First & Second Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer released

[Nightwish]

enjoyed the 1st Star Trek though I am not a Trek fan.

Obviously. Seriously, they are very generic and tech is pulled out of the ass to fill whatever plot hole needs feeling, and those were the worst of the Trek episodes in any series. And then, somehow, a teleport that somehow works on a galaxy scale doesn't completely change how military intelligence or combat happens. Meh.

We'll see what happens to SW, which is much more fantasy than sci-fi and he can go wherever he wants, but at this point I don't care much about the franchise anymore and won't have any expectations.

 

[pwsincd]

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EDIT

Spoiler: Does anyone else think these new storm troopers look like... ducks?

Spoiler: Coincidence?

Were seeing the a subltle link to how donald and mickey will evenually feature in the series :s

 

[XDel]

Obviously. Seriously, they are very generic and tech is pulled out of the ass to fill whatever plot hole needs feeling, and those were the worst of the Trek episodes in any series. And then, somehow, a teleport that somehow works on a galaxy scale doesn't completely change how military intelligence or combat happens. Meh.

We'll see what happens to SW, which is much more fantasy than sci-fi and he can go wherever he wants, but at this point I don't care much about the franchise anymore and won't have any expectations.

Heh, you are correct sir, I'm not even a Trek head and I did notice a lean towards more action and less actual science fiction, not to mention a lot of plot holes which was the thing with part 2, the holes became way more apparent. Also I can't stand the fact that Spock now has to have an "unexpected" emotional break down every film.

As for Star Wars, I have read hundreds of books and comics. Watched most of the fan films, and had my heart crushed with the originals were tampered with and when the sequels were made. Take matters worse, the Clone Wars TV series made everything just that much worse. The only thing good that came from this time Period was the 2 hour Clone Wars movie from the creator of Samurai Jack.

That being said, knowing that Abrams loves Star Wars more than Trek, knowing that he is not the hand penning the story, and see what I've seen in the previews and scrip leaks... I have hope for my old fling. She loved me in my childhood and early youth, then she turned into a foul wench, but alas, she is back again and seems to have matured a bit (a wee little bit in regards to Rebels), and I'm ready to give her one more chance, though if she fails to deliver, my heart is ready for the imapact as I've been hurt before and am more prepared this time around.

 

[Veho]

http://bgr.com/2015/04/20/star-wars-rogue-one-trailer-leak/

[hype intensifies]

 

[Veho]

Picture of the villain, from a Vanity Fair promo session:

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Saucy sauce

 

[Deboog]

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Spoiler

Picture of the villain, from a Vanity Fair promo session:

Saucy sauce

Oh no he looks stupid...

 

[Veho]

Yet another promo photo, this time it's Andy Serkis who plays (mo-caps and voices) the part of someone called Supreme Leader Snoke. The name sounds silly so he may or may not be a semi-comic character, but it's Andy Serkis so we can be confident that it won't be a new Jar Jar Binks.

http://www.slashfilm.com/andy-serkis-star-wars-character/

 

[FAST6191]

I do not know whether to be more jealous of that sweet camera setup or the triforce body suit.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

The wait for December will be long and painful.

 

[zoogie]

"Supreme Leader Snooki"?
"Supreme Leader Snoke"?

I guess we can call that an improvement over Count Dooku? XD

 

[XDel]

All the clones are dead. They were bread to age twice as fast a a normal Mandalorian .

Or I should say, all the original clones are deceased, that being those bread on Kamino.

There were inferior cloning technologies in the galaxy, but the Empire did not use them as the source for the clones during the war as they were too unreliable. Though they did have control over the alternative companies that held this technology, so it is not impossible that the Empire might have later developed new forms of clone technology, but it is a fact that all the old clones died, and that later era Star Wars troopers were recruits from across the galaxy.

I must correct my self, some clones who survived would only be in their 40's. Too old to fight as troopers, and most likely cut off from Empire support once they "served their purpose", but some could still be alive and around.

 

[Veho]

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A New Hype.

 

[FAST6191]

Better than most trailers/prerelease stuff. Being as it was intended for the comiccon types I can probably forgive the "really lads, we want to do well" thing.

 

[CathyRina]

A New Hype.

"Real Sets, Practical Effects"
They're basically speaking to all the fans who got too burned with George's CGI.
Which kinda funny because we saw a good share of greenscreen in this trailer.

 

[Nightwish]

"Real Sets, Practical Effects"
They're basically speaking to all the fans who got too burned with George's CGI.
Which kinda funny because we saw a good share of greenscreen in this trailer.

We all know JJ can do shiny, but is this the time he can do a good story? Very doubtful.

 

[Veho]

Which kinda funny because we saw a good share of greenscreen in this trailer.

There was a good share of green screen in the original trilogy as well.

 

[CathyRina]

There was a good share of green screen in the original trilogy as well.

That's not the point though. The point is they contradict themselves in what is said at the beginning of the trailer.
They didn't really had to say it but they did anyway to appeal to the burned Star Wars fans after the prequels.

 

[Veho]

That's not the point though. The point is they contradict themselves in what is said at the beginning of the trailer.
They didn't really had to say it but they did anyway to appeal to the burned Star Wars fans after the prequels.

The point is that there are a lot more real sets and practical effects in this movie than there were in the prequels. All the droids and aliens, for one thing, they were all CGI in the prequels, and you can see how they are filmed in this movie. There are entire scenes and entire sets in the prequel trilogy where the set didn't have a single bit of actual scenery, and no object that wasn't a blue-colored placeholder (and only when a character had to stand on it). My point is that the original trilogy had a ton of green screen effects as well, but nobody argues it was filmed with real scenery and practical effects, and the crew on Episode 7 can claim that about their production as well. The mere presence of a green screen doesn't contradict it.

 

[G0R3Z]

Wishful thinking. In Disney's hands, Star Wars is forever now. One of these days, say about 30 years from now or so, they'll even do remakes of the original trilogy. It will go on and on ... and you'll probably live to see it, but you'll be too old for your opinion to make a difference to the 30-and-unders who'll think the remakes are better and your old shit is shit.

Kind of like Final Fantasy VII.

 

[Veho]

Scene from the new trailer released in Korea: