Ah, that's why that exchange sounded familiar! Thanks for the link.
Spoilers Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Grading & Discussion
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I found Tarkin and Leia rather creepy. That uncanny valley just isn't crossable, methinks.
I agree that the disk being taken onto Tantive IV is at odds with the "Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies" line from ANH, but who knows what transpired between R1 and ANH?
But overall, I really enjoyed it. I'm going to see it again today.
Kor
I agree that the disk being taken onto Tantive IV is at odds with the "Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies" line from ANH, but who knows what transpired between R1 and ANH?
But overall, I really enjoyed it. I'm going to see it again today.
Kor
Can someone please hack the New Yorker's website and change the page background to purple in honor of Richard Brody's prose?
I called BS before he got around to praising the prequels.
Rogue is so far ahead of those and particularly way better than the horrible Awakens. It's probably going to jostle in around third in my best SW movies list, behind Star Wars (I don't recognise the title A New Hope - I'm old) and Empire, bumping Jedi to fourth.
This is the second time a new STAR WARS film has been compared with the Prequel Trilogy. Why? It's becoming tiresome to me. I feel as if I'm caught up in some kind of anti-Prequel propaganda campaign. It's been eleven years since "Revenge of the Sith" and seventeen years since "The Phantom Menace". If you dislike the prequel movies . . . okay. But why do fans have to keep comparing them to any other STAR WARS movie. What is the point after a decade or so?
You're right, strong fans of popular franchises usually don't give in to such pettiness.
She's caught and desperate, what has she got to lose? Remember at this point the Senate had just been dissolved, so she's probably operating under the assumption that diplomatic immunity is still a thing and that she can throw her credentials around and still get some legal cover even after committing a crime. Plus, even if you did commit the crime, why admit to it and incriminate yourself? She might be under the impression that the courts are still a thing too and that she'll get whatever passes for a "fair" trial in the Imperial legal system.
Plus, like Relayer says, the Rebels have lots of Blockade Runners (see below). They probably immediately switched out their previous Imperial ID beacon for a new one, and then made some random jumps instead of hightailing it directly to the nearest Rebel base, hoping that the Imperials lose their track. Maybe even get some other Blockade Runners involved like a shell game. Leia likely doesn't know it was Vader who attacked them previously, so even though it's a long shot, she feigns ignorance.
Good points, I would only nitpick that the Imperial Senate was actually dissolved a little later on in the ANH. It is still in action at the end of Rogue One and at the beginning of ANH. Keep in mind that Tarkin has to inform the other moths of this neat the beginning of that movie.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that the comparison is being made in this case because Rogue One is also a prequel (albeit, not with much distance from the OT), like the person said?
One other non-spoiler question: is there a teaser trailer for Ep VIII?
I dunno, why do you feel the need to bitch and complain about other people? Why is that okay, but bitching and complaining about some movies isn't?
I just saw it. Now I know what the people around me who thought Beyond was just 'ok' felt like when I kept going on about how much I liked it. This movie was good, don't get me wrong, but that was it as far as I'm concerned. It was perfectly...fine. I am glad I saw it but I'm not sure if I would pay money to see it again. Didn't blow me away, didn't make me want to gush, it was...adequate. The first half hour was boring, the CGI characters were over the top, explosions are no longer 'epic' (but that's an overall problem with all would be blockbusters, not just SW films) BUT it did fill in the blanks for some of the overall story arc so it did have that going for it. B-
I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt. I was going for A-, but I've given it an A.
Episode VII got something like a D from me.
This then brings up an interesting question. In the first season on Rebels, Tarkin takes Kanan to Mustafar "Where Jedi go to die". Stuff happens and the Rebels get away. Tarkin gets back to Lothal as word spread about the Rebel difficulties he had, but in tow is a solution...Darth Vader. I wonder now, did Tarkin go to Mustafar to have him deal with Kanan should he Inquisitor fail, or just to pick him up to deal with the other Rebels? Assuming Vader's place is there four or so years before Rogue One.
Your loss.
Good job at equating my perfectly legitimate comparison of Rogue One as a prequel (which it is unequivocally) with unfair prequel comparisons other people may have made (but I didn't) to The Force Awakens.
B-
Some good and some bad.
I got the story I wanted to see, but no surprises at all. Pretty much how I envisioned it and done. Good pacing. I enjoyed all the performances immensely. K-2SO stole the show. Enjoyed Vader. Some nice nods. The music, I thought, was terrible and did not fit the movie at all. It really took me out of the film at times. I wanted something special from the music, so big letdown. Something else that jarred me was the insert of the ANH X-Wing footage. Didn't fit quite right. Tarkin was impressive for whatever reason. The Leia insert was too much for me though.
I like the movie, but the lack of originality, zombie characters and dreadful music really give it an overall corniness that is very distracting. No re-watch for me and I'm surprised this is the final product. I suppose it's the early disappointment and really an overreation, but I'm slightly more concerned about VIII now.
Some good and some bad.
I got the story I wanted to see, but no surprises at all. Pretty much how I envisioned it and done. Good pacing. I enjoyed all the performances immensely. K-2SO stole the show. Enjoyed Vader. Some nice nods. The music, I thought, was terrible and did not fit the movie at all. It really took me out of the film at times. I wanted something special from the music, so big letdown. Something else that jarred me was the insert of the ANH X-Wing footage. Didn't fit quite right. Tarkin was impressive for whatever reason. The Leia insert was too much for me though.
I like the movie, but the lack of originality, zombie characters and dreadful music really give it an overall corniness that is very distracting. No re-watch for me and I'm surprised this is the final product. I suppose it's the early disappointment and really an overreation, but I'm slightly more concerned about VIII now.
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