Darth Krawlie 5,816 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 As long as it's not non-stop shakey camera during all the actions scenes, like virtually every other action movie these days, I'll be good with it. Call me crazy but I wanna SEE the action! Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 717 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 And who is the chrometrooper? I get a real Boba Fett type badass vibe from the Chrome Trooper. I really hope it's a one-off type thing and there isn't a whole division of these guys. I'll keep the spoilers to a minimum because I wish at this point I didn't know, but that's Gwendoline Christie's character. Great. A black and a chick stormtrooper? That damn Obama! Link to post Share on other sites
The Choc 1,615 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 How do we know there weren't many black and female storm troopers in the OT? Link to post Share on other sites
Zerimar Nyliram 3 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Damn, four pages already! I'm gone from the Internet for a few days . . . I'm sure all of you know what level of interest I have in this new universe. However, I won't lie: the scene with Han and Chewie brought a smile to my face. Link to post Share on other sites
Decypher 10 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Damn, four pages already! I'm gone from the Internet for a few days . . . I'm sure all of you know what level of interest I have in this new universe. However, I won't lie: the scene with Han and Chewie brought a smile to my face.You're not interested in the new films? Link to post Share on other sites
Odine 1,112 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 AOTC introduced a hand-held element that I felt was totally wrong and seemed incredibly out of place. ROTS seemed to strike a balance, but by then it was too late to care. I can't remember where I saw or read this, but Lucas was really heavily influenced by his BFF Spielberg with that sort of thing. He loved the psuedo-documentary style of Saving Private Ryan and really wanted to incorporate some of it into a big ground based battle. It was a cool idea in theory, but it just didn't really work with the CG-palooza that was the prequels. JJ and his DP's seem to strike a really good balance in their stuff. They're super dynamic when they can get away with it, but are smart enough to be subdued when necessary. That shot in the first Star Trek that showed how the Enterprise didn't necessarily have to exist on a 2D plane was such a cool little trick. I like what I'm seeing here too. The giant Lawrence of Arabia style shot at the beginning of the new teaser is just all kinds of incredible. The shots of the Falcon flying around are awesomely dynamic, but it also doesn't look like he goes for the cheap handheld stuff when Finn and Rey are running from the explosions. Make fun of JJ all you want for the lens flares, but he's otherwise pretty solid in the cinematography department. Yeah.. Im not into all the hand held camera stuff in action sequences. Like you and Krawlie I agree. I guess in the prequels George Lucas went a bit overboard with that hand held style courtesy of mr spielberg,. who incidentally does it really well. I've had that camera/action stuff explained to me before in a super easy way to compute. If you want to film say... a really drunk person staggering down the street... you have the camera static and locked off and the actor bumbles through the frame all drunky messy mcwobble legs. We see that and understand that cause the camera is static.. very easy to perceive. But if you were to film the same drunk staggering only this time with shaky hand held camera, we the audience don't know who's drunk. The guy walking or us (the camera operator). Shaky cam can be cool if you want to place yourself in the heat of the sequence.. but understanding whats going on is difficult to varying degrees. Spielberg did it well in Saving private ryan... Lucas not so well at all in the prequels. Was a disorientating mess IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
Ryn 1,286 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Supercut The Falcon was full-body chills. Link to post Share on other sites
Driver 4,539 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 The visual edits were cool-- but the audio cuts made me cringe. AMATUERS Link to post Share on other sites
TuskenRaider 212 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Adding the Falcon bits together is the best part of that mash up. Can't wait to see the whole chase. Link to post Share on other sites
DANA-kin Skywalker 354 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Nah. I have a good feeling about this. Link to post Share on other sites
ShadowDog 2,168 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Why do you think they're being so coy with showing Luke and Leia? Ramping up anticipation or are there spoilers in their very appearance? Link to post Share on other sites
TuskenRaider 212 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 The best trailer reaction video. Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 717 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 What? You didn't react like that? You're made of stone TR! Link to post Share on other sites
The Human Torch 1,074 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 This was my reaction. Link to post Share on other sites
TuskenRaider 212 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 What? You didn't react like that? You're made of stone TR!I never said I didn't! Link to post Share on other sites
Stevil 159 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I'm not taking the piss!! Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas1138 1,730 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Why do you think they're being so coy with showing Luke and Leia? Ramping up anticipation or are there spoilers in their very appearance?A little bit of both I think. No C3P0 either. Link to post Share on other sites
ShadowDog 2,168 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Honestly, I'd be okay with losing the useless misguided comic relief that is C3PO. Link to post Share on other sites
Jacen123 1,855 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 This was my reaction. Part of me wish the pilot yelled this instead of wahooo Link to post Share on other sites
Justus 319 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Anyone want to take bets on who the first full-curmudgeon will be? Zerimar or Justus?Anyone want to take bets on which of the "OMG!! Bestest trailer EVAR!!" members will be the biggest whiners with dashed expectations after the film is released? Link to post Share on other sites
ShadowDog 2,168 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 The reality will most likely be somewhere in between. We all remember the excitement for Crystal Skull. Link to post Share on other sites
Pharoah JZA 108 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Crystal Skull. The thought alone makes me queasy. This has to be better right?Right!!?? Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,816 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 It's nearly impossible for it to be worse. Link to post Share on other sites
ShadowDog 2,168 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Opening shot! Two CGI Space Gophers! Link to post Share on other sites
Pharoah JZA 108 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Lol! And a goddam floating, lead lined refrigerator. Link to post Share on other sites
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