[TRAILER] Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

[Mercurius]

Except it is in a thread I'm generally interested in......you know, talking about the upcoming movie...

Fair enough. Ignore the canon stuff, then. Every thread goes in different directions. If you want to re-focus it on what you're interested, do so.

 

[lowkey13]

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[trappedslider]

God I hate cannon discussions so much.

Well,I like a good old smooth bore.....

 

[GreyLord]

1. I am excited for the upcoming movie!

2. More than me, the teens that I know are VERY EXCITED for the upcoming movie.

3. I think that many (older) people forget that the reason that they are TRUE FANS of the original trilogy is because they saw it when they were kids, and, thus, have no idea that while it is (and was) very good, it is not the best thing ever(tm) and that the new movies favorably compare in all aspects.

4. Related to (3), Return of the Jedi was a dumb, dumb movie. So if this capstone of this trilogy is better than miserable, it will easily be the best of the trilogy-ending movies.*

5. I'm not going opening night (already sold out).


*I'm not even gonna go into the "prequels."

Ironically, for my area it's the exact opposite. The some of the older hardcore Fans who didn't like (Return of the Jedi - clarification, not all of them seem to have disliked RotJ...though they almost all universally hated the prequels...) OR the Prequels seem to be more excited and the kids seem to be completely uninterested.

On the other hand, the older fans that seemed to like the Prequels are the ones that are the ones that dislike the Sequels the most.

The kids though, those under the age of 20, seem to think the SW films have flown the coop when I talk to them. They don't feel it is like the SW that they know and instead seem to ask me if I know when the next Marvel trailer or Avengers trailer will come out (like I would know). The best attitude I could give them would be more...simply not interested in SW this generation. They do seem to follow the DC TV shows though. If they are any indication I'd DC TV shows are doing pretty well with that audience currently.

It is possible that the kids that I know are being influenced heavily by their parents (the prequel lovers, or that generation which grew up on the prequels who apparently are many who have the kids and teens now).

 

[Zardnaar]

Canon doesn't matter to much as I break out the RPG.

It might if I ask the players if they want to play canon, legends, or infinities.

Infinities is completely non canon you can be the one to blow up the death star instead of Luke.

Apparently the Lost Stars series is good in the new canon so I'll check it out eventually.

RPG wise all the material I have is old so I use that.

 

[Umbran]

1. I am excited for the upcoming movie!

2. More than me, the teens that I know are VERY EXCITED for the upcoming movie.

Same here. But... make that teens and kids. Every little girl of my acquaintance seems to love Rey, with a passion normally only seen in those who would argue that Han Solo piloting the Millennium Falcon could beat a Borg Cube. I am happy for them... and sad that in retrospect, Luke is such a whiner.

5. I'm not going opening night (already sold out).

I almost never go to a blockbuster movie on opening night, and only occasionally go on the opening weekend. The audience is usually so darned rowdy, they get in the way of watching the movie.

 

[Celebrim]

Cringiest trailer for a major movie I've ever seen.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Umbran]

Unfortunately, as my own progeny has aged, I have lost touch with the younglings, so I can only speak of the surly teen market.

I have little kids on my block, coworkers with younger kids, and there was early trick-or-treating in the local business areas this past weekend.

Are there non-surly teens?

Me too. Except John Wick movies. Then I go opening night, and every other night until it leaves the theater. It's like a fine wine that starts at great, and gets even better with age.

Has it occurred to you that the analogy goes further - that after the first couple of glasses of wine, you are fairly tipsy and no longer really able to discern the finer points about what you're taking in?

 

[lowkey13]

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