Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Page 20

*Utrommaniac* · 12-21-2016, 09:02 PM

I just got back from seeing it too...and was wondering if it was CG.

As sad is it made me, it seemed appropriate for the characters to die for the story to go on. I even wanted to go home with my friend (who I've decided to start dating, but I don't want to call him my boyfriend because it sounds juvenile), and watch a New Hope but got tired halfway through.

But the detail in melding the two movies together worked perfectly.

We did have trouble hearing a lot of the audio, and so didn't fully pick up on what all the names were. For me, it ended up being "Girl" "Not Han Solo" "Chill Force Toph" "Grumpy" "Robot" and "Pilot" because I barely heard them.

*THGhost* · 12-24-2016, 08:01 AM

Boy was this good. Loved the war movie feel, didn't even feel like a Star Wars movie at times which was a refreshing change.

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*DestronMirage22* · 12-26-2016, 07:21 PM

Saw it. Agree that the first half or so was boring. Really boring. The end though, it was fantastic, it actually felt like a Star Wars movie (unlike the Force Awakens).

I didn't get invested in the new characters themselves, and can't even remember what any of them were called, but I did like that

Spoiler:

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CGI Tarkin and Leia were surprisingly good looking. Vader was great.

*ToTheNines* · 12-26-2016, 07:25 PM

Anyone who thinks Tarkin looks good should see an optometrist. Not even being a dick.

My buddy who saw it with me said he looked fine, but was quick to admit he left the house without his contacts.

*DestronMirage22* · 12-26-2016, 07:33 PM

I was sitting at the very back of the theater so he looked ok to me.

I did think he looked like a video game CGI cutscene character though, but he kinda passed as a really old and sickly looking dude.

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 12-26-2016, 07:38 PM

His eyes were lifeless. I don't know what it is about eyes, but you can read a lot of emotion in them - and Tarkin's look pasted on.

Instead of forcing a subplot with him down our throats, if they had to use him at all, they should have hired a living, breathing lookalike and used lighting/camera tricks or something.

Leia looked better though.

*ToTheNines* · 12-26-2016, 08:03 PM

Or facial prosthetics. Or keep his appearances hologram only.

Leia looked great, I thought. But that was like 5 seconds of screen time and she barely moved.

*NinjaPug* · 12-26-2016, 08:49 PM

Tarkin's first appearance was so jarring to me that I completely tuned out everything else going on in the scene. His other scenes were fine once I accepted that the CGI looked like crap.

*Cure* · 12-26-2016, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

they should have hired a living, breathing lookalike and used lighting/camera tricks or something.

Leia looked better though.

I feel like that's even more true for Leia. Everyone would have known who she was if her back was to the camera and shown like, her hair or something.

*plastroncafe* · 12-26-2016, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Anyone who thinks Tarkin looks good should see an optometrist. Not even being a dick.

I have, and you are.

*snake* · 12-27-2016, 12:58 AM

Anyone that thinks Tarkin looked bad is a f*cking retard. Just look at this comparison!

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*AT-Man* · 12-27-2016, 05:40 AM

Neither Tarkin or Leia looked like real people. Ant-Man showed that Disney has access to some phenomenal "youngening" technique, too bad they didn't use it.

*ToTheNines* · 12-27-2016, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by snake

Anyone that thinks Tarkin looked bad is a f*cking retard. Just look at this comparison!

Spoiler:

Lol

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 12-27-2016, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by AT-Man

Neither Tarkin or Leia looked like real people. Ant-Man showed that Disney has access to some phenomenal "youngening" technique, too bad they didn't use it.

Well for Ant-Man, they had the original actors to work off from. For Cushing, they probably had to parse an unholy amount of archive footage. I'd enjoy seeing a bonus feature on the DVD about how they went about creating Tarkin, because as gaudy as it is I'm really interested about the whole process.

Dust · 12-27-2016, 08:26 AM

While Tarkin and Leia didn't look terrible, they looked siginificantly better than Young Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy, they didn't look fully human and definitely looked off. Perhaps they could polish them for the DVD/Blu-Ray release, make them look better, but for what they did, I didn't think it was half bad.
Marvel Studios did it better though.

*ranger_scout* · 12-27-2016, 10:23 AM

I've seen it twice and it's pretty darn good. The first time I saw it I thought that the beginning kind of dragged on a little bit and that part of the film didn't have my full attention as much as Episode VII: The Force Awakens did. However, once it got to the middle that was when my interest really kicked in. Once the end was drawing near I could understand why this wasn't going to have a sequel.

Spoiler:

It was really nice to see Tikal, Guatemala once again being used as the setting for Yavin 4.

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WebLurker · 12-27-2016, 10:24 AM

I liked that they gave Tarkin and Leia scenes and that they were on-camera. While the effects may or may not be up to scratch, I liked what they were trying to do (tie the movies closer together), and the material the actors standing in were given was really good.

I guess since I realized that they have to do CGI to bring these characters back (and knew about Tarkin beforehand), I was more accepting. At any rate, I was only expecting a small cameo on a viewscreen for something, so my surprise was that he actually had substantial scenes and to be a major player and I really liked that.

*snake* · 12-27-2016, 10:44 AM

I'm probably in the minority but Leia looked perfect IMO. Tarkin was a little rough but I could handle it. I wish they used the same guy from ROTS and aged him up a bit, because he looked EXACTLY like Cushing.

*Andrew NDB* · 12-27-2016, 11:09 AM

Rogue One actually reminds me a lot of Terminator 3... the first 2/3s are sort of lame and retread... but then things kick up at the end, and it goes out super ballsy.

