Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

[Ezee E]

Not to extend it, but the Mary Poppins piece is still the worst thing in all of star wars.

[Skitch]

Not to extend it, but the Mary Poppins piece is still the worst thing in all of star wars.

It doesn't bother me in the least if people hate every aspect of ep8. It drives me up the wall when people (no one in this conversation!) say theres no precedent for things that occur in the movie.

[Philip J. Fry]

I thought the "Mary Poppins" bit was super creative.

[StuSmallz]

I like The Last Jedi, I think it's a good Star Wars movie and I totally get where that comment's coming from. In fact, I always find Honest Trailers makes pretty excellent points even if they're jokes. Cinema Sins is the one that deliberately distorts things to make cheap shots.

Amen; I actually just watched this excellent vid essay dissecting just exactly why CS is so terrible, and why they're bad for film discourse online (of course, a third of the people who voted on it disliked it, showing how rabid Sins' fanbase is against any legitimate criticism):

[Philip J. Fry]

Heh. This shit is awesome.

[Wryan]

That was great. Those short vids from that channel are amazing.

[Philip J. Fry]

That was great. Those short vids from that channel are amazing.

Indeed!

[Scar]

Ugh, I've got this voice in the back of my head trying to convince me to buy the 4K disc that's released tomorrow.

[Irish]

Damn son that fever done fucked you up.

Go to the doctor. When they ask about your symptoms, mention this urge.

You'll be in the ICU before you can get the word "Skywalker" out of your mouth.

[Ezee E]

Damn son that fever done fucked you up.

Go to the doctor. When they ask about your symptoms, mention this urge.

You'll be in the ICU before you can get the word "Skywalker" out of your mouth.

Nothing some blue milk won't heal.

[Grouchy]

Yeah, that's clearly just the fever talking.

[Skitch]

Ugh, I've got this voice in the back of my head trying to convince me to buy the 4K disc that's released tomorrow.

I enjoyed it much more round 2. But I'm a whore.

[Philip J. Fry]

[megladon8]

I cannot believe how awful this was.

40 years of build up...for this.

Kathleen Kennedy should be demoted to playing a porg in Disney's theme parks.

[Dukefrukem]

I cannot believe how awful this was.

40 years of build up...for this.

Kathleen Kennedy should be demoted to playing a porg in Disney's theme parks.

Rumors are Disney isn't extending her contract next year. She's done.

[megladon8]

Good.

I have never seen such a poorly handled series in my life.

It is so clear that there was NO PLAN for this thing. They just made the first one then winged it.

Even the prequels, as horrid as they are, clearly had a storyline planned from 1-3.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm with ya. This is why Kevin Feige got a movie. If that thing makes $2 billion, they will realize it was a mistake from Day 1 to stick with Kennedy. Remember, she was a LucasFilm exec anyway. It wasn't Disney's first choice to own this franchise.

This is also probably why no major news has come out about the upcoming movies.

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Even the prequels, as horrid as they are, clearly had a storyline planned from 1-3.

Well, not much of a positive, with THAT storyline...

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[megladon8]

The emperor is back!

Oh wow, how?

...he's back!

Okay, but how? We saw him die. Is he a clone?

No he's not a clone.

Was he rescued by someone?

Nope!

Is he incapable of dying?

Of course he can die! He even has a line of dialogue saying he died!

Okay...so how is he back?

...he's back!!!!

[Dukefrukem]

The emperor is back!

Oh wow, how?

...he's back!

Okay, but how? We saw him die. Is he a clone?

No he's not a clone.

Was he rescued by someone?

Nope!

Is he incapable of dying?

Of course he can die! He even has a line of dialogue saying he died!

Okay...so how is he back?

...he's back!!!!

I came up with a theory for this here. I wish it was cannon.

http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showth...l=1#post613221

[megladon8]

I came up with a theory for this here. I wish it was cannon.

http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showth...l=1#post613221

Yep, what you wrote is smarter and more creative than anything they were even capable of.

Have you seen or heard some of the interviews with the Stars, since this last movie came out?

Even they hated Kennedy.

Ridley is super bitter about how much they messed everything up, and she has said that it became a pretty regular occurrence for Kennedy to demand rewrites on scenes they are shooting that day. Apparently the ending was rewritten like 9 times.

I would really like to see Abrams' 4-1/2 hour cut and see if it improves anything.

[Skitch]

Good read, Duke.

There was a story line in one of the (now de-canonized) novels...I can't remember which one...where the Emperor would punish a pupil by killing him and transferring the pupil's "essence" or "spirit" to another body so he could keep him alive to kill again.

[megladon8]

I still would have loved some of the ideas from the comics to make their way into the movies.

The team of bounty hunters that the Emperor enlists to take out Vader was so cool. All non-force sensitive, but he gives them all technology and weapons to mimic force powers (jet packs, electrodes on their fingers, etc). And they each get a light saber.

[Skitch]

I still would have loved some of the ideas from the comics to make their way into the movies.

The team of bounty hunters that the Emperor enlists to take out Vader was so cool. All non-force sensitive, but he gives them all technology and weapons to mimic force powers (jet packs, electrodes on their fingers, etc). And they each get a light saber.

There are an absolute WEALTH of better stories from those novels and comic books that are million times better than that third trilogy. I always thought it was complete foolishness they disavowed all that stuff when they could've drawn from it.

[megladon8]

Agreed 100% Skitch.

I cannot remember the last time such a huge property was so badly mishandled.

I mean, I still think the idea of recounting these last 3 movies is silly. You messed up, own it. Move forward.

But hot damn...what a mess.

How is it that they landed IN THE EXACT SPOT they needed to be standing in, to match up that stupid knife compass thing to the crashed Death Star?