OT: Official TV & Movie Spoiler/Speculation/Rumor Thread-See Mod Warning in OP

[sycamore]

Return of the Jedi had a nice surprise to it too -- the whole "now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!" bit. Never saw that one coming.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Seriously, Disney needs to stop releasing all these R1 trailers. They are giving away 50% of the movie.

It's unlikely to be a super "deep" movie....but like I said before, stop watching trailers beyond the first 15 seconds..

 

[sycamore]

Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones has been cast in the upcoming Han Solo movie:

http://www.starwars.com/news/emilia-clarke-joins-the-han-solo-stand-alone-film

Ah, my two favorite franchises, Star Wars and Game of Thrones, coming together at last. Love it!

 

[foundhockey]

Mickey is coming back to Shameless. Sweet.

 

[Hivemind]

Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones has been cast in the upcoming Han Solo movie:

http://www.starwars.com/news/emilia-clarke-joins-the-han-solo-stand-alone-film

Ah, my two favorite franchises, Star Wars and Game of Thrones, coming together at last. Love it!

She's been terrible in every role she's had outside of GoT.

 

[Calicaps]

Anyone else here watch Goliath? Holy crap that was amazing!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

No, do tell...worthy series?

 

[Calicaps]

No, do tell...worthy series?

Amazon. Eight episodes. Billy Bob Thornton. William Hurt.

It seems like it's a Fargo or True Detective model where this cast will only be for the one season, but time will tell.

Now, I would watch either of those guys read the phone book, so I'm biased, but I thought it was awesome.

Run. Don't walk.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Hmm I'll check it out. Love content options!

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I know it's network TV but This is Us is a pretty terrific show.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I know it's network TV but This is Us is a pretty terrific show.

My wife was bugging me and bugging me to watch. I finally did...it's well done.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Westworld finale....mind blown.

 

[strungout]

Westworld finale....mind blown.

I really liked this first season. Fun show to try to figure out whats going on (I nailed the big reveal a few weeks ago...but I think most watching did too...and we're fine with it)

 

[sycamore]

Rogue One reviews ridiculously positive. IGN gives it a 9, which means its special. Take that, Star Wars haters!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Rogue One reviews ridiculously positive. IGN gives it a 9, which means its special. Take that, Star Wars haters!

82% fresh on Rotten so far....hope for better honestly.

 

[sycamore]

IGN review, first paragraph:

"While the pressure on The Force Awakens to successfully re-launch the Star Wars movie series was staggering, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story now faces its own crucial moment of truth. Disney and Lucasfilm are looking to expand the Star Wars brand in a big way with spinoff films -- which are not part of the central, numbered, core “Episode” series -- and fans are looking at Rogue One to prove they can deliver satisfying stories in this realm. The very happy news is that fortunately, and thrillingly, the film completely succeeds on this and many other levels."

Looks like 2 for 2 in the post-Lucas era.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

It's not like it was going to be bad....

 

[Hivemind]

It's not like it was going to be bad....

Considering the track record of the prequels and episode 7 being JJ Abrams at his worst, I think there was a legitimate fear by many that any new Star Wars movie could very well be bad. The franchise as a whole is basically batting .500

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Bad is such a gross over exaggeration. Are you not entertained?! For what they are (fun only semi-serious sci fi), they're simply never going to be bad.

And I'll take JJ "at his worst" over 95% of others directors today in this genre.

Once people accept that these aren't true core Oscar contenders, and you can't replicate the memories of your childhood, they can relax and enjoy the positives.

 

[Hivemind]

I don't agree with any of your perspectives in that post. And neither does JJ Abrams, apparently, since he spent all of Episode 7 trying to replicate the memories of our childhoods.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

He tried, has finally accepted it couldn't be done.

These aren't your childhood movies you've propped up on a pedestal.

A $2+ billion gross across 3 movies isn't some terrible train wreck.

 

[sycamore]

Considering the track record of the prequels and episode 7 being JJ Abrams at his worst, I think there was a legitimate fear by many that any new Star Wars movie could very well be bad. The franchise as a whole is basically batting .500

No lens flare in EP 7, so it was hardly his worst

I'm pretty stunned at the enthusiastic reviews. I really had this movie as a flop, with the wooden acting in the trailers and the 40% reshoot.
Not only does it appear to be a good movie, it appears to be a little more than that. We will see come Friday.

 

[Hivemind]

He tried, has finally accepted it couldn't be done.

What?

These aren't your childhood movies you've propped up on a pedestal.

The reason being that the prequels aren't deserving of a pedestal. Even for the generations that grew up with the prequels in their childhood. They're just bad.

A $2+ billion gross across 3 movies isn't some terrible train wreck.

I certainly hope you're not seriously using box office success as a metric for movie quality.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Keep fighting your contrarian battles.

 

[Hivemind]

Because hating the Star Wars prequels is totally a contrarian view, right?