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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 1:31:20 GMT
That robot’s creepy-looking.
It’s interesting; in spite of the aliens and robots, this looks much more like it’s taking place on earth. Ghosty was right to say it looks like a war movie.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 1:36:12 GMT
So I’m wondering what the Senate were doing between the Emperor’s rise and when he dissolved it in the first one. Just sitting around, twiddling their thumbs, to rubber-stamp his decisions and say how great he is?
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 1, 2018 1:37:48 GMT
Rogue 1 has a very distinct feel to it. And this one’s droid is probably my favorite!
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 1:40:20 GMT
It’s Pete—sorta!
He/it looks like Pete but doesn’t sound like him, and none of Cushing’s distinctive gestures. It’s really weird, especially for a Cushing fan.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 1:44:31 GMT
Rogue 1 has a very distinct feel to it. And this one’s droid is probably my favorite! He’s pretty funny—but I’m not sure why he and the girl hate each other so quickly. We’v got another Cthulhu creature, by the way.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 1:48:09 GMT
1. Middle Eastern planet?
2. I like this lead actress. I don’t think I’ve seen her in anything before.
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 1, 2018 1:51:19 GMT
The Cushing bot is a strange effect, slightly jarring, but it’s kind of amazing that they did it.
Felicity is great, and I think Jyn is cool, too. She really excels at selling the tough capable woman.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 1:58:10 GMT
“The Force” is really standing as a metaphor for God here.
Oh, and, um, the extremist rebel guy said, “IT’S A TRAP!”
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 2:05:58 GMT
The Cushing bot is a strange effect, slightly jarring, but it’s kind of amazing that they did it. Felicity is great, and I think Jyn is cool, too. She really excels at selling the tough capable woman. She’s really making me believe in her character–this is so different in mood from the two other Disney Star Wars movies that it’s difficult to believe the same studio made it. CGI Cushing just creeps me out, to be honest, but as you say it’s amazing that it’s that lifelike. But knowing that he’s dead, and the uncanny valley effect, make it too Frankensteinian (well, that’s apropos for Baron von Frankenstein himself…). Wait, I just looked it up, that’s Forest Whitaker? Geez. I knew he was in this but for some reason didn’t recognize him. Oops.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 2:10:26 GMT
At least computerized Pete seems duly evil! I was going to say I’d like a Grand Moff Tarkin backstory–I’m interested in how this old military guy got to be this loyal to the Empire–but I don’t want any more digital Peter Cushing Frankenstein Monster.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 2:30:41 GMT
And there’s Darth Vader!
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Dec 1, 2018 2:30:54 GMT
At least computerized Pete seems duly evil! I was going to say I’d like a Grand Moff Tarkin backstory–I’m interested in how this old military guy got to be this loyal to the Empire–but I don’t want any more digital Peter Cushing Frankenstein Monster. Young Tarkin is featured in the Clone Wars animated series. I like Rogue One. As I've said elsewhere, it's basically what you'd get if Hemingway wrote a Star Wars movie.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 2:32:55 GMT
And it was all going so swimmingly with him until that last line.
Hey, is that Ackbar?
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Dec 1, 2018 2:35:37 GMT
And it was all going so swimmingly with him until that last line. Hey, is that Ackbar? That's RADDUS! Member? We were talking about him a few weeks back.
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 1, 2018 2:36:15 GMT
Forest Whitaker’s character is also from the Clone Wars series, when he was younger. That was a cool surprise for fans, because they concealed his character’s name, but I like that it’s the sort of thing that a casual viewer doesn’t need to know to get the full story. Purely enrichment.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 2:40:41 GMT
At least computerized Pete seems duly evil! I was going to say I’d like a Grand Moff Tarkin backstory–I’m interested in how this old military guy got to be this loyal to the Empire–but I don’t want any more digital Peter Cushing Frankenstein Monster. Young Tarkin is featured in the Clone Wars animated series. I like Rogue One. As I’ve said elsewhere, it’s basically what you’d get if Hemingway wrote a Star Wars movie. Interesting comparison. I’m not sure I would have made it, but it’s fitting, especially in the small scale of the story and the character focus. I like it too so far, but I don’t quite love it. It feels almost too different from the others, as if the director wanted to make a WWII film and just decided to do it in space.
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Dec 1, 2018 2:41:38 GMT
Forest Whitaker’s character is also from the Clone Wars series, when he was younger. That was a cool surprise for fans, because they concealed his character’s name, but I like that it’s the sort of thing that a casual viewer doesn’t need to know to get the full story. Purely enrichment. Yeah, it was a cool story choice.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 1, 2018 2:44:11 GMT
And it was all going so swimmingly with him until that last line. Hey, is that Ackbar? That’s RADDUS! Member? We were talking about him a few weeks back. I remember we mentioned him, but I don’t know what he looks like! Is it, um, racist to say that all the Mon Calamari look alike?
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Dec 1, 2018 2:44:45 GMT
Young Tarkin is featured in the Clone Wars animated series. I like Rogue One. As I’ve said elsewhere, it’s basically what you’d get if Hemingway wrote a Star Wars movie. Interesting comparison. I’m not sure I would have made it, but it’s fitting, especially in the small scale of the story and the character focus. I like it too so far, but I don’t quite love it. It feels almost too different from the others, as if the director wanted to make a WWII film and just decided to do it in space. It's essentially For Whom the Bell Tolls, with 15% of the plot of A New Hope shoehorned in. ETA: the sort of pacing/cadence of the film is most comparable to like an Expanded Universe novel from the late-90s. They all kind of have a similarly pulpy feel.
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Dec 1, 2018 2:45:24 GMT
That’s RADDUS! Member? We were talking about him a few weeks back. I remember we mentioned him, but I don’t know what he looks like! Is it, um, racist to say that all the Mon Calamari look alike? I mean, I don't think he looks anything like Ackbar. But that's just me.
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