there are way more than 2 items left unanswered! On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote:
> 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.� > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
