!SPOILER ALERT! Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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4Gas$
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My Star Wars Story....
I remember back in 1980 when the 2nd Star Wars movie,
The Empire Strikes Back came out. I was working a
“high school job” at the State theater in down town Ann Arbor.
I was the “close up guy” one night. The next day when I arrived at
work the police & management were there to question me about
“the theft of Star Wars”.
The theater had a bad habit of leaving the movie reels (in their cases)
in the lobby for pick-up by the delivery company. I remember locking up
that night, thinking to myself, that is really dumb the way they leave the
movies sitting in the glass door lobby where anyone & everyone who walks
by can see the movies just sitting there!
These were the 35mm films. They weight a ton and were like 8 or 9 reels
in 4 or 5 cases. They contain a lot of silver, but of course are also worth
a lot of money for other reasons as well.
Can you imagine what that original movie would be worth today? As far as
I know, it was never recovered. My guess is, it’s still sitting in the basement
of some U of M frat house.
P.S. I have a very cool Darth Vader adult size costume for sale...
I remember back in 1980 when the 2nd Star Wars movie,
The Empire Strikes Back came out. I was working a
“high school job” at the State theater in down town Ann Arbor.
I was the “close up guy” one night. The next day when I arrived at
work the police & management were there to question me about
“the theft of Star Wars”.
The theater had a bad habit of leaving the movie reels (in their cases)
in the lobby for pick-up by the delivery company. I remember locking up
that night, thinking to myself, that is really dumb the way they leave the
movies sitting in the glass door lobby where anyone & everyone who walks
by can see the movies just sitting there!
These were the 35mm films. They weight a ton and were like 8 or 9 reels
in 4 or 5 cases. They contain a lot of silver, but of course are also worth
a lot of money for other reasons as well.
Can you imagine what that original movie would be worth today? As far as
I know, it was never recovered. My guess is, it’s still sitting in the basement
of some U of M frat house.
P.S. I have a very cool Darth Vader adult size costume for sale...
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twotwoturbo
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4Gas$
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"::: Star Wars Darth Vader Adult Size Costume With Electronics
This is a high-end adult size, the person wearing it in
the photos is 6’ tall.
This authentic Darth Vader costume comes complete with
suite, mask helmet and working electronic “Darth Vader”
voice box with built-in microphone that makes you sound
like Darth Vader himself! "
I'm asking $99
Tin
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It's an invite only Usenet site, sorry.
twotwoturbo
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derbydad276
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ok... what number movie is this one ... I'm confused ... I saw the first 3 films but havent ever seen the last 3 and really have no real desire to see them unless I need to see them to understand this movie
4Gas$
Club Member
It's made to fit a range of sizes.
Better too much, than too little,
it can be "taken in". I have it now
on Craigslist for $99. I'd cut a deal
to a MM member.
Stalker
I removed my teeth on purpose....if you catch my d
It was good, not great.
I felt this paralleled Episode IV way too much. I wanted the story to continue but feel like this doesn't quite line up with where the original movies were going. I also felt it gave too much screen time to the villain.
Another complaint I had was that I felt like they were trying too hard to add humor. I had flashbacks to the Transformer sequels where it was like they intended it to be a comedy and some action got in the way.
I hated the ending. It was predictable and annoying.
The characters were good, the storyline moved well. All that said, I am reserving a full on disappointment level till the rest of the trillogy comes out. I can see how this would lead to movie 2 and 3 being more fullfilling.
I am quite irritated with Disney though. They have turned this into a massive cash cow. You can live a whole day interacting with strictly Star Wars branded items. You can't watch TV without seeing it somewhere. There are 2 'off shoot' movies coming out (Star Wars Rogue and one about Han Solo). One of the things I loved about Star Wars was it wasn't the Marvel universe. It was fun and enjoyable and limited. It took 35 years for us to get 6 movies. In the next 5 years we'll have 5 more. I really hate what Disney has done to this franchise.
I felt this paralleled Episode IV way too much. I wanted the story to continue but feel like this doesn't quite line up with where the original movies were going. I also felt it gave too much screen time to the villain.
Another complaint I had was that I felt like they were trying too hard to add humor. I had flashbacks to the Transformer sequels where it was like they intended it to be a comedy and some action got in the way.
I hated the ending. It was predictable and annoying.
The characters were good, the storyline moved well. All that said, I am reserving a full on disappointment level till the rest of the trillogy comes out. I can see how this would lead to movie 2 and 3 being more fullfilling.
I am quite irritated with Disney though. They have turned this into a massive cash cow. You can live a whole day interacting with strictly Star Wars branded items. You can't watch TV without seeing it somewhere. There are 2 'off shoot' movies coming out (Star Wars Rogue and one about Han Solo). One of the things I loved about Star Wars was it wasn't the Marvel universe. It was fun and enjoyable and limited. It took 35 years for us to get 6 movies. In the next 5 years we'll have 5 more. I really hate what Disney has done to this franchise.
Overboost
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I agree with the parallel to Ep. IV. After they get to the base, it switches to RotJ until the end. It left a lot of questions unanswered, and the movie could have used more time to better flesh out details. Visually, I thought it was a great looking film. Worth a watch, but I think it's hard to judge until the trilogy is complete. Lots of character arcs are unclear.