Solo: A Star Wars Story
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- MrT0
Saw it last night. Again it feels like a weird duty as a fan, followed by the dirty lack of satisfaction you get after eating a happy meal.
Felt like two hours based on a missing 10 mins from a director’s cut nobody wanted (now with added CGI).When you-know-who takes off her mask near the end, I whispered to MrsT, “Royal Baby” and the lady to the other side called me disgusting.
- CyBrainX0
I loved the fact that this movie came down to the fact that Han shot first.
I also loved the singers in the cantina. I know it's an old gimmick but those characters were great.
Most of the rest was a dumb action movie. Star Wars deserves better.
- M01XXX-4
Saw it last night. Didn't like it but it was also not as bad as I thought. These days I compare all sci-fi flicks to the stupid Superhero movies so usually can't get worse than those.
Most of the time "Solo" didn't feel like it belonged in the StarWars universe. Only when Chewbacca or the Milennium Falcon was present is when I really thought it was a SW related movie.
IMO the writing was bad and much of the art direction while done well it was not connected as well to the SW universe.
The industrial setting in the beginning of the movie and later on with the trains in the mountains felt more like the old school Blade Runner movie.
I wish they did more stuff in dry desert planets with weird creatures. Really missed weird creatures like Jabba The Hutt and his weird entourage.
- The Lando character did nothing to the movie, maybe it's just hyped because it's David Glover.
- Hated the robot with female voice because it sounded like a human voice was recorded and a quick filter was put on. It could've been done much better and more stylized or something more quirky like C-3PO.
- The hairstyles and clothing of all the other human characters felt disconnected from the SW universe. Especially if you look at the main evil guy, he might as well be a James Bond villain. The main female also felt too stylish in her appearance. Which was also something I hated about "The Last Jedi" and that woman with purple hair and dress that looked like she just came from a fashion show.
- Hated the octopus in space scene. WTF. I get it in the old SW movie there's a giant space worm but this giant octopus in floating in space seemed so stupid. How can a organic lifeform survive in vacuum of space, makes no sense.
- And it's a SW related movie where are the damn lightsabers damn it?
Disney will probably continue to milk StarWars in any way possible and do more spin-off's. I hope that future ones will be written and executed better than this one.
- David Glover.. LOLautoflavour
- exactly with the space octopus .. (leaving the whole vacuum of space argument aside, like what the fuck does it eat out there in the middle of space?)autoflavour
- I caved in and now going to watch on big screen (promised myself I wouldn't again after The Last Jedi abomination).fadein11
- also no prizes for guessing who the next spin off movie is going to be about .. big bad guy at the end.. (trying to at least not spoiler it) but yep,autoflavour
- Sorry, Donald GloverM01XXX
- So you want more weird creatures but can’t handle a space octopus? You know, it’s a galaxy far away, long ago, right?monospaced
- David Glover is a galaxy far far away enough it seems.fadein11
- Yes weird creatures but still respecting physics somewhat. Creatures like Jabba and those smaller ones. Even the Ewoks were fun. Octopus in space makes no senseM01XXX
- ^ Ewoks were not fun. Never forgive.CyBrainX
- it's pants cos they made it 'universal' and something they can sell in the Chinese market.shapesalad
- I ha'd at David Gloverdocpoz
- It’s quite possible that physics would allow life forms to suevice in a space vacuum, in a galaxy far, far away.monospaced
- Also, they break so many physics rules just going into light speed it’s nt even funny. Lighten up and let the fantasy work it’s magic.monospaced
- there's a train on rails in a galaxy thats conquered gravity, the space octopus is fine.fadein11
- autoflavour3
Damn.. Solo was a luke warm mess.. had low expectations and was sadly even let down. Here’s an idea Disney, instead of trying to pump out shit each year, spend a minute actually writing and making decent movies. Rogue one had it’s flaws, but was watchable.. i was noticeably bored in solo.. My wife almost fell asleep. Glover was the only redeeming aspect, and even that was over cooked.
