Star Wars VII trailer and an interesting speeder - CHARACTER NAMES 12/12

[Diakon]

the sight of the Millennium Falcon framed against the blue sky to the opening of the Star Wars theme was glorious.

Brought a tear to my cynical eyes. 

I'm with you about the new Treks too. Just awful.

[Baconfat]

I''m going to be putting my deodorant on thicker.  I want to try and make one.

[Agis]

Oh my, while seeing it first  I was under the impression to see a fan made joke.

The soccer droid, the goofy speeder look and the incredible unwieldy light"claymore" all made me think, "no way". 

The X-Wing and Falcon shots however looked like the real thing to me. Right now I am baffled and fear for the worst while hoping for the best. 

[chromedog]

The vehicle design was pretty poor in the prequels and looks like more of the same. That speeder bike is just plain shit. I have a theory that everything good about the first 3 films was down to the vision of Ralph McQuarrie.

Whilst Ralph was pretty much instrumental in putting the soul into SW, you can't understate the amount of additional soul Joe Johnstone put into the hardware design, either. 

Ep7 is a continuation of that work.  A way for his work to continue on, in a new direction, long past his lifespan.

[OSHIROmodels]

Much of the plot of Star Wars, including the two bickering peasants/droids as point-of-view characters, is lifted straight from Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress".  But you knew that  

But of course 

But I don't think Kurosawa had the younger audience in mind when making Hidden Fortress though 

cheers

James

[Vanvlak]

The speeder - it looks horribly overpowered, and for that reason alone I like it  It has a sort of muscle (lots of muscle) car feel, reinforced by the vestigial windshield.

The trailer - I'm a sucker for sci fi nostalgia, and the X-Wings, Ties and the Falcon were a very welcome set of scenes, more so than the new stuff, barring perhaps the speeder (which reminds me of the Landspeeder, although with intentional less care for aesthetics to give it that pugnacious look - ok, I really like it). But I think it's the use of many familiar sounds - especially the Tie fighters - which got me.

[Agis]

The speeder - it looks horribly overpowered, and for that reason alone I like it  It has a sort of muscle (lots of muscle) car feel, reinforced by the vestigial windshield.
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For me the speeder looks too much like a Karman jetbike...


I will always be reminded of space gorillas when seeing this scene. 

[OSHIROmodels]

I will always be reminded of space gorillas when seeing this scene. 

You never know 

cheers

James

[Commander Vyper]

But of course 

But I don't think Kurosawa had the younger audience in mind when making Hidden Fortress though 

cheers

James

You think?

[Vanvlak]

You never know 

cheers

James

Wookies 
And I like the Karman designs 
I would be the first to admit my tastes in vehicle design may be a bit unconventional.

[OSHIROmodels]

You think?

Maybe 

 

[Commander Vyper]

I think the speeder looks like a art deco magnum icecream personally. It'll melt on tatoonie. No wonder she's going fast.

Hope the toshi station is refrigerated these days.

[Vanvlak]

For me the speeder looks too much like a Karman jetbike...


I will always be reminded of space gorillas when seeing this scene. 

P.S. nice job on the Karmans, Agis. 

[Mako]

I think almost all of it looks like crap too, e.g. the speeder, lightsaber, and ball-droid.

Reminds me of some of the prequel designs, only worse.  Like someone had 5 minutes to come up with ALL of the designs, and without any imagination at all.

Thankfully, at least the X-Wings, Ties, and Falcon look okay.

Verdict is out on the Stormtrooper armor, until I get to see a little more of it.

Hope the story isn't as poorly done as some of the vehicle designs, or the movie will be a total bust, which would be a shame.

[beefcake]

Well it will be pretty hard to top a movie that had a cyborg throwing the ruler of the universe, who can spit lightning from his fingers, down a vast tube in the middle of a space station that has the ability to destroy worlds.