Star Wars (1977 - present)

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  • Posts: 1,098
    Birdleson wrote: »
    mepal1 wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
    mepal1 wrote: »
    Why does C3PO have a red arm?
    He heard Chewie was coming, so he attached a spare just in case he won at chess again.

    If you people were any funnier.........i might actually Laugh! :D

    @mepal1 , what you don't realize yet is that you are just encouraging him.

    I did realize, i was just jesting with members here. ;)

    Anyway, back to my question, why is C3PO's arm red? :)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    mepal1 wrote: »
    I did realize, i was just jesting with members here. ;)

    Anyway, back to my question, why is C3PO's arm red? :)
    Ok, a real answer is here:
    http://www.cinemablend.com/new/C-3PO-Red-Arm-Force-Awakens-Explained-102337.html
  • edited January 2016 Posts: 1,098
    Interesting, thanks.

  • mepal1 wrote: »
    Why does C3PO have a red arm?
    Because he's a fan of Metal Gear Solid V

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    ;)
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    I respect people's opinions but wow...I can't believe what I'm reading from some of you. The Force Awakens was an amazing experience from beginning to end. I've seen it 3 times now and it only gets better.

    Ranking

    1. Empire
    2. Hope
    3. Awakens
    4. Sith
    5. Jedi
    6. Menace
    7. Clones
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    bondbat007 wrote: »
    I respect people's opinions but wow...I can't believe what I'm reading from some of you. The Force Awakens was an amazing experience from beginning to end. I've seen it 3 times now and it only gets better.

    Ranking

    1. Empire
    2. Hope
    3. Awakens
    4. Sith
    5. Jedi
    6. Menace
    7. Clones
    MY *personal* rankings:
    1 A new Hope
    2 Return Of The Jedi
    3 The Empire Strikes Back
    4 The Force Awakens

    the rest suck
  • edited January 2016 Posts: 3,333
    My ranking

    1. Star Wars (A New Hope)
    2. EMPIRE
    3. Menace
    4. Sith
    5. Clones
    6. Jedi
    7. Awakens

    Also, I'd like to remind those that weren't around in 1977 that it was no secret that Lucas had borrowed elements from other movies. There was even a magazine brought out that showed like-for-like stills comparing The Searchers, The Dam Busters, Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Flash Gordon, etc, to shots in Star Wars. Others include The Guns of Navarone, for the climactic attack on the Death Star, along with the fighter-bomber action film 633 Squadron. But the most significant of these is The Dam Busters, thanks to the very specific bombing strategy Luke and his fellow X-wing pilots must deploy, each taking turns to try and deliver their killer payload. There are snippets of dialogue Lucas reused verbatim – “Get set for your attack run!”; “Look at the size of that thing!”.

    Here's the cover of the magazine for those who can't recall it.

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS29J1T1dJBaRWoEldBfgB2fs_aUNnYtXzBFcS7-iPLAMy6sVirEc2cn13I0w
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    bondsum wrote: »
    My ranking

    1. Star Wars (A New Hope)
    2. EMPIRE
    3. Menace
    4. Sith
    5. Clones
    6. Jedi
    7. Awakens

    Also, I'd like to remind those that weren't around in 1977 that it was no secret that Lucas had borrowed elements from other movies. There was even a magazine brought out that showed like-for-like stills comparing The Searchers, The Dam Busters, Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Flash Gordon, etc, to shots in Star Wars. Others include The Guns of Navarone, for the climactic attack on the Death Star, along with the fighter-bomber action film 633 Squadron. But the most significant of these is The Dam Busters, thanks to the very specific bombing strategy Luke and his fellow X-wing pilots must deploy, each taking turns to try and deliver their killer payload. There are snippets of dialogue Lucas reused verbatim – “Get set for your attack run!”; “Look at the size of that thing!”.

    Here's the cover of the magazine for those who can't recall it.

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS29J1T1dJBaRWoEldBfgB2fs_aUNnYtXzBFcS7-iPLAMy6sVirEc2cn13I0w
    Cool info, thanks for posting that, @bondsum!

  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    edited January 2016 Posts: 1,874
    Went to see The Farce Awakens in our local cinema last night. Wasn't that impressed I have to say, a well made film (as one would expect from J J) but found it derivative, no surprises and was I getting a bit restless toward the end. While it's better than the prequels and Episode VI, I was hoping for something better. Says something when the most interesting characters are a septuagenarian smuggler and a metallic beach ball! And Kylo Ren was a disappointment when unmasked, I know it was playing against our expectations but…
    (also posted in another thread)
  • edited January 2016 Posts: 1,009
    bondjames wrote: »
    Yet TFA sits with a comfortable 8.6 rating out of 10 with members, after 303,000 votes, which is quite respectable.

    Regarding those reviews, I wouldn't pay too much attention. Remember, hate leads to the dark side.

