I've found the idea of the upcoming Star Wars trilogy to be a bit polarizing. I'm just going to say for the record that I'm still excited about this! This is how I was hoping Star Wars would look. Now let's hope they nail the story.
Yes, there is a lens flare. Sorry about that.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lucasfilm/starwarstheforceawakens/
The teaser is AWESOME. I love how the first shot tells how much this is not going to be like the prequels. It just looks like a lot of fun.
Gotta love computers. When I go to click on the trailer, it says I need quicktime to play it. When I go to download quicktime, it says I already have the latest version installed. How about "The programmers awaken" for a new approach to technology?
Quote from: lars on November 28, 2014, 08:21:39 AM
Gotta love computers. When I go to click on the trailer, it says I need quicktime to play it. When I go to download quicktime, it says I already have the latest version installed. How about "The programmers awaken" for a new approach to technology?
Haha. I'm pretty sure it's up on YouTube too, although the quality probably sucks.
I had the same issue, I think this is it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOVFvcNfvE
the teaser is pretty nice! I expected bad stuff, but it is actually cool stuff going on. I don't see how the cross shaped lightsaber would be an improvement over the regular one, but I definitely see the appeal ;)
Quote from: madbean on November 28, 2014, 07:53:42 AM
The teaser is AWESOME. I love how the first shot tells how much this is not going to be like the prequels. It just looks like a lot of fun.
Quote from: madbean on November 28, 2014, 07:53:42 AM
I love how the first shot tells how much this is not going to be like the prequels.
Quote from: madbean on November 28, 2014, 07:53:42 AM
not going to be like the prequels.
^ this.
Looks pretty good to me, and frankly they would be hard-pressed to do worse than some of what was in the prequels (even though there are parts of those I really like).
I have to admit, I liked all of the movies so far. Ok, episode 1 has annoying parts, but some of it was actually not so bad. Episode 2&3 were packed with effects and fights, which I enjoyed a lot. And of course 4-6 has this 80s charme that is irresistible.
So I guess, I will probably like the new ones too :)
:-\ TBH, they're going to have to have a lot of work to do to A, get past the bad taste of Episode One (Anakin was so "cute" I nearly walked out there and then, I can't stand "cute" kids) and B, get past the feeling that it's YET another Star Wars cash-in. We've had how many goddamn video games and books now?
Ep III could have been great if it had just laid out how Anakin knew he was betrayed immediately by Sidious after he 'disarmed' Mace Windu. He thought the Chancellor was going on trial and ending the fight would allow him to learn Sidious's secrets at the Temple. instead Sidious bluffed Windu and Anakin and lightninged the crap our of Windu. Anakin did not intend to join Sidious, but then had no other way to go. If he did not kneel Sidious would kill him. Anakin loved himself too much for that.
The movie was hampered by not explaining Anakin's dark side turn well enough. He went from stopping a murderous execution to murdering children pretty quickly.
I hold out hope for the new ones.
I got pretty excited with the Millennium Falcon shot, but...that cross-shaped lightsaber is just dumb. Honestly, what good is that thing supposed to do? If you're holding that and you move your thumb too far in the wrong direction, no more thumb for you!
Quote from: Scruffie on November 28, 2014, 08:24:05 AM
I had the same issue, I think this is it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOVFvcNfvE
Thanks for the link, never could get the "official" link to play.
Initial reaction: I think production studios have gotten really lazy with CGI. It sticks out like a sore thumb, especially now that real actors and sets are filmed in high definition, and we're watching it at super high resolutions. CGI these days has a cut-and-pasted look. I wonder what happened, because you look at the CGI in a movie like Forrest Gump from 1994!!, and it was pretty seamless, and done very well on old computers. These days it's like they just grab the "robot object" or the "animal object" and mouse it over into the movie without even trying to match shading and lighting or the color palette.
Quote from: lars on November 28, 2014, 10:28:33 PM
Quote from: Scruffie on November 28, 2014, 08:24:05 AM
I had the same issue, I think this is it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOVFvcNfvE
Thanks for the link, never could get the "official" link to play.