Not sure what they could have done, except make it better. Like way better. And sorry Khaleesi, you are forever going to be mother of dragons, not some Star Wars quasi villain. And L3.. jeez talk about trying to milk K-2SO.. so much fail. What did the focus groups score highly on sassy robots? Is that a thing now? Urgh. You can see why they had so many problems.. even Ron Howard couldn’t rub the stink off it- No spoiler except to say it is assautoflavour
- may be the 1st SW film I don't bother seeing on the big screen. I had a bad feeling about this.fadein11
- You saved me $10. Thanks!noneck
- Never have I felt more compelled to refund my tickets for tonight. tydorkKn1ght
- SW should have learned the lesson from Star Trek about over-saturation of the same thing grinding a franchise into the ground.Continuity
- http://www.qbn.com/r…PonyBoy
- The franchise went to shit the minute Lucas fucked w/it in the late 90's...nothing but bad acting, rehashed (now cliche) action and shitty one-liners...zzzPonyBoy
- damn. oh well. sad as SW franchise could be milked to make amazing films. maybe if they stop aiming at 12 year old kids?inteliboy
- look its not all bad, just mostly bad. there are a few parts which are ok, but it just felt super rushed and poorly executed. that said that is just my opinionautoflavour
- its like they made a major motion picture by a paint by numbers instruction sheet and wrote the script based on focus groups feedbackautoflavour
- Solo had luke's warm messset
- I'm more interested in knowing what your kid thinks of it.docpoz
- I mean, Star Wars was always a bunch of kid's movies. There's not much under the hood.garbage
- Also Emilia Clarke is lucky she's a fox, because holy shit she's a terrible actress.garbage
- Akagiyama2
- that game of thrones actress is so bad.inteliboy
- mmmmm.... sure???sofakingback
- What Happened to Jack Black?utopian
- I bet a CG version of young Harrison Ford would've been better than this guy.M01XXX
- what a strange trailer.fadein11
- Odd choice of music but i'm still looking forward to seeing this.face_melter
- looks good :-)mekk
- woody doesn't age._niko
- @inteliboy God she is so terrible. Also every dragon-riding scene is SyFy quality and looks shit. She's lucky she's fine.garbage
- How did I not notice Emilia Clark was Daenerys? A double duh derp on me.CyBrainX
- spl33nidoru-1
New Details About the Troubled Production
- The one thing this movie has going for it..... expectations are LOW.DRIFTMONKEY
- Bluejam0
- ha, amazing the power of a good tune. made me v.slightly excited for it, must stress slightly though.fadein11
- read this article and hopes have been knocked, Disneyfication is in full swing
http://www.aintitcoo…Bluejam - what! ugh.fadein11
- I thought the aintitcool guy had died. Last time I saw a picture of him he was the size of a house that had just eaten four houses.face_melter
- wasn't he embroiled in a scandal recently?fadein11
- http://variety.com/2…fadein11
- That song man. One of the best ever. And the video.Hayzilla
- Bluejam1
- better.
the weakest is Han, looks like he's just clocked Luke and Leia k-i-s-s-i-n-g ...Bluejam - Actor playing Chewie totally ignored LOL. Bet if it was Andy Serkis we'd hear about it.Hayzilla
- What do you mean 'actor'? You mean you think it's a dude wearing a suit or some shit? Man, you be buggin'.face_melter
- haha face. you do crack me upfadein11
- I think they used that euro basketball player for chewy from force awakensCygnusZero4
- Lando looks stupidMaaku
- They all look like they're 4' tall.Cosmodrome
- Yeah! what is this, a movie for ants!?!zarkonite
- plus dude who's playing han doesn't have that much hair, he'll be bald by #3 and have to wear a stupid toupee._niko
- Looks like mediocre fan art to merobthelad
- Sort of crazy- todays society cant handle Laser guns in movie posters anymore.BH26
- They were in the design rip off, movie posters previouslyBH26
- better.
- prophetone3
- haha!monospaced
- dat han is better than the new one :/SteveJobs
- since19793
- https://www.facebook…bezoar
- pay the man, Disneysince1979
- i am not a lawyersince1979
- not an original idea - but shit they are very close.inteliboy
- Oh yea? So that justifies it? Clearly it's a rip-off. I bet if they had jacked your work, you would be sayin "Well umm. its not an original idea... so its cool"sofakingback
- soooooooo you're telling me this is not a templatenudes
- Doesn't Scarabin work there?thumb_screws
- Didn’t even bother changing the color palleteBH26
- eh sofa? I didn't say it was cool.inteliboy
- Damn. I totally get inspiration, especially when we're living in a time when everything's been done, but damn...set
- That's just a blatant rip off. Sad. Funny that the originals almost have the star wars font at the top. Probably what sparked the rippers idea...set
- sony ripped it, too. the legacy series is was a discount brand - nothing original about it.Gnash
- @set, yep, sad rip off. all that budget and ripping old ideasfadein11
- so blatant it has to be a parodyGuyFawkes
- Bluejam0
- This guys father stole millions from a south american government and help prop up a dictatorship in said country.hotroddy
- @hotroddy, and?fadein11
- Give his old man a break - the terms of his deal were altered.face_melter
- he should send his son to go live therehotroddy
- Where? Bespin? That's a fair ways away. In a galaxy far, far, away in fact.face_melter
- he's incredibly talented, and we're lucky to have this guy in the good 'ol usamonospaced
- i hope he feels lucky for living in usahotroddy
- he shouldn't feel lucky, that makes no sensemonospaced
- if you're implying he's not american, or shouldn't be, then your'e just an ignorant dickmonospaced
- his father's sides with dictators and other figures who condemn america and it's imperialistic ways (just to raise money for his projects).hotroddy
- The irony being that this kid is in a movie that propetuates the homoginazation of american culture abroad.hotroddy
- So while his father praises Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez, (who both condemn american capitliasm and it's evilness) their family makes millions from the system.hotroddy
- they are hypocrites and you feel lucky to have them.hotroddy
- wat?
