Pratt should have been Han Solo. That was my vote - would have been better as Han than the guy in Jurassic

Rip the bandaid off - new character completely.

Bond movies have done it again and again. Just need a charismatic lead actor. Pratt could do it for sure and there are others too. I like the mid 40's Jones that has some aches and pains (been there done that). Josh Holloway is another, Jeremy Renner, Daniel Craig, Idris Elba, Eric Bana, Michael Fassbender, Alexander Skarsgard, Karl Urban, Norman Reedus, Justin Theroux, Jensen Ackles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.........long list of actors that would fit and could pull it off with a good story.

What is wrong when they try to reboot some of these movies is they try and make it a "teen thing" by introducing "the next big up and coming 20 something" (IMO why Solo failed).......or they go the girl power route (latest ghostbusters) and or try and make it a political statement about gender or color equality. And no I'm not prejudice in either case. Bridesmaids was funny as hell and Black Panther rocked........because they didn't try and make an in your face politically correct statement.

Idris Elba would make a f'ing awesome Bond........because he has the swagger Bond needs to be........... Bond.

Alden Ehrenreich (Solo movie actor) has the charisma of a 13 year old adolescent boy. That's fine if you're going to do Young Indy I guess, but if you're continuing on with Jones as he "was" in the three movies - just get an actor with some chops and charisma and focus on the actual story.

This is pretty slick

Do you know how long it took him to make? Too bad George didn't focus on stuff like this in his remakes vs background CGI effects.

Don't know - this comes across as an old man just holding his own against a ruthless cyborg monster. I think it actually fits better and conveys where the two characters are at. Obi understands he has to pass the torch and this fight with Vader only reinforces that - he sees his opportunity with Luke watching and takes it. The original doesn't convey that..........unless you read really deep into steely gazes between a guy in a helmet and an old man.

The original scene is out of place in all the other movies.......and all other cannon for that matter.

I mean ALL the other movies (ESB ROTJ included) and even ANH itself. Vader was a bad ass. Staring at kenobi in that first battle is out of pace with every other single lightsaber duel and every other scene with Vader. The special additions - not sure it was lazy or genius greed. Not saying I liked them at all. But they made a crapload of money and there likely would be no Star Wars now without them. Good or bad, they kept the interest going.

Call the remakes Stern of the early 2000’s.

Silly Disney......

1979......we need to cash in on that star wars thing and create our own cash cow........lets do Black Hole (1979) - hmm that didn't work

1982......that star wars thing is still going strong (Empire 1980).....we need something to compete with Luke now!.......lets do Tron (1982) - IMO superior, but not a cash cow for Disney

2010.......those star wars prequels......they made money......what can we do - Tron Legacy! (still superior IMO, but not a cash cow)

2012........hmmmm lets shoot the farm and do John Carter.....Flop!

2012......screw it - lets just buy George Lucas and star wars!

2018......Dammit we've destroyed our golden goose!

I'm not sure how they could've screwed things up so bad to be honest. It shouldn't have been rocket science. They should have skipped the original characters and story and did old republic or done something new........if only there wasn't something they could've drawn on that fans would be behind......something like 3 decades of top selling stories and books......oh wait

Black Fleet Crisis
Dark Nest Trilogy
The Old Republic
Corellian Trilogy
Jedi Academy
Fate of the Jedi
Darth Bane trilogy
New Jedi Order
Thrawn Trilogy
xwing rogue squadron
yuuzhan vong

and about any other 500 fantastic books/stories. Guess they couldn't afford it after buying out Lucas???

Was in Disneyland over the weekend. Ya it's pretty but not much to so unless you are a big time fan. Also FANatics and even staff are a bit "out there". Not sure if they are being trained that way, but I asked a worker about an area that was under construction - I asked if it was going to be a new ride........I got the "what's a ride??". I chuckled a bit and started to walk away and got the "the resistance is working on something special and it will all be revealed in January" - ok whatever. They're gonna push away the casual fans if that's there approach.