    Came from from some tremendously positive and painfully harsh critics in a movie site where I do reviews, and THESE are the wisest words I've read. Only a line, and yet...

    Why do people (not here, mind you) fight and abuse verbally each other over a movie without any political content? As old as cinema itself, yes: 120 years and I can't understand it yet.
  • Im not totally on board for a 'solo Solo' movie (yet) but the shortlist for possible actors has been released.

    http://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-han-solo-spinoff-actors-1201675519/[/a]
    JANUARY 11, 2016 | 10:00AM PT
    Justin Kroll


    Disney and Lucasfilm are inching closer to finding thejir young Han Solo for the upcoming untitled “Star Wars” spinoff.

    Sources tell Variety that after seeing thousands of actors, execs have cut the list down to about a dozen actors with Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Dave Franco, Jack Reynor, Scott Eastwood, Logan Lerman, “Brooklyn” star Emory Cohen and “Everybody Wants Some” actor Blake Jenner among the names making the cut.

    NDAs and test deals are still being worked out, but producer Kathleen Kennedy and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller will begin testing the new group with a decision expected in the next couple of weeks.

    The film does not shoot until next January, but sources close to the situation say the reason for such an early decision has more to do with another “Star Wars” film currently shooting, rather than the untitled “Han Solo” pic. While insiders were unable to confirm, the new Solo could have a small cameo in “Rogue One: A Star Wars” before appearing in his own standalone pic.

    “Rogue One” still has a month of shooting to go and is supposed to be set between “Episode III” and “Episode IV,” making this new Han Solo age appropriate for an appearance in the film. Disney and Marvel used the same strategy for their new Spider-Man by casting Tom Holland early in order for him to cameo in “Captain America: Civil War” before appearing in his own film.

    With the exception of Eastwood, who’s 29, Disney and Lucasfilm seem to be zeroing in on actors between the ages of 20 to 25. The studios tested actors as young as 17 to as old as 34.

    The untitled pic is set to bow on May 25, 2018.

    Out of that list, Eastwood for sure. And the remake Dirty Harry right after (Kidding. He is a dead ringer though)
    Plus 29 is as young as I'd ever be interested in seeing Han. His mysterious past is part of his charm.
    I know Ford was 35 while filming, but I thought I read somewhere that the character of Han Solo was meant to be 29 in A New Hope


    Also I posted this in the other SW thread, but it's more fitting here
    Damn have you seen this yet? It would totally spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen Star Wars but for the rest of us, man right in the feels!

    #:-S

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Don t know any of those actors except Miles Teller who is dead wrong for the part. And no 17 year old, PLEASE.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Don t know any of those actors except Miles Teller who is dead wrong for the part. And no 17 year old, PLEASE.
    Yeah he doesn't need to be in another failed Reboot. :))
  • Posts: 5,767
    Im not totally on board for a 'solo Solo' movie (yet)
    A lot would have to happen to bring me aboard. I can´t find anything attractive in the idea so far. Han Solo was young and for many the main star in the old films, so I don´t really see what that new film is supposed to add, except for cash for Disney.

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    When Han met Chewie. :))
  • edited January 2016 Posts: 5,767
    Murdock wrote: »
    When Han met Chewie. :))
    Chewie saving adolescent Han from school bullies, and Han in change showing Chewie how to mark a deck of cards? Or more the B v S type of story, with Han Chewie beating each other up until finding out they actually dig one another :)) ?

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    When Han met Chewie. :))
    Chewie saving adolescent Han from school bullies, and Han in change showing Chewie how to mark a deck of cards? Or more the B v S type of story, with Han Chewie beating each other up until finding out they actually dig one another :)) ?
    And of course the big ending of the movie is Han going against Lando in a game of Sabbacc and wins the Millennium Falcon and rid off into the Stardust. :D
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Well SW-TFA is now, unsurprisingly, the top grossing film of 2015, and also the top grossing film of all time in the US (without inflation adjustment). It just took out Avatar (phew!) and Titanic domestically.

    It's unlikely to dethrone Avatar in overall worldwide gross ($2.8bn) however, due to the strong US $, but could potentially take out Titanic ($2.2bn). It is currently at $1.75bn & counting.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    People are petitioning for Lucas to helm 'Episode IX' instead of Trevorrow, when both are horrible choices. Makes me laugh.
  • Posts: 1,098
    bondjames wrote: »
    Well SW-TFA is now, unsurprisingly, the top grossing film of 2015, and also the top grossing film of all time in the US (without inflation adjustment). It just took out Avatar (phew!) and Titanic domestically.

    It's unlikely to dethrone Avatar in overall worldwide gross ($2.8bn) however, due to the strong US $, but could potentially take out Titanic ($2.2bn). It is currently at $1.75bn & counting.

