TV/Movies Megathread

[katmai]

Star Wars trailer has to be one of the worst I've ever seen, what the fuck!? 

Oh thank god.

[Josquius]

I'm tempted to watch the star wars trailer but I know I shouldn't.  Trailers ruin films.

[Eddie Teach]

Trailer looks fine to me.

[Admiral Yi]

Just watched the trailer.  Is this supposed to be a sequel or a reboot?  Cuz I don't see how you get from the end of episode 6 to this.

[katmai]

Just watched the trailer.  Is this supposed to be a sequel or a reboot?  Cuz I don't see how you get from the end of episode 6 to this.

This is 30 (?) years later from last.

[Tonitrus]

Besides Enid, who else can Carl fall in love with? He might have to chase after her into the woods.

Not to mention the "love triangle" with the other kid.  I am not sure what TWD needs to improve the story is lame teenage angst.

He didn't seem very angsty when saving the other kid's life... I think the point of that scene was to contrast Carl's practicality with Ron's more typical emo teen behavior.

I meant the other kids' angst, not Carl's.  His all, "oh, I see you had the girl with you...I'll just go mope with the wolves/zombies...fuck survival". 

[MadImmortalMan]

Wife watched the trailer and wants to see the movie in the theater now. I really want to wait. She asked me--"Don't you have a boatload of Disney stock right now?".

I do. I really do. 

[katmai]

Wife watched the trailer and wants to see the movie in the theater now. I really want to wait. She asked me--"Don't you have a boatload of Disney stock right now?".

I do. I really do. 

Tickets for IMAX 3D on 17th bought.

[Admiral Yi]

This is 30 (?) years later from last.

OK, then how do you end up with storm troopers and Tie fighters after the Empire has been defeated?  And Jedis only a distant memory?

[katmai]

This is 30 (?) years later from last.

OK, then how do you end up with storm troopers and Tie fighters after the Empire has been defeated?  And Jedis only a distant memory?

oy vey.

[Admiral Yi]

Well if you're going to grumbler me then never mind.

[katmai]

Sorry Yi, have a 6am call for shooting tomorrow, so will have to explain tomorrow night.

But basically just because the emperor was killed along with Vader 30 years ago didn't mean the imperial governors and the imperial army all folded. They haven't released any plot from new film as of yet, but with tie ins to a novel released and ongoing comic from Marvel is trying to explain what happened in the last x number of years since destruction of Death Star 2.0

[Syt]

Liked the trailer. Obviously they're building up a big mystery around Luke - he's not on the poster, and not prominently included in the trailer. So what are they going for? Is he the bad guy? Or are they making it look like he might be a bad guy only he's not?

I'm ok with Jedi falling even more into obscurity - they were already the stuff of legend in A New Hope, and Obi-Wan had to tell Luke that it was the Empire who destroyed the Jedi Order.

Endor was a costly victory, and while it left the Empire without clear leader, its infrastructure was still largely intact. So it wouldn't be far fetched if a strongman of some sort would grab power and start a vicious crackdown, together with a propaganda campaign to discredit the Alliance (the contractor discussion from Clerks comes to mind ).

[celedhring]

Liked the trailer. Obviously they're building up a big mystery around Luke - he's not on the poster, and not prominently included in the trailer. So what are they going for? Is he the bad guy? Or are they making it look like he might be a bad guy only he's not?

I'm ok with Jedi falling even more into obscurity - they were already the stuff of legend in A New Hope, and Obi-Wan had to tell Luke that it was the Empire who destroyed the Jedi Order.

Endor was a costly victory, and while it left the Empire without clear leader, its infrastructure was still largely intact. So it wouldn't be far fetched if a strongman of some sort would grab power and start a vicious crackdown, together with a propaganda campaign to discredit the Alliance (the contractor discussion from Clerks comes to mind ).

I don't mind the Jedi still being the stuff of legends 30 years after A New Hope, the problem is the prequels, where there's Jedi all over the place and in a very public position, and by the time of the Empire everybody has forgotten them...

[Syt]

Well, the vast majority of them were killed. Add a propaganda campaign on the Imperial equivalent of RIA Novosti and RT that posits all actions or supposed deeds of Jedi as questionable, negative, exaggerated, or fabricated ...