doo de doo, clean the droid
Dec. 19th, 2015 08:46 pmStar Wars [the original trilogy] In 30 Seconds. Just mentally replace the words "Phantom Menace" with "Force Awakens" at the end and you're ready to go.
So yeah, we went and saw the new Star Wars. Nonspoilery: it's not great, but it is good! I am not the most reliable of reporters here[1] but I enjoyed myself the whole way through, and would be willing to see it again. That is: if other people were going I would happily tag along, but I wouldn't make the effort to see it myself. Reasonably excited for Ep8 in a year and a half. Recommended if you are at all a fan of Star Wars; I expect J., the biggest SW geek I know, is absolutely thrilled to death.
[1] I also thought Phantom Menace was good the first time I saw it. In retrospect much of that was attributable to a) it *looked* like Star Wars, b) Liam Neeson, and in particular the Darth Maul fight at the end, and c) the Destructors, the droids at the beginning that rolled in and unfolded and started shooting.
I have no idea how it works for someone who didn't grow up watching the original trilogy over and over again on VHS.
( Here there be very mild spoilers )
So yeah, we went and saw the new Star Wars. Nonspoilery: it's not great, but it is good! I am not the most reliable of reporters here[1] but I enjoyed myself the whole way through, and would be willing to see it again. That is: if other people were going I would happily tag along, but I wouldn't make the effort to see it myself. Reasonably excited for Ep8 in a year and a half. Recommended if you are at all a fan of Star Wars; I expect J., the biggest SW geek I know, is absolutely thrilled to death.
[1] I also thought Phantom Menace was good the first time I saw it. In retrospect much of that was attributable to a) it *looked* like Star Wars, b) Liam Neeson, and in particular the Darth Maul fight at the end, and c) the Destructors, the droids at the beginning that rolled in and unfolded and started shooting.
I have no idea how it works for someone who didn't grow up watching the original trilogy over and over again on VHS.
( Here there be very mild spoilers )