Star Wars Episode VII
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- autoflavour1
A classically-trained actor plays a robed wise man on a desert planet. (ANH)
Robed wise man advises a boyish young man. (ANH)
Robed wise man is tragically killed by man in black mask. (ANH)
Information sensitive to the fate of the republic is placed into an adorable droid. (ANH)
A good guy is revealed to be inside a stormtrooper suit. (ANH)
A good guy makes an unlikely friend because he needs a pilot (ANH)
A weakling approaches the man in the black mask with bad news. Man in black mask aggravates throat of weakling carrying bad news. (ANH)
Adorable droid lands on desert planet. (ANH)
A quiet moment serving as a chapter break shows a lowly creature observing action from the ground of a desert planet on the lower left of the screen. (ROTJ)
Adorable droid is obtained by small robed creature for parts. (ANH)
A young, low-income mechanically-minded protagonist obtains droid. Thinks better of selling it after sensing it is important. (ANH)
A career-minded politician with a British accent rivals the man in the black mask. (ANH)
Stormtroopers descend upon desert planet, eliciting flight of main characters. (ANH)
Main characters utilize Han Solo’s ship in order to flee the forces of the man in the black mask. (ANH)
Main characters overcome disgusting beast in first act of movie through cunning use of door (ROTJ)
A giant military orb is revealed. (ANH, ROTJ)
The giant military orb is revealed to have planet-destruction capabilities. (ANH, ROTJ)
Older character informs young protagonist about important character, which is humorously revealed to be an elderly alien with strange manners whose name contains a single-syllable term for a parent. (Maz contains “Ma”/Yoda contains “Da”). (TESB)
Montage of multi-cultural bar with lots of aliens in it enjoying alien music. (ANH)
Elderly alien with strange manners tells protagonist that they have a higher calling. (TESB)
Protagonist follows audio-hallucinations to cavernous locale, where dream-like visions ensue- connecting her fate to the fate of the galaxy. (TESB)
Female protagonist is strapped to torture table, for inquisition. Man in black mask threatens her. (ANH)
A stormtrooper makes an overt security blunder because protagonist’s verbal use of the force (TPM, ANH) / Sudden use of force, to the surprise of the protagonist, to escape 2nd act difficulty. (TESB)
Someone is unexpectedly someone’s father. (TESB)
An exalted master of the dark side of the force administrates via a hologram. (ANH, ESB, ROTJ)
Acrobatic navigation of enemy ship’s mechanical interior (ANH).
Father approaches son on a bridge over a mechanical abyss. (TESB)
The Father-Son relationship experiences a sudden turn, after you think they might be nice to each other. (TESB)
C3PO arm trouble. (TESB)
Light saber falls in snow- to be retrieved from snow by the force. (TESB)
Fire overtakes the land, dramatically moving the earth around. (ROTS)
Male protagonist and fighter pilot friend reunite before deploying to go attack the giant military orb. (ANH)
Giant military orb is destroyed by the concerted aerial battle strategies of a rebellion force. (ANH, ROTJ)
Protagonist and R2D2 fly to remote star system to meet powerful Jedi hermit. (TESB)
Let me know if I missed any.- When in a New Hope did "An exalted master of the dark side of the force administrates via a hologram." ? Just curious.ETM
- Also when in Empire did this happen?
