Metropolis 701 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Hey it is what it is. Some took that shot of the unmasked stormtrooper and went from there with hypotheses. Honestly when I saw that my first thought was stormtrooper "combing the desert". I wanted him to say "We ain't found SHIT! " Link to post Share on other sites
Rogue 3 124 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 The new Special Edition trailer has arrived: Link to post Share on other sites
Mara Jade Skywalker 958 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Hahahaha. I'm still giddy over the new X-wings. Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 701 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I though that SE trailer was kind of a low blow, but i guess its a light hearted jab. The x-wing pilot "being shot at first" was genius. Link to post Share on other sites
Lace Mindu 114 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ha. Lightsaber as Swiss Army knife. But I loved the trailer. The Falcon is back, that's all I needed. Officially have my hopes up...again. Carry on. Link to post Share on other sites
Mara Jade Skywalker 958 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I like this parody, mainly for the "Ridin Dirty" ball droid part. I'd watch an entire video of just that. Link to post Share on other sites
The Human Torch 1,074 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I am really enjoying these parodies. BTW if those made you smile then I suggest you watch LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. imo it is the best Star Wars outside of the movies. Link to post Share on other sites
Rogue 3 124 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Talking of Lego: Link to post Share on other sites
Copper 1,141 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 that lego one isn't great, but the "shit the oven!" part made me LOL. Link to post Share on other sites
Driver 4,539 Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 The Lucas one is sad but true-- exactly what I meant about the frames feeling empty. The opening desert shot is actually pretty accurate to the special editions. Link to post Share on other sites
Carrie Mathison 661 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Thought the trailer was pretty good. Liked, but didn't love it. Very hard to gather much about how the film will be, however, just from a clip like this. Some thoughts I had: -The opening, I thought, was a little weak. The narration on a desolate desert with the sudden popping up of the un-helmeted stormtrooper.. I dunno, just felt a little fan-filmy/almost like a parody film. Didn't really have a grandiose, "this is an introduction to an epic space opera" feel. Compare, for example, to the Episode III trailer, which I liked a lot. Then again, I thought about it a little more since first watching, and I'm wondering how much of this is a result of having my expectations adjusted by modern trailer-making. You go back to the Original Trilogy trailers and you have some of the same elements- narration, kinda cheesy and amateur-ish looking, random disjointed action sequences, little (to no) dialogue and so on. Another thing is- this is only a teaser; obviously it's going to lack a bit of the "mini-movie" feel of some modern trailers. -Indifferent toward the light saber and the ball droid. Too early to tell if these are just going to be minor gimmicks or have major parts in the story, and even if they do, too early to tell if it'll work or not. -No feeling on the speeder. Sure it might be impractical, but so were at least half the vehicles from the Original Trilogy. The walkers especially, I mean those sure as sh-t don't have any practical value beyond "looking cool." -X-Wing and Millennium Falcon shots were cool. Tank, good point on the cinematography though. It is very different, but I actually didn't even think about it until you mentioned it. I also wonder if that'll end up making the film feel "unlike" Star Wars, or perhaps it'll work well, who knows. -The shot of the Stormtroopers felt un-Star Wars like, but then again, way too early to tell if it'll work or not. Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas1138 1,730 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Yeah I think the biggest thing is being aware of the difference between a teaser and a full-fledged trailer. A lot of these things we're wondering about couldn't (and shouldn't be able to) be answered by a teaser. Link to post Share on other sites
Odine 1,045 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 To be honest I was expecting much less from the teaser in terms of content. I thought it might be a bit of the force theme, and a shot of the millennium falcon then fade to black or something. I hope they don't give too much away when the full trailer is released. Too many films do that these days I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
R.CAllen 698 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Upon 1112th viewing I've come to think the accusation "fanfilm-y" has a lot of merit. The teaser has no outer space and no aliens - both necessary Star Wars elements and both the sort of thing a lot of fanfilms usually ditch or, at best, offer to the viewer unconvincingly. I obviously assume there's going to be outer space and aliens in the movie and, presumably, in teasers and trailers to come otherwise I AM GOING TO FREAK THE fuck OUT also is John Boyega a stormtrooper (conscript? undercover rebel operative? maybe this time the Empire is the good guys?) or is this a Luke-and-Han-in-ANH situation also also is that literally R2 in a new body (or, wait, what if the soccerball body is a portable version that rolls out of his real body like the Borg Sphere out of the Borg Cube) or not even an astromech unit at all and the similarity is coincidental Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas1138 1,730 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 That's... not actually the worst defense of that. Link to post Share on other sites
Driver 4,539 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Holy crap HE'S RIGHT Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Colbert is an ubergeek who has geeks writing for him. Of course he's right. Link to post Share on other sites
NumberSix 1,865 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Colbert for Nightly Admin! Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 701 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 So who controls the Star Wars visual dictionary now? Because that might answer the question. If not under Lucas rule, I wouldn't be surprised to see them acquiesce. Link to post Share on other sites
Odine 1,045 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 That was awesome Link to post Share on other sites
Driver 4,539 Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 So who controls the Star Wars visual dictionary now? Because that might answer the question. If not under Lucas rule, I wouldn't be surprised to see them acquiesce.I think they killed that line after the ROTS one came out early and pretty much spoiled everything. I alwys liked the one from TPM tht showed us a totally different actor that originally was intended to play Bail Organa. Link to post Share on other sites
pavonis 937 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Colbert has a good idea, and he may even be right. I still say that the hilt would make it dangerous to the wielder, though. Sure, you can use it to jab your opponent, but your opponent can do the same to you with your own weapon! Granted, a new movie needs a new weapon, and there's only so many variations of a lightsaber that are possible. ROTJ gave us the green 'saber, then the PT gave us a the double-bladed lightsaber, and the curved hilt 'saber, and the purple 'saber...now we have a crossguarded lightsaber (lightsword?). The whole thing is growing on me. I must be mellowing with age. Link to post Share on other sites
The Human Torch 1,074 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Now that we have the Hiltsaber and a good explanation for it, I want Lightsai and Ninja-Force Fighting. Link to post Share on other sites
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