Dumbledore Shot First: the force awakens

Thursday, April 16, 2015

WORD OF THE DAY! 4/16/15!

homecoming [hohm-kuhm-ing]
noun
1. A return or arrival to one's home.
2. An annual event held at high school, college, university, etc., to welcome returning alumni.

EX. The homecoming of the original Star Wars cast, to the franchise and fanbase that they built in the first three Star Wars is increasingly looking to be the biggest cinematic feature of the year and, keep this in mind, this is despite The Avengers sequel that is just over the horizon. I am still, significantly, more hyped for a new Star Wars film.

Please don't mess this up J.J.!

"We're home!"

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

WORD OF THE DAY! 12/2/14!

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS! TEASER #1

teaser [teez-er]
noun
1. A short scene or highlight from a film, or made for a film, in order to attract an audience's attention and/or create buzz for the film's upcoming release.

EX. Watch the teaser before I talk about it...

Yeah, it's a pretty brief teaser. Then again, teasers are usually brief. This teaser is especially efficient at creating buzz-- it leaves fan excited and talking without giving enough away to give anyone a definite reason to shout betrayal.

Well, except that other Star Wars fans have already picked apart the five or so elements of the teaser, so let's see what I think about them... SPOILER WARNING!

#1 A black guy wearing Storm Trooper armor on a desert planet? This could mean a few things but let's get over with people freaking out over there being a black guy in storm trooper armor. By this period in the Star Wars Universe, Storm Troopers are mostly conscripts and other hire-ons, as opposed to clones, and therefore storm troopers can look anyway J J wants. "Deal with it."

But there are a lot of possibilities: he could be a good guy character disguised as a jedi (like in a New Hope) or, perhaps even more exciting, he is a storm trooper that becomes a jedi after "the Force Awakens"! That would make for a cool character arc!

#2 Random chick on pill shaped vehicle racing through the desert. Probably another new protagonist. Possibly Han & Leia's daughter?

#3 Droid with ball-shaped body. Fun and neat design idea. Probably gonna make a million new toys and be our R2D2 JR. Or R2JARJAR. I hope not.

#4 The Storm Troopers on a drop ship. The Empire are our villains? Yes. And there is a storm trooper that looks a little short? Hm. Refer back to #1

#5 X-Wings about to have a dog fight over a big body of water! Fun!

#6 Millennium Falcon being chased by TI-Fighters over dunes of desert planet! Crowd goes wild!

#7 Guy in all black walking through trees on a snowy planet? Probably a sith or sith wannabe? Maybe the guy narrating? Maybe--

HOLY CRAP! A RED LIGHTSABER WITH A CROSSGUARD WITH TWO MINI-LIGHTSABERS THAT ARE PERFECTLY FINE IN THIS MOVIE'S FANTASY UNIVERSE! I WANT ONE!

And that lightsaber could be improved with some silly extra parts.