Doesn't that depend on what you're in the mood for? Sometimes you want a quick game of Fishtales and sometimes you want a long game of TSPP. Both hold up well.

"aritistic" is kind of loaded. It's best left for people who need to dissect a media film as part of their education vs getting some friends together for some popcorn and nostalgia. Was Goonies "artistic"? Probably not. Lots of people still like rewatching it for the nostalgia fix.

There's room for both - one type isn't better than the other IMO.

Clone Wars and Rebels were both good. Rebels particularly in last couple seasons. The story arcs in Rebels are amazing. Felt way more invested in the core characters they developed there then anything that was done prequels and post-quels. The way they ended it could open up a complete story line with Thrawn and Ezra as well as incorporate Ahsoka. Filoni is fantastic.

Haven't taken the time to get into Resistance - it's looked like the most "kidish" to me though.

mandalorian ep1 - I guess was ok. What it actually did for me more than anything else was make me think and want more Firefly. Will wait and see how Ep2 pans out.

Firefly was fantastic.

What really stood out for me on Mandalorian was how "sparse" things were. Due to the budgets of the films my brain has been trained that the SW universe is bursting at the seams. It will take my brain some re-training.

And that was the beauty of Firefly. There was no background reference. It was ok for the firefly universe to be sparse and for the CG effects to be secondary. It was a true western in space.

Of course in addition the writing and chemistry between characters and the humor was fantastic as well.

There are literally 30 years of stories/books and video games outside the skywalker story line. The only thing in Disney's way moving forward is greed. They are focussed on ultra profitability of any story going forward vs just telling a story and making some respective $$. There's not much room for creativity in their wheel house.

I didn't hate TLJ - but didn't make much sense. Last time we saw luke the future was bright. Next time he's drinking green milk as a hermit. The problem and point being - they didn't take us along on that journey/story. And flash backs aren't gonna cut it. And the reason I have very little respect for Disney was that they wanted to cash in on the original trilogy and the stardom (hammil, ford, fisher), but they destroyed their characters. They could have easily created a new series........or a series after the original cast was not part of. But no.......they wanted to include them because we had nostalgia to those characters, but then they completely trampled on the nostalgia we held for those characters.

They were either completely clueless or someone literally thought - how can we cash in on all the 40 something years olds nostalgia.........but also lets piss them off by P*ssing all over what makes the original trilogy nostalgic for them.

Let's reboot Star Trek but make Kirk a p**sy. literally what disney did. And worse they had a completely blank and wide open canvas with 3 decades of stories to pull from..........and they gave us p**sy luke, mary popins leah, and bad dad/husband han.

Also - after two movies I have no emotional attachment to the characters they are trying to build new. Any of them could blow up in the first scene of ROS and no one would care.

I think you are missing a major point in that these events occur after the fall of the empire. You are correct - it's no longer a military vehicle. It's not being operated by the military. These are thugs that got a hold of an AT-ST. This would be like critiquing Mad Max because the race cars are no longer aero dynamic and aren't driven by trained professionals. They might not have represented it very well, but part of the thugs terror is to terrorize through the AT-ST as a monster. They aren't trying to attack as a military vehicle would. They are trying to leverage fear so are essentially dressing it up as a dinosaur to scare the villagers before shooting and killing them........cause then what. Who do they rob krill (sp - i don't know) if they've wiped out the village? They themselves are low level scavengers though that are not well trained or well organized. They simply were lucky enough to come across an AT-ST.

He has never taken his helmet off in front of somone....kind of like how some cultures wear turbans in public. They don't still sleep in them. How else would you think he eats other than removing his helmet???

Watching this might help understand why this episode went the route it went. I enjoyed it far more than episode 2 thats for sure.

Honestly its a better strategic move for the 1st season to be episodic. People are jumping in and out to see if its worth watching. If they need to watch each episode to understand - this kills it for them. This is compounded by Disney doing a weekly release vs netflix dump all at once approach.

