By the way... (Off-Topic)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Saturday, April 09, 2016, 04:10 (2989 days ago) @ cheapLEY

... I actually just NOW watched the trailer, with low expectations I might add - you may remember my mixed feelings about Ep. VII, plus this discussion...

And that Star Destroyer was 100% perfect. I actually opened my eyes and sat forward, trying to figure out if it was an amazing model or what. It was surreal. Like 1977 come again in high-def.

I was scared of all the "real" and "gritty" words I had heard thrown around, but it looks more like A New Hope to me than anything in Ep. VII. And I liked the Grand Moff guy's cape and Forest Whittatker adds emotional weight to everything he's in... Cool!

I really enjoyed Episode VII a lot, but I get what you're saying, and I agree. This just visually looks incredible, and that shot of the Star Destroyer alone is enough to sell me a ticket.

Reading my post again, it sounds like I was trashing VII's art direction there, but I actually thought a lot of the designs and colors were great, especially in the set design. It felt like a mix of the originals and the prequels. This trailer is just THAT much better, like microscopically close to the originals in some ways - at least so far. To say in another way: Ep VII got a lot of the broader strokes right bust missed some of the little nuances that define the "Star Wars" visual language. This trailer seemed to showcase some of those nuances. :)