Star Wars : Rogue One
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breaking my self imposed time out from reading SW threads to post this. Incredibly glowing, and completely spoiler free, review from Wil Wheaton from Star Trek fame, with a big quote from Chris Hardwick's review in the middle.
The last time I loved a Star Wars movie as much as I loved Rogue One, it was 1977. |
The last time I loved a Star Wars movie as much as I loved Rogue One, it was 1977. |
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Somehow he has a nerd following from his table top gaming show. And he is a twitter freak of near Trump proportions. Outside of those two things I have no idea.
However his take on the Star Wars universe is similar to mine to this point so I may have to take his word for it on Rogue One.
If I like it half as much as he is saying he does it will be better than I expected. Anymore than that and it will be awesome.
However his take on the Star Wars universe is similar to mine to this point so I may have to take his word for it on Rogue One.
If I like it half as much as he is saying he does it will be better than I expected. Anymore than that and it will be awesome.
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Most reviews from the premier event are going to be overwhelmingly positive. Most of those invited either have some formal relationship with Disney/Lucasfilm or are media types who, out of the understandable desire to be invited to future premiers or have some access with the studio they want to protect, tend to hold back on any real criticism. The occasional individual who does brave potential blowback to offer up some less-than-glowing appraisal are the ones that I tend to give a little more weight to at this point. Or those whose ideas about what constitutes a good movie I know overlap considerably with my own.
That being said there really hasn't been much to suggest it's going to be anything less than a fairly good watch for the rest of us come this weekend. Things will start to get a little more in focus though when the media embargo lifts tomorrow.
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You mean the recurring character on Big Bank Theory? I don't know, I think he was just an extra they called up one day and got along with the cast. He must be one of those heartwarming bootstrap stories. Oh and he was in one season of the guild and got to fuck the Felicia. Maybe that's it.
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An interesting aside to this ...
In George Lucas's original plan for the saga, the history of the Starkiller family (the precursor to the Skywalker name) was recorded in the Journal of the Whills (a name for the Force that shows up in Rogue One) from information relayed by R2-D2. This was part of his plan to have a trilogy of trilogies by the end of which all of the central characters would have passed away or have been killed except for the two droids (R2 and C-3PO) and the movies would have been the tale as told through their eyes. This is why, in canon, R2's memory has never been wiped.
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Is there some sort of overriding problem with Whil Wheaton that I'm not aware of that has conferred him with douche status? I'm not trying to be sarcastic...I just know him from Stand By Me, Star Trek and The Big Bang Theory and I've read a couple of his blog posts including this one that seemed reasonable enough.
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Well, he's full-on cuck SJW, and is very loud about it. So if that counts.
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This movie has turned out to be a big thing for my family. First movie in the theaters opening weekend for my Mom and Dad, brother (yeah, he doesn't get it....amazing the difference between me at 45 and him at 36 years old). Pairing that up with with my sisters family (huge SW fans including my incredible 9 year old nephew on that side) and my 22 year old nephew from my ex-marriage that I am soul-brothers with, I absolutely cannot wait for the disparity of emotions from opening weekend.
A storage vendor offered me a ticket for a showing at 9AM this Friday. On the plus side, I get paid to watch Star Wars. On the negative, I have to listen to their stupid bullshit for an hour before hand.
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