I refuse to see the new animated Star Wars movie. Unless someone forces me to go and pays for me as well. And I will also have to get those neato semi-king size Reese's peanut-butter cup packages (they give only 3 in those!)
Otherwise, I could live a long and fruitful life without viewing that movie. Anyone agree?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Is it the actual actor's voices?
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Hear, hear!
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Is it the actual actor's voices?
I think Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, James Earl Jones and Christopher Lee are all in it. You know, the one's who can act and have voice over experience. Hayden is no loss and the guy standing in for Oz can actually do a fairly good impersonation. It would have been nice to have Ewan McGregor, but on the other hand the guy they used for the 2D micro series did a good job and I think they're using him again here.
As for if I will see it. Yes, though not in the cinema. I'll wait for the DVD. Mostly because my home system has better sound than the Salisbury Odeon and I'll be buggered if I'm going all the way to Poole or Southampton just to see a bloody film. I am actually looking forward to this as I really enjoyed the micro series, mostly for the episodes where it's just clones running around being cool. Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
*shrug* Looks fun to me. But I'm not paying theater money to see *any* movie...
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I have to ask though shikaru, if you're so uninterested in the movie, why start a thread about it? A tad close to trolling, no?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Maybe his inner self desperately wants to see it, and just needs us to convince him...
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
Well, since this is the only thread that shows up in my default view in the Star Wars subforum...I think we can survive some trolling.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
quote:Originally posted by Reverend: I have to ask though shikaru, if you're so uninterested in the movie, why start a thread about it? A tad close to trolling, no?
Eh, the Star Wars forum hasn't seen light for a while so I figured a new topic would be "invigorating" Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Isn't this movie really just the pilot episode for the cartoon series? If so, then why not just wait for it to come on TV.
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mars Needs Women: Isn't this movie really just another fucking escuse to rape the public for a quick buck? err, i mean.... episode for the cartoon series? If so, then why not just wait for it to come on TV.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Yeah thanks for quoting me.
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
just including what you left out, supposedly. Either way, it's just the Lucas Films version of Punky Brewer (The parady album, not the show)...
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Hasn't someone smacked you around about the needless profanity recently, PW?
As for the movie, yes I'm going to see it, and in the theater, too. I think my 8 year old son would never forgive me if I didn't! Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
again, reference the cheap fornacative dollar... No needless. just needs that 'just right adjative to make it right'... fcku'r
it' just... i mean, the movie is a escuse to justify the poor writting of Parts 2 & 3.
or to make the point more clear, it's like justifying TAS as cannon for ST... or even some of the poorest, shitty ST novels written in the past 20 years... as cannon.
....but if you're this high *hand at his hip*, i guess you really don'ty have the legs for being a purist... *snorts*
anyway, isn't this a SW bashing thread? Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
I'm going to have to be a lot higher than that to go see this latest piece of shit Lucas is shoveling.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
It seems more like a kids movie than anything eles, not really meant for anyone but the kids, and die-hard fans.
I'll probably go see it with my little brother. I just hope he doesn't dress up like Vader. Looks like a complete fool...
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Didn't Lucas claim all the SW films were "really for kids" or smth?
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Yeah I remember he something like that. Though I can't say I agree with his statement. I mean there's a lot of adult issues like war, death, decapitation, political intrigue, and making out with your sister.
Posted by shikaru808 (Member # 2080) on :
"It was just a peck, I swear!"
Anyway, now I've been informed that Anakin has an apprentice and I just saw a commercial with a baby Hutt so it's set, I refuse to see it at all. No amount of Reese's will convince me otherwise.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
I believe Asajj Ventress also has a ship which moves like an Octopus. It captures Jabba the Hutt's sail barge.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by shikaru808: "It was just a peck, I swear!"
Anyway, now I've been informed that Anakin has an apprentice and I just saw a commercial with a baby Hutt so it's set, I refuse to see it at all. No amount of Reese's will convince me otherwise.
Think "Reese's BIG CUP".....MULTI-PAK!