The Father-Son relationship experiences a sudden turn, after you think they might be nice to each other.ETM - Lets be honest... many of these, at their core themes, are the crutch of every story.ETM
- ^ oh ffs - everyones got mass hysteria... Force Awakens is a near remake of A New Hope with some other bits thrown in. It's fact for all to see. I knew he wouldfadein11
- play it safe but how safe he did play it sucks balls. Just caught last half hour of Revenge of the Sith accidentally on TV - it's has a better feel, cannotfadein11
- believe I am saying it. But Force Awakens also feels small and Earth-bound. Nothing out of this world happens.fadein11
- I was kinda surprised when a rather famous character died, maybe just me, but I didn't see that coming and was amazed it wasn't leakedformed
- regarding my posts 3 above - by feel I mean it feels more like Star Wars. The last half hour is actually rather good apart from newly helmetted Vader's outburstfadein11
- You mean that 30 minute saber fight over lava video game sequence? The ridiculous fact that Obi-Wan neither helps nor kills Anakin, but simply...ETM
- leaves him in agony. Because doing one or the other logical thing doesn't allow the character simply to survive and fit the existing narrative.ETM
- lol, yea that noooooo was some baywatch corny shit wasn't it. the prequels were visually far more interestingburd-turglar
- Or Yoda running like a bitch and becoming useless for no good reason other than to again simply fit into existing narrative?ETM
- On this sir, we must agree to disagree.ETM
- it was a cobbled together mess as wellburd-turglar
- it feels bigger, like an epic. Original trilogy also felt big with no CGI. Some of the sets/planets in epVII feel v.small and all v.earthlike. Not sci-fi enoughfadein11
- hard to explain - it often felt like obvious sets. Look at his Star Trek reboot - doesn;t feel like that at all - good balance between CGI and real.fadein11
- lol at bloggers ranting about it being the same as A New Hope like they are the smartest critic on the planet. It was on fucking purpose retards.inteliboy
- I can't help but think that it's all for the benefit of videogames and merchandise. Mustafar, mygeeto, kamino, falooga etc, were cool as fuck, the new moviesburd-turglar
- Didn't have squat in the way of cool new planetary scenes for the upcoming games. The coolest new shit was the new species introduced in the mos eisley rehashburd-turglar
- fadein11-2
I am still astounded that my friends and I are in such a minority who were so disappointed... Seeing again tomorrow night with my daughter so hopefully will enjoy it more on the 2nd run.
My gripes were not a case of needing to let go and just enjoy it for what it was, they were due to some major flaws in a film that could have been so much better.
Plot - so so weak and rehash of previous film - 3rd Death Star - please!?
Scottish space pirate - wtf? that whole scene is just terrible
Pacing - film needed at least an extra half hour to add suspense and necessary set-up for new trilogy.
Kylo Ren - Darth Emo.
Another desert planet?
Snoke - WTF?
Han Solo SPOILER ALERT - THE scene - lame. One of my favourite cinematic characters of all time and didn't feel a slightest bit of emotion that he died at the hands of his emo son. Not enough background on Han / Leia / Kylo to care a jot.
Chewie got over it v.quickly lol.That aside it also had some great moments.
Just a v.flawed film.
- I totally agree. Watched A New Hope on Saturday and seriously there was so much more imagination, creativity and emotion! The Han Solo bit was just 'oh well'Ianbolton
- It was a funny, action-based sci-fi romp but why didn't I give a shit about hardly any of the characters?Ianbolton
- Still think it's more JJ Abrams style more than anything. Big, brash and bold but lacking any substance.Ianbolton
- I agree fadeinset
- These criticisms are valid, though still loved it. There's SO much to like in this film. SO much was done really really well.inteliboy
- ^ yep there was but I always struggle to like a film a lot if basics like plot, character and pacing are not in order.fadein11
- agree on every point, but im still looking forward to the next one.CygnusZero4
- Agreed on all counts. I hate when a movie with genre masterpiece/mileston... potential falls apart in ways that could've been easily avoided.raf
- forget about all that shit, how did you feel though? emotionally... we can nit pick it to death, your points are all valid but did you feel better about this..._niko
- ...than the last 3? tell me you weren't teary eyed in a few scenes._niko
- Niko bro, was that you crying at Fenway theater last nightburd-turglar
- set2
Utterly meh
- You're being dramatic, but yes, it could have been better so easily, it's sad.raf
- didnt seem too dramatic. the movie was just kinda meh. not awful, not very good either. it could have been a LOT better.CygnusZero4
- Not dramatic at all. Meh meh meh mehset
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯pango
- spl33nidoru2
Like Lucas said it himself (skip to 8:38)
- i meant 8:28spl33nidoru
- expected to want to turn him off right away but nope - interesting.fadein11
- I love his comparison between "joy" and "pleasure" well stated!utopian
- ^ yep that was good.fadein11
- Awesome. Thanks for sharingbabaganush
- wagshaft1
- tarentino song is perfecthotroddy
- that song is quincy jones.docpoz
- interesting. only new it from kill billhotroddy
- there is little original in a tarantino filmdocpoz
- For the original music go to :55 from this clip of Five Fingers of Death: https://www.youtube.…wagshaft
- http://www.qbn.com/t…Jetserf
- *Tarantino. Double fail.fadein11
- so moneydocpoz
- OK, I want to rephrase: Tarantino is original in his own way... but elements in his film may be sampled /not originaldocpoz
- PonyBoy0
Guess I wasn't clear... I was thinking maybe Kylo is Luke or Leia's CHILD... ... not Luke or Leia (as folks have been speculating about for the last couple months). Basically Luke will have to deal with the reverse tragedy of his child being an asshole? The darkside skips a generation?
