Slave IV Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 Star Wars = The greatest movie franchise of all time Yes, this includes all of them so watch them all when you get a chance. So much more going on in all aspects of story and movie making happening in all the films that paved the way for what we can experience in theaters and at home these days.
Mommar Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 4 hours ago, spacemanoeuvres said: You’re thinking of Rogue One which is probably the only decent Star Wars film to be released since Empire Strikes Back. I'm going to have to correct you there, Return of the Jedi has the best space battle ever set to film.
Sanity is Optional Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) Star Wars = The greatest movie franchise of all time I reserve the right to disagree. My opinion on the prequels is best summarized as NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Edited July 24, 2018 by Sanity is Optional
Shizuka the Cat Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Slave IV said: Star Wars = The greatest movie franchise of all time Yes, this includes all of them so watch them all when you get a chance. So much more going on in all aspects of story and movie making happening in all the films that paved the way for what we can experience in theaters and at home these days. Ummm... no. I slept thru half the Star Wars films. The Twilight Saga was better, And How to Train Your Dragon Edited July 24, 2018 by Shizuka the Cat
Slave IV Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 Everyone has a right to opinion. Disagreeing doesn't change history and facts. So just enjoy what you want to enjoy, it's all good!
borgified Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Shizuka the Cat said: Ummm... no. I slept thru half the Star Wars films. The Twilight Saga was better, And How to Train Your Dragon Haven't see Twilight Saga at all during my years in YYZ, although I did read the entire book saga over a month and half (I know... A Tween book series). Didn't get any glares from any of my female friends that a guy is actually reading the book series. There are actually reports of guys reading the book series, don't know if they liked it or not. Manga is another ball game...
mechaninac Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 (edited) I tried watching the first Twilight movie, I really did, and an honest attempt without preconceptions, too; but it had me hitting my head against a wall within less than 15 minutes... after that I stopped watching it, and I felt immediately better. Edited July 24, 2018 by mechaninac
sh9000 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 On 7/23/2018 at 8:47 AM, Mommar said: Score. Upon inspection of this Psylock I need to find the black haired version. I don’t understand why they changed her costume color as well as the hair because this costume color is wrong. Congrats. Where did you get them? I hope I can get one of each of the types of Psylocke.
Kuma Style Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 First EX sent over some Metal Buld styled Digimon products yesterday; here's OMega-X
Slave IV Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Kuma Style said: First EX sent over some Metal Buld styled Digimon products yesterday; here's OMega-X Great pic!
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 I would not bother watching Star Wars ep 8 The last Jedi. Total disrespect to our iconic characters. I tried watching it a second time, and I could not finish it. Total crap sore movie from friggin’ hell.
Mommar Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 13 hours ago, sh9000 said: Congrats. Where did you get them? I hope I can get one of each of the types of Psylocke. Target. I got lucky, I took my Dad to a Dental appointment and went next door to keep myself occupied. They were restocking the toys at the time and they happened to have a whole, unopened case waiting for me.
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, Sildani said: I liked Ep 8 quite a bit. Worth the watch. You didn't mind the destruction of Luke's character?
Slave IV Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 12 minutes ago, vlenhoff said: You didn't mind the destruction of Luke's character? Luke had one of his baddest ass, non pansy moments in the entire franchise in that movie.
