Interesting Links for 29-12-2015

[andrewducker]

• A Softer Avenger - A Softer World + MCU = Awesome
  • marvel avengers funny comic viaDraxar
• UK government rejected flood risk warnings from climate advisers
  • flooding UK government conservatives viaJennieRigg
• That’s No Moon: The models and miniatures of the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy
  • starwars models movies viaSoonLee
• William Gibson: how I wrote

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

> But Star Wars fans don’t want anything like that. They don’t want anything that deviates so far from the original template. Indeed, I’d go so far as to suggest that they’re not interested in the film as such. They are interested in recapturing a certain feeling they experienced once upon a time when watching another film.

I don't know if that's actually true of fans, but certainly SW is not the only film series whose makers have believed that. Terminator Genisys had the same pattern: take iconic scenes and plot segments and mix them up with a few new ideas.

> So is the actual movie of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as good as its own trailers?

True of lots of films. All films trailers seek to take the emotional highs and compress them, often mixing up scene order, creating juxtapositions that don't exist in the film. (Eg, the shot of Han and Leia hugging in the film is just a touching scene between them. In the trailer, it's cut as part of scenes of destruction and against dramatic music, so it feels like this is them in a moment of total despair as the world's about to blow up or something.)

I end up agreeing with the article, even if some of its points are a bit too heavy-handed and obvious. Still enjoyed the film though!

[andrewducker]

I felt the same way. It's definitely doing those things, but it's still an entertaining couple of hours.