Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Spoilertastic Thread

[k1]

Woohoo! Finally saw it today! Now I can visit this thread!

[goflyblind]

[MartyS (Gromit)]

So I'm delicately trying to say... TFA gave me a great story with new characters I can love and care about again. If that's not enough for you, then I don't know what to tell you.

If we ever get a Rifftrax of TFA will you avoid it?  There would be jokes pointing out all it's flaws.

How can you really enjoy something without thinking about it?  And when you think about stuff you reveal the greatness and also any flaws.  Even for movies I love and have watched dozens of times I can point to moments that I wish were not there or could have been better, doesn't mean I won't watch those movies many more times in the future and enjoy the heck out of them each time.

It doesn't mean that he doesn't think about it. It just means that what flaws he sees aren't deal breakers to him.

Yeah, sorry, I think I was thinking more of ScottotD said, if someone like Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to have some fun and educate people by pointing out how much energy a star has and how it would vaporize that planet to try and store it all I don't think he should be called a nit picky, whiny asshole....

[Imrahil]

Thing is Star Wars is a fantasy movie with technological trappings.

Might as well talk about how the Eye of Sauron doesn't work with any laws of science applicable to telecommunication.

They also didn't try to explain how it worked using technology, the way they did in TFA.

I didn't actually hate the movie. I think it's better than AOTC or TPM.  I just don't think it's much better.

[k1]

Now that my brain is numb from reading/skimming all 28 pages of this thread to make sure I'm not repeating someone...

I kind of felt like Han knew what was going to happen based on the "I know what I need to do but I need your help" (or whatever it was) back & forth on the bridge with RenBen.  Almost like there's a plan for him to go through with killing him so that he can eventually train with the Big Bad and then eventually turn on him Vader style & save Rey in a final battle down the line.  Cuz then he can be JUST LIKE DARTH VADER and won't be all emo anymore! 

[ScottotD]

So I'm delicately trying to say... TFA gave me a great story with new characters I can love and care about again. If that's not enough for you, then I don't know what to tell you.

If we ever get a Rifftrax of TFA will you avoid it?  There would be jokes pointing out all it's flaws.

How can you really enjoy something without thinking about it?  And when you think about stuff you reveal the greatness and also any flaws.  Even for movies I love and have watched dozens of times I can point to moments that I wish were not there or could have been better, doesn't mean I won't watch those movies many more times in the future and enjoy the heck out of them each time.

It doesn't mean that he doesn't think about it. It just means that what flaws he sees aren't deal breakers to him.

Yeah, sorry, I think I was thinking more of ScottotD said, if someone like Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to have some fun and educate people by pointing out how much energy a star has and how it would vaporize that planet to try and store it all I don't think he should be called a nit picky, whiny asshole....

I wasn't calling him one, it was more people trying to justify their pre-release dismissal of it, etc by basically yelling "Ugh, Starkiller?! see I told you it would be dumb! Stop enjoying it everyone!"

I can't imagine anyone who would find Jaws doesn't work for them because you can't actually explode a shark like that.  As long as the internal logic of the movie works, it's fine.  And heck, there are some times when even when the internal logic is broken it still works or can even be improved (when done right, of course).

Eeeeeeeeeeexactly. 

[Edward J Grug III]

OK, I've seen it now. Someone recap this thread for me.

[ScottotD]

80% - It was fun and I enjoyed it or higher

10% - meh

10% - JAR JAR ABRAMS IS THE DEVIL! WAAAH!

[Ben]

One of the best things I can say about "Force Awakens" is that the characters actually behave like recognizable flesh-and-blood human beings, as opposed to mannequin-like creatures dully reciting lines from a script.

Seriously, you could be more emotive than a Kabuki actor on the set, and George Lucas would still find a way to make your performance look drained and listless in the final product.

[The Lurker]

There's a rumor floating around that the "Traitor!" stormtrooper was originally supposed to be Phasma, but I can't find anything to prove or disprove this.

[Tripe]

It would have made more sense for that to be the case, I assumed there were scheduling problems when that scene was filmed.

[Quantum Vagina]

80% - It was fun and I enjoyed it or higher

10% - meh

10% - JAR JAR ABRAMS IS THE DEVIL! WAAAH!

I think it's more 60% OMG IT WAS AMAZING and 40% it was ok. Even Imrahil thought it was ok. He just didn't like it as much as everyone's hype tried to make him. Also he felt that killing Han like that was bullshit, which is fair.

[Tripe]

[k1]

There's a rumor floating around that the "Traitor!" stormtrooper was originally supposed to be Phasma, but I can't find anything to prove or disprove this.

I believe it's a trooper named "Nines" that was in Fin's squad.

[Tripe]

Yes, now, but when the script was being written....