Im hoping season 2 starts building in some bigger arcs.

Guardians of the Galaxy gave me the same vibes as SW OT. While it might not have been "original" because of the comics - it was a fresh take on the super hero movie for sure.........and was also actually stand alone in that there was no stupid cliff hanger at the end.

there's lots that have tried to be "new" but IMO failed out of the gate because instead of just making a great movie, they set their sites on making a great franchise out of the gate. They set themselves up for failure because they've got a road map with sequels, merchandise, etc, and no one's even watched or like the first movie yet.

I just hope this signals the end of the "make it up as you go" trilogy/franchise. Trilogies or even a large franchise can be fantastic if you know where its going at the outset. Making it up as you go is stupid. Changing directors through a trilogy/story arc also kind of stupid if you're trying to build interest/engagement with the characters. It is after all art. "hey Van Gogh........finish up this Rembrandt for us"

Yes - that was indeed the point.

Thought it would be more obvious to most........but hey, what evs.

And also movies back then........they weren't trying to build a franchise. Lucas himself effectively showed how massive the toy market could be but it was still an after thought. Meaning Han could shoot someone in a bar because it was more important to who he was as a character. But now - can't do that cause it makes the character less marketable in the franchise machine. You can't build characters for the sake of or for whats best for the story of that movie. You have to fit in what's the most marketable to the larger franchise. This is why Marvel was successful......they had the larger comic franchise to rely on to know what worked and what doesn't. Franchise and political correctness or statements. Imagine trying to develop a character for the sake of the story or the movie, but having to make fundamental decisions of male/female/lgbtq/race/religion...........and all while trying to be the "least" offensive to the common denominator so you can make the most $$.

Mandalorian - the last episode fell flat for me. Seemed really rushed. I know its only first season, but I've been re-watching Firefly. Yes the sets and effects on Firefly are laughable at times, but the story telling, acting, and character chemistry are light years ahead of anything Mandalorian is offering. I hope it improves on Season 2 or its going to be a pretty forgettable series real quick. Can't really give Mandalorian a pass as Firefly was a single season as well. By episode 2/3 of Firefly you're fully invested in the characters and story.

Seemed rushed - look this barge droid isn’t working.....wait now it is.

There’s storm troopers at the exit if the tunnel. I will make the ultimate sacrifice and blow myself up taking them all out...no they won’t shoot me when they see me walking out through the lava. Oh and despite taking out squadrons of storm troopers at the start of the episode and despite taking out a dozen baddies single handed in the first episode - my only option now is to self destruct.

We’ve got them cornered on the ropes in the cantina - let’s give them a few hours to sort things out.

Let’s send in one storm trooper with a flame thrower.

Can’t remember others but there were at least a few more really convenient plot points in this episode.

It was going in the right direction but the last ep was literally like last ep of GoT. Disconnected, convenient plot points for the sake of finishing the episode.

Why show a montage of the droid becoming a nanny to then just have home self destruct.

Let me spray this Bacta on your cracked skull - 5 minutes and you’ll be like new and we can totally disregard the tension we built around your very serious injury

I hate and don’t trust droids - five minutes later - no we need you!

It was weak all around.

I liked it actually. I mean they had 20 some odd years to explain. I think they did as good a job as they could.

Is there anything in cannon that for sure identifies Kenobi never leaves Tatooine? The worst thing they could do at this point would be to somehow throw a young Luke into the mix on this. People want Kenobi developed. Have him taken off Tatooine for whatever reason. By Kenobi's design, against his will, whatever. Make it NOTHING to do with the Skywalker saga. Hell tie it to deep space and Ezra story line .........anything but staying in the ruts of the story we know. What's the point if you do - we already know the outcome. Makes for pretty anticlimactic story telling.

It is kind of crazy that Disney payed for the SW universe and only seems to be able to focus on a 50 year period of time in that universe.

Imagine buying Pixar to only make movies about Buzz and Woody.

