RE: Engineer at the Movies: reviews Rogue One – A Star Wars Story (2016)

summerella — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 23:06:40 GMT

Wait, they DIE??? Oh man [mention:b85bafb1d1a14cd0b49feeaee407e32d:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05], you spoiled it!

Kidding, kidding. I'd give it a 4.2.

We took the parents, in-town for the holidays, to see it so we could all get out of the house. It was even a big hit with my in-laws (who aren't Star Wars buffs), and we immediately watched New Hope after. Awww....SciFi brought the family together during the Holidays. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-71246e78-d347-4e39-b9aa-cee077809665/contentimage_5F00_3.png:16:16]

I agree that the tech levels seems very patchy and inconsistent. Some super advanced, and some oddly archaic. I have overcome this by reminding myself that is this is set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" so their tech wouldn't evolve in the same order as ours, per se. I think of Battlestar in this light too (corded intercoms, but cool-non-rectangle paper?! what the!) although they are *kind of* earth-related. Movies like Star Trek, Terminator, Minority Report are based on our civilization in the future, so they seem rightfully held to a higher standard for consistency. I'm digressing going down a nerd-spiral....

Among other things: the 3 "go" switches were cliche, my husband groaned aloud at the Vader choking pun, and I knew the file name would be Stardust. But there were still some fun surprises too. I loved the back story of Jedha, Alan/K-2SO's dry smart-a$$ery, and the kyber crystal intro (those haven't been mentioned in canon, right?).

Like you, I wanted more details, but I'll watch it again. And the next one, and the.......

RE: Engineer at the Movies: reviews Rogue One – A Star Wars Story (2016)

rsc — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 16:43:58 GMT

I just saw the movie last night, and I agree with you, the tech was B-rated at best. The worst gadget for me was the pilots headset with the multi-pin amphenol connector coming out the side of the earpiece - unplugged of course. The uniforms with lighted push buttons on the front were kind of silly also.

K-2SO was the best character in the movie, in my opinion.

Star Wars movies have always been targeted at the kids, so they won't see all the engineering BS.

On the other hand, Star Trek films tend to have more movie magic and creative tech gadgets.