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Slave IV said: Luke had one of his baddest ass, non pansy moments in the entire franchise in that movie. SPOILERS!!! You are going to tell me the man who gave his own life to save his murderous Father, would try to kill his own still innocent Nephew, in his sleep? Luke Destroyed the Death star, brought down an AT-At by himself, He took out at least half of Jabba's gunmen, and then let the Emperor attempt to kill him, so his Dad, would in turn face the emperor, and redeem himself. This is not badass? What did Luke do in ep 8? Luke whined, drank nasty milk, and projected himself to another planet. To just die of exhaustion. How is that badass? Even Mark Hamill, himslef said " this is not my Luke" in regards to the poor treatment his character got. Do you want to get into the plot holes, and terrible waste of time in Canto Bight, the casino? Flying Leia? Chewbacca does nothing in this movie? Not for a second Luke mourns the death of his best friend? They destroy characters at the expense of a joke(Genreal Hux)? The super slow space chase? The fact that Admiral Holdo wont share the escape plan to the man who just saved them, by destroying the dreadnought? This causing an unnecessary mutiny? The social justice warriors message with the horse/bunny/dog creatures? Plus, listen to Rian johnson, the guy who wrote and directed the film This to me, means he can please only half the audience. Plus this "sequel" (ep8) does not follow the things set up in the previous film. Then the terrible humor... In my conversations online i have noticed the people who actually liked this movie despised Luke's character. I can understand that, and I have to say, a beautiful movie to behold. This movie is well filmed and incredibly beautiful. It is like buying a beautiful Italian sports car, but it doesn't run. It is pretty though! I am sorry man, but if you liked it, i am glad for you. TLJ killed Solo edited: typo & content. Here is my star wars collection https://www.victorlenhoff.com/star-wars-1 Edited July 25, 2018 by vlenhoff
Lolicon Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 19 minutes ago, vlenhoff said: SPOILERS!!! You are going to tell me the man who gave his own life to save his murderous Father, would try to kill his own still innocent Nephew, in his sleep? Luke Destroyed the Death star, brought down an AT-At by himself, He took out at least half of Jabba's gunmen, and then let the Emperor attempt to kill him, so his Dad, would in turn face the emperor, and redeem himself. This is not badass? What did Luke do in ep 8? Luke whined, drank nasty milk, and projected himself to another planet. To just die of exhaustion. How is that badass? Even Mark Hamill, himslef said " this is not my Luke" in regards to the poor treatment his character got. Do you want to get into the plot holes, and terrible waste of time in Canto Bight, the casino? Flying Leia? Chewbacca does nothing in this movie? Not for a second Luke mourns the death of his best friend? They destroy characters at the expense of a joke(Genreal Hux)? The super slow space chase? The fact that Admiral Holdo wont share the escape plan to the man who just saved them, by destroying the dreadnought? This causing an unnecessary mutiny? The social justice warriors message with the horse/bunny/dog creatures? In my conversations online i have noticed the people who actually liked this movie despised Luke's character. I can understand that, and I have to say, a beautiful movie to behold. This movie is well filmed and incredibly beautiful. It is like buying a beautiful Italian sports car, but it doesn't run. It is pretty though! I am sorry man, but if you liked it, i am glad for you. TLJ killed Solo edited: typo & content. If you liked TLJ or hated it, that's fine. However, I bolded the above part because Star Wars fanboys love to take Hammill out of context to "prove" their point or whatever. Hammill didn't agree with the direction of his character at first, but once he saw the entire arc that was written for Luke, he said it was interesting and he did like it. Anyway that's all I have to say on the matter. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan or anything so I have no stake in this and this isn't a Star Wars movie thread anyway.
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Lolicon, Disney called Hamill into attention. Disney knew this was negative for the brand. Mark apologized for his remarks, and then became more optimistic about the movie. He is a great actor. Technoblue, since disney bought the franchise the toys quiality went to crap. NOW after lots of fan backlash and competition from Figuarts and others, Hasbro is upping their game. I partially blame TLD for the collapse of ToysRus. I don't know if you noticed the mountains of star wars products not sold. People hated the movie, so the toys won't sell. Edited July 25, 2018 by vlenhoff
ErikElvis Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 21 hours ago, Mommar said: I'm going to have to correct you there, Return of the Jedi has the best space battle ever set to film. That is a fact. 1 hour ago, vlenhoff said: You didn't mind the destruction of Luke's character? He went out with a fizzle. It was so bad it turned me off of the new movies (except rogue one). And why couldn’t a droid or even the ships computer light speed into the other ship. Ugh....
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) I am still turned off too Erikelvis. This is why Solo flopped. No one cares anymore. edit in: The Return of the Jedi's space battle is Remember how the ships had to divert, because of the shields being active on the Deathstar? then in TLJ the shields don't matter, right? UGH Edited July 25, 2018 by vlenhoff
seti88 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 What a coincidence i saw a nicely modern trailer of ESB while this thread is on SW...
technoblue Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 * sigh * My attempt to steer the discussion back on topic failed. I'll let someone else give it a try.