    Well it was expected that SWTFA would have a huge box office haul in English speaking countries that have been brought up with the SW history, and having opened at the beginning of the Xmas hols, actually gave the film the equivalent of 3 huge opening weekends.

    The thing is though despite other strong grosses in Europe and a few other territories, the film is now dropping quite quickly.
    The China opening, while big, the film is already dropping off quickly, and will be lucky to see $150 mil total in that country, as the Chinese are apparently not that impressed by the film, which is not surprising really, as they havn't had the exposure to the franchise that the rest of us have, as the original trilogy was not shown in China.

    In a nutshell, it now looks like SWTFA will finish somewhere at best close to Titanic, but nowhere near Avatar, which really goes to prove the staggering BO runs that Titanic and Avatar had, and if you add inflation to their figures, then SWTFA is even more distant.

    To sum up SWTFA was a supercharged Usain Bolt, whereas Titanic and Avatar were Marathon winners!

  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2016 Posts: 23,883
    mepal1 wrote: »
    To sum up SWTFA was a supercharged Usain Bolt, whereas Titanic and Avatar were Marathon winners!
    Yes. that's true. I never thought TFA could take out Avatar, but was hoping it could surpass Titanic, and still am.

    It's somewhat tragic that two disappointments (at least as far as I'm concerned) from Cameron hold the top two global slots, and are unlikely to be dethroned any time soon. It's also troubling that FF7 looks like it will have a higher China gross than TFA when it's all said and done.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @bondjames, TFA will absolutely dethrone 'Titanic,' but it still needs roughly $1 billion more to top the near $3 billion that 'Avatar' took in. TFA's performance in China wasn't as explosive as it could've been, due to them not being terribly big 'Star Wars' fans, so I can see it taking the spot of the second highest grossing movie of all time, just coming close to beating out 'Avatar.'
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2016 Posts: 23,883
    I hope you're right @Creasy47. At least Titanic must be taken out for me to be happy. The exchange rate is the problem for all non US theatre grosses at this time.

    China should have been bigger for TFA though (FF7 made $391m there which is shocking). Disney need to open a theme park there or do something soon to boost marketing for the franchise.
  • edited January 2016 Posts: 1,098
    bondjames wrote: »
    I hope you're right @Creasy47. At least Titanic must be taken out for me to be happy. The exchange rate is the problem for all non US theatre grosses at this time.

    China should have been bigger for TFA though (FF7 made $391m there which is shocking). Disney need to open a theme park there or do something soon to boost marketing for the franchise.

    What was it with the FF7 film that the Chinese people so loved about it?

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited January 2016 Posts: 40,968
    As of yesterday's box office, TFA is roughly $1,032,000,000 away from beating 'Avatar,' and roughly $456 million away from beating 'Titanic.'
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    mepal1 wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    I hope you're right @Creasy47. At least Titanic must be taken out for me to be happy. The exchange rate is the problem for all non US theatre grosses at this time.

    China should have been bigger for TFA though (FF7 made $391m there which is shocking). Disney need to open a theme park there or do something soon to boost marketing for the franchise.

    What was it about the FF7 film that the Chinese people so loved about it?
    Beats me. It was wall to wall action and maybe that appealed. The cast is multicultural too. I'm quite stumped on that film's success outside North America in 2015 quite frankly.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    As of yesterday's box office, TFA is roughly $1,032,000,000 away from beating 'Avatar,' and roughly $456 million away from beating 'Titanic.'

    It'll do them both.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Even with a large marketing campaign in China, it still underperformed, unlike 'Furious 7,' 'Jurassic World,' and 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron.' Due to the lack of cinemas in the 70's, 'Star Wars' was never a hit there, and it hasn't been ever since. It's just not something held closely to the hearts of memories of the Chinese like it is around the rest of the world. I think the fact that it has action and explosions and space travel is what excited them enough to make it the biggest opening weekend and Chinese Saturday of all time, but it won't have staying power like the others did.
  • Posts: 1,098
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    As of yesterday's box office, TFA is roughly $1,032,000,000 away from beating 'Avatar,' and roughly $456 million away from beating 'Titanic.'

    To be honest, even getting to Titanic is going to be a struggle, and remember that, that film made $1.8 bill of its $2.2 bill gross way back in 1998 when ticket prices were a lot less than they are nowadays, particularly as SWTFA was also available in the expensive 3D as well.
    I saw SWTFA about a week ago, and there were only 2 people in the theater, yet i remember going to see Titanic weeks after it had been released, for a Sunday afternoon viewing, and the theater was nearly full. :-O

    Avatar's International run was staggering, i think that outside of the US there were at least 8 or 9 countries, where the gross was over $100 mil for the film. :-O
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    But it will (IMO) have legs in the rest of the world. I expect to see in still in theatres for a lot longer than most movies...
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