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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Rhiannon on October 20, 2015, 01:04:36 PM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYA3WNdO4Bw
It looks incredible.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYA3WNdO4Bw
It looks incredible.
I don't believe it. Some people are calling for a boycott of a film because the lead actor is black. This is a film in a series whose characters have previously included at least one black person, a furry thing like a bipedal dog, an irritating amphibious git, a crime boss that seems to be a slug and two protagonists who aren't even organic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-34583416
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Well, hello, what have we here?
Btw the best thing about Star Wars Battlefront is the chance to be a super battle droid and shoot gungans. I then ride about on their dinosaur things - I like to think I've broken my programming.
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Just when I thought you couldn't get any cooler Rhiannon ;)
Yes, the trailer is ace, the film looks amazing and I feel like a little boy again. I want to get my toy light sabre out of the loft (yes I still have it... Why would I get rid of that?!)
I have tickets to see it at the BFI IMAX and I CAN NOT wait!!!!!!!!!!
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It looks like it's going to be very emotional, quite apart from the awesome sfx. I think I am quite likely to need lots of tissues.
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So, does anyone have any ideas why Luke Skywalker has been deliberately omitted from the trailer?
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So, does anyone have any ideas why Luke Skywalker has been deliberately omitted from the trailer?
He's in it, you just have to use the force to see him!
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So, does anyone have any ideas why Luke Skywalker has been deliberately omitted from the trailer?
They want to keep his appearance in the film a surprise.
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It's not difficult to find some google images. One is apparently of the action figure.
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It's not difficult to find some google images. One is apparently of the action figure.
Was that in reply to me? Because I was being facetious. He's credited amongst the cast in the IMDB page for the film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/
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I thought you meant appearance as in looks, not just being in it. The images are very Jedi but there's speculation he's actually become a Sith.
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I thought you meant appearance as in looks, not just being in it. The images are very Jedi but there's speculation he's actually become a Sith.
That would please my nephew who always preferred the characters from the dark side.
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Small boys do IME.
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It's worth checking out the fan made 'super' trailer. All they have done is edit together the material from all the released teasers and trailers. It's good.
As for Luke... I read an interesting assesment of the trailer that pointed out that because everyone knows the universe and many characters from Star Wars already the director could make the trailer very lean on plot giveaways. There was no need to sell the film based in the plot so why give away the best bits? It means that all the important stuff will hit us in the film, within the emotional context that it is meant to be seen first time... Exciting stuff. But hence no Luke. He must be an important part of the story.
And I doubt he has turned to the Dark side. I think perhaps he is in isolation, scared by the 30 years of war since ROTJ and waiting for some opportunity to restore the force.
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Yes, I favour the idea that he's living like ObiWan Kenobi, as some kind of hermit.
I think it's going to have huge emotional impact. I went to see A New Hope when it was first released, when I was eight or nine and these characters have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
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I went to see A New Hope when it was first released, when I was eight or nine
Grrrrr, the film I went to see was called "Star Wars". Calling it "A New Hope" just reminds me that George Lucas ruined everything for profit.
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Sorry. :-[
I've never actually watched the prequels. Shooting droidekas on Battlefront aside, I pretend that they don't exist.
Gutted that Lucas replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen at the end of ROTJ btw.
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Never been into Star wars: always been a Star Trek person.
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Off you go then. Live long and prosper.
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Off you go then. Live long and prosper.
Beam me up - eventually. ;)
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Well... did you see the latest Star Trek films? They were great. It's the same director that has made the new Star Wars film. Soooooooo....
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I'm so behind the Star Trek narrative now I didn't watch them.
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I'm so behind the Star Trek narrative now I didn't watch them.
The JJ Abrahams Star Trek Films start with an event that alters the course of history, thus there is nothing to be behind.
Except the second film needs you to have watched a two episodes of ToS and one of the earlier films to fully appreciate it.
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Which I haven't. :-\
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Samuel,
Do you think Star Wars Battlefront 1 or 2 is better? And is 3 worth getting?
