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My prediction is that this movie is going to be awesome, but it'll be panned in some circles because NERDS.

People!

Ignore the soccer droid, the fridge bike and the lightsabre of eye pokage and focus on the cool

Still not sure what folks are finding issues with regarding Into Darkness.. big fan of the film, both of the Star Trek films J.J Directed, and the fact he is a much bigger Star Wars fan has me salivating over this one.

I loved the trailer, really loved it.

 Flashman wrote:

Person in the middle...

.. one could say they're perhaps a little short for a stormtrooper..?

 Flashman wrote:
People!

Ignore the soccer droid, the fridge bike and the lightsabre of eye pokage and focus on the cool

I want those to be riding Harley Davidson speeder bikes.

 reds8n wrote:

 Flashman wrote:

Person in the middle...

.. one could say they're perhaps a little short for a stormtrooper..?

Nicely done, sir! Nicely done!

My take on the new lightsabre...

The crackling edge indicates a fierce energy source. I think the two side "beams" might be some form of exhaust ports to release this energy.

Note how they aren't beams as such, but tail off into fumes at the end.

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Still not sure what folks are finding issues with regarding Into Darkness.. big fan of the film, both of the Star Trek films J.J Directed

I think for some people, the transition from Ricardo Montelban to Heath Cumbercrunch was a bit too harsh.

I was jarred and betrayed by the first new film (you can't replace Shatner or Nemoy, you can't hope to rreplicate them, so why try), but I took all my nerdrage out on that one, and watched ID with an open mind.

I think its to try resemble those swords that look like crosses. The ones I think we see knights etc wield.

The difference being that the lightsaber will cut you with one mistake and the real life sword wont harm you to touch.

Below wont harm you like the lightsaber will:



Its kind of a dumb design. But then again im one of those people who only like the pure basic lightsabres. Green, blue and red single blade. Anything else is a disgrace to me haha

 Swastakowey wrote:
I think its to try resemble those swords that look like crosses. The ones I think we see knights etc wield.

The difference being that the lightsaber will cut you with one mistake and the real life sword wont harm you to touch.

Below wont harm you like the lightsaber will:



Its kind of a dumb design. But then again im one of those people who only like the pure basic lightsabres. Green, blue and red single blade. Anything else is a disgrace to me haha

Wow, that sword even comes with forks in case you need a snack mid-fight. Just cut it up with the blade and nom it off the cross-guard. Ingenious!

Its an irish sword, from my limited knowledge they were hungry a lot in their past so maybe it was a reminder of whats worth fighting for...

Gosh, the comments on that video (the official trailer) crack me up.

People bitching about a black Stormtrooper.
One guy points out that the black Stormtrooper appeared to be running from something/someone, so he might have stolen the suit.
3rd guy: "A black guy stole the suit? What are you, some kind of racist?"


As for the weird cross-hilt on the light sabre, maybe the purpose of the hilt is offensive. A quick blow/jab from the hilt after locking blades together could easily be lethal.

I'm all for different lightsaber designs and styles, Maul's double ended one, Starkiller's backhand style and Ashoka's long-and-short combo being favourites. This new one has grown on me more, and the broadsword sort of imagery suggests it might be used in quite a brutal slashing fashion that's more in keeping with the almost feral-looking concept art we've seen for that black robed figure.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Gosh, the comments on that video (the official trailer) crack me up.

People bitching about a black Stormtrooper.
One guy points out that the black Stormtrooper appeared to be running from something/someone, so he might have stolen the suit.
3rd guy: "A black guy stole the suit? What are you, some kind of racist?"


As for the weird cross-hilt on the light sabre, maybe the purpose of the hilt is offensive. A quick blow/jab from the hilt after locking blades together could easily be lethal.

Not at the cost of your own body though...

Sorry, ill stop complaining but its not a justifiable design when you think about it. Luckily its starwars and I should stop thinking about it haha.

What it should have done, was at least arched the mini blades forward to "catch" the enemy lightsaber and be less harmful (potentially) to the wielder.

I dont know.

Also its you tube dude. Read comments in You Tube and you WILL GET ANNOYED.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Gosh, the comments on that video (the official trailer) crack me up.

People bitching about a black Stormtrooper.
One guy points out that the black Stormtrooper appeared to be running from something/someone, so he might have stolen the suit.
3rd guy: "A black guy stole the suit? What are you, some kind of racist?"