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) That's very cool, thanks! A bit too long, and showy, but nice edit in, i am sorry i went into the dark side for a minute, please resume regular forum stuff.... things... Look! pretty picture! Schwing! Edited July 25, 2018 by vlenhoff
Sildani Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Yeahp. Anyhoo, my Calibre Wings Su-24 Fencer was delayed until the end of August, and my Hobby Master Su-34 Fullback was delayed until December. So no die cast for me for a while!
tekering Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, technoblue said: My attempt to steer the discussion back on topic failed. I'll let someone else give it a try. I accept your challenge, sir! Guys, feel free to bash (or defend) The Last Jedi in the appropriate thread: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/43363-star-wars-episode-viii-the-last-jedi-on-home-media-mar-13-2018/?page=38 17 minutes ago, vlenhoff said: Technoblue, since disney bought the franchise the toys quiality went to crap. The Force Awakens toys were crap, but The Last Jedi line was a significant improvement across the board: Bash the film all you want, but the toys were the best Hasbro had given us in nearly a decade.
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Yes, they even have face printing technology now. Hasbro has upped their game, and the prices... BTW, that Kylo's Tie fighter(pictured with wrong pilot) is way too small. I got all the Tie fighters, including the force awaken's, and I can't bring myslef to put this thing next to them. Plus the plastic is shait, at best. I saw it on sale for 30 bucks, and i still didn't buy it. I watched it die. I had car repairs too, but hey, I watched it die... BTW i have bought no TLJ toys. Big turn off. Edited July 25, 2018 by vlenhoff
sh9000 Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Mommar said: Target. I got lucky, I took my Dad to a Dental appointment and went next door to keep myself occupied. They were restocking the toys at the time and they happened to have a whole, unopened case waiting for me. That’s awesome. It’s always cool when that happens.
tekering Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, vlenhoff said: BTW, that Kylo's Tie fighter is way too small. I got all the Tie fighters, including the force awaken's, and I can't bring myslef to put this thing next to them. Yes, it's underscaled -- as the vast majority of Star Wars vehicles have always been -- but it's proportionally accurate. It looks like it's supposed to. The Force Awakens TIE Fighters had grossly undersized wings, which I found far more inexcusable: ...and of course, their plastic was shite, too. Maybe it would help to have someone from the Marvel Legends design team transferred to the Star Wars line...
Mog Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Once Hasbro ditched the 3 3/4” scale for the 6 inch scale and left us with 5 POA figures, I knew it was time to leave. As much as it sucked at the time, I feel like I made the right decision to jump out. If you could actually find them (seriously, Hasbro’s horrid distribution and case assortments killed the toy lines), the Vintage Collection figures (from the early 2010’s) were pretty damn solid.
vlenhoff Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) That on the left, is the legacy collection tie fighter, with the bigger wings. Still, look at the size of the cockpit. at least that's the same. I Own a TFA Tie, and its the same size cockpit as it is for all my other Tie fighters. TFA Tie plastic sucks though. The Lego Kylo's Tie is actually a bit more proportionate. Yes know the scale is off generally ins star wars, but judging from the plastic quality, this looks ridiculously small. Please pause video for size comparison. How do you pilot this thing? Laying down? It is tiny, and embarrassing... Edited July 25, 2018 by vlenhoff
Slave IV Posted July 25, 2018 Posted July 25, 2018 Haha, well Star Wars certainly draws out the passion and dissent all the time! Since the conversation started here, I'm going to leave my hopefully final thoughts and responses here. Plus, I haven't had time to take any pics of my new hauls lately. I can say that I've gotten more MCU ML figures that I don't care about but am compelled to buy for some reason. So...Since when has Mark Hamill's opinion on Luke had any influence on the direction of the character? Whatever the case, in the end it was pointed out that he changed his mind about his negative opinion after seeing the last film and we have to take it for what it is. I am probably the biggest Start Wars fan and possible apologist there is but I have never considered or heard of Mark Hamill being a great actor. Which brings me to one of my main points: Start Wars has never been about great acting or bulletproof plots. Luke did baddass things in most the movies he was in but the last one was the most badass. He whined and ate nasty rations in ESB, he whined pretty much all the time. He's not even the most important character of the franchise. Star Wars has always been about fun set in a classic setting and that has been preserved and consistent throughout all the movies. I was against 6" SW figures and coincidentally quit collecting everything around the time BS 6" figures came out. I've since succumbed but I also realize the "real" Star Wars toys to have these days are made by Bandai, not Hasbro. I bought that Kylo Tie Fighter because I saw it on sale for $15 and it looks, yes, badass. OK, sorry for the sidetrack, just felt I deserve to respond in the thread that started the discussion. Move along, move along...
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