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So I found out their explanation for R2D2 having the map and suddenly turning on : "But Abrams and screenwriter Michael Arndt did move to fill in one plot hole which fans have complained about in The Force Awakens, R2-D2’s ability to “fill in” the map to Skywalker near the movie’s denouement. The idea, Arndt revealed at a post-screening Q&A, picked up on a scene in 1977’s Star Wars in which the astromech droid is able to scan the Empire’s mainframe while the heroes hunt for Princess Leia on a star ship.

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“We had the idea about R2 plugging into the information base of the Death Star, and that’s how he was able to get the full map and find where the Jedi temples are,” said Arndt. Added Abrams: “BB-8 comes up and says something to him, which is basically, ‘I’ve got this piece of a map, do you happen to have the rest?’ The idea was, R2 who has been all over the galaxy, is still in his coma, but he hears this. And it triggers something that would ultimately wake him up.”

Continued Abrams: “While it may seem, you know, completely lucky and an easy way out, at that point in the movie, when you’ve lost a person, desperately, and somebody you hopefully care about is unconscious, you want someone to return.”

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/21/jj-abrams-reveals-ewan-mcgregor-obi-wan-kenobi-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens



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Sadly, I agree. They are trying to re-do Episode IV because... it's 40 years old so 90% of viewers won't 'remember' it?

How do you spell 'Force Awakens'? How about "rip off"?



Runa216 said:
I understand that opinions are subjective and can't inherently be wrong by nature, but all I see in this thread is "Waaaah, pay atttention to meeeee! see? I'm a hipster who hates popular thiiiiiiings!"

No. People have posted some legit and well explained gripes in this thread. Look a little closer.





avrwc2 said:

Sadly, I agree. They are trying to re-do Episode IV because... it's 40 years old so 90% of viewers won't 'remember' it?

How do you spell 'Force Awakens'? How about "rip off"?

 

I understand the need for a remake but don't call it Episode VII. Unlike most older movies, people watch this series almost religiously. A new story is new for everybody. A rehashed story alienates some fans. I watch the whole saga multiple times per year. I'm more than a little disappointed.



I watched it and it's my favorite star wars definitely. I watched the trilogy for the first time days before i watched The Force Awakens and while they were good, TFA is better, in my opinion. While it relays heavily, HEAVILY on a New Hope, it's the building blocks to the new trilogy so it is best to play it safe while we are all introduced to the new cast and lore, hopefully episodes 8 and 9 will branch out far more because having 8 play out like Empire strikes back would be bullshit. honestly.

The acting is so much better than the originals, the characters are more likable and i'll be that SJW, I loved the diversity in cast. It's not just an all-white cast of heroes again, it feel like everybody is included in this new trilogy. Kylo Ren is badass but he is human. Hell, he's just a kid honestly and that's perfectly fine. I didn't want a carbon copy of Darth Vader and Kylo Ren, just from this movie, feels more fleshed out than Vader. With Vader, we feel more for him since we've have 6 movies that basically deal with his rise and fall, we see the whole picture. With Kylo Ren, there is still a lot we don't know.

Last but not least, the movie is hilarious and every single joke works wonders. The movie is not perfect, I agree, but it is not the disaster that OP makes it out to be, at all. I think most fans can breath easy knowing that Star Wars made a trumphant (but not perfect) return to the big screen. The real test will be how Episode 8 plays out.



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avrwc2 said:

Sadly, I agree. They are trying to re-do Episode IV because... it's 40 years old so 90% of viewers won't 'remember' it?

How do you spell 'Force Awakens'? How about "rip off"?

 


Right? I thought I was the only one who saw the similarities between this new movie plot and the original one. Like I said I've only watched the OT once completely before and all I could think about when the force awakens' finished was that it's a lazy storytelling copy.

 

I do like Rey and I think she can become one of the most iconic characters in the franchise.



StarOcean said:

JJ Abrams banishes memories of George Lucas’s prequels with this outrageously exciting and romantic return to a world you hadn’t realised you’d missed so much

Is this the part about the Starkiller nuking every Republic Planet? Because that felt like epic cleansing when I saw it xD



Hahahaha 

You're such a fuckin troll...or you do ALOT of  drugs...idk, but either way

Hahahahahahahahaha

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tiff3110 said:
avrwc2 said:

Sadly, I agree. They are trying to re-do Episode IV because... it's 40 years old so 90% of viewers won't 'remember' it?

How do you spell 'Force Awakens'? How about "rip off"?

 


Right? I thought I was the only one who saw the similarities between this new movie plot and the original one. Like I said I've only watched the OT once completely before and all I could think about when the force awakens' finished was that it's a lazy storytelling copy.

 

I do like Rey and I think she can become one of the most iconic characters in the franchise.

Just wait for Episode VIII when the First Order attacks the Rebel base with AT-ATs only this time they will be on grass instead of snow xD



spemanig said:
MichaelH said:
Geez people, it's just a feature film.

You're on a gaming forum, and you have the gaul to judge people for being critical of entertainment media?

 

That's right, I'm on a gaming forum.  It's not a movie forum...and the word you're looking for is gall.