Username: jediknightmuse Fandom things that make you happy: Star Wars (Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2-D2, BB-8, Rey, Finn, Poe, some of the EU characters like Mara Jade and Corran Horn...I'm fairly certain I'm going to love the new characters in Rogue One, but we'll see!), Firefly (Mal, Inara, Kaylee, Simon, Zoe, Wash, Book...basically my two least favorite characters are River and Jayne), Disney movies ("classics" like Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, and more semi-recent ones like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc), The Hunger Games (Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Effie)...I can't really think of anything else offhand at the moment. There's other things that I'm a fan of but I'm not really a HUGE fan of the way I am with these fandoms that I listed. Non - Fandom Things that make you Happy: Ewan McGregor, David Cook (American Idol winner), Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, photography, baby animals (especially cats/felines, bears, and dogs, both wild and tame, and horses), writing, books... What type of things I would like to receive that will make me smile Lol, I have no idea. I'm not particularly looking for any fics, 'cause I don't really read fan fiction any more. Maybe a graphic of some kind? I dunno, offer something that isn't fic and I'll tell you if I think I'd like it! I'd say probably no fan art, either, probably. Maybe gifs or a picspam or something...sorry, I'm probably not being very helpful. :P
What would you like people to post for you? WOuld you like a drabble [please include kinks, tropes you like]? Would you like a fic rec? Would you like a graphic and or Picspam of your favorite celeb? A Cooking receipe? Anything. Anything else Every time I post a gif, my comment gets marked as spam on these things regardless of whose journal it is, so...-___-
Oh, what are your favorite weird and wacky parts of the Star Wars EU? There's a snarking of the Jedi Prince series that I love to go back and read every now and again.
I should have said this in my comment, but I haven't read the EU in YEARS. I don't know if there are any weird and wacky parts that I actually liked and remember. The very first EU book I read was The Crystal Star, which is one of the earlier books and definitely has some things that no other book actually acknowledges, so it's one of the books that just "exists" but that's about it.
o.O I don't remember a Jedi Prince series...the only thing I remember about a Jedi Prince is Lost City of the Jedi, which is from this trilogy, but I definitely wouldn't count it as canon, even before they did what they did with the EU. In these books, they gave Han and Chewie a bachelor pad in Cloud City, gave Palpatine a grandson named Ken (which I suppose is TECHNICALLY still part of the EU), and had Han and Leia elope instead of what ACTUALLY happened in Courtship of Princess Leia.
I haven't really paid much attention to that kind of thing. I'm trying to be as unspoiled about it as possible (although I did watch the last trailer, which was SO COOL).
Haha! Staying unspoiled is probably a good idea, though I did see the last trailer, too, which is how I know what the CGI characters look like. I'm just wary of re-makes in general, not to mention I miss 2D animation. But it won't stop me from seeing the live-action version.
I am, too, especially with all the Disney live action ones they're doing (I'm looking at you, Maleficent. SO MUCH POTENTIAL, SO MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT). But I really, really love the casting (at least Emma, Ewan and Ian. I've only heard of one or two of the others that were cast) and I think/hope Emma will make a great Belle. I've never heard her sing before so that makes me a little iffy, but...I mean, they probably wouldn't have cast her if she didn't at least have the ability to sing on key. >.> Although I'm not even sure how much singing is actually going to be in this. Be Our Guest BETTER be in it, 'cause Ewan's voice is AMAZING.
They really need to release the soundtrack a.s.a.p.
Aw. I actually liked the Maleficent movie! It wasn't one of their best, but I didn't think it was terrible. I mean, she didn't wear near enough purple for my liking, but the costumes and set design were fantastic and it still had faeries and a dragon in it! Plus, I like Disney's moving from "true love" meaning romantic love to familial love.
I'm not sure about Emma as Belle. I didn't love her as Hermione and as far as her singing goes, she didn't start singing lessons until after she was cast, which makes it sound like she didn't have much experience singing at all. Hopefully you're right and it means that she does have some singing talent and just needed some training. Plus, it's not live, so they can do plenty of takes and tweaking afterword. Either way, they certainly didn't feature the songs so much in the trailer, but I think the ad campaign is re-creating the what they did for the animated version, and I don't remember if the 90's promos had songs in them or not. I'm sure the soundtrack will available soon enough! It's Disney. If they can make money off it, they will!
I really don't mean to sound so cynical, especially since that's not what this thread is supposed to be about. I think maybe I'm just keeping my expectations low for now.
I mean...you're right, visually it was pretty cool, although I don't think I remember particularly liking the fairies too much.
Honestly, what really threw me off was how....weak they made Maleficent seem. She's supposed to be this bad ass who can turn into a freaking dragon and is the "mistress of all evil" (pretty sure I remember that quote in the original movie), but they turned her into this weakling who basically only became evil because a guy (the king) fell in love with someone else, and THAT'S why she put the spell on Aurora? (Disclaimer: I only saw the movie in theaters, I don't remember exactly what happened but that's the gist that I remember.) It's just...not the Maleficent that I was expecting. There was so much more they could have done with that.
