Rogue One <assume spoilers>

\\OFF-TOPIC// conversations about everything that has nothing to do with Conquer Club.

Moderator: Community Team

Forum rules
Please read the Community Guidelines before posting.
User avatar
2dimes
Posts: 13139
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: Pepperoni Hug Spot.

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by 2dimes »

I found a pretty good YouTube about all the CGI revived characters. It explained how they used an actor to get the movements then used a computer to put the characters face on the actor. Even showed a picture of the Swedish actress that did the Leia scene. I think they might have been able to just make her up as Leia.

As for the blind monk.

show
User avatar
riskllama
Posts: 9032
Joined: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:50 pm
Location: deep inside Queen Charlotte.

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by riskllama »

a "number" of jedi survived order 66... ;)
Image
User avatar
jusplay4fun
Posts: 8399
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:21 pm
Gender: Male
Location: Virginia

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by jusplay4fun »

2dimes,

Yes, I agree that:

1) the blind warrior is an interesting character;

2) I would like to have learned more about him in the movie, but character development was NOT a chief concern in the movie;

3) whether he is a Jedi is unclear in the movie.

JP4Fun

2dimes wrote:I found a pretty good YouTube about all the CGI revived characters. It explained how they used an actor to get the movements then used a computer to put the characters face on the actor. Even showed a picture of the Swedish actress that did the Leia scene. I think they might have been able to just make her up as Leia.

As for the blind monk.

show
User avatar
jusplay4fun
Posts: 8399
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:21 pm
Gender: Male
Location: Virginia

Re: SPOILER Alert for Discussion of Movie: Rouge One

Post by jusplay4fun »

When I first posted this in the WRONG Forum, I did NOT realize it was in the wrong place or that there were TWO others here in this Forum. I will request that this one be merged or eliminated.

I will no longer post here. Sorry for the confusion that I may have created.


BTW: the two others have good discussions going on. One goes off on several "maybe" tangents and has lots to consider, so much so that I have not had a chance to respond and reply intelligently.

Mike JP4Fun
User avatar
Dukasaur
Community Team
Community Team
Posts: 28223
Joined: Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:49 pm
Location: Beautiful Niagara

Re: SPOILER Alert for Discussion of Movie: Rouge One

Post by Dukasaur »

jusplay4fun wrote:When I first posted this in the WRONG Forum, I did NOT realize it was in the wrong place or that there were TWO others here in this Forum. I will request that this one be merged or eliminated.

I will no longer post here. Sorry for the confusion that I may have created.


BTW: the two others have good discussions going on. One goes off on several "maybe" tangents and has lots to consider, so much so that I have not had a chance to respond and reply intelligently.

Mike JP4Fun

There's no need whatsoever to apologise. Duplicate topics pop up in this forum all the time.

However, for convenience, I've merged the two topics as we discussed yesterday.

Happy spoiling...:D
“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire
User avatar
jusplay4fun
Posts: 8399
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:21 pm
Gender: Male
Location: Virginia

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by jusplay4fun »

A weapon that can destroy an entire planet with ONLY ONE strike SHOULD get some attention, RIGHT? That makes for a GREAT Star War focal point, I M O.....

JP4Fun

2dimes wrote:Why does everyone whine about Star Wars plots revolving around the Deathstar? What sould the plot revolve around a broken sand speeder?
User avatar
macbone
Posts: 6217
Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:12 pm
Gender: Male
Location: Running from a cliff racer
Contact:

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by macbone »

Yeah, Donnie Yen's character even says, "There are no Jedi any more."

With Star Wars, different characters are force-sensitive. He did things like fight an entire squad of stormtroopers, walk where blaster bolts weren't, and shoot a TIE fighter out of the sky. I'd say he was force-sensitive, like Leia and Han, and perhaps he could have been trained as a Jedi, but he wasn't a Jedi.

