Wainy316 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I don't personally I want rogue one and star wars old Republic game trailers, they're still the best thing they've done in nearly 40 years Don't mind tie ins and winks and nods but the setting is so big they can be braver than obi wan and boba fett I love Rogue One but I do wonder how fondly I’d remember it without the last 5 minutes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Just now, Wainy316 said: I love Rogue One but I do wonder how fondly I’d remember it without the last 5 minutes. Jinn Erso was quite annoying to be fair but luckily overshadowed by better characters in Krennic, Baze Malbus & Chirut Imwi and the droid, K2S0 I loved Rogue One as a stand-alone but very much part of the canon, traditional ‘war’ movie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted December 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I love Rogue One but I do wonder how fondly I’d remember it without the last 5 minutes. Think the imagery and cinematography was what did it for me Its a beautiful film with some really stunning shots, it's a saw gerrera away from being a perfect SW film 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 13 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I love Rogue One but I do wonder how fondly I’d remember it without the last 5 minutes. Yeah Rogue One was amazing, but Donnie Yen aside, the best part was Vader being badass, and trying not to cry when you realised the last scene with Leia was set right before New Hope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Panto_Villan Posted December 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 hour ago, dAVe80 said: Yeah Rogue One was amazing, but Donnie Yen aside, the best part was Vader being badass, and trying not to cry when you realised the last scene with Leia was set right before New Hope. Personally I liked Rogue One for the same reason I liked the Mandalorian - it took itself seriously and tried to portray events in a realistic manner. The other SW films seem to be trying to be a comedy half the time, presumably because the MCU films are relatively light hearted. That just doesn’t suit Star Wars for me. Give me scenes of pilots climbing into battered X-Wings and Y-Wings doing bombing runs against shield generators, not a cavalry charge along the outside of the hull of a Star Destroyer using space horses. Or Po Damarin blowing up like 15 TIE fighters in five seconds. That’s a kids TV show, not Star Wars. To be honest, the Vader clip at the end didn’t excite me for the same reasons I didn’t like the Mando cameos. But the film nailed the tone and feel of Star Wars as far as I’m concerned. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Panto_Villan said: space horses... That’s a kids TV show See, now I'm just disappointed TROS didn't have a BraveStarr tie-in. Very much enjoyed the first episode, but by this point I've gone so full-Filoni fanboy that I've most likely lost all objectivity. And Ming-Na hasn't aged since Street Fighter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, GarethRDR said: See, now I'm just disappointed TROS didn't have a BraveStarr tie-in. Very much enjoyed the first episode, but by this point I've gone so full-Filoni fanboy that I've most likely lost all objectivity. And Ming-Na hasn't aged since Street Fighter. You would not believe how much googling I required to understand your post In order, it was: “TROS”, “BraveStarr”, “Filoni”, “Ming-Na”, “Ming-Na Streetfighter”, “Why was Kylie Minogue in Streetfighter?” Edited December 30, 2021 by Panto_Villan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 I can see why they cast TM but his action scenes were rough Hopefully they stick his helmet on and double him more often than not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted December 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) The end credit song sounded very familiar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronia,_the_Robber's_Daughter_(film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S0a-sjfOn0 Edited December 31, 2021 by Tegis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 29 minutes ago, Tegis said: The end credit song sounded very familiar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronia,_the_Robber's_Daughter_(film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S0a-sjfOn0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2022 Watched the first episode of Book of Boba Fett. It's alright. Nothing amazing, but first episode and getting the elephant in the room out of the way, it's decent enough. Hopefully this series can leave it's references to the usual Star Wars stuff to it being set on Tattooine. If the Force or a bloody lightsaber turns up they've **** up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 30/12/2021 at 16:52, GarethRDR said: And Ming-Na hasn't aged since Street Fighter. I read this and thought, no way could she have been in Street Fighter. Googled her and she’s 58! What the actual hell? I think she might be the youngest looking person for their age in human history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I read this and thought, no way could she have been in Street Fighter. Googled her and she’s 58! What the actual hell? I think she might be the youngest looking person for their age in human history. For you, the day you found out Ming-Na was in Street Fighter was the most important day of your life... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I think she might be the youngest looking person for their age in human history. Christie Brinkley reigns supreme (60 in that photo) Wonder what happens if one peels the layers a bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Second episode of Book of Boba Fett was excellent. Spoiler Dances With Banthas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6, 2022 Second episode of Book of Boba Fett was decent again. There's nothing earth shattering about the show, but it's done well enough. Biggest issues for me so far are some of the creature makeup shows the actors eyes too well which makes them too clearly guys on costumes, and Temuera Morrison's rage face being more reminiscent of an angry drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Fun episode of Book of Boba Fett, but... Spoiler The Mod gang was a bit shit. Fettrophenia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) Spoiler The lack of charisma on show is shocking. Temuera Morrison was an absolute bad ass in his prime, but he is long past his prime now. His action scenes don't pass any sort of credibility test. He is not stronger, he is not faster, he is not smarter, he is not technologically superior, yet we are supposed to see him as a fearsome warrior. I just don't see it. FFS the assassins sent to kill him got tooled up with "future shields" and cattle prods. Not even cattle prods really, more cat prods, as they seemed to do next to nothing unless you can get three or 4 working simultaneously for extended periods of time. They would have been better off taping a bread knife to the end of a broom handle. Don't even get me started on the parkour. So far it is fat old man with stick inexplicably wins fights in a universe where floating rocket trains, laser guns and force fields exist. The script is wooden AF, the lack of humour stark, logic for the in world decision making is wonky as all hell. The lack of jeopardy is unreal, the biggest threat so far I think is being thirsty. The Mandalorian had delivered more charisma and more interest whilst barely saying anything and keeping his helmet on in a single scene than has been delivered in the 2 episodes I have seen so far of Boba Fett. I will watch the 3rd today, but it will require a massive jump in quality to get me beyond that. Maybe it's just me, but I've found Boba Fett an absolute snooze fest so far. Stuck the reasoning in a spoiler warning as there are a couple of plot points in there. Edited January 12, 2022 by Straggler spoilers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted January 12, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) I think it (Boba Fett) has been OK so far but nowhere near the quality of Mandolorian (yet). It's not been bad, but hopefully it'll ramp up a bit the next few eps (only watched 1 and 2). Edited January 12, 2022 by Designer1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, Designer1 said: I think it (Boba Fett) has been OK so far but nowhere near the quality of Mandolorian (yet). It's not been bad, but hopefully it'll ramp up a bit the next few eps (only watched 1 and 2). I do wonder if..... In A New Hope, the early Tuskans/Luke/OWK scenes were softish, the fight scenes, Tuskan incompetence etc .... Maybe TBOBF is being faithful to that small part of the universe and that as you say it develops into something else on a higher level. The BF and Fennec we see in the Mando are much better then this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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