Posted on 12/19/2015 6:54:31 AM PST by Kaslin
Make that three.
LOL! Good way to put it. I guess I just don’t like fantasy and cyber space stuff.
Oops — that was the wrong thing to say! I love cyberspace internet, and those good/bad cowboy/indian movies were really actors acting. But there really WERE cowboy and Indians duking it out. I guess in the future we WILL meet bad aliens in outer space.
Right now, I’m probably just a boring feet on the solid ground sort of person. I bring yawns.
Yep. I've seen the first six and I'm indifferent about the new one.
First off, I've always been a Star Trek Man, not a Star Wars Man.
Second, the Star Wars fans themselves are the reason why I'm turned off from their franchise. I enjoyed the original trilogy in the 80s as the silly popcorn films they were. Cheesy escapist entertainment. But then the prequels came out and hearing the endless hype from "the fans" about how The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were the MUST SEE movie of the year and "GWEATEST, M0ST EPIC, EVENT EVARRRRRRRRRRR!!!" really left me tired of Star Wars and their "fans" (and even after admitting it sucked, they still rushed out to see it again when George Lucas announced that Jar Jar Binks would be back on the big screen in 3D for a cash grab re-release a decade later). Say what you want about Trekkies, but none of us plan on rushing out to theaters if a mediocre Trek film like Insurrection was ever re-released in 3D, nor did we run around pretending that Star Trek Into Darkness was "amazing" and "epic" and "the must see film of the year".
From what I hear, Abrams pretty much just copied the format of the original 1977 film for the new one, scene-by-scene, and substituted different characters accordingly (e.g. Kylo Ren has the Luke Skywalker role of a young brash kid who is thrown into a crisis situation and wants to be a Jedi, Luke Skywalker himself takes the Obi Wan Kenobi "older mentor" role from the original film who reluctantly agrees to take him under his wing, etc.) Wouldn't surprise me since Abrams did the last Star Trek movie and they shamelessly copied scenes and dialogue from Wrath of Khan. Star Trek 12 mined Star Trek 2 for material, and apparently Star Wars VII apes the first one (or "Episode IV", depending on your point of view).
The only variables I wonder about is how much lens flare JJ Abrams put into the movie, and how much screen time the original cast have (I would be surprised if Harrison Ford has more than 15 mins. screentime in this one)
It is shaping up to be a decent space opera.
The first one, I waited in line to see. The second one I made sure to get at the head of the line. The third on stunk so bad I haven’t wasted my hard earned dollars to go see. Actually, I have two free movie tickets to see anything and I’m still passing on this.
I was amazed at the repetition of plot lines. I guess it’s a winning formula in their minds.
"There are parts of the Republican party in which gay marriage has already been decided," Cupp said. "For Log Cabin Republicans like myself, the GOProud crowd, there are people who have already reconciled -- within the party -- gay marriage."
Actually, Harrison Ford is the male lead for the entire movie basically. Which comes with its own set of silly problems.
Just depressing.
I don’t mind anyone’s love for Star Wars. We all have our things. I don’t mind people trying to make a buck on them either.
But I apparently miss the Star Wars gene. I have trouble staying focused actually on ANY fantasy shows, books, etc. it just doesn’t interest me at all. I wish it did; I’m probably missing something. But that’s just how I am.
For someone who doesn’t like Star Wars, Star Wars sure lives rent-free in his head.
“Some people are incapable of just having a good time. More popcorn for me, I suppose.”
Well, enjoy my portion of the popcorn. Last movie I saw cost $2 and that’s all I’d pay now. Actually wouldn’t go to a crowded theater at any price (to pay ME).
>>S.E. Cupp is a lib pretending to be conservative (some of the time). From Medeaite in 2012:
I’d still hit it. ;-)
Congratulations.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Go to Mos Eisley movie theater: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. You must be cautious. The popcorn prices are very high.
Vader makes a pinching motion and S.E. Cupp starts choking.
I’m reading less than great things about the movie.
Waiting for Perdogg’s review.
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