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No idea how it got the green light, but glad it did. Ridiculous concept? Sure, but still a lot of fun.
I would say that scene was a special effect of some kind.
I wouldn't call this a reboot, its just an extension of what we were seeing in Avengers, particularly the dynamic between Hulk and Thor. They may have taken it a bit far, on one hand though the interaction of Thor and Hulk and the building up of the comedy we were already seeing in small bits worked well for the movie. However I still hold that the villain was harmed by this take.
JL had a massive budget lol It already cost more than Ant-Man before Snyder was replaced and millions were spent on reshoots..and this is before the huge cost of marketing.
I am still chuckling a little that you compared it to JL as if those films would have comparable expectations lol
It will earn a profit and likely finish ahead of the prior film..so profit for the least popular character of the current crop of Marvel films.
Alien 3 without question.
Because why would the stormtroopers be diverse..and everyone else not..We don't just see a few officers..we see staff through three films, multiple ships, bases and two deathstars..they all did not wear masks. Its really not much of a leap to assume the stormtroopers would follow..its actually more of one to assume they would not follow this. The movie does not have to tell you this when its made plain. Rebels were more diverse from gender aliens and yes while Lando is just one guy he still gives the impression of a diverse group and he was a guy given rank and important mission. Nothing about the Empire showed a diverse group.
So going from OT to the trailer for TFA it is not remotely a stretch to be surprised and see it as an inconsistency..because it is a visual inconsistency with OT films that immediately precede that movie. I am merely stating to pretend there is no basis for that belief is absurd.
But lets just pretend that the Stormtroopers were diverse during OT even though there is no evidence of this during those films. So the impression is no nonwhite human has risen to a level to go without a helmet? That still gives the impression of a certain level of bigotry based on skin color. You can fight for me, but keep that damn helmet on, you don't match.
Its really a not a big deal, in the end the character is the issue not his skin color, which is easily explained away regardless.
I was trying to remember if there was another non white first order character, even in the background of TFA. But I had the impression they were still a pretty white group that felt the need to place a female stormtrooper in a shiny outfit to further enhance that she is not the norm.
It seems unlikely the stormtroopers were different though, clone troopers were not the same as stormtroopers. They were the last remnants of the old republic, much like the non humans that worked with Palpatine there is no reason to believe any clone made the transition to stormtroopers by the time OT starts. There is no reason based on the make up of the Empire to believe the stormtroopers would be a diverse group as opposed to the many, many,many unmasked members of the rest of the military we saw.
SO going from the OT, with PT being a different time period and prior to a full purge of unwanted people from a fledgling Empire, it would be a visual inconsistency. A relatively minor thing in the scheme of things, but still as I said..even the smallest things changed can be big things when there is an already an existing fan base.
It’s a visual thing while the Rebels did become more diverse in appearance as the movies went along the Empire stayed distinctly white and male. Even the books I am not sure they ever described any imperial as anything other than white if they bothered at all. In fact at least as far as sexes are concerned it pointed how unusual Admiral Daala was. So one could infer that the bigotry could extend to human variations as well.
As with any film that has an established fan base, any inconsistency is ripe for criticism. Whether that be differences from book, from a previous film, to even silly stuff like James Bonds hair color.
You are right though the empires issues really showed as being more bigoted towards non humans.
Lol wow you are really reaching here. Racist sentiment lol. Empire basically Nazis, previous OT films established a fairly consistent lack of diversity to this Nazi like group, First Order has all the trappings of the Empire, black stormtrooper inconsistent with what was seen before, thus some criticism that most moved on from years ago. Not remotely the same as saying there shouldn’t be a black character or hero, neither of which is new to Star Wars or that black people are inferior whatever they else you tried to stretch that criticism into.
Basically you are like some people that it boils down too if you don’t like Finn you are racist and if criticize Rey you are sexist.
I think the only issue with Finn's color was simply he was a Stormtrooper and the Empire (First Order) didn't seem like an inclusive bunch so when Disney led with that image in the trailer..he had reactions related to what people saw as an inconsistency not that a black man shouldn't be in Star Wars or be a key character. As for Rey, we already had strong female characters in SW, Rey was not breaking any ground here so the primary issue has always been how she was written, not that she IS female.
Now when I say this I am talking about the majority, not the tiny group of troll troublemakers and racist/sexist people that are out there that may toss a comment into the works to cause trouble.
You can check her out in Touching Evil (1997-1999) It’s on Amazon Prime in the US. She was in Spooks also called MI-5 (2002-2011). She started that show in 2003.
I hope not, its such an obvious money grab and adds little to the overall story. Deathly Hallows could have and should have been completed in one film. I still have not finished the Hunger Games because it was split in two. Twilight, a film series not very good to begin with just made the torture worse splitting the last film. Divergent may never be finished because of that thinking. Even The Hobbit was made worse by stretching it out.
Two Chapters is enough for IT.
The Fifth Element is a fun film, a B movie with grade A production values. However it will always suffer the sin of unleashing Chris Tucker on the world. It is still a 7/10 for me. I have never seen Being John Malkovich.
Bedevilled (2010 Amazon Prime): "A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out." Its a solid film with a lot of serious abuse going on screen or implied. The actually lead of the film is hard to sympathize with. Stars: Yeong-hie Seo, Seong-won Ji 7/10
Doppelganger (2003 Asian Crush): "Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelganger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself." This film starts off pretty well and I liked the concept but it loses its way as it goes along. Stars: Kôji Yakusho 6/10
Murphy's Law (1986 Amazon Prime): "An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer." An entertaining Bronson film set during his Cannon years. The dialogue of his young co-star is certainly amusing in its ridiculousness. Female villain! Stars: Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress 6/10
Seven Dead in the Cat's Eye (1973 Amazon Prime):"In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat." Stars: Jane Birkin, Hiram Keller, Françoise Christophe. 6/10
Black Mask (1996 Amazon Prime): "A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero." basically a Chinese comic book movie, not Jet Li's best work. Stars: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Karen Mok 6/10
These are old post from the imdb board imported here. At the time they announced the board were closing.
Yeah they over emphasized the universe aspect to the detriment of the first (? *cough* Dracula Untold *cough*) film in the series, The Mummy. The problem with Bride is its already stained by the first (second) film in the series, as it was announced as part of the universe that has failed. I would axe Bride and go with Frankenstein, drop all mention to a "Dark Universe" and move on from there, Bride would follow, but in between perhaps Wolfman, without having direct links between it and the Frankenstein films. The lead up should be to Dracula, the king of the universal monsters, perhaps then the shared universe aspect could make an appearance.
Kirk and Khan
Ahab and Moby Dick
Bond and Blofeld
Kersey and scumbags
Matrix and Bennett
2000 Memento 8/10
2002 Insomnia 6/10
2005 Batman Begins 7/10
2006 The Prestige 6/10
2010 Inception 8/10
2014 Interstellar 8/10