Star Wars : Rogue One

spronk said:

the cinematography from the trailer is absolutely stunning, so many amazing shots

dialogue is a bit on the cheesy side and with all the foreign actors I think I will legit have a problem understanding some lines but goddamn I am excite

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Exactly the feeling I came to post. It looks fantastic....I'm a bit worried about the script/screenplay/story now though. It IS however Star Wars, doesn't have to have depth, just not be completely terribad plot and I'm ok mostly.

But fuck yeah, actual battle in space this time. Everything in Ep7 was in atmosphere.

meh....

Didn't realize while viewing that this was the ruins of a giant ass statue of a jedi.

Yeah I didn't catch it myself until the third time I watched it.

Zapatta said:

Fail! Where is the huge pile of dead Bothans??

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Bothans died when the 2nd death star was being built.

Something about these trailers just isn't clicking with me yet.

It looks and sounds amazing, but that's mainly due to nostalgia things. I think it's that nearly all of the characters come off as really stilted. Hopefully that's just the way the trailers have been cut and that we aren't actually in store for another round of world-class prequel acting performances.

The acting in TFA was fine for the most part...at least par for the course when compared to the OT.

This is reminding me more of the prequels.

Black stormtrooper went overboard in trying to appear to have the lung capacity of a 97 year old, but he was fine otherwise. Stilted/wooden he was not.

And Adam Driver was great. I thought he gave a perfect performance for the character.

The new trailer is fucking awesome. I am hyped.

Yeah that trailer is pretty fucking good, the visuals and music are great.
Anyone who thinks this is going to be bad or that even 7 was bad, need to go back and see the prequels again and really see how fucking cringe worthy those were. Will it be the best star wars? probably not, too many hardcore fanboys hold the originals up on the highest pedestal, will it be the best in star wars acting? who knows, not that star wars was ever known to have good acting. Rogue one sure as shit already looks better than the prequels.

Yeah, as much of a huge fan as I am of the Star Wars classics, it's like some people expect to get that new car smell all over again with these new movies. Star Wars classic trilogy is like EverQuest guys, it was awesome because we were virgins to this stuff, now we are jaded old fucks and we see things differently.

But I can at least recognize that Disney is putting people in charge of these new movies that try to do things with the respect required for the legacy behind it, something that Lucas never did in the prequels, either because he had his own vision that turned to shit because of his army of yes-men, or because he had grown to hate his own creation because it overshadowed anything and everything he would accomplish from that point on.

I genuinely believe the man has a love/hate relationship with Star Wars with a passion because it ruined his career as a director, even if it made him a billionnaire.

Rogue One looks like an interesting angle on the Star Wars conflicts, for the first time ever we are going to see a movie from the point of view of ordinary characters that aren't fully covered by plot armor, and with a war movie vibe, without Jedi superheroes solving every plot point.

I look forward to seeing the attempt at least.

I love Star Wars, I liked The Force Awakens. Was it the best Star Wars? Hell no. But it FELT like Star Wars. It hit the right notes inside me to make me feel interested in the fate of the characters again, something I thought was impossible after the betrayal of the prequels. I'll NEVER love any of the new movies as much as I love the old ones, because I think it's simply impossible. There will never be a movie good enough to top the nostalgia and the endless memories that these movies gave to 5 year old me back then. But I'm happy they're doing more, I'm happy to see more of this stuff on the big screen, and I sure am happy that I'll be able to take my kid to see them too.