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Posted October 24, 2015
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Niggles: While i don't agree with rest of the post - it sure surprised me when Disney threw up who would be the main cast members. Count me as one who is a little bit disappointed. Have to wonder why Disney went this route (was pretty unhappy when Disney bought Lucasfilms as well_
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markrichardb: Nostalgic franchises tend to take the heavy lifting off aging actors with a younger sprog who can do all that exhaustive running around, usually a son or daughter of the main character (Tron Legacy, Indiana Jones Crystal Skull, etc) Harrison Ford broke his ankle on the set, and J J Abrams broke his back trying to come to his rescue. No idea if someone else then injured themselves trying to come to J J Abrams rescue until the whole cast were splayed out like fallen dominoes, but I'm forced to assume so.

As for those who believe a female lead is indicative of a certain mindset or agenda, I’ll tell them what I told Josh Whedon’s Twitter account when he called Jurassic World sexist – it’s often really dangerous and stifling to divine a pattern from a single artistic work. Half the world’s population are women; so there's no call to be suspicious every time a female takes a lead role.
I don't see how that justifies female chauvinism. Half the world's population is HALF. I can understand having a strong female lead if most men have no interest in movies but most men like watching movies. So basically a movie with a strong female lead is just pandering to women and totally ignoring men. And movies like Star Wars Episode VII shouldn't be doing that because it's bad enough with 99% of the recent movies nowadays only pandering to women. And just because a lot of men enjoy watching movies that were made for women only, doesn't change the fact that they were made for women only. This is 2015. We should be moving forward with equality instead of going backwards with chauvinism.
Post edited October 24, 2015 by monkeydelarge
Posted October 24, 2015
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Breja: Fuck it, I'm gonna start a new thread without all you assholes.
Great, now there is nobody to beam me up. Well at least, I'm not wearing a Red shirt. :)

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tort1234: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJOVPjhXMY
If you want to see a really funny Star Wars Kid video, check this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpvhGf2QhK0
Post edited October 24, 2015 by monkeydelarge
Posted October 25, 2015
The teaser was good, but the amount of actions shown in the trailer was way too much for me. I actually don't put much thoughts on how this movie would turn out as I prefer to just see what the movie has to offer when it's been released. I just hope that J.J. Abrams would end the episode 7 with an ending similar to the SW EP 4-6. I don't know why, but an ending where many questions are still left unanswered by a movie just doesn't fit with the Star Wars franchise.

Star Wars movies that I know will leave us satisfied with what we watched, and give us another story plot on the next movie installment, which still somehow relates with the story plot from the previous episodes.
Posted October 25, 2015
Anyway back to the trailer. Looked at it again. Looked at some of the talking heads (amazing what a time sink it is when your looking at talking heads who actually talk instead of talking crap...) who broke down the trailer (Collider Jedi Council). Lot of theories. Big question. Are Rey and Kylo siblings or cousins (ie Lukes daughter & Leia's son)? .
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Niggles: I disliked the way they have obviously put up the cast. My main beef is with a strong female lead. Not my choice. Not for this franchise (and pls dont put words into my mouth - i can have an opinion without being accused of agreeing with a troll ok?) . SURE would have been great to have the old cast as central - i had expected it as would have a lot of old timer fans of the series. Just seems to me Disney is trying to make it appeal to broader & younger audiences
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monkeydelarge: I have a problem with movies that have a strong female lead too because that is not equality. That is just female chauvinism. I don't see why the movie can't have a strong male AND a strong female as main characters.
Looking at a lot of comments and discussions it looks like Disney is actually actively pushing for strong female presence in this trilogy (a lot of comments in public media by awoman.. something kennedy (cant remember her name) major representing Lucasfilms/Disney)....
Post edited October 25, 2015 by Niggles
Posted October 25, 2015
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Abovet: The teaser was good, but the amount of actions shown in the trailer was way too much for me. I actually don't put much thoughts on how this movie would turn out as I prefer to just see what the movie has to offer when it's been released. I just hope that J.J. Abrams would end the episode 7 with an ending similar to the SW EP 4-6. I don't know why, but an ending where many questions are still left unanswered by a movie just doesn't fit with the Star Wars franchise.

Star Wars movies that I know will leave us satisfied with what we watched, and give us another story plot on the next movie installment, which still somehow relates with the story plot from the previous episodes.
This is true for episode IV and VI. But the rest of the Star Wars movies do not have satisfying endings. I would like episode VII to have a satisfying ending though if I find out it is worthy of me watching it. Something as satisfying as a bunch of Ewoks dancing. YUB NUB! :)
Posted October 25, 2015
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Abovet: Star Wars movies that I know will leave us satisfied with what we watched, and give us another story plot on the next movie installment, which still somehow relates with the story plot from the previous episodes.
Seeing how we've got a whole trilogy ahead, plus the anthology movies, and Ii'll bet sure that's not going to be the end of it, I'm pretty sure they'll be sequel baiting HARD. I just hope it won't be like the Marvel movies, where they tend to end up as little more than very long trailer for the next few movies.

Anyway, I'm seeing, both online and among my own friends, that Disney has succeeded in making people excited and optimistic about this movie. I guess people just really want to be excited for some things, no matter what experience tells them, and it's not that hard to give them enough of a reason.

But I was there. At the Gates of Episode I. I saw Star Wars fly into the jaws of the Nightmare Child. The Horde of Travesties. Jar Jar with his army of midichlorians.

I remember. And you're going to have to work a hell of a lot harder to convince me.
Post edited October 25, 2015 by Breja
Posted October 25, 2015
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Abovet: Star Wars movies that I know will leave us satisfied with what we watched, and give us another story plot on the next movie installment, which still somehow relates with the story plot from the previous episodes.
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Breja: Seeing how we've got a whole trilogy ahead, plus the anthology movies, and Ii'll bet sure that's not going to be the end of it, I'm pretty sure they'll be sequel baiting HARD. I just hope it won't be like the Marvel movies, where they tend to end up as little more than very long trailer for the next few movies.

Anyway, I'm seeing, both online and among my own friends, that Disney has succeeded in making people excited and optimistic about this movie. I guess people just really want to be excited for some things, no matter what experience tells them, and it's not that hard to give them enough of a reason.

But I was there. At the Gates of Episode I. I saw Star Wars fly into the jaws of the Nightmare Child. The Horde of Travesties. Jar Jar with his army of midichlorians.

I remember. And you're going to have to work a hell of a lot harder to convince me.
I can't agree more with you. To be honest, I got quite excited when the female character said that there were stories about what happened in the trailer, but that's just me. Getting goosebumps from sentences has grown to be quite a habit for me. I even thought J.J. Abrams had something great in mind for this movie.

And I know this may not be related to what this thread is discussing about, but watching the new Star Wars sequel during the Galactic Empire era (trailer) with all these advanced CGIs and visual effects just doesn't feel the same way as I how I used to watch Star Wars Episode 4-6. My brain is somewhat having a hard time adapting to the new movie.

For me, the right pairs would be as the following:
-Star Wars before the Empire colonization = Advanced CGI effects
-Star Wars during the Empire colonization = Old CGI effects
(But thats just me. My opinion would differ from the others)
Post edited October 25, 2015 by Abovet
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