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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| They rebel - SPOILERS
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WadiumArcadium
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I knew this post from you was coming. It was like someone mentioned Thor 2: Dark 2 World.
I think that might be for the Lego figures and toys. But they also moved the review embargo to noon instead of 5pm on the 13th. The first critic screening is on Monday, apparently. A lot of times and dates are moving about by the looks of it.
Cross-Section
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There were only two facets of Vader Down that really appealed to me:
- Luke going all heroic self-sacrifice by kamakazing Vader's TIE, even though there's no real drama involved, is a nice character moment nonetheless. I think something similar occurs with Leia later on, too.
- The misadventures of Creepio/Triple Zero and Beetee
Note that both of these only tangentially involve the titular character.
But yeah, this (and also Doctor Aphra, which is shaping up to be pretty fun)
- Luke going all heroic self-sacrifice by kamakazing Vader's TIE, even though there's no real drama involved, is a nice character moment nonetheless. I think something similar occurs with Leia later on, too.
- The misadventures of Creepio/Triple Zero and Beetee
Note that both of these only tangentially involve the titular character.
But yeah, this (and also Doctor Aphra, which is shaping up to be pretty fun)
Someone's gotta mention that the correct title lacks the "2".
Also everyone should read Darth Vader.
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Cross-Section
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That sounds good, but the issue is some people can't see the film for a while, so they don't have a place to go for hype/general discussion. Which is why I think the separate threads always work best. If anything I think the review and spoiler threads should be merged. But non spoiler OT is a nice place to go for the unfortunate souls who have to wait to see R1.
Daffy Duck
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So hyped for watching this!
I really hope it's something special.
I really hope it's something special.
digita1alchemy
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WadiumArcadium
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No arguments here. It's still my favourite of the Marvel series'.
Spoiler tagging it since it's not confirmed and also could be a spoiler even still, but the trailers possibly give away a character's death:
Bodhi is seen hiding behind some of the containers by the big shuttle, and then there's a shot of him running for the opening. In the first two trailers there's a wide shot from the same location of the same shuttle exploding. I think he sacrifices himself to take out Krennic's ship or someone higher up.
Kung Fu Jedi
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I thought I had heard that there were no saber battles. Could still be a saber used, there just won't be any lightsaber duels as there have been in every other Star Wars films.
Cross-Section
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Bit of a nothingburger, but the recently-leaked R1 tracklist now has track times:
I can definitely expect characters to sacrifice their lives to try their best to get the plans.
phazedplasma
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this is the best SW comic.
BrokenFiction
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Listen to two songs from the film:
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/rogue-one-star-wars-michael-giacchino-score
Breznican!
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/rogue-one-star-wars-michael-giacchino-score
Breznican!
Ugh I'm dying to hear this! Can't currently listen. Any impressions?
BrokenFiction
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It's really, really good.
Also, love the fact that his Timpani player is Don Williams...John's brother.
WadiumArcadium
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Yay. Really like "Approach to Eadu".
I just noticed the track names. Neither of them are on that track list. I assume they're smaller pieces that they combined into larger tracks for the soundtrack. Or they were renamed.
Delicious.
I think you're right on the former, they're smaller pieces. Those could be the scene names rather than track titles.
It really evokes classic A New Hope music, for me at least.
Only the episodes, from the looks of it.
WadiumArcadium
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No, he's doing Episode VIII's though. Desplat was originally going to do the score for Rogue One but Giacchino ended up taking over.
For the saga films, not the spinoffs.
This is the best news I've heard all day.
I guess it makes sense, Giacchino is the best choice to take over from Williams.
brandonh83
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Wow that music... wow. Giacchino never disappoints. This sounds more "fat" than his usual stuff though, closer to the depth of Williams' orchestrations.
@DanielRPK:
(2:34 p.m.) Just came out from a screening of Rogue One. Probably the best Star Wars film since Empire Strikes Back.
(2:37 p.m.) There are so many worlds in this movie. The Star Wars universe finally doesn't feel small. And the action is huge, HUGE!
It begins...
(2:34 p.m.) Just came out from a screening of Rogue One. Probably the best Star Wars film since Empire Strikes Back.
(2:37 p.m.) There are so many worlds in this movie. The Star Wars universe finally doesn't feel small. And the action is huge, HUGE!
It begins...
Haloid1177
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I wanted to believe this was the case for so long and I really hope it's true. But early reactions are always like this.
*glares at BvS*
Into the Light
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I got chills.Literally, Chicken skin on my arms.
A full screening, not just 28 minutes?
Yeah, BvS was an odd one since it was a disappointment, but I can see Rogue One doing better(maybe not masterpiece or anything like that, but hopefully decent at least).
FUCKIN HYPE.
Talladega Knight
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It looks like Lando is holding up an invisible glass filled with two ice cubes.
Most likely full since the 28 minute one was last week and this one is recent as in today.
Cross-Section
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Reminds me in some ways of the depth and instrumental variation of Williams' more recent scores like Tintin, to be honest. Kind of hoped for the same with TFA (which was fine in its own right, but still) but glad to see Giacchino taking inspiration from those earlier scores.
Just hold out. The clips are super short. They aren't full songs
What's wrong with Civil War?=O
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