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2 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Wasn't the point of spending flipping great wodges of cash on the Disney+ Star Wars originals to give the Disney+ Star Wars originals movie-quality visuals?

 

Yup, where the budget was obviously cut a bit was the number of extras and the limited size of the sets due to the use of the zone, it looked great but limited movement.

I might be an outlier but I found the original Tron movie boring, stilted, and badly acted (or directed - I've certainly seen the two leads give far better performances  in other projects)..  The FX were interesting but the extras seemed to be wearing ill fitting sweat suits - and that really annoyed me for some reason.

18 hours ago, seti88 said:

 

That said, not sure if any new series would work either...miami vice was a product of its time...

That right there is spot on.  I can only see them doing a parody these days.  MV was cemented in the time it was made, right down to the pastels (which IIRC they were the instigator of)

Finally saw it yesterday and boy am I glad I did not pay the money to see it in a theater.  The only real problem is that it was lackluster.  And the lead just didn't have me believing he was Superman (I didn't like the previous Superman movies but I bought into Cavill as being Superman).  A bit of the other three supers was OK (when being used for comedy) but they really didn't need to be there at all.  The final kicker is if Lex can create a pocket universe Superman should have been no problem at all.

4 hours ago, Big s said:

So I did a rewatch last night and honestly for the most part it’s really bad.

Can't argue there but the machine gun crossbow and Elf archer with the deadpan delivery (is that genius acting or REALLY BAD acting). makes the show.  Or was it Jack Palance chewing up the scenario, the script, and everything else the draw?  Or perhaps the dialog between the dwarf and giant?

Rifftrax does a riff on this one, so that adds to the fun too.

Never saw that in a theater.  Might be worth a trip to IMAX.

19 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

You mean this?

 

Yup. LOTS of cheesy fun there.

Speaking of Deathstalker.  Anyone else wish they would do a remake of Hawk the Slayer?  Too bad Jack Palance is no longer with us.

Deathstalker eh?  I'll watch it when it comes out streaming.  I have fond memories of it - or was it The Sword and the Sorcerer - or a mix of both...

4 hours ago, Tking22 said:

Lot to love there, New Vegas is easily the best of the Bethesda Fallouts, even though it's made by Obsidian lol. Best story, best mechanics and gameplay, best player choice and build options, best characters and companions, New Vegas is simply peak. Caesar's Legion, Rad Scorpions, more VATS, Deathclaws, Mr House, I think I saw some action in Novac, one of the starter towns, I'm hyped, December can't come soon enough. 

My kids played it over and over again.  My PC was on the other side of the basement and I remember hearing some old western tunes OVER and OVER again.  Also something about a creature on the bunny slope...

On 7/30/2025 at 12:31 PM, Old_Nash_II said:

Dreamworks have The Bad Guys 2

Disney have Zootopia 2

And Sony...

Man XD

 

Is it just my PC or is that the herky jerkiest video in a long time - especially considering it is supposed to be an ad.

Even if I had P+ I still would not be inclined to watch this.  Then again when I had P+ the only show I bothered to watch in the last couple years was SNW.

3 hours ago, Big s said:

Looks like the Muppets have been around so long that they had to replace their Captain America as well 

Everybody will get a turn, but Sam is the BEST for that part (according to me).

They made a whole boatload of Pink Panther films without the Pink Panther.  (remember - the Pink Panther was the Diamond in the first film).

Jokes aside, Tron is more of a universe then a character.

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Tron x Robocop = Ares?

I'll watch it for the pretty pictures.

More like Terminator then Robo.  Heck if they called the corporation that makes them Skynet Corp...

I only knew him from his Starfire books which were solid entertainment - casually based on a really fun board wargame.

Rest in Peace.

At this point anyone needing an origin movie for Superman - is not going to see a Superman movie anyway.

Planning on seeing it next weekend, no other big releases coming up till the 25th so hopefully still in Imax, a regular theater if not.

Not worth any more arguments.  EXCEPT - Bring up anything in Last Jedi is counterproductive.  That movie was a train wreck from start to finish.  (and I'll say no more on that either)

5 hours ago, Big s said:

I guess that the Star Wats a Janitor’s Story will be a great series. 

