I feel like they botched the marketing on this. The campaign should have included random fans talking about how many times they've seen the original. For many of us that number falls between a dozen and a hundred. Then talk about the feeling you got as a kid when the music started and the crawl appeared. Then connect the dots. This movie is the story of those spies mentioned in that crawl. That's why I'm excited for this film.
hard to argue against the marketing of Disney ... Rogue One will likely be the number 1 movie of the year based only on just 2 weeks of box office ...
It'll make a ton of money for sure. That's not what I'm saying. Maybe "botched" is too strong a word. What I mean is that I know multiple people who like Star Wars but who aren't really sure what this movie is. Is this episode 8? Did they recast Daisy Ridley? Why is Darth Vader still alive? These are all questions I've heard.
I agree. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan (actually not really a fan at all) but all my friends love it and, of course, we all go on opening night to see the damn things. Here I thought all along this was Episode 8, only to find out this weekend that it's a standalone story that takes place between 3 & 4. What a ripoff!!
The title is Rogue One, A Star Wars Story. It's not Star Wars Episode 8.
I knew the title was Rogue One. I didn't know it wasn't Ep 8 until this past weekend when I saw a commercial for it and saw the "A Star Wars Story" tagline. I'm not a Star Wars junkie. I'm not much of a fan at all, tbh. I just figured a new Star Wars movie out this year the same time as Ep 7 came out last year would be Ep 8.
I feel like they botched the marketing on this. The campaign should have included random fans talking about how many times they've seen the original. For many of us that number falls between a dozen and a hundred. Then talk about the feeling you got as a kid when the music started and the crawl appeared. Then connect the dots. This movie is the story of those spies mentioned in that crawl. That's why I'm excited for this film.
hard to argue against the marketing of Disney ... Rogue One will likely be the number 1 movie of the year based only on just 2 weeks of box office ...
It'll make a ton of money for sure. That's not what I'm saying. Maybe "botched" is too strong a word. What I mean is that I know multiple people who like Star Wars but who aren't really sure what this movie is. Is this episode 8? Did they recast Daisy Ridley? Why is Darth Vader still alive? These are all questions I've heard.
I agree. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan (actually not really a fan at all) but all my friends love it and, of course, we all go on opening night to see the damn things. Here I thought all along this was Episode 8, only to find out this weekend that it's a standalone story that takes place between 3 & 4. What a ripoff!!
A ripoff is a fraud or a swindle.
How is this a ripoff?
It's just an expression, sheesh. Tough crowd here.
I do enjoy the possibility that the best Star Wars movie ever made is still to come.
I would have to be 5 years old and watching from the back of a pick up truck at the drive ins, as I was when I first experienced Star Wars. I hope my son has his 'Star Wars' that he can love for the rest of his life. (That goes with all forms of stories...songs, books, etc)
I see where you are coming from and the original had a huge impact on everyone, but if you take the subjectivity of time and experience away, Ep4 probably isn't in the top 3 of the 7 that have been made.
It has its warts certainly but it is in my top 3. Some order of the original, Empire and Force Awakens are 1-3. Then Jedi. The prequels bring up the rear.
I do enjoy the possibility that the best Star Wars movie ever made is still to come.
I would have to be 5 years old and watching from the back of a pick up truck at the drive ins, as I was when I first experienced Star Wars. I hope my son has his 'Star Wars' that he can love for the rest of his life. (That goes with all forms of stories...songs, books, etc)
I see where you are coming from and the original had a huge impact on everyone, but if you take the subjectivity of time and experience away, Ep4 probably isn't in the top 3 of the 7 that have been made.
It has its warts certainly but it is in my top 3. Some order of the original, Empire and Force Awakens are 1-3. Then Jedi. The prequels bring up the rear.
I grew up with the originals on VHS as a staple of my childhood, but that was the early 90's. Taking nostalgia out of it and looking objectively, based on execution of the film as whole (story, action, effects, acting, etc) I would rank it like this. If a better actor had been cast for Anakin I could imagine bumping 3 into 5's place.
4 was the best. I hate watching 4-6 on tv now with all the added bullshit to make them more like 1-3. They need to release the unedited originals again. Jedi is the worst of all the edited versions, no Ewok song! FU George!
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-The Writer
Wouldn't you think Grand Moff Tarkin should be in this? When I first saw that one character, I thought it was going to be him and that it was a great choice of an actor for him.
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Tom O. "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
Wouldn't you think Grand Moff Tarkin should be in this? When I first saw that one character, I thought it was going to be him and that it was a great choice of an actor for him.
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Man I'm slipping....didn't know tickets went on sale and opening night is down to shit seats. I get lasik the next day and my kids are with their mom until the following Tuesday...so I either sit in shit seats (sucks), go without my kids 2-3 days after opening (sucks more), or wait until 5 days after opening (worst)...looks like I'm sitting in shit seats.
I feel like they botched the marketing on this. The campaign should have included random fans talking about how many times they've seen the original. For many of us that number falls between a dozen and a hundred. Then talk about the feeling you got as a kid when the music started and the crawl appeared. Then connect the dots. This movie is the story of those spies mentioned in that crawl. That's why I'm excited for this film.
I heard there is no script crawl in the opening. Will be disappointed if true.
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Very excited for Rogue One, I think it is gonna be killer. Hope it bumps Revenge down. I love Revenge, but the Ewoks.....
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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
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Yub Nub!
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"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
He was downright terrifying in The Last King of Scotland.
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