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Star Wars Trailer #2 ---Nerd Critics Vaporized!
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That said: I'm still in feral animal mode. The prequels burned so much out of me and, unlike so many others who saw the films in the 70s as I did, I never really got into the extended media (ignored the books except for Han Solo and the Lost Legacy; ignored the comics except for a couple of Dark Horse's limited series about the distant past of the Sith, etc.) and, after Abrams' last Star Trek effort, I'm dreading seeing some kind of homage pastiche that a) lacks story and b) lacks any worthwhile character depth for the actors at hand. We already saw how Lucas could turn people like Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, and Ewan McGregor (stoned or not) into mannequins. Abrams' effort on the last Star Trek film wasn't that much better (i.e. you can make a bad film out of a good screenplay, but you can't make a good film out of a bad one...)
So, yes, I'm hopeful, but very, very guarded. For Jeebus' sake, please, PLEASE just let there be a story that's interesting and has absolutely nothing to do with fucking midichlorians or aliens "for the kids" ("Meesa blatant racial stereotype!")
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And it FEELS like home in a way that even that first Episode I trailer did not. That was all LOOK AT ALL OF THIS NEW STUFF THAT TECHNOLOG HATH WROUGHT. This one is all "here's a new story in a setting and with characters that you already know and love. Oh, and here's a bunch of new stuff".
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Michael Barnes wrote: Oh, that is 100% intentional. Two classic, beloved characters on screen for the first time in over 30 years saying that they're home- especially after years and years of the franchise fumbling and faltering- is intended to have a very specific effect. Han is saying, effectively, that we're ALL home and that the Star Wars name is back to where it once belonged, so to speak.
And it FEELS like home in a way that even that first Episode I trailer did not. That was all LOOK AT ALL OF THIS NEW STUFF THAT TECHNOLOG HATH WROUGHT. This one is all "here's a new story in a setting and with characters that you already know and love. Oh, and here's a bunch of new stuff".
I hacked the webcam in Barnes' computer and got this clip of him watching the new trailer. It's weird, but he resembles Matthew Mcconaughey.
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SebastianBludd wrote: Luke's voice over is his reordered dialogue from ROTJ, verbatim. It may have been rerecorded, but they're the same lines.
My bad. I wasn't clear. What I should have said was yes, it's the same dialog except for that last line. That's new and the voice work is certainly different. Either way it's good to hear Luke again and I can't wait to see his role in this one. I'm betting he totally gets an Obi-Wan moment and becomes one with the Force to give this new generation a fighting chance.
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I hacked the webcam in Barnes' computer and got this clip of him watching the new trailer. It's weird, but he resembles Matthew Mcconaughey.
Busted a gut! Love it!
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Gregarius wrote: Abrams is good, but he's too referential for my tastes.
Which might actually be okay here since Star Wars has the tendency to reference itself with some regularity. "I've got a bad feeling about this" anyone?
Side note - That desert with the downed Star Destroyer? Not Tatooine apparently.
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Gregarius wrote: I liked the trailer overall, but I still have my misgivings. Abrams is good, but he's too referential for my tastes.
I hear you. I hated his Star Trek re-boot, it felt decidedly un-Trek to me... which was partly because it was a movie and partly because of Abrams whole approach to the franchise.
However I do remember thinking, several times in fact, 'I bet he'd be great for Star Wars'. Those two Trek films feel much more like SW films to me than they do Trek films. They have the spirit of a SW movie. Which was an issue for me because I wanted a cool actual sci-fi Trek film and never got it.
I'm still waiting on reviews obviously but I like the trailers, I cried a little when I saw Han and Chewie, and I'm considering making this my son's first theatrical experience. He's seen movies, but never in a theatre. What a way to start!
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Josh Look wrote: Side note - That desert with the downed Star Destroyer? Not Tatooine apparently.
That's according to Abrams ... the same guy who spent a year vehemently denying that Benedict Cumberbatch's character in "Star Trek Into Darkness" was Khan. So .. yeah. I'd take everything he says with a huge grain of salt (or sand, in this case).
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What an awesome idea! I fully support the notion of making even little things into "events." Yesterday I was in a small meeting and I made everybody watch the trailer on the big screen. It was silly and nerdy (but I work at a software company, so everyone was watching it anyway), but I told them "At least now you'll have a memory attached to the trailer, instead of just randomly watching it alone at your computer."JonJacob wrote: I'm considering making this my son's first theatrical experience. He's seen movies, but never in a theatre. What a way to start!
I know the the SW films have always been self-referential, which is fine, I just think Abrams does too much of it. Super 8 was his Spielberg homage. The rebooted Treks were his interpretation of an homage. I'd like to see something fully new.
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