*Andrew NDB* · 12-27-2016, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by snake

I wish they used the same guy from ROTS and aged him up a bit, because he looked EXACTLY like Cushing.

Not really. They just put a crapload of makeup and prosthetics on him.

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12-21-2016, 09:02 PM	#381
Utrommaniac Resident overthinker Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: what is going on.......... Posts: 5,318	I just got back from seeing it too...and was wondering if it was CG. As sad is it made me, it seemed appropriate for the characters to die for the story to go on. I even wanted to go home with my friend (who I've decided to start dating, but I don't want to call him my boyfriend because it sounds juvenile), and watch a New Hope but got tired halfway through. But the detail in melding the two movies together worked perfectly. We did have trouble hearing a lot of the audio, and so didn't fully pick up on what all the names were. For me, it ended up being "Girl" "Not Han Solo" "Chill Force Toph" "Grumpy" "Robot" and "Pilot" because I barely heard them. __________________ DeviantART

12-24-2016, 08:01 AM	#382
THGhost Puppet Master Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: UK Posts: 2,825	Boy was this good. Loved the war movie feel, didn't even feel like a Star Wars movie at times which was a refreshing change. Spoiler: The CG Tarkin was brilliant, the CG Leia not so much though. Talk about the uncanny valley. __________________ - - - 1990 > OotS > TMNT 2014 > Turtles Forever > TMNT III > SotO > TMNT 2007 "Can't we all just get along?" - pennydreadful "...bitchy people are what make fan forums insufferable when they don't need to be." - B-Man "Act like freakin' adults for goodness sake." - Jester "Tough guys with tiny voices." - Commenter 42 Last edited by THGhost; 12-24-2016 at 12:35 PM.

12-26-2016, 07:21 PM	#383
DestronMirage22 Yukipedia Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,723	Saw it. Agree that the first half or so was boring. Really boring. The end though, it was fantastic, it actually felt like a Star Wars movie (unlike the Force Awakens). I didn't get invested in the new characters themselves, and can't even remember what any of them were called, but I did like that Spoiler: they all kicked the bucket in the end. . CGI Tarkin and Leia were surprisingly good looking. Vader was great.

12-27-2016, 12:58 AM	#391
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	Anyone that thinks Tarkin looked bad is a fcking retard. Just look at this comparison! Spoiler: Last edited by snake; 12-27-2016 at 01:05 AM.*

12-27-2016, 05:40 AM	#392
AT-Man I SEEN IT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: FIN Posts: 2,206	Neither Tarkin or Leia looked like real people. Ant-Man showed that Disney has access to some phenomenal "youngening" technique, too bad they didn't use it. __________________ Through the Golden Door

12-26-2016, 07:25 PM	#384
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,366	Anyone who thinks Tarkin looks good should see an optometrist. Not even being a dick. My buddy who saw it with me said he looked fine, but was quick to admit he left the house without his contacts.

12-26-2016, 07:33 PM	#385
DestronMirage22 Yukipedia Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,723	I was sitting at the very back of the theater so he looked ok to me. I did think he looked like a video game CGI cutscene character though, but he kinda passed as a really old and sickly looking dude.

12-26-2016, 08:03 PM	#387
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,366	Or facial prosthetics. Or keep his appearances hologram only. Leia looked great, I thought. But that was like 5 seconds of screen time and she barely moved.

12-26-2016, 08:49 PM	#388
NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,390	Tarkin's first appearance was so jarring to me that I completely tuned out everything else going on in the scene. His other scenes were fine once I accepted that the CGI looked like crap.

12-27-2016, 08:26 AM	#395
Dust Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Rainy England Posts: 146	While Tarkin and Leia didn't look terrible, they looked siginificantly better than Young Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy, they didn't look fully human and definitely looked off. Perhaps they could polish them for the DVD/Blu-Ray release, make them look better, but for what they did, I didn't think it was half bad. Marvel Studios did it better though.

12-27-2016, 10:23 AM	#396
ranger_scout Foot Elite Join Date: May 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 3,776	I've seen it twice and it's pretty darn good. The first time I saw it I thought that the beginning kind of dragged on a little bit and that part of the film didn't have my full attention as much as *Episode VII: The Force Awakens* did. However, once it got to the middle that was when my interest really kicked in. Once the end was drawing near I could understand why this wasn't going to have a sequel. Spoiler: It was very sad to see these new characters die, but their huge sacrifices for the good of the Rebellion. It was really nice to see Tikal, Guatemala once again being used as the setting for Yavin 4. Spoiler: I of course loved hearing James Earl Jones as Vader again along with the cameos from R2-D2 and C-3PO.

12-27-2016, 10:24 AM	#397
WebLurker Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 360	I liked that they gave Tarkin and Leia scenes and that they were on-camera. While the effects may or may not be up to scratch, I liked what they were trying to do (tie the movies closer together), and the material the actors standing in were given was really good. I guess since I realized that they have to do CGI to bring these characters back (and knew about Tarkin beforehand), I was more accepting. At any rate, I was only expecting a small cameo on a viewscreen for something, so my surprise was that he actually had substantial scenes and to be a major player and I really liked that. __________________ "Einstein did his best stuff when he was working as a patent clerk!" - Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters

12-27-2016, 10:44 AM	#398
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	I'm probably in the minority but Leia looked perfect IMO. Tarkin was a little rough but I could handle it. I wish they used the same guy from ROTS and aged him up a bit, because he looked EXACTLY like Cushing.

12-27-2016, 11:09 AM	#399
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,559	Rogue One actually reminds me a lot of Terminator 3... the first 2/3s are sort of lame and retread... but then things kick up at the end, and it goes out super ballsy. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]