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[Mr Gone]

Yea, seems to be MCU adjacent. It's a Sony movie, so it's loosely connected to the Spider-Man movies. Kind of like Venom was. Though this one seems even more connected.

Anyway, it looks pretty cool. I'll be excited to see it....

[Mr Gone]

Glad I could help! Thanks for posting those! ...

[Mr Gone]

Glad you like how it turned out! Thanks for sharing it. ...

[Mr Gone]

Ah! Cool! Well, you'll have to let us know how the viewing goes...



That'd be interesting. Hopefully they'll revisit these characters at some point. Though I have a bad feeling they won't. Hopefully I'm wrong though...I loved those new characters (for the most part).



Heard they might be doing that. As long as they plan out some stories, then it should be good....

[Mr Gone]

I could see this...though I would include Return of the Jedi.

But yea, I didn't like Rise of Skywalker as much as I'd hoped I would. I've seen it 3 times now (just to try to pay attention to certain details I think I missed from the hurried pace of the movie), and it's just not my most favorite. I don't hate it or anything, but it's not my most favorite.




Yea...now after having seen the new trilogy as whole I'm not sure what the point of it was? I mean, I love The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, but at this point, I kind of wish they'd left the...

[Mr Gone]

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[Mr Gone]

I just want to say that I loved (LOVED) The Last Jedi, and reading the discussion about it here only makes me love it that much more.

[Mr Gone]

Ah yea. That's not good... why people think it's ok to do that is beyond me. It's crazy...




Yea, I can be pretty critical of movies, especially ones I liked. ...

[Mr Gone]

Not sure this is directed at me...I hope it's not.. But, I don't think I deserve more. I just wish I'd gotten something that was a little more thought out.

It's still Star Wars and I'm gonna watch it and like it. Doesn't mean I can't be a little critical of it......

[Mr Gone]

Also, this is me now.
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[Mr Gone]

That is pretty interesting...and I've heard that before. Still not totally sure, but I can roll with it. There's just a few things in A New Hope that makes me think that wasn't the original intent, but I think those same thing could be used as evidence as well. It's weird that way..lol.

I do think Luke and Leia being twins was not planned out though. While it works for the story, it doesn't seem like that was planned. In fact, I think in a few drafts it was pretty clear that Lukes sister was someone we hadn't seen before. But, it worked out... ...

[Mr Gone]

Yea, I'm with you. I'm really surprised they didn't least make a bare bones plan of where they wanted the story to go.



What's crazy is, they have a story group that basically does that, and makes sure that all the books and comics and such don't conflict with other material. I'm really surprised the story group didn't come up with a basic outline of plot points the movies should hit. They didn't need a detailed plan, but they needed a plan of some kind.




Yea! People want to blame Rian Johnson for whatever, but he could only work with...

[Mr Gone]

I have a feeling there will at least be tones of deleted scenes on the blu-ray, if not an extended edition. It seems like they cut a whole lot of stuff out of the movies, which makes sense considering there were a bunch of reshoots. Though, they never released that stuff for Rogue One, so who knows......

[Mr Gone]

I had a feeling it would be. They were either going to lean into things from the Last Jedi and further the story, which would further piss off the people who hated The Last Jedi, or they would backpedal (which they seemingly did in some respects) and piss off the people who loved The Last Jedi.

It's kind of sad to me that this trilogy has been so reactionary to the previous movies, rather than just focusing on telling a great over aching story.

I like the new movies, don't get me wrong, but to me they're just not as good as they could have been. Ah well...maybe we'll...

[Mr Gone]

Yea, I'm with you. With the little bit that George has talked about what he wanted to do, I don't think people would have been as in to it as what we got..






Yea, I was about to say... That doesn't seem right. George had talked about a 7, 8 and 9, but not until way after the prequels....

[Mr Gone]

I remember hearing about some of Georges ideas for 7, 8 and 9 and I was like...weird. Sounded like he was gonna get super weird with it. I have no idea if I'd have lked it or not. My gut reaction was that I wouldn't..but now? I don't know...

But yea, what we got sounds pretty much like you describe.....

[Mr Gone]

That's a good point! ...

[Mr Gone]

Yea, I think I'm with you on that. When Revenge is good, it's really good, but when it's bad it's sooo bad. Plus, I still think of the story doesn't work, and I still don't think I like how Anakin is basically just tricked into joining the dark side and turns on a dime. It's not horrible, just not quite what I expected I guess.

Plus, I like that Phantom Menace used more practical sets and effects over the almost entirely green screen that the other two were.




Which is crazy to me. I mean, I can understand different directors...but why not map out an...

[Mr Gone]

I wouldn't say it's the worst since Phantom Menace.

It was enjoyable for the most part, and I'm glad I saw it. There's a few things I have issues with (which I won't get into just yet but the backpedaling from The Last Jedi is one of my main gripes), but there's a lot to like too. I'm still trying to process it all though... there is a lot going on.

But, it's an entertaining movie and I had fun with it!




Yea, I enjoy Phantom Menace much more than the other two prequels..




I've already seen lots to suggest...