There are literally 40 years of novels and comic adaptions to pull from. They shot themselves in the foot de-canonizing a bunch of stuff. Don’t really know why either. Probably had something to do with $$

I’d like to see more Kenobi but at the same time realize it would be forced and contrived. If KK is at the helm she needs to take a step back and take a big breath to see the infinite possibilities they could be drawing on.

For Trek I think Discovery tried to do this. I think the Spore drive is an attempt that let's them dabble in the "familiarity" of the established Trek universe while having the freedom to create something new. It's just been poorly executed in some's view........but TBH those people might just be looking for another Kirk vs something fresh. Regardless - Trek has taken much more risk at creating something new over SW though. The audience is actually part of the problem though. Call it Kirk syndrome or Jedi syndrome.

Yes and no.......simply because while people might not like something - they don't all dislike or like it for the same reason. Particularly Art, Music, Movies, Entertainment. That was the point - some people aren't going to like Trek because its not Kirk (remember the hate the next generation got early on), while others are going to hate it because its the same old Trek. Some will hate SW without a Jedi centric story, while others are bored and don't want any Jedi. What I will say though is as someone noted above - when to try to satisfy everyone you don't please anyone.

Picard is simply following the pacing set by shows like GoT. Not saying I agree with it, but it will never be the old trek again.

The problem with Star Wars - Stop building on a theme and start telling an engaging story. They've put the theme at the forefront. That Star Wars "heart" column needs to be in the background and not the foreground - and some of it should be left out movie to movie. When they start from a point of "our story HAS TO include these themes" it becomes forced, it becomes formulaic, and people will compare it to the others before it. The theme needs to be consistent yes.......in the background, but the story needs to be its own unique thing. And when the theme is at the forefront and is consistent then the stories also become consistent, boring, and will be picked apart for their inconsistencies against the earlier movies. If you look at the Rogue Squadron or Thrawn series, those things are there, but are in the background. Many of the popular books focus around TOS main characters - so yes popular. But the others as well take a character and put them at the front of the story vs fitting them into a formulaic theme.

IMO you can put that at Anthony Mackie's feet. They guy has as much energy as a dead fish.......in anything I've seen him in (including as the Falcon). He's just boring.

Here's hoping he doesn't kill Falcon and Winter Soldier series, but he's a lame duck IMO

I enjoyed Picard for what it was.

But the real star that’s absolutely kicking it right now is Westworld!

I you want to watch a complete dud then sit through the 8 episodes or DEVS. This should have been an hour black mirror installment. Same blond chick that’s in Picard too.

You need to look at the timeline and see how they animated her in Rebels. She's older in the Mando timeline. As far as an earlier version - would either have to be pre clone wars launch.......or yet more stories from the clone wars. Personally while I've enjoyed the clone wars arc - enough. Mainly because we already know all the outcomes.

Build a new story arc where we don't know what's going happen. Even the Mando is going to suffer from this somewhat. Go old republic or go forward past Skywalker saga. So much untapped potential and would be so much less baggage and expectations to manage.

It needs a fresh look.

The same could be said for Rebels. I'd have much rather seen a trilogy of Ezra in the Unknown Regions vs what we got with Rey/Skywalker. Can you imagine that - there was limitless potential with very little "baggage" there! Would have required more effort, but likely less $$ from Disney.......but they would have also had to have been brave as there's some more risk to draw in viewers. But ultimately this is why SW's is "sucking". It's all a rehash and too much room for people to poke holes in the continuity. Leave the current characters and time frame alone...........so many other opportunities to explore.

They have well thought out TV shows - they're just animated. Seriously watch Rebels. Ezra with Thrawn should get their own trilogy in the Unknown Regions.....its all there in place. Star Wars just needs to do it.

Don't need Lucas. Filoni has surpassed Lucas' vision while staying true to core fans.

Depends if you're a history buff or an explorer. Anything prequel related - you know the outcome. So you are a diehard star wars fan who appreciates filling in the full historic details in great clarity.