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Sorry Rhi, they aren't games I've played :-\ I tend to trust IGN game reviews and metacritic can be pretty reliable. In the end though if it's a franchise you like it's probably going to be more of what you enjoy. There have been games with average reviews that I have really enjoyed because their subject matter is of broader interest to me. Film tie ins are a classic. I liked the Tron game and Ghostbusters. I'd say go for it.
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In true Star Wars fashion BF2 is nothing like as good as the original. :D
I didn't know there was a Tron game. I keep promising the kids we'll watch the original film - another one I saw at the cinema on release.
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The game is based around the events of the sexual, so unless you liked that it's not probably not worth it... although you do get to have disc and light cycle battles.
I assume you have watched Star Wars with your children?... How old were they? I really want my kids to see it without any of the ubiquitous toys and cartoons spoiling the story and characters. I feel like I need to get it done sooner rather than later but four years old?... It's still too young to appreciate it fully! It's a pickle.
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Events of the sexual? :o it's been a while since I watched it but I think I'd have remembered that bit.
I think when it comes to it you just have to try the Star Wars films and see - I think the original would be fine for a four year old, but not the Empire Strikes Back - yes at four the finer points won't be appreciated but then they just grow up with it, if you watch it again a few times.
FWIW aside from lightsabres and a Darth Vader dressing up the only stuff my kids have got into is the Lego mini figures and XBox game.
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The Japanese Trailer has a lot more scenes and potential spoilers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdAUiyeJMFQ
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The Japanese Trailer has a lot more scenes and potential spoilers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdAUiyeJMFQ
Glad you put the spoiler warning in. I won't be watching it until after I've seen the film.
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Funny.. usually when you mention spoilers most people flock to it!!
There are no real surprises in the trailer, just slightly longer and better....
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The thing that made me smile was putting the Japanese translation of "star wars" in the Star Wars logo at the end.
Surely everybody and their Yak must recognise that logo by now?
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Events of the sexual? :o it's been a while since I watched it but I think I'd have remembered that bit.
I think when it comes to it you just have to try the Star Wars films and see - I think the original would be fine for a four year old, but not the Empire Strikes Back - yes at four the finer points won't be appreciated but then they just grow up with it, if you watch it again a few times.
FWIW aside from lightsabres and a Darth Vader dressing up the only stuff my kids have got into is the Lego mini figures and XBox game.
Ah oft accidental comedy of auto correct... damn autocorrect!!!!
sequel. But according to this iPad all sequels should be sexual. That's pretty deep
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Events of the sexual? :o it's been a while since I watched it but I think I'd have remembered that bit.
I think when it comes to it you just have to try the Star Wars films and see - I think the original would be fine for a four year old, but not the Empire Strikes Back - yes at four the finer points won't be appreciated but then they just grow up with it, if you watch it again a few times.
FWIW aside from lightsabres and a Darth Vader dressing up the only stuff my kids have got into is the Lego mini figures and XBox game.
Ah oft accidental comedy of auto correct... damn autocorrect!!!!
sequel. But according to this iPad all sequels should be sexual. That's pretty deep
;D I love autocorrect.
Btw the Battlefront games are worth a look if you want to switch off your brain and mindlessly shoot stuff, I mean save the galaxy far far away. Plus you get to ride on taun tauns. I've yet to master flying an x-wing though.
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Btw the Battlefront games are worth a look if you want to switch off your brain and mindlessly shoot stuff, I mean save the galaxy far far away. Plus you get to ride on taun tauns. I've yet to master flying an x-wing though.
Ah, X-Wing - there was a game that needs to be resurrected :( You just can't seem to find good POV combat flight simulators these days.
O.
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Btw the Battlefront games are worth a look if you want to switch off your brain and mindlessly shoot stuff, I mean save the galaxy far far away. Plus you get to ride on taun tauns. I've yet to master flying an x-wing though.
Ah, X-Wing - there was a game that needs to be resurrected :( You just can't seem to find good POV combat flight simulators these days.
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Good point. X-Wing was fab, and if I remember rightly pretty challenging.