B5 had an entire episode (granted not one of their best, or even a very good one) that followed a couple of maintenance men around the station.

36 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

They are on a tight leash.

We're told directly that comings and goings from Yavin IV are strictly monitored, require authorization, and so on. 

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So much so, in fact, that the Empire is just as fond of building secret bases on Planet Nowhere as the Rebels are.  I just finished watching The Bad Batch last night, and fairly 1/3 of that series is devoted to the titular unit of clones trying to identify what planet the Mount Tantiss Imperial laboratory is on so they can raid it.

 

No they are not - anyone with any idea where Yavin 4 is should be kept on Yavin 4 or going no futher than a collection point where they pick up and pilot other starships to Yavin from those collection points.  Anyone going anywhere else should have no idea where the rebel base is, only the collection points.

As for the spoiled rich politicians, sure they could all say they have to know where the base is - but in any realistic universe at all that would have meant instant doom to keep that secret.  Star Wars could get away with bad logic like that(*) since as Harrison Ford reportedly said to Mark Hamill "It ain't that kind of movie kid".  Andor was trying to be that kind of series.

(*) - Leia should never have had the Falcon go straight from the DT to Yavin, they could have had those plans studied anywhere and the Empire would not find the Yavin base (which Leia knew they were doing from her own dialog).

11 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Forgive me, but this doesn't quite make sense in context if you think about it.

After all, the characters who know Yavin is the location of the Rebel Alliance's main base are all either:

1. Alliance soldiers who are stationed on Yavin IV, and whose comings and goings are carefully policed by the Alliance's commanders.  (e.g. Cassian, Melshi, K-2SO, Vel.)
2. Rebel senators who are the Alliance's political leaders as well as its financial and logistical backers.  (e.g. Mon Mothma, Bail Organa.)
3. Luthen Rael and Kleya Marki, rebel organizers and spymasters who built the pre-Alliance rebel network from the ground up and without whom Yavin's base would not exist.
4. O.G. rebel Saw Gerrera, leader of the first and most extreme anti-Imperial resistance and GFFA Not Getting Caught champion (20 BBY - 0 BBY) who only really uses that knowledge to periodically call Mon Mothma up and tell her she ain't sh*t.

 

1 - Who come and go FAR too freely.  Those who actually know the location should have been kept on a very tight leash.

2 - They should have known it exists but not where it is.  They are always one step away from being caught.  They should also have insisted they not know where the base is.  The base also should have had a code name they used instead of "Yavin base".  

3 - Those two get a pass even though they were also one step away from getting caught.  They were the ones who knew everything (and somebody like that always exists)

4 - He gets a pass too, since he is just a nut.  A far more capable nut then the rest of the Rebels too.

Andor gets great marks for making more complex characters then Star Wars has had before (Lucas tried with Anakin and boy did he blow it) but it also needs to take the lumps for items where it is lacking.  

Last note - Even with the minor problems more stories like this is what Star Wars needs right now.  Stories about the average(ish) people in the SW universe.

Finally finished watching Andor it is holds up well.  The only problem I really had with it is that everyone and their uncle knew that Yavin was the location of the rebel base, for the Empire not to have found out is beyond belief.  Things others have brought up too (like the woeful security at the Senate) were more momentary so easier to ignore.

It is Hollywood though so not a deal breaker on an otherwise well written show, nuanced characters being very hard to come by in Star Wars.

7 hours ago, azrael said:

For you theater-goers.

AMC now warns moviegoers to expect ‘25-30 minutes’ of ads and trailers

Maybe it's a blessing-in-disguise that I have less time to go to theaters these days. 

The warning is a little late.  AMC theaters where I am had ads and trailers lasting that long before Covid.  (not every film, but a few certainly did)

This might be closer to the original book but the trailer really doesn't catch my interest.  And there is NO beating the combo of Arnold and Richard Dawson.  And the lady saying Arnold was "one mean mother..."

5 hours ago, Big s said:

It’s gonna be tough to get the look since most anime these days looks too clean. The old one had a gritty look that helped sell the apocalyptic feel. 

I think you nailed it there.  The modern look just doesn't work with this particular story.