Taken out of context (and I think also slowed down) that gif now looks like BB-8 is flipping you off.So went and saw it again tonight. Still fun, feels very much like a Star Wars film, probably moreso now than when I first saw it. Probably had my hopes and expectations up a little too high.
There were definitely repeated plot points, but that doesn't make it bad. They kept it familiar, but different enough to stand on its own. Probably will see it a few more times before it is out of theaters.
Tell'em how I feel about it, BB-8!
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It's not really a ship. Even in star wars, I mean. It'd have been bigger than the Death Star. The "Super Star Destroyer" from Return of the Jedi is the one labeled "Executor." It was 11 miles long. There was allegedly one ship class larger, the Eclipse class, but it is thoroughly, utterly non-canon, even before the EU was disavowed.Good lord that ship is 161 miles long?!?
Huh, that's an unexpected complaint. I don't think we even saw a planet we've seen before (though the difference between Jakku and Tatooine is pretty much just the name), and until we got to the resistance base, there weren't any of the older aliens besides Chewie.George Lucas wasn't happy with it for the repeated plot points and that there weren't enough new planets/creatures/droids.
Guess he felt Disney could improve their toy variety.
The Eclipse was from Dark Empire I think.It's not really a ship. Even in star wars, I mean. It'd have been bigger than the Death Star. The "Super Star Destroyer" from Return of the Jedi is the one labeled "Executor." It was 11 miles long. There was allegedly one ship class larger, the Eclipse class, but it is thoroughly, utterly non-canon, even before the EU was disavowed.
The image posted was put there to mock the logistics required to operate a ship the size of a province.
Well, the picture says it is 260 km long, and Wookieepedia says DSII was 160km in diameter (vs DS1's 120km).The Eclipse was from Dark Empire I think.
However, that stupid thing from some wanky book that the letter is about is still only a fraction of the size of the Death Star 2.
Still it's long and thin and not a big old sphere.Well, the picture says it is 260 km long, and Wookieepedia says DSII was 160km in diameter (vs DS1's 120km).
True enough. Still ridiculous to basically fly Rhode Island around.Still it's long and thin and not a big old sphere.
I meant to type mass, not size.
I'm pretty sure it's just a lazy abbreviation for "cuckold."I don't know what "cuck" means (and you don't need to inform me, thanks),
...That would cover most of northern Wisconsin.Well, the picture says it is 260 km long, and Wookieepedia says DSII was 160km in diameter (vs DS1's 120km).
Well, I'm going on the assumption that, as the Executor was longer but "skinnier" in ratio than the Imperial Star Destroyer, the "Freudian Nightmare" would be similar "longer but skinnier." So... maybe it's 120 miles long, but wedge/arrowhead shaped and 20 miles wide at its widest? That'd be in the ballpark of the 1200 square mile area of Rhode Island....That would cover most of northern Wisconsin.
I wouldn't take any of George Lucas's bitching to heart. Can you imagine how shitty Episode VII would be if he'd been at the helm again?Huh, that's an unexpected complaint. I don't think we even saw a planet we've seen before (though the difference between Jakku and Tatooine is pretty much just the name), and until we got to the resistance base, there weren't any of the older aliens besides Chewie.
Star WarsI wouldn't take any of George Lucas's bitching to heart. Can you imagine how shitty Episode VII would be if he'd been at the helm again?
Had he never made the prequels, this might be what would've happened. Imagine if someone else had made The Phantom Menace - fans would adore Lucas and ask for him back and to forget this "other" movie had ever been made and whatnot.I feel like Lucas was hoping for a bomb. Then he could say something like 'See? You didn't know what you had when I was around.'
I'm with you on Boba. I never got his appeal--didn't hate him; he was just another thing. I didn't know he was popular until I got into the internet.I never really got the baby Fett hatred. I mean, I never cared for Boba either way ,and never understood the boner the EU and a lot of fans had for him, but given that, eh, being a clone of a great bounty hunter with an anti-Jedi revenge fetish isn't that bad of a backstory. And the kid acted better than Little Orphan Ani, anyway.
I'd just assume they used whatever technology they have that created artificial gravity, especially since the Death Star seemed to have floors like a building.
...as far as we know now.Well, you can't really produce artificial gravity without some kind of centripetal motion
...as far as we know now.And the ol' anti-gravity excuse is moot because gravity isn't a quantum force like the other three, so it doesn't have an anti force carrying particle to cancel it out.
Uri Geller would like a word with you...You know what else isn't possible? The force.
/thatguy
James Randi would like a word with you both.Uri Geller would like a word with you...
Is it ironic that Randi looks even more like a wizard?
But for it to work as science fiction, it has to be based off some level of science. "We can just do it" isn't a scientific field I've heard of.
It's not like we've seen zero-G in these movies. Hell, in Empire, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca are able to exit the Millennium Falcon while inside that worm monster, on an asteroid, which does not have an atmosphere. No concerns about cold or air or gravity, as if outer space in Star Wars doesn't function like space in real life.
You know what else isn't possible? The force.
/thatguy
Perfectly possible by a correct application of an SEP field.But for it to work as science fiction, it has to be based off some level of science. "We can just do it" isn't a scientific field I've heard of.
It's not like we've seen zero-G in these movies. Hell, in Empire, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca are able to exit the Millennium Falcon while inside that worm monster, on an asteroid, which does not have an atmosphere. No concerns about cold or air or gravity, as if outer space in Star Wars doesn't function like space in real life.