Just saw it, and for someone that stood in line for the first trilogy in the 80s, I think it was very good and more true to those than I thought they could ever get it!
The humor was great, the nostalgia was on overload :) The story tied up a lot more than I thought it would given that two other movies are scheduled. There were really only one or two items that are left apparently unresolved. -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 9:25 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review I don't think the empire worries about OSHA or carries a large workers comp policy. Steve D wrote: > Well, a planet sized base doesn't get built in thirty years with > things like "safety" and "security" getting in the way. > Sheesh, we're trying to be efficient here. > > Side note, this is my numero uno film of the year and ain't nobody > talkin' me out of that. It was fun and it was all that I wanted in a > new SW film! > > -Steve D > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com > <mailto:cc...@wispmon.com>> wrote: > > Or not build bottomless pits with precarious bridges and no > handrails. > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Jay Weekley > <par...@cyberbroadband.net <mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>> wrote: > > You would think they would learn how to protect their reactors > better. > > Chuck McCown wrote: > > Bigger, same weakness. > > -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:45 PM > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > I heard there is a new death star. > > Adam Moffett wrote: > > Something about the pacing was weird.� > > I enjoyed the little insights into the lives of storm > troopers. > > You are right about repeated themes though....Ray > (sp?) is the new Luke.� Luke is the new Yoda.� Old > Han Solo is the new Han Solo.� The story is all > about "the resistance" against the new empire so that > the good guys can remain underdogs.� The Republic is > talked about, but seen only briefly. > > I would have liked them to have drawn upon on Timothy > Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy for inspiration. > > > Star Wars > OK, I was there at the beginning, watching it with > my girlfriend and her family.� So old and jaded > for certain.� > � > If you saw that original one one, you also saw > this new one.� Just retooled.� Same thematic > elements, story arc, crisis etc etc.� > Some of the scenes could have been shared.� Just > no garbage compactor, but there is reference to it.� > � > Sorry but it sure as hell is not worth standing in > line to see.� > I got free tickets, and it was barely worth the > price of admission.� > > > > > > > >
