Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fisher
05-30-15, 09:59 PM
#7401
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
I was thinking exactly the same thing. A YouTube figure reviewer I watch had someone send him a custom Trooper from The Black Series line that had packaging and everything meant to look like one of the Episode VII Troopers. There are a lot of talented customizers out there for figures and its highly doubtful that Disney/Hasbro let one slip out onto the market early. Especially considering that there hasn't even been any official figure reveals from The Force Awakens yet.
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05-30-15, 10:55 PM
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05-30-15, 11:00 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Well they are supposedly being released on Sept 4 so about 3 months away. It takes weeks for them to ship the items across the ocean and then more weeks to get them distributed across the country to be ready on Sept 4. So they will have to sent the items out on the ship by at least mid July. Then you have to take into account the time the factory is actually making these. Figure might be a sample or a factory worker just stole one off the line. Even if they aren't officially revealed, I don't have trouble thinking that tons of Ep 7 items are already produced and sitting in a Asian factory/warehouse getting ready to be shipped.
05-30-15, 11:46 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
That seller Viperskingdom has been doing this for years. He always has new figures months before they hit the States. I have no doubt that figure is the real deal.
05-31-15, 06:08 AM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Dawn accomplishes in 2 1/2 hours what The Warriors did in the 1st 10 minutes.
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05-31-15, 06:37 AM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
A poster on Reddit claims to have seen the first ten minutes of the movie. Take it with a grain of salt, but it's interesting to read nonetheless.
http://np.reddit.com/user/Thbkzxbfxb...ter=t1_crq2y6z
The no "EPISODE VII" thing makes me suspect everything that follows is bogus. It's already been confirmed it WILL be on the film itself. I don't see why they'd leave it off if the crawl has already been created.
Paraphrasing the opening crawl:
Opening scene:
Other tidbits:
Lastly:
http://np.reddit.com/user/Thbkzxbfxb...ter=t1_crq2y6z
So the crawl was really wide, like the OT and sort of hard to read. The logo was the same. THERE WAS NO "EPISODE VII" which I thought was cool and again a hark back to the OT.
Paraphrasing the opening crawl:
Spoiler:
Opening scene:
Spoiler:
Other tidbits:
Spoiler:
Lastly:
"you're probably going to see it in July in IMAX theaters in front of Ant Man"
05-31-15, 08:14 AM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
yeah. that confused me. I guess he fucked? Or science made that up.
05-31-15, 10:02 AM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
That would just be needless fan service. Along the lines of that early Boba Fett rumor.
05-31-15, 04:30 PM
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He and grandma had relations.
06-01-15, 01:38 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
But it also explains why we got a book devoted to the original character. If he's going to be in all three movies, it's not fan service...if he's just a supporting character, it IS fan service.
06-01-15, 01:46 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
So I take it Star Wars is now officially a PG-13 series right?
06-01-15, 01:53 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
RotS was PG-13. I couldn't imagine it not being that w/ the new ones.
06-01-15, 01:54 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Yeah but the other 5 weren't which is mostly why I was curious. Though I'm sure ESB would have been if it had existed, not that it was particularly violent.
06-01-15, 02:00 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
ESB for sure would have been PG-13. RotJ... I think it'd hit PG-13 just cuz it was hitting some darker beats.
06-01-15, 02:06 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Naw, RotJ falls in well with PG, "pushes it" a wee bit but not enough to hit that -13 level. I was kind of surprised by a few things thrown in the last PG movies I saw (Secret Life of Walter Mitty).
You gotta remember 80s standards weren't terribly high, PG-13 was introduced in 84, Beetlejuice came out in 89 and was PG despite an f-bomb or two.
You gotta remember 80s standards weren't terribly high, PG-13 was introduced in 84, Beetlejuice came out in 89 and was PG despite an f-bomb or two.
