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Title: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: Kaos Arcanna on May 27, 2018, 01:15:21 PM

So, what'd everyone think?

I was pleasantly surprised with what we got.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: doc7924 on May 27, 2018, 02:24:14 PM
I haven't seen it yet but I must say Disney really knows how to mil....er take advantage of their properties.

Lucas took 30 something years to make 6 films and Disney made 4 films in about 6.

Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: Tenzhi on May 27, 2018, 03:49:08 PM
I'm gonna catch this one later streaming.  Just not excited enough about it to bother with the theatre.  Plus, my mind really rebels against Woody Harrelson in Star Wars for some reason.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: HalcyonS on May 28, 2018, 03:41:42 AM
It was.... good. Not great but good. I swear I could name most of the movies it's emulating but it does that well. Sadly it's a film less made up of characters and more a series of character traits that say stuff which detracts as most of the people in it seem shallow and very predictable. Still I can't say I wouldn't recommend seeing the film, but it's more a matinee film and don't go in with high expectations.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: hurple on May 29, 2018, 01:44:37 PM
I really have one major problem with the film... 

Spoiler for Hidden:
They jam packed this thing with all the "big deal" events in Solo's life.  Everything every fan has ever had a question about, like, "how'd he get the Falcon from Lando," and "How did he meet Chewbacca," and "How did he meet Lando," seemingly occurred in this one "adventure".  There were even questions answered that fans have never asked, like, "How'd he get that last name" and "Why does he always shoot first?" 

I mean, it's silly that seemingly every significant event in this character's life, every single event that made him the character we know, took place in this one "adventure."

Otherwise, except for the mis-fire of Lando's droid (what an *ugh* of a character) the film was fine for what it was.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: doc7924 on May 29, 2018, 02:10:03 PM
Quote from: hurple on May 29, 2018, 01:44:37 PM
I really have one major problem with the film... 

Spoiler for Hidden:
They jam packed this thing with all the "big deal" events in Solo's life.  Everything every fan has ever had a question about, like, "how'd he get the Falcon from Lando," and "How did he meet Chewbacca," and "How did he meet Lando," seemingly occurred in this one "adventure".  There were even questions answered that fans have never asked, like, "How'd he get that last name" and "Why does he always shoot first?" 

I mean, it's silly that seemingly every significant event in this character's life, every single event that made him the character we know, took place in this one "adventure."

Otherwise, except for the mis-fire of Lando's droid (what an *ugh* of a character) the film was fine for what it was.

I thought according to the original film he doesn't shoot first anymore.

Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: Tenzhi on May 29, 2018, 04:12:07 PM
Quote from: doc7924 on May 29, 2018, 02:10:03 PM
I thought according to the original film he doesn't shoot first anymore.

That's certainly not the way it is in the *original* film.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: doc7924 on May 29, 2018, 09:11:14 PM
Quote from: Tenzhi on May 29, 2018, 04:12:07 PM
That's certainly not the way it is in the *original* film.

Well you know what I meant. The SE versions are the original films as far as Lucas is concerned.

The only DVD's I still own are the ones with the original versions without all of Lucas's mucking about.

Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: Tenzhi on May 29, 2018, 09:22:01 PM
I don't think Lucas' concerns are a concern these days.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: doc7924 on May 30, 2018, 12:51:35 AM
Quote from: Tenzhi on May 29, 2018, 09:22:01 PM
I don't think Lucas' concerns are a concern these days.

That is true.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: MyriVerse on May 30, 2018, 01:34:23 PM
Quote from: hurple on May 29, 2018, 01:44:37 PM
I really have one major problem with the film... 

Spoiler for Hidden:
They jam packed this thing with all the "big deal" events in Solo's life.  Everything every fan has ever had a question about, like, "how'd he get the Falcon from Lando," and "How did he meet Chewbacca," and "How did he meet Lando," seemingly occurred in this one "adventure".  There were even questions answered that fans have never asked, like, "How'd he get that last name" and "Why does he always shoot first?" 

I mean, it's silly that seemingly every significant event in this character's life, every single event that made him the character we know, took place in this one "adventure."

Otherwise, except for the mis-fire of Lando's droid (what an *ugh* of a character) the film was fine for what it was.
YES!
Spoiler for Hidden:
It makes it so that Han did nothing else for the 10 years until ANH, except upgrade the Falcon and get in debt with Jabba.

But I really liked L3-37, but did she really need to be called "Leet" in Leetspeak? Really?
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: hurple on May 31, 2018, 02:21:54 PM
Quote from: MyriVerse on May 30, 2018, 01:34:23 PM
YES!
Spoiler for Hidden:
It makes it so that Han did nothing else for the 10 years until ANH, except upgrade the Falcon and get in debt with Jabba.

But I really liked L3-37, but did she really need to be called "Leet" in Leetspeak? Really?

He went straight from this adventure to the Cantina.  That's how he's in debt to Jabba, a 10 year running unpaid bar tab.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: Night-Hawk07 on June 10, 2018, 08:05:03 PM
Quote from: MyriVerse on May 30, 2018, 01:34:23 PM
YES!
Spoiler for Hidden:
It makes it so that Han did nothing else for the 10 years until ANH, except upgrade the Falcon and get in debt with Jabba.

I could understand them doing that if they aren't sure they're going to have sequels. I know the actors are all signed on for two more films, but it also hasn't performed well at the box office (for a SW movie). Better to get all those questions answered and hope for sequels to expand upon things, than to answer a couple of questions then not get the opportunity to answer the rest.

I saw the movie a few nights ago, and I loved it....probably more than Infinity War or even Deadpool. It probably helped I went in not expecting much. The final major reveal had me like  :o

Spoiler for Hidden:
I watched TCW and Rebels, so I know that guy's backstory, but still I really didn't expect to see him in a movie again. Much less this one.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: Tenzhi on January 14, 2019, 10:21:03 AM
This finally came to Netflix!  And I thought it was fun.  Only two things bugged me:

1.  Was that really supposed to be Darth Maul?  Shouldn't he be long gone at this point?

2.  When Han was escaping through the crowd towards the beginning and he grabbed a hat, they totally should've used a battered old fedora.
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: MyriVerse on January 14, 2019, 12:21:04 PM
What bugged me the most is that they squeezed the best things of Han's life into one adventure/movie. He meets his BFF, Lando, and gets his ship all at once? Kind of cheapens the character, imo.

Yes, that was Maul.
Yes, he "should" have been long gone. But he isn't. *cue dramatic music*
Title: Re: SOLO: A Star Wars Story
Post by: eabrace on January 14, 2019, 12:58:13 PM
Quote from: Tenzhi on January 14, 2019, 10:21:03 AM
1.  Was that really supposed to be Darth Maul?  Shouldn't he be long gone at this point?
Maul manages to survive long enough to be a pain until just before the events in A New Hope.