Rogue One Discussion !!!SPOILERS!!!

[Gibby]

Got a dog mate?

Well if this doesn't convince my wife that we need a dog then I don't know what will!

[Momotaro]

Carrie Fisher has died.  Sixty is no age to go.

[Predatorpt]

Carrie Fisher has died.  Sixty is no age to go.

2016 is really a year to forget  At least "Rogue One" can serve as a tribute to her character.

[Elbows]

Yeah, that sucks.  Heck George Michael was only 53...

[Westfalia Chris]

Back on topic please. There is an obituary thread on the General Board which, as a lifelong Star Wars fan will leave open, but I'd prefer this thread to focus on the film.

[AWu]

I saw it today..

And that was surprisingly soviet film for american western movie business.
By soviet I meant - all good guys die in the end to serve victory - plot type.
Thats is quite rare in western cinematography and I was surprised because I suspected they will sneak some survivors there


I hope it wont hurt toy sales and they will introduce more serious plots in the future.

Oh how much better death of Jarjar would make Phantom Menace :>

[ErikB]

I was thinking more Greek Tragedy than Soviet, but I guess more than one culture can claim that style where everybody dies for something bigger than themselves.

Still, it was only the ground crew that was completely wiped out.  Many in space survived, though clearly not all.  Leah (though not Carrie...) and the droids were introduced into Rogue One in preparation for A New Hope.  It really gave a sense of hope, at the end, too, at least for me.

[Manchu]

"Soviet" sums it up pretty well. Greek tragedy implies futility; the R1 characters achieved all of their goals (self-preservation simply wasn't one of them).

[AWu]

That is the style of soviet era war movies.

I was wondering my whole childhood why every character have to die and  Polish war movies weren't like that
They stopped to show soviet movies in Tv when I was 9. But some Russian movies have similar gloomy style.

Removing all Star wars props  and the movie  Zvezda from 2002
 tell almost the same story as Rogue One
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326450/


IMHO it is very nice change for sci-fi movies and Star wars especially. I hope they will try deferent styles to Family heroics of classic Star wars.
So I hope Rogue will kill the box office.

[Captain Blood]

Saw this last night. Enjoyed it very much. Seemed to me to basically be a glorious rehash of just about all foregoing Star Wars clichés and signatures, thrown together into a new movie with much the same story elements as usual, but a different cast. So on one hand different, on the other hand, more of the same - but then that's what many of us love about Star Wars I guess.
Spectacular CGI settings, very silly planet names, interesting characters, most of whom - in a departure from the franchise norm - indeed die at the end. Yay. No direct sequel to this one then...

My only criticism was that I found it difficult to hear quite a lot of the dialogue. Partly, I think  because there were a lot of leading actors talking in accented Englsh, partly because of the sheer raucous madness of the whole thing - including the sound mixing - and partly, I think, because I seemed to be sitting under the speaker in the cinema that was delivering all the battle sound effects and music, and the dialogue was coming from somewhere far far away... 

But that's a minor grumble. Overall I'd give it 9/10. Can't wait to see it again 

[OSHIROmodels]

Does this mean we're tempting you to the Dark Side of gaming 

I do think a lot of the cinemas pump the sound out too loud and they equate this to 'A better experience' 

cheers

James

[mcfonz]

To be honest I think it's Hollywood that has the happy endings, there are plenty of old British movies where the heroes don't make it to the end - and modern ones as well.

In terms of Star Wars, I think it's the only thing that bugs me about both Star Wars (IV) and RotJ in that they have endings like the ending of a pantomime where everyone comes back and takes a bow with uplifting music and cheers etc.

[Captain Blood]

Does this mean we're tempting you to the Dark Side of gaming 

Emphatically not - I have more than enough projects on the go 

Besides, why would I need to build my own Star Wars collection when I can come and play with your wonderful toys   

[OSHIROmodels]

Emphatically not - I have more than enough projects on the go 

Besides, why would I need to build my own Star Wars collection when I can come and play with your wonderful toys   

Because I've only got desert bases and terrain, there's a whole universe to do yet 

cheers

James

[Malamute]

Because I've only got desert bases and terrain, there's a whole universe to do yet 

cheers

James

Speaking of which got those commandos yet?