Image

And just because Chirrut isn't a Jedi, that doesn't mean he's not a complete badass character in Rogue One. I'm telling you, this dude is awesome. He marches through a horde of Stormtroopers shooting their blasters and deflects every shot with his cool, magical walking stick. He can sense when someone is about to kill. And he shoots a freaking Tie Fighter out of the sky with a bazooka-like weapon without even being able to see it. So no, Chirrut isn't a Jedi, but he might as well be. We know that, in the Star Wars universe, people can be super strong with the Force and still not be Jedi (Ahsoka Tano for example), but at this point in the timeline, the Jedi are few. Still, seeing another character in the franchise able to wield Force powers make Rogue One all the more fun and magical, and yes, a bit more badass.


https://www.bustle.com/articles/200282- ... tal-badass

The CGI-ed actor scenes were a bit off-putting, but that's not the first time Peter Cushing got that treatment. His CGI Moff Tarkin also appears at the end of Revenge of the Sith, too (although less believable in that film).

Image

I went into Rogue One with zero expectations, and I really liked it! It's no Empire, but I liked it as much as The Force Awakens, and it was better than any of the prequel trilogy. K-2SO was brilliant. He reminded me of HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic, although not as murdery.
User avatar
2dimes
Posts: 13139
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: Pepperoni Hug Spot.

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by 2dimes »

K-2SO was pretty cool. "Kind of an anti C-3PO."

macbone wrote:although not as murdery.


Tell that to the families of the big piles of recently deceased storm troopers he left behind in several scenes.
User avatar
macbone
Posts: 6217
Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:12 pm
Gender: Male
Location: Running from a cliff racer
Contact:

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by macbone »

True, true, but HK-47 is even more violent. =) A selection of his dialogue:

"There is a faction of meatbags called the Sith. They want what any rational meatbag would want – the power to assassinate anyone they choose at any time."

"Droids tend to blend into the background, like a bench or a card table. Mockery: Droid, fetch this. Droid, translate that. Droid, clean out the trash compactor. Part of the love of my function comes when the ‘furnishings’ pull out tibanna-powered rifles and point them at the owners' heads."

"Observation: I am a droid, master, with programming. Even if I did not enjoy killing, I would have no choice. Thankfully, I enjoy it very much."

"Answer: There are a lot of politicians on Coruscant, Master. I could spend decades slaughtering them and still not make a dent."

"Commentary: Your former pupil is efficient and brutal, even for an organic. I rather liked him when you first introduced me to him. If I had known what he would do to you, master, I would have gladly removed his entrails right then!"

"Commentary: The meatbag speaks without clarity. Detail this agreement or the master will splatter your organs all over the floor!"

But yeah, K-2 is a lot more personable. =)
User avatar
2dimes
Posts: 13139
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: Pepperoni Hug Spot.

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by 2dimes »

Did anyone even notice C2-B5 ? I totally missed it.
User avatar
Symmetry
Posts: 9255
Joined: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:49 am

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by Symmetry »

macbone wrote:Yeah, Donnie Yen's character even says, "There are no Jedi any more."

With Star Wars, different characters are force-sensitive. He did things like fight an entire squad of stormtroopers, walk where blaster bolts weren't, and shoot a TIE fighter out of the sky. I'd say he was force-sensitive, like Leia and Han, and perhaps he could have been trained as a Jedi, but he wasn't a Jedi.

Image

And just because Chirrut isn't a Jedi, that doesn't mean he's not a complete badass character in Rogue One. I'm telling you, this dude is awesome. He marches through a horde of Stormtroopers shooting their blasters and deflects every shot with his cool, magical walking stick. He can sense when someone is about to kill. And he shoots a freaking Tie Fighter out of the sky with a bazooka-like weapon without even being able to see it. So no, Chirrut isn't a Jedi, but he might as well be. We know that, in the Star Wars universe, people can be super strong with the Force and still not be Jedi (Ahsoka Tano for example), but at this point in the timeline, the Jedi are few. Still, seeing another character in the franchise able to wield Force powers make Rogue One all the more fun and magical, and yes, a bit more badass.


I kind of took it as a tribute to the old blind samurai films. Zatoichi and all that. The original films drew on Kurusawa's ideas, like the whole Episode 4/Hidden Fortress thing.
the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it- Albert Einstein
User avatar
Dukasaur
Community Team
Community Team
Posts: 28223
Joined: Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:49 pm
Location: Beautiful Niagara

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by Dukasaur »

test
“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire
User avatar
2dimes
Posts: 13139
Joined: Wed May 31, 2006 1:08 pm
Location: Pepperoni Hug Spot.

Re: Rogue One <assume spoilers>

Post by 2dimes »

5 by 5
Post Reply

Return to “Acceptable Content”