SW - Episode 7: Mary Sue wakes up but there's no coffee. RAGE.

[Ironwood]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I don't want ANYONE to think I'm slagging off any of the Actors.  Every single one of them (and I mean Everyone) was better than being in those turds.  Even the fucking dude that decided to be a lawyer instead.

Christopher Lee was clearly paying the mortgage and I respect that utterly.

[Johny Cee]

Christopher Lee was clearly paying the mortgage and I respect that utterly.

Woah, woah, woah.  The prequels weren't very good, but Christopher Lee has done far, far, FAR worse shit.  Besides a zillion B-movies with sets made from cardboard and the awful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory unnecessary and terrible reboot, can we forget:



Not pictured:  His three nipples, solar death array/energy source thing, or his midget butler.

[HaemishM]

You do not diss the Man with the Golden Gun, motherfucker. I will cut a bitch.

[Ingmar]

British actors who will take any role offered to them and give no fucks is a time-honored tradition. See also: Caine, Michael and Hopkins, Anthony.

[eldaec]

Man with the golden gun isn't even in the bottom half of bond films.

[Merusk]

British actors who will take any role offered to them and give no fucks is a time-honored tradition. See also: Caine, Michael and Hopkins, Anthony.

<Caine's quote about the house Jaws 4 built goes here. >

Jackson has taken a similar attitude, as would I if ever I were to become an actor.  I've got bills to pay and they've got money.  <Lum's Bagel & Insurance quote here>

[Ironwood]

Hey, what was wrong with Scaramanga ?

I thought that wasn't a bad Bond film...

But yeah, he's done worse.  (I don't like Wickerman.  I know, I know, stop shouting, I don't like it.)

[Shannow]

You do not diss the Man with the Golden Gun, motherfucker. I will cut a bitch.

Queue starts here!

[Sir T]

But yeah, he's done worse.  (I don't like Wickerman.  I know, I know, stop shouting, I don't like it.)

The Nicholas Cage movie?  *runs*

But yeah you can tell when an actor is having a ball. He had a bit part in Gremlins II and you could tell he was having a ball in that one. Totally silly movie but balls of fun.

I saw Micheal Caine on Parkinson once and Caine admitted quite openly that the majority of the movies he had made were crap, but had paid the bills. Parkinson asked him what was the worst movie he had ever made, and after a second's thought Caine said "The Swarm," not just because it was utter garbage, but they kept the bees trapped in their hive between takes. Bees don't go to the loo inside their hives, so when they let them out to go on the rampage, the first thign they did was find something to go relieve themselves on, so after a few takes their lab coats were stained a light shade of brown. Its sad when your movie is so bad that even the Bees shit all over you...

[WayAbvPar]

Hey, what was wrong with Scaramanga ?

I thought that wasn't a bad Bond film...

But yeah, he's done worse.  (I don't like Wickerman.  I know, I know, stop shouting, I don't like it.)

Not even the Britt Eklund scene? Because DAMN.

[angry.bob]

Yeah, anytime I've heard someone ask Micheal Caine about why he felt he should do a movie he's given some variation of "Well, I read the script and felt that I like to buy things so fuckit". I've always really liked Micheal Caine, even in some terrible stuff.

[Lakov_Sanite]

My cocaine.

[Draegan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNiC9iKM0Q

Oh look. Some asshole decided to film on location and not use special effects for creatures. Film is ruined.

[Merusk]

Heh, it's funny because I saw an article slamming The Hobbit for being Prequels II yesterday.  Seems the last movie is being filmed almost entirely in front of a green screen.

[Nevermore]

I'll just leave this here since it doesn't really warrant its own thread (yet).

[Lakov_Sanite]

Heh, it's funny because I saw an article slamming The Hobbit for being Prequels II yesterday.  Seems the last movie is being filmed almost entirely in front of a green screen.

I saw some pictures, seeing that much green makes me cringe.

[Simond]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNiC9iKM0Q

Oh look. Some asshole decided to film on location and not use special effects for creatures. Film is ruined.

Every time I see him on video now I can't help but think he should be holding pieces of kaiju or one of Ron Perlman's shoes. 

[Ironwood]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNiC9iKM0Q

Oh look. Some asshole decided to film on location and not use special effects for creatures. Film is ruined.

Rather awesome wee vid.  Also marks the first time I've seen that chap talking and haven't wanted to punch him.  (Not for his movies or anything like that, it's just he always sets off my douchebag radar.  Don't know why.)

[Cyrrex]

Because he looks like a smug douchebag.  I don't know if he is, but he sure looks it.

[Ginaz]

Casting update.  It looks like Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie are now in.

http://blogs.canoe.ca/projectionist/movies/star-wars-episode-vii-adds-lupita-nyongo-and-game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie/

[Shannow]

Leaked pics from set ..

[Lakov_Sanite]

I think with how tight they assuredly are keeping things locked down, anything released can be put in quotations as "leaked".

[Surlyboi]

Rian Johnson of Looper and Brick to write and direct episodes Eight and Nine.

Johnson will take over the core film franchise, and he’ll get started quickly and this will be his preoccupation for quite awhile. Technically, he’ll write that second treatment but the intention on both sides is that he direct the two installments.

From his twitter page comes this... https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/480056853435396096

[Lakov_Sanite]

That twitter post alone gives me confidence.

[Abagadro]

The whole movie will be about Han and Luke trying to catch a fly in the cargo hold of the MF.

[Lakov_Sanite]

The whole movie will be about Han and Luke trying to catch a fly in the cargo hold of the MF.

I'd watch that in a heartbeat.

[shiznitz]

The whole movie will be about Han and Luke trying to catch a fly in the cargo hold of the MF.

Make it shoot a fly with blasters in a magneticallly shielded spherical room and it will win an Oscar.

[DraconianOne]

New request for charity support featuring a pretty clear view of an updated version of an OT ship.  (Possible spoiler?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWBGrkc360M

Observations:


EDIT: link fixed after unnecessary snark.

[Shannow]

Here's the video for those who actually want to see it

[Cyrrex]

Odd that it only appears to have two engines.  Has two lasers on each side, though, so I assume those thing split apart into X-foils somehow.  Until I saw the lasers, I was thinking it was an old Z95 Headhunter.

/endnerd

[Lantyssa]

Either the engines split or it is based on the Z-95.

Meepeep!

(I really need to do my roomba-mouse droid conversion kit idea some day.)

[DraconianOne]

Odd that it only appears to have two engines.  Has two lasers on each side, though, so I assume those thing split apart into X-foils somehow.  Until I saw the lasers, I was thinking it was an old Z95 Headhunter.

/endnerd

Yes, it does - but the original McQuarrie art looked like this:



and this is a model based on the prototype (allegedly) built for the studio by McQuarrie and Joe Johnston

[Cyrrex]

Oooooh, yeah, it looks like that.  I had forgotten that the nacelles have looked like that in some versions.  Am used to seeing fully round ones on each wing.

Headhunters only have hardpoints for a single laser on each wing, so it couldn't have been one of those anyway I think.

[Riggswolfe]

My guess is they used McQuarrie's design as a tribute and will explain it in the movie as a refit of the old X-wings.

[angry.bob]

The wings look like they split at the outboard side of the engines into a front half and a back half.