Not the first time a black guy stole a white outfit:

Sad thing is that the roller droid is probably the most viable droid design to ever travel across a planet covered in sand...

Any one else notice the new Millennium Falcon Radar Dish?

 Swastakowey wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Gosh, the comments on that video (the official trailer) crack me up.

People bitching about a black Stormtrooper.
One guy points out that the black Stormtrooper appeared to be running from something/someone, so he might have stolen the suit.
3rd guy: "A black guy stole the suit? What are you, some kind of racist?"


As for the weird cross-hilt on the light sabre, maybe the purpose of the hilt is offensive. A quick blow/jab from the hilt after locking blades together could easily be lethal.

Not at the cost of your own body though...

Sorry, ill stop complaining but its not a justifiable design when you think about it. Luckily its starwars and I should stop thinking about it haha.

What it should have done, was at least arched the mini blades forward to "catch" the enemy lightsaber and be less harmful (potentially) to the wielder.

I dont know.

Also its you tube dude. Read comments in You Tube and you WILL GET ANNOYED.

I'm not annoyed by the comments, I'm amused.

 Swastakowey wrote:
Any one else notice the new Millennium Falcon Radar Dish?

What radar dish?

shacky cam. SSHHAAKKYY CCAAMM.

 Slarg232 wrote:
Into Darkness wasn't even that bad, though.

As an Outsider looking in, it was a very well made film.

It was a fun and flashy film, full of sound and fury. But it was a bad film with an illogical plot and it was full of holes (plus it continued the Orci/Kurtzman obsession with "magic blood").

 Breotan wrote:
Star Trek - Into Darkness. You. Have. Been. Warned.

I enjoyed the hell out of that movie, so yes, consider me 'warned'

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
I feel sorry for anyone too jaded to giggle like a schoolgirl at that preview.

CANT fething WAIT!!!!

This. I weed a little when the classic theme started up in the middle.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Slarg232 wrote:
Into Darkness wasn't even that bad, though.

As an Outsider looking in, it was a very well made film.

It was a fun and flashy film, full of sound and fury. But it was a bad film with an illogical plot and it was full of holes (plus it continued the Orci/Kurtzman obsession with "magic blood").

Agreed. It is a fun movie to watch (especially in 3D) but if you even think about it for a second once it is over it falls apart. Didn't stop me from getting it on Blu-ray though.

 Ahtman wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Slarg232 wrote:
Into Darkness wasn't even that bad, though.

As an Outsider looking in, it was a very well made film.

It was a fun and flashy film, full of sound and fury. But it was a bad film with an illogical plot and it was full of holes (plus it continued the Orci/Kurtzman obsession with "magic blood").

Agreed. It is a fun movie to watch (especially in 3D) but if you even think about it for a second once it is over it falls apart. Didn't stop me from getting it on Blu-ray though.

I'm with you though - I enjoyed it!

As I'm sure I'll enjoy this one!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
illogical plot and it was full of holes

To be fair, almost all movies (including some with universal critical claim) have some sort of illogical plot going on and numerous plot holes.

The Dark Knight is one such movie; people rave about how amazing it is (and it is) but when you look at it's full of nonsensical plotting and massive plot holes. Take the Harvey Dent prisoner transfer scene: nothing in that scene makes any kind of sense and it is complete unjustified in terms of the plot, yet no one cares because it's so fething awesome and we get to see the Joker flip an 18-wheeler upside down.

I was underwhelmed. However overall I don't really rate Star Wars movies as particularly noteworthy. I do like the setting of the universe and am interested what the plot is going to be.

I thought it was cool. I liked the ball droid and the slab sided speeder -- they looked really "Star Wars".

I am old enough to have seen the original film on first release in the cinema, which is before most of you lot were born.

N00bs!

I just noticed the probe droid sound, the x-wings sound the way they're supposed to and so do the Tie fighters.

Time to dig out my Falcon and x-wings!

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I thought it was cool. I liked the ball droid and the slab sided speeder -- they looked really "Star Wars".

I am old enough to have seen the original film on first release in the cinema, which is before most of you lot were born.

N00bs!

Yeah!

Now get off of our lawns!

Yeah, I'm not really seeing the ball droid as any less 'Star Wars' than the Gonk, or MSE droids, or Destroyers.

Cruciform lightsaber is badass. Impractical... but all lightsabers are impractical. They're supposed to be difficult to use without hurting yourself... That's the point.