on December 17, 2016, 05:38:45 PM
How appropriate is this movie to take for younger kids (when compared to the other movies)?
If they've seen Episode 3 and 5, they should be fine.  If they can handle that not all the heroes are going to walk away, they'll be fine.

My kids somehow survived watching it.  Didn't even need counseling.
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derspiess

Quote from: garbon on December 18, 2016, 11:39:33 AM
Also, I'm guessing some people in the theater were drunk as they laughed a little too hard at the laugh lines. :D

In my theater, though there were drunk people, I think most people who laughed too hard did so out of excess enthusiasm.  Half of them clapped when the movie started :mellow:
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Eddie Teach

I don't remember anyone clapping at the beginning, but most of the theater clapped at the end.
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Syt

Vader kicking Rebel ass in the end - I guess someone at Lucasfilm played the first level of Force Unleashed. :P
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celedhring

I love when Americans clap at the end of movies, they are so eager to display their enthusiasm  :lol:
No clapping in my aloof Euro cinema :(

garbon

Quote from: derspiess on December 19, 2016, 09:29:02 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 18, 2016, 11:39:33 AM
Also, I'm guessing some people in the theater were drunk as they laughed a little too hard at the laugh lines. :D

In my theater, though there were drunk people, I think most people who laughed too hard did so out of excess enthusiasm.  Half of them clapped when the movie started :mellow:

Yeah that happened at the beginning and end in my theater too. :x
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Liep

Quote from: celedhring on December 19, 2016, 09:47:03 AM
I love when Americans clap at the end of movies, they are so eager to display their enthusiasm  :lol:
No clapping in my aloof Euro cinema :(

There was a big group of downs kids when I watched it, much clapping at the end.
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Not that I go to the movies that frequently but enthusiastic clapping was heard during both FA and Rogue One. Not to mention the LotR movies. I didn't think they were Americans or that it was disgusting.
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Quote from: Habbaku on December 17, 2016, 05:51:00 PM
I jokingly called it Star Wars: Vietnam on Facebook.  I was only half-joking.

Yeah that's a good descriptor. Overall a better effort than the Force Awakened. Undead Tarkin was a mistake, though, I just hope they're not going to try to do the same to Alec Guinness going forward.
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