Rogue One (SPOILER WARNING)

JimmyV
JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
edited December 2016 in All Encompassing Trip
Now that we've gone through opening weekend I'm going to add a spoiler warning to the thread title. If you haven't seen the film yet this is not the thread you are looking for.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    Advance tickets went on sale this morning. Got mine for opening night! Not sure anything will ever match the anticipation I felt for The Force Awakens but still...I am pretty damn excited for this.

    I didn't care one hoot for this one...
    And then I saw the trailer and realized, it's a Star Wars movie. Spinoff prequel or not, it is going to bad ass.
    Another female lead? Hell yes, thank you very much!
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    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.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    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.

    Originally, I thought it was a bad choice for a story to go back to. I felt like that's all settled business and not very interesting. It would all hang on the quality of the characters they use to populate it.
    Looks like they have nailed that. A bad girl so bad the rebels are unsure about her? Yes, please!
    Maybe I am a sappy feminist, but I feel like it was an excellent move having a strong female lead in Ep7 and I am excited for it in Rogue One as well.


    I really hope they don't make a Boba Fett movie. I think I would rather see a Jabba movie lol
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,432
    Jar Jar needs his own series!
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    Yeah I never understood the Boba Fett fascination either. Seems they were really close to making that movie at one point, too. Feels so unnecessary. Honestly the Han Solo movie does too but I'll give it a chance. Obi Wan in the desert! That's what I want.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    Yeah I never understood the Boba Fett fascination either. Seems they were really close to making that movie at one point, too. Feels so unnecessary. Honestly the Han Solo movie does too but I'll give it a chance. Obi Wan in the desert! That's what I want.

    Ewan McGregor whooping some ass in a stand alone movie? Sounds good.
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    JimmyV said:

    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 ...
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,796
    I'm definitely looking forward to Rogue One, my buddy & I are already making plans to see it.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    polaris_x said:

    JimmyV said:

    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.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    When I was a kid I always associated the opening drums and 20th Century Fox logo with Star Wars.

    https://youtu.be/iXDnFYu91vY
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Yeah, I've had to explain Rogue One to quite a few casual fans. Once I do, though, they are almost as excited as I am about this movie.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    JimmyV said:

    polaris_x said:

    JimmyV said:

    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.
    oh ... ya ... i suppose ... i've had a lot of people asking clarification of the timeline ... I think part of the confusion is related to how they title the films now and how they were released ... like, you say to someone ... it's leading up to episode 4 ... and then you have to clarify episode 4 in star wars chronology and not movie release chronology ... plus, it doesn't help that they rebuilt the fucking thing two other times! ...
  • F Me In The Brain
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    JimmyV said:

    polaris_x said:

    JimmyV said:

    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!!
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  • JimmyV
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    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bhroaH8nfZI
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,432
    The $4 billion that Disney paid for Star Wars is turning out to be the deal of the century.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    It really is. That $4 billion number sounded so crazy when we first heard it. Now it looks like they will make it back tenfold.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    Looks awesome! Taking the afternoon off with the fellas at work like we did last year for Force Awakens
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  • JimmyV
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    https://youtu.be/BBNc7Pz35OA
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  • redraw
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    Got my tix for the midnight screening - can't wait!!!
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