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06-01-15, 02:53 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
We've sort of seen a ratings shift in recent years. PG-13 is sort of the new PG, and PG is mostly for kids' movies, while only animated features and live action movies that are 100% inoffensive will earn a G.
There's no way that Planet of the Apes would earn a G today, nor would Jaws get a PG. both would be PG-13 at least.
The Hobbit movies were rated PG-13 despite being sexless, no swearing, and containing fantasy violence.
There's no way that Planet of the Apes would earn a G today, nor would Jaws get a PG. both would be PG-13 at least.
The Hobbit movies were rated PG-13 despite being sexless, no swearing, and containing fantasy violence.
06-01-15, 03:01 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
I dunno. TDK or TDKR don't seem so much with what I think is PG. To me, PG-13 shows some emotional depth of some sort that is comprehended more towards early teens onward. YMMV though cuz some kids develop well mentally in understanding what is being thrown at them and some are just fucktards cuz of their parents. Along with some violence and sexuality that is appropriate towards the age range based on culture and development within it.
We really need to fix the Ratings Board though. Get some people w/ some knowledge of media to be part of it aside from getting fucking nobodies that don't understand the art of the mediums and comprehension of cultural realities. And within all that how the fiction is depicted in the "world" it is. Instead of pussying out towards bullshit cuz of their insecurities of actual culture, religion, violence, and sexuality.
We really need to fix the Ratings Board though. Get some people w/ some knowledge of media to be part of it aside from getting fucking nobodies that don't understand the art of the mediums and comprehension of cultural realities. And within all that how the fiction is depicted in the "world" it is. Instead of pussying out towards bullshit cuz of their insecurities of actual culture, religion, violence, and sexuality.
06-01-15, 04:50 PM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
ROTS got a PG-13 because one of its main characters was essentially burned alive. If that scene isn't there, it would have gotten a PG like the other two prequels.
06-02-15, 12:32 AM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
We really need to fix the Ratings Board though. Get some people w/ some knowledge of media to be part of it aside from getting fucking nobodies that don't understand the art of the mediums and comprehension of cultural realities. And within all that how the fiction is depicted in the "world" it is. Instead of pussying out towards bullshit cuz of their insecurities of actual culture, religion, violence, and sexuality.
I think mentioning what occurs in the film is a better way to educate parents or people who are sensitive to certain things, but then again, I hate when they do that on the radio, especially for horror because then it takes the surprise out. Movies are so much part of the cultural experience though, like drive through fast food that parents either just the film based solely on the rating, regardless of the content, or they just assume it's okay based on it's reputation.
Nudity is still a big taboo but violence is okay, being one example.
06-02-15, 01:07 AM
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The biggest example. It's incredibly bizarre. The kind of violence you can get away with on basic TV-Hannibal having someone cut off his own face and feed it to his dog, Jack Bauer torturing people constantly-is tame compared to basic cable. If you did what you do on The Strain or The Walking Dead in the 1980s, you'd be lucky to get an R-rating. God forbid someone show nekkidness though! We CANNOT have children and teenagers asking questions about sex. They might ask about something healthy, natural, normal, that forms a key component of human identity, and is necessary for the propagation of the species. Violence is fine though, obviously. Violence never hurt anybody.
It's much better to have them learn about sex from their friends who heard it from their friends or from websites on the Internet that accurately reflect reality. That's totally health, and can't have any harmful effects.
It's much better to have them learn about sex from their friends who heard it from their friends or from websites on the Internet that accurately reflect reality. That's totally health, and can't have any harmful effects.
06-02-15, 02:23 AM
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Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
I would assume PG-13, but who knows they might be going for the more 'classic' approach to SW... I'd bet on PG-13 though. (and to be honest, I'd be a little disappointed if it wasn't) Remember the first one was in some respects the most graphic - Vader crushing the guys throat (though that was all audio) the pools of blood around the severed arm, the charred skeletons, etc.
06-03-15, 05:32 PM
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