Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Yen
06-02-16, 07:52 PM
#601
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
This has to be an issue of Disney going over Kathleen Kennedy's head (if, indeed, all this "execs hated it" stuff is true). At last year's Star Wars Celebration, Kennedy was sitting right next to Edwards when he told the crowd he wanted to put the "Wars" back in "Star Wars" (and the crowd went nuts). Most of the crew they hired worked on movies like "Black Hawk Down" and "Zero Dark Thirty" in the past...Kennedy knew EXACTLY what kind of movie Gareth was making.
I was looking forward to a "darker" Star Wars film - after all, that was the WHOLE POINT of these spin-offs when they were originally announced...they WEREN'T going to have the same tone as the "Saga" movies...this was supposed to be a war movie, the Han Solo movie was going to be a comedy/heist film, etc.
I was looking forward to a "darker" Star Wars film - after all, that was the WHOLE POINT of these spin-offs when they were originally announced...they WEREN'T going to have the same tone as the "Saga" movies...this was supposed to be a war movie, the Han Solo movie was going to be a comedy/heist film, etc.
06-02-16, 07:58 PM
#602
Suspended
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Why can't 7-9 be the fluff Disney wants, while the side movies be different?
They are fucking kidding themselves if it happens to be about pleasing people for merchandise sales. They made a shit load of money from some pretty shitty merchandise from E7 that was in stores.
This movie would make money and sell mega $in merchandise because the designs are OT.
They are fucking kidding themselves if it happens to be about pleasing people for merchandise sales. They made a shit load of money from some pretty shitty merchandise from E7 that was in stores.
This movie would make money and sell mega $in merchandise because the designs are OT.
06-02-16, 08:44 PM
#603
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Edwards takes big-budget ideas and makes low-budget movies out of them. That is why he is a divisive, love-it-or-hate-it genre director. You barely saw the two monsters in MONSTERS. You only got about 7 minutes of Godzilla in GODZILLA. Most audiences seemed to have wanted a two-hour Godzilla monster mash in that latter film.
06-02-16, 08:48 PM
#605
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Edwards takes big-budget ideas and makes low-budget movies out of them. That is why he is a divisive, love-it-or-hate-it genre director. You barely saw the two monsters in MONSTERS. You only got about 7 minutes of Godzilla in GODZILLA. Most audiences seemed to have wanted a two-hour Godzilla monster mash in that latter film. I imagine this is the same exact "problem" in his latest. He made a low-budget type war film that happens to have the Star Wars moniker. Disney wants a huge, epic crowd-pleaser that will crossover well into foreign markets. MORE MONSTERS! MORE GODZILLA! MORE DARTH VADER! MORE FUN!!!
06-02-16, 09:02 PM
#606
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
I'll wait to see the movie(s) before I start bitching about Disney ruining anything. Seems to be a lot of ill will aimed in their direction right now and most of it comes off as silly worst case scenario speculating.
06-02-16, 09:19 PM
#607
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
BALDERDASH! HOGWASH! This, sir, is the INTERNET, where no one waits to actually see/hear/taste/smell something before criticizing it.
06-02-16, 09:25 PM
#608
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
I was called Chicken Little in TFA thread when I voiced my concerns regarding the Disney suit/marketing issues. Well...
06-02-16, 09:30 PM
#609
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Just wait until they start meddling with the Marvel films...
06-02-16, 09:38 PM
#610
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posts: 20,085
Likes: 0
Received 7 Likes
on
7 Posts
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Take this with the usual grain of salt, but someone claiming to be a Rogue One insider is doing (did?) an AMA on reddit and his responses seem to indicate exactly what some of us feared: i.e. Disney is watering this right the fuck down.
https://www.reddit.com/r/starwarsspe...ing_they_know/
Beware, assuming this is all legit HEAVY spoilers follow.
https://www.reddit.com/r/starwarsspe...ing_they_know/
Beware, assuming this is all legit HEAVY spoilers follow.
Last edited by islandclaws; 06-02-16 at 10:01 PM.
06-02-16, 09:40 PM
#611
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Variety's Justin Kroll is saying the "reshoots" have nothing to do with changing Edwards movie, but rather new footage to give fans a sneak peak of Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo.
However, does that make any sense? Han Solo in Rogue One would be the same age he is in A New Hope, right?
However, does that make any sense? Han Solo in Rogue One would be the same age he is in A New Hope, right?
06-02-16, 10:20 PM
#612
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
The operative words(s) are 40% of the film will be reshot. At least from what I've been reading all day. Is that still the case? 6 weeks of additional shooting or something?
06-02-16, 10:21 PM
#613
Banned by request
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
What sucks is that the original cut will probably never see the light of day.
Last edited by E Unit; 06-02-16 at 10:49 PM.
06-02-16, 11:19 PM
#614
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Not sure I buy that. Considering all of the post-filming work that needs to be done for a film like this, you're looking at special effects, scoring, sound mixing, yaddax3, needing to be done in about four months. If they really are reshooting half of the goddamned to hing, it seems like they're starting over from scratch.
06-03-16, 08:30 AM
#616
Senior Member
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
I wouldn't mind a darker tone at all. I just want it to feel like a Star Wars movie and have great characters. Hopefully Edwards and company can deliver that.
06-03-16, 08:41 AM
#617
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Variety's Justin Kroll is saying the "reshoots" have nothing to do with changing Edwards movie, but rather new footage to give fans a sneak peak of Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo.
However, does that make any sense? Han Solo in Rogue One would be the same age he is in A New Hope, right?
However, does that make any sense? Han Solo in Rogue One would be the same age he is in A New Hope, right?
06-03-16, 09:16 AM
#618
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Slash film says its 40% of the movie being reshot with heavy involvement by Christopher McQuarrie. Sounds like a huge amount to me. I bet we don't see this until May 2017.
http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-reshoots-details/
http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-reshoots-details/
06-03-16, 09:36 AM
#619
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
If that really is the reason for the reshoots (it's too dark/gritty), well, then fuck the suits at Disney. Pussies.
06-03-16, 11:04 AM
#620
Banned
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Conducting miss-aisle drills and listening to their rock n roll
Posts: 20,052
Received 168 Likes
on
126 Posts
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
I would very much like to find out that 40% number is wrong. That's a substantial amount. The trailer looked really good. How could 40% of a movie need to be scrapped when its trailer looked that good?
06-03-16, 11:16 AM
#621
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
And then the movie was released.
06-03-16, 11:17 AM
#622
DVD Talk Legend & 2021 TOTY Winner
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
06-03-16, 02:43 PM
#624
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Just South of Nowhere
Posts: 632
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
06-03-16, 03:02 PM
#625
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Y
Yeah, but if someone on this site said something similarly level-headed about Gostbusters, they'd be crucified.