But a bunch of other people like the exploration of a new story, new characters where they don't know the outcome. Who lives who dies who's father is who's father.

Exploring the history in great detail often drives divisiveness though. People have filled in the gaps with their own beliefs and backstories and are now being told "this is the way it happened". Some will be happy and some won't.

Personally I'd much rather see Ezra, Ahsoka and Thrawn in the Unkown Regions than a history lesson - but to each their own.

And at some point the well dries up. Vader and Skywalker are great characters but can only be developed so far. Comics got around this with multiverse and time travel concepts. Star Wars has already dabbled in time travel in Rebels.......had to resort to clones in the last movie. The Star Wars universe is infinite with so many story opportunities. IMHO - time to put the trilogy era and characters to rest for a while.

Johnson tried something different or went in a different direction by literally sh*ting on everything core fans hold dear. Luke was built up in the movies and in every canon and non canon installment to be a somewhat flawed but noble and strong character. Johnson turned him into a whiny bitch. You can't take a "different" direction by crapping on your core audience.

Forget girl power - Star Trek Discovery is on to non binary gender power now! Hollywood is so desperate to be Woke they've lost track of who any of their fans are. They no longer understand who they're entertaining.

Both boys and girls liked Luke......yes a higher proportion of boys did....but so what.

Hunger games appealed more to young girls.......great!

Why have a movie/tv show that tries to swim upstream of what it's fanbase is?.......cause then you have no fan base.

But that is the problem. They introduce a non binary character just to make a statement. There was no actual story around the character at all. That was the point of the post.

Cancel culture at its best. Too bad. I really liked her and she was doing a lot more for strong female characters than the billions sunk into sequels through Daisy Ridley.

It’s all about profits. You can say whatever the fuck you want as long as it doesn’t hurt the corporation’s profits.

Does she? Maybe in title only. Seems like she doesn't have nearly the pull she did. Plus she was just making shit business decisions. She wasn't out posting shit in social media.

It's not extra footage - its essentially a completely different movie. 30 minutes of the new 4 hour run time are consistent from what was "originally" started. It wasn't just a swap out of Snyder for Wedon. The movie was drastically changed/re-written by Wedon to make it PG and take a different tone. I'm at least hopeful. It's still going to have flaws......but should certainly be much better than what was released to theaters.

Because DC is dark. I'm ok with that. I don't want everything to be like marvel. That would get boring quick.

But if Sup's did that there'd be no premise for BvsS. I was re-watching Ultron yesterday - same could be said about Hulks rampage midway through the movie. yes that played into justification for civil war......but same deal as Batman V Superman.

And everyone gets their opinion both ways. Was one of the best live action batman movies IMO. Not because of the Vs Supe crap. That fight scene of Batman in the warehouse was the closest anyone has come to capturing the comic and animated series fight scenes. Best of any

ummmm haven't all the recent super hero movies been a rip off of something already written or animated?

I watched it. A little long and yes some of the visuals were drawn out for the sake of visuals. But overall was pretty good I thought.

Epilogue - Either the scene with deathstroke and Luthor OR the one at the very end was needed. Not both. That’s my only real nitpick. Oh - also still don’t like how they portrayed Flash in any of the versions.

For sure this movie made the most sense and overall the characters were the most enjoyable.

Will be interesting to see if they continue on with Snyder and what he set up. Probably not - they’ll keep trying to mirror 100% marvel/Disney.....which is stupid.

You could also just go watch justice league dark: apocalypse war - which would be a sequel to this movie as far as how the story continues.

Overall - I feel like Afleck god so screwed on this by DC. I liked him as the Bat. Suited the character more than any of the previous live action actors IMO.

He’s already explained it and was made very clear in any announcements running into this. Not saying I liked it either but didn’t ruin it for me. After 5 minutes in a properly lit room - I didn’t even notice it.

Umm I don’t think you’re going to enjoy anything that has Snyder’s name on it regardless.