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
So on this whole Reese's cup thing... up here, a regular pack has 3 and the king size at the theatre has 4... what do y'all get?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
A normal pack, that you'd find on the grocery store shelves, has two, and costs anywhere from $.50 to $.70. King size has 4 I think, and is a dollar and the ones used for fundraising for scouts and such has 3, and also costs a dollar. Have Hershey's changed the wrappers up there yet, or do you still have the wrapper we've seen for as long as I can remember? They changed the wrapper to look more traditional recently, harking back to the '50's wrappers. Hershey's and Mars did that infact.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I do find that the choice to set the time of the plot between episode 2 and 3 was stupid. When we've already seen episode 3 and know who will live and who will die, it necessitates the creation of a bunch of retconned, soon-to-die semi-baddies, usually robotic, since Lucasfilm lost the nerve to show blood ever since Willow.
However, I think it is still a long way for real Star Wars "fans" to get hissy fits and shriek or whine like the Tolkien purists (alt: smug elitists) cried and moaned over the LOTR trilogy, pretending that anyone cared what they thought.
The sensible thing would be, when a new thing is made from a franchise you like, to watch it, cherish the few good parts and forget the bad.
And for those of you in the States who don't want to go to the cinema because ticket prices have gone up, try going to the movies in certain parts of europe and scandinavia, where you can land on up to 20 bucks.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I never saw Willow. Was it gory and badly received?
Posted by Josh (Member # 1884) on :
I'll go and see it.
I despise those piles of crap prequels Lucas has been spoon feeding us, but the Clone Wars animated series was surprisingly good. This is more of the same but in 3D, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: I never saw Willow. Was it gory and badly received?
Not especially gory, at least I don't think so. If you've never seen it, it's at least worth a rent if you like films where Val Kilmer argues with a midget. Seriously though, I think it's one of the better "sword and sorcery" type fantasy films ever made...the sum total of which can probably be counted on one hand (good ones that is.)
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Yes, it is a decent coming-of-age story and has good diversity in the scenery and environments, which is important for adventure fantasy flicks. Movie score was ok too.
I checked out the Clone Wars imdb-stuff, it seems Genndy Tartakovsky, who did the original three seasons of Clone Wars, has nothing to do with either directing or visuals this time. Instead it's some guy called Dave Filoni, whose only merit seems to be having directed seven episodes of "Avatar: the last air-bender".
The writers Steven Melching and Scott Murphy are total never-heard-of's, their imdb-profiles have no info at all. Writer Henry Gilroy seems to have been in the business since at least 1992, even though most of the shows he's written for seems to be tripe marketed for 8-year olds, like "Timon and Pumbaa" and "Bionicles".
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pensive's Wetness: it' just... i mean, the movie is a escuse to justify the poor writting of Parts 2 & 3.
It's an excuse to make money. Which is what all films are suppossed to do, really.
I'm not sure. I liked the 2d series, but I dunno how well it'll work in CGI. I'll probably go and see it, but I might check out some reviews first.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: So on this whole Reese's cup thing... up here, a regular pack has 3 and the king size at the theatre has 4... what do y'all get?
On a slightly related note, I discovered that in Canada, on the packaging it's called just called Resse peanutbutter cups, instead of Resse's peanutbutter cups. I wonder why?
Lucasfilm and related toy companies are trying to squeeze all the marketing they can out of this movie. I was in Toys R Us with my brother yesterday, and I found a lot of older star wars toys repackaged in "new" Clone Wars packaging. I've seen a lot of the same lightsabre and lego set toys marketed for the other movies.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Oh, that's nothing new. Art Asylum has started repackaging the old Star Trek Mego Toys in anticipation for new movie. There's also a dvd which contains all of the old Gold Keys comics.
Also I like how they're using Genndy Tartakovsky's art style even though the man's not involved, as if they had come up with that look all along.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
The Trek Megos are new- just Krik and Sock is the old ones in new cards- there's a Gorn that's a huge improvment over the brown Lizard they released in the 70's and the repop Romulan's helmet is reflective gold instead of yellow plastic. My roommate collects the Mego stuff- dont ask me why. I bought him the repop Andorian and Romulan for his birthday.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Krik. And Sock. Huh.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
"And they're shelling real Roluman ale, too! *glug*"
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