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I simply don't think this movie would have ever done well in the first place. We're talking about a guy who has very little screentime and his popularity is based on his total mysterious. Look at some of the replies here, the emphasis is on how mysterious he is and how they imagine his past was and what situations he was in. That is simply a recipe for disaster. No matter how they made the movie they were going to piss off a large portion of the Boba Fett fanbase simply because the Fett portrayed in the movie isn't the Fett people were looking for.
Besides the rabid Fett fans, who are you going to make this movie for? You already know you're probably going to piss off at least 50% of the Fett fans no matter what so what kind of fans and numbers are you going to look at making the movie for? No matter what they do, they'll end up pissing off more Fett fans and end up making some generic movie attempting to appeal to a broad audience that probably doesn't care about him in the first place.
From the first rumors of this movie I figured it would be a mess if they ever made it and I think it's a good thing it's not going through.
starwars should have ended after the 3rd movie. everything else has been trash
At the time of the movies I remember a 12" action figure was made available of the major characters from the movies. We used to fanatically play SW at every recess and the kids who had the Bobba Fett toy were elevated to Rock-Star status!
I loved Solo movie. It's the first Star Wars movie I really enjoyed and rated high. And the reason why is because I'm actually a Star Trek fan.
Solo wasn't about Jedi vs Sith and that ancient war BS. It was genuine sci-fi with exploration and showing us new things instead of fantasy good vs evil opera in space which Star Wars is.
Episodes IV, V & VI occupied the majority of my TV watching time as a child. Simply loved it. As a teenager I got into the extended universe books and had a great time.
The reason those things worked for me was they were targeted at me. I was in the right age bracket when exposed to them.
We can pontificate endlessly about how terrible the new movies are but frankly they aren't meant to be the peak of high cinema. They are bubblegum trash targeted at people too young to see through them. Consumable entertainment for folks with zero attention span.
As long as they offend the least number of people and sell well Disney could care less about a good fight choreography or having reshoots that even look similar to first production.
It's a commercial product that makes money. It's doing the job Disney expects.
This stuff ain't for us no more, we are just supposed to get our kids to watch it and not complain about the things our kids are learning from it.
The fight scene with the Royal Guard is the only reason I have good memories about TLJ.I'd argue that there are a significant amount of fans that liked the Royal Guard showdown in the last Jedi, as well as the Darth Vader Combat scene at the end of Rogue One. Just because you personally didn't like it does not mean that no one did. In fact I read about Star Wars ever day and have only ever seen two people mention they didn't like the Rogue One Vader slaughter scene.
Personally i've gotten quite attached to Chirrut and K-2SO from Rogue One. The very first time I saw the film I didn't make that connection, much like the first time I ever watched the first Star Wars, but after my second and 3rd re-watching i've grown very fond of these characters and love every scene with them in it. IMO some of the new characters are definitely great all-around. It's not as if the older films didn't have really stupid characters like Yaddle and Melas.
And it was and still is the only good movie he's ever directed.Favreau kicks ass, remember this is the guy that started the MCU revolution with IRONMAN
I loved Solo movie. It's the first Star Wars movie I really enjoyed and rated high. And the reason why is because I'm actually a Star Trek fan...
There's a huge difference between Star Trek and Star Wars.Episodes IV, V & VI occupied the majority of my TV watching time as a child. ... The reason those things worked for me was they were targeted at me. ...
Actually I think they are taking the expanded universe back to the drawing board. They really need to stop trying to retcon existing characters (which always happens when you make a solo moive for them) and move forward with new stories. Rogue one was excellent because it delt with something that had to have happened in someway, but had no actual explaination in the movies. That gave them freedom to make a story that wouldnt accidentally shit over everything else.
There's a huge difference between Star Trek and Star Wars.
- Star Trek has always been about moral choices and dilemmas.
- Star Wars is a classical saga turned into massive action.
In what way is choosing between good and bad difficult? When is opting for the dark side and unquestioned obedience the morally right way to go? Going "bad" can often be the more convenient and easy way, but it's still clearly "bad" from a moral standpoint.
Star Trek is as good as only about making difficult moral choices, where the results are either difficult to predict at all or all alternatives have serious drawbacks. Neither option is clearly the "right" way to go.
There's a huge difference between Star Trek and Star Wars.
- Star Trek has always been about moral choices and dilemmas.
- Star Wars is a classical saga turned into massive action.
When the first SW movie came it was truly revolutionary in its way of telling the story, as well as the story told. It was all the traditional components turned up to level 11 and presented at a tempo previously never seen. Why burn down a village when you can blow up a planet?
I can still vividly remember sitting in the cinema watching the opening scene for the first time. By the time about half of the star destroyer had entered the screen I was totally hooked!
Just compare that to the first Star Trek movie, which is very representative of all other SciFi in the early-mid 70ies. Very slow pace to make sure the audience really get to see the work and details put into all the miniatures...
Low tech and slow pacing makes Star Trek Original Series as well as Moon Base Alpha unbearable to watch nowadays.
When The Phantom Menace was released the tempo and scale of things had become everyday action, and so that film and every later SW release hasn't added anything really new to the art of cinematography.
Now it's just one series of action movies competing with many other.
In what way is choosing between good and bad difficult? When is opting for the dark side and unquestioned obedience the morally right way to go? Going "bad" can often be the more convenient and easy way, but it's still clearly "bad" from a moral standpoint.
Star Trek is as good as only about making difficult moral choices, where the results are either difficult to predict at all or all alternatives have serious drawbacks. Neither option is clearly the "right" way to go.
Wait...what?!
How is Star Wars not about moral choices and dilemmas, it is literally about choosing between good and evil, light or dark. Beyond that it was also about freedom vs unquestioned obedience and control...
Star Wars wasn't about choosing good or evil. The lines were drawn before the movie came on the screen the the movies were about the journey and adventures of the good guys to defeat the bad guys. And I have no problem with this. Star Wars was about showing the good guys beating up the bad guys in ways that people found entertaining. There weren't supposed to be hidden messages or deep thought about the motives of various characters. It was supposed to be fun and enjoyable to watch.
The expanded universe of books, games, comics, etc didn't follow that exact formula but those were also different mediums which allowed for more nuance, better details and an expansion of the why behind a decision. Different formats allow for different details to emerge but the original movies didn't worry about the behind the scenes details but instead concentrated on being fun and enjoyable.
The fight scene with the Royal Guard is the only reason I have good memories about TLJ.
And it was and still is the only good movie he's ever directed.
The fight scene with the Royal Guard is the only reason I have good memories about TLJ.
What I meant was that:- Star Trek has always been about moral choices and dilemmas.
- Star Wars is a classical saga turned into massive action.
Here let me ruin that scene for you.
Seems like my previous posts spawned some confusion. Let me clear it out.
- Star Trek, and then with some emphasis on The Next Generation TV-series, is much more about facing dilemmas where the main problem is figuring out which optional solution is the morally correct one. So way more philosophical than Star Wars.
You take that back!With Kathleen's track record of ho-hum SW movies while helming LF, this would have turned into story writing akin to an old spaghetti western...Boba Fettuccine.
Rogue one was excellent because it delt with something that had to have happened in someway, but had no actual explaination in the movies. That gave them freedom to make a story that wouldnt accidentally shit over everything else.