I think they purposely didn't feature the songs that much in the trailer...hopefully. This says that it only includes the songs from the movie and they didn't include any of the Broadway songs in it (thank GOD. I hate the Human Again song, which they added in to the copy of it I have on bluray and I now fast forward through). They have three new songs but they're not in the actual movie, they're just part of the soundtrack.
I would think that the soundtrack would be available in the next month or two? I hope, haha. Although I think they're usually released maybe a month or a few weeks before a movie comes out, so probably not until February. :|
Haha, you don't sound cynical! I totally understand needing to keep your expectations low. From what I've SEEN it looks amazing, but it's hard to tell until I actually see the movie.
Fandom things that make you happy: Star Wars (Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2-D2, BB-8, Rey, Finn, Poe, some of the EU characters like Mara Jade and Corran Horn...I'm fairly certain I'm going to love the new characters in Rogue One, but we'll see!), Firefly (Mal, Inara, Kaylee, Simon, Zoe, Wash, Book...basically my two least favorite characters are River and Jayne), Disney movies ("classics" like Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, and more semi-recent ones like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc), The Hunger Games (Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Effie)...I can't really think of anything else offhand at the moment. There's other things that I'm a fan of but I'm not really a HUGE fan of the way I am with these fandoms that I listed.
Non - Fandom Things that make you Happy: Ewan McGregor, David Cook (American Idol winner), Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, photography, baby animals (especially cats/felines, bears, and dogs, both wild and tame, and horses), writing, books...
What type of things I would like to receive that will make me smile Lol, I have no idea. I'm not particularly looking for any fics, 'cause I don't really read fan fiction any more. Maybe a graphic of some kind? I dunno, offer something that isn't fic and I'll tell you if I think I'd like it! I'd say probably no fan art, either, probably. Maybe gifs or a picspam or something...sorry, I'm probably not being very helpful. :P
What would you like people to post for you? WOuld you like a drabble [please include kinks, tropes you like]? Would you like a fic rec? Would you like a graphic and or Picspam of your favorite celeb? A Cooking receipe? Anything.
Anything else Every time I post a gif, my comment gets marked as spam on these things regardless of whose journal it is, so...-___-
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o.O I don't remember a Jedi Prince series...the only thing I remember about a Jedi Prince is Lost City of the Jedi, which is from this trilogy, but I definitely wouldn't count it as canon, even before they did what they did with the EU. In these books, they gave Han and Chewie a bachelor pad in Cloud City, gave Palpatine a grandson named Ken (which I suppose is TECHNICALLY still part of the EU), and had Han and Leia elope instead of what ACTUALLY happened in Courtship of Princess Leia.
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They really need to release the soundtrack a.s.a.p.
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I'm not sure about Emma as Belle. I didn't love her as Hermione and as far as her singing goes, she didn't start singing lessons until after she was cast, which makes it sound like she didn't have much experience singing at all. Hopefully you're right and it means that she does have some singing talent and just needed some training. Plus, it's not live, so they can do plenty of takes and tweaking afterword. Either way, they certainly didn't feature the songs so much in the trailer, but I think the ad campaign is re-creating the what they did for the animated version, and I don't remember if the 90's promos had songs in them or not. I'm sure the soundtrack will available soon enough! It's Disney. If they can make money off it, they will!
I really don't mean to sound so cynical, especially since that's not what this thread is supposed to be about. I think maybe I'm just keeping my expectations low for now.
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Honestly, what really threw me off was how....weak they made Maleficent seem. She's supposed to be this bad ass who can turn into a freaking dragon and is the "mistress of all evil" (pretty sure I remember that quote in the original movie), but they turned her into this weakling who basically only became evil because a guy (the king) fell in love with someone else, and THAT'S why she put the spell on Aurora? (Disclaimer: I only saw the movie in theaters, I don't remember exactly what happened but that's the gist that I remember.) It's just...not the Maleficent that I was expecting. There was so much more they could have done with that.
I think they purposely didn't feature the songs that much in the trailer...hopefully. This says that it only includes the songs from the movie and they didn't include any of the Broadway songs in it (thank GOD. I hate the Human Again song, which they added in to the copy of it I have on bluray and I now fast forward through). They have three new songs but they're not in the actual movie, they're just part of the soundtrack.
I would think that the soundtrack would be available in the next month or two? I hope, haha. Although I think they're usually released maybe a month or a few weeks before a movie comes out, so probably not until February. :|
Haha, you don't sound cynical! I totally understand needing to keep your expectations low. From what I've SEEN it looks amazing, but it's hard to tell until I actually see the movie.
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