cayman shen
Master Member
And, you know, can he ACT?
While I'm all for exploring different sides of the Star Wars universe (e.g. criminal underbelly), I wish we could start branching out from the OT characters and start making movies (A) unconnected to OT events we already kinda know about, and (B) OT characters we already kinda know about.
They need to start taking more risks and branching out.
I couldn't agree more! I've been saying this for years, that there's an entire galaxy of worlds and thousands of years of civilization in the Star Wars universe. Why do they keep focusing on the same 50 year timeline?! If the powers that be are doing it because it sells, they're selling themselves short on their IP.
Based on how KK has these films going, I sure hope some major shake up happens otherwise we are just going to get more cookie cutter, checking off boxes, bland garbage. I got a free ticket to Solo, and still feel like I overpaid. I didn't get anything out of it. I never laughed, never got goosebumps, and never felt any sense of tension or suspense. The action was fine, but didn't have me on the edge of my seat, and I didn't feel like there were any particularly iconic lines or moments. I walked away more or less thinking "yup, that was a movie", and an extremely mediocre one at that.
I think it's going to be far more difficult to replicate the "goosebumps" experience, though, since a big part of that is due to scarcity of content.
In the old days, you basically had almost no new content. 3 films (and 2 TV movies and 1 holiday special), a couple cartoons that were squarely targeted at the 5-9-year-old crowd, and not much else. Marvel's comics line, the newspaper strips, and a couple of books. By '87, you had the RPG. Then in '91, you got the Zahn trilogy and the true birth of the EU in novels, I'd say. But even with all of that stuff...it was still basically 3 movies. Then you got 3 more movies (only one of which is decent), a cartoon show (which was surprisingly good), a TON more comics and books (most of which I haven't read)....but still, only another 3 movies.
In the last three years, we've had 2/3 of the total movie content, with another film due in another year (2019), assuming they're on-cycle. Plus rumors of a live-action TV show (that seem much more substantive than the previous rumors before the Disney purchase), an entire trilogy, and maybe sequels to the Solo stuff (although that may not end up happening), and God only knows how many more movies.
In large part, I think the sheer sense of awe we might have once had for Star Wars came from the fact that at best you had the three films that you could watch on your 17" television on your VHS player. So, seeing it on the big screen really was awe-inspiring, even when it was a "Han Shot Second" butchering of the original film. Now, with big screen TVs, surround sound systems, and films coming out every year or so, it's a lot harder for each individual film to be impactful, I think.
Let's see, he shows up in ESB, looks cool, and does almost nothing. In ROTJ, ditto, and then he dies like a punk. I see a comedy starring Jim Carey where he bumbles through his adventures, achieving his goals largely by accident. Basically Ace Ventura in outer space:lol
Plus, at 5' 9", my favorite actor of all time is not much taller.
Marlon Brando.
I hope they go Spaghetti western with Fett.
The pacing, the story, and the tone should all feel like an old Clint Eastwood film.
Basically, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in space.
Damn he was a good looking man. Too easy to forget when you don’t watch his early stuff as often as you should.
As a 20-something film buff, I was trying to expose my then girlfriend to some of the older classics. I tee'd up, A Streetcar Named Desire, on the VCR one night, when she inquired who was in it. I said, "Vivian Leigh, who played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, but she's older. And Marlon Brando...". She interrupted me, and said, "Oh, the old, fat, bald guy from Apocalypse Now!!". I smiled, knowing she was in for a shock, and answered, "Yeah...that's the guy.". LOL
When Brando first appears on screen, she let out an audible gasp, pulling her hand away from mine, as she stared at the screen in a trance for the next 90 minutes. Lmao!
The Wook
Haha that’s awesome. A reminder to keep myself in current condition.
Kowalski, once she saw him she’d never look at you the same!
As a 20-something film buff, I was trying to expose my then girlfriend to some of the older classics. I tee'd up, A Streetcar Named Desire, on the VCR one night, when she inquired who was in it. I said, "Vivian Leigh, who played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, but she's older. And Marlon Brando...". She interrupted me, and said, "Oh, the old, fat, bald guy from Apocalypse Now!!". I smiled, knowing she was in for a shock, and answered, "Yeah...that's the guy.". LOL
When Brando first appears on screen, she let out an audible gasp, pulling her hand away from mine, as she stared at the screen in a trance for the next 90 minutes. Lmao!
The Wook