Initial reaction: I think production studios have gotten really lazy with CGI. It sticks out like a sore thumb, especially now that real actors and sets are filmed in high definition, and we're watching it at super high resolutions. CGI these days has a cut-and-pasted look. I wonder what happened, because you look at the CGI in a movie like Forrest Gump from 1994!!, and it was pretty seamless, and done very well on old computers. These days it's like they just grab the "robot object" or the "animal object" and mouse it over into the movie without even trying to match shading and lighting or the color palette.
Keep in mind that the CGI used in trailers is almost never what you'll see as the finished product in the actual movie. But yeah, 90% of it looks like crap these days. It's as if film peaked with Jurassic Park in '93. Digital colour correction is even worse. Even when movies are pretty good, I have a hard time watching all the fake looking colour schemes. Especially when they make everything washed out or dark so it can have 'atmosphere', but you can't see half of what's going on. At least this trailer looked nice and clear.
Looks good to me.
I say bring it on.
I'm not a Trekkie, but jj Abrams made even that watchable!
saw this at the pub
special edition
http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/30/the-star-wars-episode-vii-trailer-if-it-were-made-by-george-lucas/ (http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/30/the-star-wars-episode-vii-trailer-if-it-were-made-by-george-lucas/)
looks bad ass, and non-Jar Jar Binks-ish
The new teaser! Just outstanding. I love the music near the end of the clip. Squueee~!
wowowowow! I'm happy they have not screw it with the stormtroopers.
It may be early, and it's a lot of quick shots but at it doesn't have an overcooked-CGI look like the prequels had. Perhaps actually using real props instead of using CGI for everything gives a much better look and feel and probably also helps the actors appear less wooden.
I just love Star Wars... We watched it as a family when I was 12 or something, and I remember it being a big event.
Then when I was a fantastically nerdy middleschooler I read a ton of star wars fiction.
Only 245 more days (http://countdown.onlineclock.net/countdowns/starwars/)
It's looking good... Real good!
Can't wait.
OMG!
I feel like I'm 11 again. Can't wait for this!
I've been burned so many times and betrayed by George that I cannot allow myself to get excited by this.
Looking forward to it.
Hope it doesn't suck (IMO) like the prequels though.
I'm a little bit of a Star Wars geek.
Not geeky enough to have the dolls (Sorry, "Action Figures"), and stuff, but I was geeky enough to ask my (then) girlfriend for ALL the movies (1 - 6) for my birthday one year.
And she was geeky enough to know what I was talking about and to buy the right versions for me (She's also an EE).
I thought you were going to say you got your girlfried to dress up in that Leia outfit ;D
Quote from: raulduke on April 17, 2015, 04:37:02 AM
I thought you were going to say you got your girlfried to dress up in that Leia outfit ;D
This one?
"can I... touch your buns?" ;D
I am really getting jazzed. The new trailers *seem* to indicate that CGI is perhaps less of a role in the new film. I love me some CGI, but not everything in a scene other than human actors needs to be computer generated.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
It makes it easier for the actors to get into the role. One DC fanfic I read had a character planning on having actors voluntarily go through Martian Manhunter brain-massaging to *really* get into roles.
Matthew McConaughey was pretty moved by the latest teaser
Quote from: dont-tase-me-bro on November 30, 2014, 01:31:24 PM
looks bad ass, and non-Jar Jar Binks-ish
No Ewoks either! Yay! Really liked the first movie (Episode IV?) and lots of bits in others, but felt they became more and more like launch vehicles for video games, action figures and linked marketing by fast food chains as the story went on. After a while it seemed kinda formulaic too: some cute kids, a few wacky CGI characters, 1 broody lead, some serious supporting players, various interesting supporting races and some some cool military hardware linked together by a action scenes that translated well to video game levels and fitted within the overall crisis-driven story arc. I liked what JJ Abrams did with Star Trek though, so looking forward to this. Wasn't looking forward to Harrison Ford as an old Han Solo, but he looked great and "Chewie ... we're home" had me whooping and wanting more. I'm such a geek.