I have been tempted by SW Battlefront Rhiannon, but I tend to enjoy games with a bit of a story to get my teeth into. Hence being excited about Tomb Raider. That being said my go-to 'switch-off' game is Destiny at the moment. Guns, evil aliens, fresh items to hunt for and upgrade... its like meditation.
Actually its quite a serious part of my relaxation. My work involves quite a lot of creative output and problem solving. The pure hand-eye co-ordination and in-the-moment action of a FP shooter seem to use a completely different part of my brain. Its like a mini holiday for my mind.
p.s. did you ever play a game called The Force Unleashed? there are two, but the first game was written as a bridge between Episodes 3 and 4. It had a pretty cool story about how Darth Vader takes on an apprentice who ends up turning against him and basically gives the rebel alliance its initial momentum. His family crest is the rebels emblem. The controls could be a bit clunky... but you play a lightsaber-weilding sith come jedi with crazy force powers who can throw storm troopers around like dolls and pull star destroyers (yes, star destroyers) out of the sky sooooooo.... who cares?
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I haven't, Sam. Because the XBox isn't mine (yet ;)) I tend to play games that I can do in short bursts, or on the iPad. I agree entirely about using the games to unwind, for me it's very cathartic and like you I use my brain in a way I never do in day to day life.
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I haven't, Sam. Because the XBox isn't mine (yet ;))
its cool, I'm just easing myself into the role of your pusher ;)
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;D
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That being said my go-to 'switch-off' game is Destiny at the moment. Guns, evil aliens, fresh items to hunt for and upgrade... its like meditation.
What's your light level at currently?
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I've just hit 280 with a hunter, which is my main. Only get to play a handful of hours a week so it's slow progress but I'm actually really enjoying it. The Taken King is a big improvement on year one. My main problem is I lack friends to do the weeklys, and I have never done a raid :(
Are you on destiny?
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Btw the Battlefront games are worth a look if you want to switch off your brain and mindlessly shoot stuff, I mean save the galaxy far far away. Plus you get to ride on taun tauns. I've yet to master flying an x-wing though.
Ah, X-Wing - there was a game that needs to be resurrected :( You just can't seem to find good POV combat flight simulators these days.
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I preferred the second game in the series in which you took the role of an Imperial pilot. The story was better and you didn't have to fly the Y-Wing which was basically the Fairey Battle of the Star Wars Universe.
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I've just hit 280 with a hunter, which is my main. Only get to play a handful of hours a week so it's slow progress but I'm actually really enjoying it. The Taken King is a big improvement on year one. My main problem is I lack friends to do the weeklys, and I have never done a raid :(
Are you on destiny?
Yes, 292 Titan. :D
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I've just hit 280 with a hunter, which is my main. Only get to play a handful of hours a week so it's slow progress but I'm actually really enjoying it. The Taken King is a big improvement on year one. My main problem is I lack friends to do the weeklys, and I have never done a raid :(
Are you on destiny?
Yes, 292 Titan. :D
...and are you on Xbox One?
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I've just hit 280 with a hunter, which is my main. Only get to play a handful of hours a week so it's slow progress but I'm actually really enjoying it. The Taken King is a big improvement on year one. My main problem is I lack friends to do the weeklys, and I have never done a raid :(
Are you on destiny?
Yes, 292 Titan. :D
...and are you on Xbox One?
Yup.
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Mmmmmmmm..... Well, if you fancy it, my gamer tag is...
sam is mighty
I usually play Monday evening and Friday late evening. Although, I am going to be away from destiny for a bit because I'm expecting tomb raider to drop through my letter box any minute now ;D
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Mmmmmmmm..... Well, if you fancy it, my gamer tag is...
sam is mighty
I usually play Monday evening and Friday late evening. Although, I am going to be away from destiny for a bit because I'm expecting tomb raider to drop through my letter box any minute now ;D
That's ok because Fallout 4 dropped through my letterbox on Wednesday and those Deathclaws are really tough to kill! ;D ;D
PS I'm DwainePipes
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Cool. Maybe see you on,one some time :)