Thread:Rodangizzardcrusher3/@comment-26687285-20160822213306/@comment-26687285-20171104221940

Rodangizzardcrusher3 wrote: Yeah, sorry about the lack of conversation. I've a few starters about all that's happened since we last spoke.

The new Last Jedi trailer was amazing. I've heard recently that Mark Hamill apparently hated the direction they took Luke's character in it, but still promised the crew he'd give 110%. I'm not sure exactly what this is implying, but I can't tell if I should be excited or worried.

I've seen Thor: Ragnarok as well. Easily the best Thor movie. It was funny, action-packed and surprisingly had high stakes that actually felt like high stakes. And I can confirm that the Infinity War footage from D23 is either spoiling or hiding something about Thor's physical appearance in it.

Shazam has been cast too, still no word on Billy Batson though. I was expecting a younger actor e.g. mid-20s to early 30s, but I think Zachary Levi has more than enough charisma and personality to sell this role.

I finished |X-Men: Vengeance and |The Quest For Eternity, and the soundtrack to listen to while reading the latter is here as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGglvde05KQ&list=PLVbIhk6gbueB8GT66SuogyOk5fGEx-oVm

I'm also in the process of novelising my MOS 2 plot idea, but I might until I see Justice League to push ahead with plot references.

And speaking of, having heard some of Elfman's JL tracks, I'll admit that I am kind of disappointed. Many of the Zimmer-esque tracks feel painfully watered down, and he didn't even bring back the DCEU Superman theme. I was excited by the thought of the Williams theme coming back, but I was expecting it to be a mixture of the two rather than just him outright replacing the Zimmer one. And many of the tracks feel very generic, like there's no real passion in it and Elfman was just ticking off a checklist based on what happened in the scene. It's acceptable, I guess, but I have to say I wasn't that impressed with the new trailer. Infact, it largely served to reinforce my fear that these new Episode films really are going to just follow all the same beats and setpieces of the OT. I was espescially disconcerted by that scene with the Walkers. Really guys? REALLY? We're just going to do Hoth again, only with a different location and different characters now? I can pretty much tell where this is all gonna go from here. Rey will be trained by Luke for a bit. Then she'll have a vision of the others (most likely Leia) being in trouble, forcing her to go to some far off location to rescue them, which will turn out to be a trap set by Snoke. Leading to a "Carbonite" moment where one of the heroes (again, almost certainly Leia) will die. She'll be tempted by him and forced to do battle with Kylo to see which one will be worthy to become his apprentice. Luke will repeat the Father line to Rey. And someone will be redeemed via a noble sacrifice to kill Snoke by the end of the story-arc.

This is why I so badly wanted Rey to be related to Obi-Wan instead of Luke (which is pretty much 99% confirmed to be the direction they're going in here). That idea seems far more interesting to me than just another generation of Skywalkers. But the Disney overlords have decided, so I suppose I'll just have to make peace with this. I'm obviously still going to see it (it's Star Wars, how could I not?), but for God's sake! Can we really not break free from this damn formula!?

So I'm not terribly excited for this new one. Kenobi on the other hand, I REALLY hope that one works out!