The Star Wars SPOILER thread

John Sellers · 12-18-2015, 09:11 PM

Must...avoid...temptation.

glatt · 12-19-2015, 07:14 AM

Alright. I'll say a little more.

But I think tapatalk gives a preview window for every new post when you choose to view unread posts, so I'm just going to put a little filler text here.

It had a different feel to it from the original trilogy. It didn't take itself so seriously. It was self referential, but I liked that just fine. It frequently tipped its hat to the nostalgia everyone was feeling.

The music had a similar feel to it, and it wove a lot of the original music into the score, but it also had its own sound. It didn't get in the way, and wasn't noticeable, but also didn't have any catchy new bits. It wasn't as epic as the original score. I think it was the perfect balance of doing the job but not attracting attention to itself.

It's like Disney/JJ Abrams took a look at the original trilogy through the eyes of a fan and figured out what worked there and copied it. And then threw in some nostalgic self referential stuff for good measure. And it worked well.

Interesting that the main characters are a woman and a black guy, and the only white guy is an old man. Very diverse set of characters. But it didn't seem forced. Seemed natural.

Spexxvet · 12-19-2015, 07:57 AM

I thought it was great. Very entertaining.

It seemed to me that there many similarities with episode 4, A New Hope, both in plot and scene. There were very few slow periods. The music was epic.

Spexxvet · 12-19-2015, 08:04 AM

Oh, and I have some ideas on the lineage of Finn and Ray.

glatt · 12-19-2015, 08:50 AM

Lawrence Kasden gets top writing credits for this, and he wrote Empire, which most regard as the best one. He also wrote Raiders. He had nothing to do with the 3 horrid prequels. He did a good job here.

glatt · 12-19-2015, 09:43 AM

Apparently John Williams composed the score and conducted much of it.

And the guy from Hamilton did the cantina band music

12-19-2015, 07:57 AM	#3
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I thought it was great. Very entertaining. It seemed to me that there many similarities with episode 4, A New Hope, both in plot and scene. There were very few slow periods. The music was epic. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-19-2015, 08:04 AM	#4
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Oh, and I have some ideas on the lineage of Finn and Ray. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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12-18-2015, 09:11 PM	#1
John Sellers Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 807	Must...avoid...temptation.

12-19-2015, 07:14 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Alright. I'll say a little more. But I think tapatalk gives a preview window for every new post when you choose to view unread posts, so I'm just going to put a little filler text here. It had a different feel to it from the original trilogy. It didn't take itself so seriously. It was self referential, but I liked that just fine. It frequently tipped its hat to the nostalgia everyone was feeling. The music had a similar feel to it, and it wove a lot of the original music into the score, but it also had its own sound. It didn't get in the way, and wasn't noticeable, but also didn't have any catchy new bits. It wasn't as epic as the original score. I think it was the perfect balance of doing the job but not attracting attention to itself. It's like Disney/JJ Abrams took a look at the original trilogy through the eyes of a fan and figured out what worked there and copied it. And then threw in some nostalgic self referential stuff for good measure. And it worked well. Interesting that the main characters are a woman and a black guy, and the only white guy is an old man. Very diverse set of characters. But it didn't seem forced. Seemed natural.

12-19-2015, 08:50 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Lawrence Kasden gets top writing credits for this, and he wrote Empire, which most regard as the best one. He also wrote Raiders. He had nothing to do with the 3 horrid prequels. He did a good job here.

12-19-2015, 09:43 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Apparently John Williams composed the score and conducted much of it. And the guy from Hamilton did the cantina band music

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