The Last Jedi & Episode 9 - Discussion and SPOILERS (that means stay out if you have not seen it) - The Bear and Badger

djchump

And even tiny ships like x wings have FTL drives so you could stick those drives onto nukes and warp them inside a planet’s core. Star Wars is stupid.

djchump

And how have they got the tech for faster then light travel and lifelike AI droids but really shitty computers that can’t aim for shit?

Yossarian

djchump wrote:

RedDave2 wrote:

Do tie fighters fight ties?

Well, according to google it’s TIE (Twin Ion Engines) Fighter. So no, they don’t fight ties.

I forgot about Destroyer as a navy class of ships. Seems odd that they’d use the same kind of assignations a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away though.

Seeing as they speak English as well, it’s not that odd.

djchump

I presumed there was a babelfish or somesuch hand wavery Universal Translator for “Galactic Basic” sounding like English, rather than it supposed to literally be the same language. Seems like he tried to make the alphabet different enough: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_in_Star_Wars

Armitage_Shankburn

Yeah, the language they speak is basic, not english, lol.

GooberTheHat

Paul the sparky wrote:

Who said that?

Me, often.

Although I didn't say you couldn't criticise them. Just that you're criticising a kids film about space wizards.

RedDave2

It's probably fair to say most movie franchises are pretty average to poor overall though, and are referred far too highly.

How many actual good bond films are there?
It's been 25 years since a good terminator movie
There was one good robocop movie
Die hard is a classic followed by a-typical action movies
Predator is 1 good, 1 OK and a hole heap of rubbish that so taints...
The alien films! Mostly cack.
Harry Potter, Lord of the rings and (even though I'm a fanboy) the mcu are only decent at best most of the time but the overall narrative keeps the fan base stoked.
If matrix 4 is amazing it still leaves the series as a 50 percent hit rate.
And then there's star wars.

And yet, we still all get excited by these movie announcements.

RamSteelwood

b0r1s wrote:

What’s The mandalorian about again?

A cyborg transformer, part human, part time travelling car.

Kow

Star Wars, it's like drugs. Always trying to get back to that first high, but it never happens.

Kow

And the Mandalorian is about a guy who accidentally cuts his arms off with a kitchen slicer and replaces them with a toaster and a jet pack.

b0r1s

I mean if it is Bobba Fett, then it’s just gonna be like watching Valkyrie. We all know he’s gonna end up accidentally dying falling into a pit in the desert.

EvilRedEye

Don't forget to go to the Galaxy's Edge Disney World attraction and read the Galaxy's Edge books for the full story of what happens in between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. Will you even understand the final film without them????

Blocks100

I have a theory that is going to blow your mind.

You know how every Star Wars film is a tale of redemption against impossible odds right?

The original film sees the plucky rebels blow up the Death Star and save the galaxy from tyranny.

Empire sees our hero learn the terrible truth about his father yet escapes to fight the good fight.

Jedi has Darth save his son to absolve the sins of his past.

Well maybe every other Star War film that came after them was deliberately shit in order to set it all up for Rise of Skywalker which will be the ultimate act of redemption because it will not be shit but instead be the best Star Wars film of all time and save the franchise, like some last gasp precise torpedo hit down a space station exhaust port.

Blocks100

Spoiler:

Kow

Or maybe we all really just want to be kids again and we're hoping that Disney magic will do it this time after fat cunt Lucas let us down.

LivDiv

b0r1s wrote:

I mean if it is Bobba Fett, then it’s just gonna be like watching Valkyrie. We all know he’s gonna end up accidentally dying falling into a pit in the desert.

It takes place after RoJ.

Armitage_Shankburn

Kow wrote:

Or maybe we all really just want to be kids again and we're hoping that Disney magic will do it this time after fat cunt Lucas let us down.

Did you really need to bring his weight into it? Fatphobe

b0r1s

@LivDiv this I obviously did not know.

LivDiv

Lol, dont even know all the Star Wars facts.
Probably call the boss man Dark Vader lol.

Kow

Darren Kvader, from down the road.

b0r1s

I failed GCSE bounty hunter lore.

Pretty sure it’s Dark Blader tho.

@Kow out the way nerd.

Kow

Nerdist.

Armitage_Shankburn

b0r1s wrote:

I mean if it is Bobba Fett, then it’s just gonna be like watching Valkyrie. We all know he’s gonna end up accidentally dying falling into a pit in the desert.

Forget star wars GCSEs, if you think Hitler died falling into a pit in the desert, there are more fundamental problems with your education.

LivDiv

Yeah.
Everyone knows he ran a farm in Argentina for 50 years before being spotted in Nebraska in 1995.

ShabbyMcCrabby

bad_hair_day wrote:

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

I like how people are still foaming at the mouth in excitement about a series where there hasn't been a truly new and interesting film made for it since 1983

Wiping the froth from me gob, they've all been truly new but varying degrees of interesting, I'll grant you. Rogue One was a belter.

Don't get the dismissive Shabby, thought you love Star Wars as much as the next nerd!

Sorry, was probably a bit too bitter. Tired and cranky? I haven't been in the best mood lately.

I am excited about the new film. And I've enjoyed pretty much all the new star wars films. I was of the right age to be able to ignore the terrible writing of the prequels and be all "awesome podrace!!!/space battle" etc. I liked the nostalgia of FA, I liked the majority of TLJ and I'm sure I'll enjoy this one.

I wasn't really talking about people like us. I was more talking about the people who are going to use this new film to spark some whole new outrage about xyz and that they've ruined their childhood and it's the worst thing ever.
I'm just kind of sick of it. It's a movie! We all know what this movie is going to be like, but so many people seem to get caught up in thinking it's going to be something more than just a fun space adventure with some cool action scenes.

I'll try to be less bitter though. There's no use for it.

ShabbyMcCrabby

This is funny. Spoiler image from that trailer posted.

Spoiler:

Time_on_my_hands

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

This is funny. Spoiler image from that trailer posted.

There's always one that's fiddly to fold back in and you think you're going to cut your finger off...

EvilRedEye

That spoiler tag reminds me of Kingdom Hearts!

superflyninja

The Nelson Mandelalorian looks excellent. Im in. That new trailer though for Rise looks decent also.

davyK

I was yawnsome about Ep.9 but was going to see it in the flicks anyhow just to see the 3 episodes out. That trailer has picqued my interest but I'm reining in any expectation.

That TLJ slagging video really underlined how much of a batch of nonsense it was. But I have an amazing capacity for nonsense (I enjoyed the prequels though Ep.1 tests me). I liked the bombers even though it made no sense. What I really hated about it was that whole fuel and run to the casino bit which was just ill conceived and badly implemented. The hyperspace jump was a great image though.

This new trilogy really suffers from not having a proper bad guy though. The whole Kylo thing just comes across as a whining child and as dangerous as that is in the context, it isn't menacing.

The only new Star Wars film I have enjoyed was Rogue 1 though it contained a lot of filler and I dislike the idea of the weakness of the Death Star being planned in. Any film whose best character is a robot has a great many problems. But overall I enjoyed it. I suspect mainly because it's tighter with the Ep.4 It filled a original plot gap which was pleasing though I'm not sure I'd want too many gaps filled in this way.

I don't care what anyone says but the last few minutes of Vader on the rampage was great and there should have been more of that.

Anyhoo. I'm in. Always good to have a cinema set piece at Christmas.

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