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Nepia

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holy shit. The Star Wars teaser trailers get better and better. This movie is going to make all of the money
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All this hype is starting to worry me ... I don't want to feel the disappointment of The Phantom Menace again.
 
Hopefully Abrahms doesn't blow this ... and no freaking lens flare!

mariner4life

Episode 1 is the 16th highest grossing film of all time, and that's without adjusting for inflation.
 
This will beat that, easy.
 
I am willing to bet any amount of money i enjoy this movie. I am willing to bet any amount of money you will find a shit ton of people who hate it, based purely on their prejudice before they step into the theatre (waaaah, it's not the Empire Strikes Baaack, look how fucking sophisticated i aaaammm, pay attention to me dammit!). BUT, they will still step in to the theatre, and that gross will be enormous. 
 
Star Wars does funny things to people. There is no way Abrahms doesn't know this, he's well aware of the feelings towards the prequels, he isn't going to make a piece of shit, it'll destroy him.

Virgil

As long as George Lucas stayed the fuck away during the writing and production stage, then it should be ok.
You can picture him ringing asking Abrahams if hes included Jar Jar or something fucken stupid.
 
My guess is they had a picture of Lucas at the gate with strict instructions to keep him the fuck away from the set.

Nepia

I don't care how much money it makes (it will make bucketloads) - I just want it to be a good film. The Phantom Menace actually went bloody close to being good (Darth Maul, Podrace etc).
 
I think they've decided on less CGI this time round too.

raznomore

They have actual backgrounds in the trailers. As in the black dude in that first reveal was actually in real sand dunes. Not stupid green screen sets like in the prequels.

raznomore

Edit: Is this a repost? I seriously thought this would have gotten a few comments.
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Fucken yeah!

Tim

That looks quite entertaining. Reminds me of Manborg.

You may also want to check the upcoming series Moonbeam City. It looks nagel-tastic.

taniwharugby

Crucial

I don't get Batman v Superman. I mean one guy has super powers and bullets bounce off him, can fly at supersonic speeds etc and the other is just a human in a suit that can fight.
 
Seriously, Superman should be able to zoom up to Batman and before he even realises it smack him once and obliterate him.
 
Or have I got this all wrong?

taniwharugby

Superman sucks! 
 
But yeah, otherwise agree; I prefer Batman, but ultimately Batman is just a super-well organised vigilante!
 
Not to mention they are both 'good' so why would they fight??

Nepia

I assume it's like the Avengers when they fight early and then join together to defeat the big bad.
 
Hopefully it's better than the last Dark Knight and Superman: Man of Shit. (Ducks for cover).

raznomore

Superman needs to have other worldly villains to fight otherwise its all bullshit shit really.
 
His conscience is the only thing that stops him from ripping people apart. We are all sick of goody goods and want to see Superman go tits out a la Wolverine rage type stuff.

taniwharugby

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I assume it's like the Avengers when they fight early and then join together to defeat the big bad.
 
Hopefully it's better than the last Dark Knight and Superman: Man of Shit. (Ducks for cover).
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Yeah I assume so 'Dawn of Justice', but thats if Superman doesnt kill Batman straight off, as he could...unless Alfred whips him up a suit made of kryptonite!

Paekakboyz

Great mash up of the latest Star Wars trailer with Matt M's performance in Interstellar... gold!

Virgil

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="485766" data-time="1429320901">. We all want to see some tits out .</blockquote>
 
God me too

Kirwan

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I don't get Batman v Superman. I mean one guy has super powers and bullets bounce off him, can fly at supersonic speeds etc and the other is just a human in a suit that can fight.
 
Seriously, Superman should be able to zoom up to Batman and before he even realises it smack him once and obliterate him.
 
Or have I got this all wrong?
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Read this;
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429482163&sr=8-1&keywords=frank+miller+dark+knight'>http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429482163&sr=8-1&keywords=frank+miller+dark+knight</a>
 
The point of how Batman can beat Superman is not when the fight starts, it's the preparation that Batman does before the other guy even knows he's about have a fight. Batman basically has a plan on how to kill every member of the Justice League in case they go rogue - including Superman.
 
Even if you are just going by the movies Richard Pryor and Gene Hackman kicked Superman's arse for parts of those stories.

Kirwan

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Yeah I assume so 'Dawn of Justice', but thats if Superman doesnt kill Batman straight off, as he could...unless Alfred whips him up a suit made of kryptonite!
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That's kind of the point of the ending of Man of Steel and much of the history of the comics, Superman doesn't like to kill people. Combine that with they kryptonite (and I guess magic, if they are including Wonder Woman as her sword can cut Superman) he has a weakness that can be exploited.
 
He's often not that bright either.

antipodean

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He's often not that bright either.
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He did grow up on a farm in Iowa...

mariner4life

Watched a couple over the weekend.
 
Finally got around to watching "Rush" and i am still undecided what i thought of it. What kind of movie was it? Sports? Comedy? Drama? At times i thought i was watching a parody. And Lauda sounded Dutch. So much contrived "drama" and "conflict". Still, there was cars, and titties, and it I wasn't bored. But nowhere near as good as i thought it was going to be. I guess the source material was pretty weak, weren't Hunt and Lauda mates in the end?
 
And last night i watched "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and it was, ok i guess? Looked pretty cool, Fassbender is an excellent distinguished villian. Normally, i am not one who looks for holes in movies, and can easily ignore them if they aren't too gaping, and don't mess up the plot. But movies with time travel in them are fraught with danger, and so much of this one had me saying "hang on, what about...". Add in retconning about 5 movies so that they basically never happened, and it finished with thinking it was all a bit bullshit. Sure, they now have a clean slate to start with, and they can choose what characters they roll with from here, but to get there they basically had to create a confusing mess, and hope we all forget about it.

raznomore

Saw Fast 7 last night. 
It is completely fucking stupid but I loved it. It's not an easy film to watch with a brain in your head so don't bother bringing it. 
The Paul Walker factor, regardless of whether you were a fan of his or not(I'm am/was not) is bloody sad. That does not give anything away. 
Think Bad Boys 2. So much happening you can't keep up with what's stupid or not. There are some odd directions they went in regarding how they used particular cast members but again it's not Shakespeare. 
7/10

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