so is he going to be a good lando or bad lando?pango - I tried to find out information about his father until realized this fool thinks Danny Glover is his father. Fucking LOL.soundofreason
- By the way, This guy is Donald Glover.CyBrainX
- No, this is Childish Gambino, grandson of Carlo Gambino, mob boss of one the "Five Families". His grandfather stole millions from American families.soundofreason
- fucking lol seriously his dad's an accountant or something._niko
- Yes, I thought it was a Glover. Thank you for clearing that up. We are lucky to have him.hotroddy
- Don't worry, they do like alike. It happens to the best of us:
https://www.youtube.…soundofreason - I'm guilty.hotroddy
- My apologieshotroddy
- What?
https://medium.com/@…pango - The More You Know
https://www.youtube.…soundofreason - @hotfardy ... you stalkin bro?canoe
- colin_s1
I liked Rogue One, but this has me worried. The rumors behind the various creative changes through the process ... along with the lack of Han Solo in the trailer for a movie about Han Solo, my hopes aren't too high at this point.
I'll still see it like a sucker, though.
- face_melter2
One of my favourite concept artists / illustrators, Ian McQue, worked on this. Really curious to see what he produced.
- His work is bonus Face_melter, love the buildings he draws.PhanLo
- Bluejam0
- better than i thoughtBluejam
- Yo. I've cracked it! They'll release a shitload of prequels - R1, Fett, Obi Wan etc. then pile all the characters into a banal 3-part epic Infinity War-style.face_melter
- Then use some dimensional time travel fuckery to tie the two SW universes together. Wait. ToTiTeeToo. That's a droid name. I'm practically spunking ideas!face_melter
- surprised no teases of Jabba, Boba etc. but it has promise phaps. He will be the downfall though, Mr Cheese face which Ford never had.fadein11
- hahaBluejam
- Looks like the storyline may be Western style train robbery. Thank fuck no new weapon to blow up this time haha.fadein11
- Awww yeah.....Akagiyama
- nah. i'm done with sw.hans_glib
- smells like teen spirit?kingsteven
- The movie no one asked forMaaku
- just nit i to the han actor at all. is he vritish? ughsince1979
- I was out once they were dodging the giant tentacles.ETM
- My piss poor comedy stylings aside, I enjoyed that - I like how clean the OG Falcon looked.face_melter
- Looks good to meCygnusZero4
- These spinoffs are better than the sequel trilogyCygnusZero4
- Huh. Looks fun!detritus
- One of the bad guys looked like Rammellzee.PhanLo
- Can't wait to never see it. shrug emojiSteveJobs
- fadein11-2
So sad that what should be the most anticipated SW spin off movie can hardly even raise an upvote on a post here. Disney have fucked this franchise with the last 2 main movies, I hope they deliver anything even half as good as Rogue One, which frankly is very unlikely. Judging by it's problems and their fear of even releasing a teaser trailer 3 months before release date it's gonna be a crock of shit :(
- Just imagine what it'll be like 5–10 years down the line when every last drop has been wrung from which and whatever New Hope was hoped for.detritus
- indeed det.fadein11
- god you being sarcastic? lol. anyway, I'm pretty much done with it.fadein11
- ^ just in time for a reboot of the original trilogy!face_melter
- so much room for innovation with all that budget and talent but so fucking lazy. where's the latent gone. It's like it's given to you on a plate, I struggle tofadein11
- understand how its even possible to fuck it up so bad when you have major SW fans at the helm, people who grew up with the shit and still deliverfadein11
- lazy formulaic bullshit.fadein11
- latent = talent obvs lolfadein11
- anger leads to hate...MrT
- lolfadein11
- apparently kasdan's script was really great. so hopes are up. let em milk Star Wars imo. more fun than super heroes running around in silly costumes.inteliboy
- it's the same lazy shit as superhero movies though, that's how low they have gone.fadein11
- you're probably right. but superhero films get a free pass... there's what, 4-5 of them a year?inteliboy
- yep truefadein11
- spl33nidoru0
30-sec teaser airing during the Superbowl, first trailer this coming Monday
- Akagiyama0
- I've not seen it outside of internerds mentioning it on tehreddits, but this image strongly reminds me of Firefly.detritus
- No Asian or Latino characters?utopian
- chewbacca isn't enough?sted
- what the fuck is white man can't jump doing there?autoflavour
- even chewie looks ashamedautoflavour
- this is going to be so, so bad lolfadein11
- oh no ... not Woodymonospaced
- MondoMorphic1
That's not the real movie poster in the original post (thank goodness). It's a bogus one made by a fan.