- My guess > Kylo & Rey are Han and Leia's children / brother and sister.zombee
- Kylo Ren is actually Mace Windu's cousinprophetone
- actually... he's Qui-Gon Jinn's 2nd cousin twice removed on his Mother's side... pretty sure of itPonyBoy
- Maybe Kylo is his father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate...kona
- ^haha...
WE AIN'T FOUND SHIT!!PonyBoy - http://allthingsd.co…prophetone
- or han's child, who the heck knows at this point.CygnusZero4
- gotta be a lando connectionfadein11
- CALLES1
they need better blaster laws
- The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a blaster is a good guy with a blaster. Or one with magic and a laser swordlocustsloth
- Or sometimes a couple of bumbling robots. Or even a reverse mer-man, on accident.locustsloth
- DO YOU WANT TO OUTLAW ALL THOSE THINGS TOO?!?!?!locustsloth
- Because if so, i'd be ok with that last one being outlawed. Just sayin'locustsloth
- when you outlaw blasters only outlaws will have blasters_niko
- pretty sure the force can handle a few blastersmonospaced
- blasters don't kill stormtroopers, rebels kill stormtroopersdocpoz
- Stormtroopers don't kill Rebels... because they can't hit shit.ETM
- ernexbcn4
- Who's the artist?DRIFTMONKEY
- Can't really verify if it was Dan Mumford.Hayoth
- docpoz1
I hope it's better than Star Trek 2.
- dasohr2
I gotta be honest: I got a little excited watching the new trailer. I actually watched it three times.
True story.
- Ramanisky20
wait wut....
director Ben Affleck was also in contention,REALLY?
- instrmntl0
I finally watched it. Who is Luke's Baby Momma?
- unknown. leia? mystery box. lolCygnusZero4
- Probably one of the nights of renterry_cloth
- *knightsterry_cloth
- Or maybe the green slave's twin from Jabba's Palace.instrmntl
- Captain Phasma.Gucci
- mara jade? does she event exist anymore?jaylarson
- Nope, retconned along with everything elseterry_cloth
- SlashPeckham1
- why?tank02
- hahahazenmasterfoo
- nope.Al_dizzle
- nice try but doesn't work.sarahfailin
- freedom0
- ok?CygnusZero4
- A Storm Trooper in the streets, a Wookie in the sheets?nb
- Overly hairy and prone to tearing your arms off? Kinky.ETM
- this is the droid i was looking for?autoflavour
- gap even with armour. extra points.Gnash
- Ben992
Dunno why, but i kinda feel a little uncomfort with the old ones, Leia, Solo and Luke... Like I was seeing the actors more than their played characters... I found their play to be kinda fake. I dunno.
- sameApeRobot
- too much time has passed for them to feel like characters they played 30 years ago. they look and sound too differentCygnusZero4
- Leia especially. Oompa Loompa body with a smoker's voice.ETM
- You know she was wearing spanx up to her eyeballs and that's they best they could do.ETM
- Gardener2
- Simon Bolz / SimonFFM?fadein11
- deleted scenes?caterpus
- leia's grannie pants are kind of turning me on.. that ass.. damnautoflavour
- hotroddy0
It bugged me throughout the whole movie that I couldn't remember where this guy was from. I couldn't stop thinking about it.
I really enjoyed his acting in LOST:
- Rush hour.pango
- X men: last stand.pango
- only know him from lost. great characterhotroddy
- The woman who treats Chewbacca's wounds, at the Resistance base, is a regarded Shakespearean actress.face_melter
- harriet walter - i nearly fell off my chair when she appeared.hans_glib
- Indeed. A genuine and pleasant surprise. Celia Imrie was a pilot in the Eps. 1 I think - she got told off for wearing lipstick :Dface_melter
- who is he in force awakens? the kanjiklub guy?CygnusZero4
- he only had one or two lines. He was in the rebellion bunkerhotroddy
