Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[DarkDune]

Love the cinematic echoes of the past shown. Abrams appears to know what he is doing.

[Blu Lemmy]

Originally Posted by BLUEGRASS

Hmmm...could there be some foreshadowing in this trailer? Poe is shown after Han states "the Dark Side" and then Finn is shown right after he says "a Jedi"

I think it is safe to assume that Finn becomes a Jedi since we've seen him with a lightsaber...could Kylo Ren have done something to Poe to make him start going towards the Dark Side?

I don't think it's safe to assume Finn becomes a Jedi.....it's all trickery, Rey is the Jedi

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Speaking of work time wasted, I wonder how many people will be calling out sick the 17th or 18th...

Thanks for reminding me. I need to put in a request for the 17th and 18th off. Might as well get an early start to X-Mas break.

Originally Posted by xbs2034

The IMAX laser locations will include the full screen filling 1.43 aspect ratio in 3D. The digital locations will be cropped to 1.9, nor will they be able to fill the screen in most formerly 15/70 locations which have yet to convert to laser (such as Lincoln Square and BFI).

Is there a list available that breaks down what each IMAX location is?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by xbs2034

The IMAX laser locations will include the full screen filling 1.43 aspect ratio in 3D. The digital locations will be cropped to 1.9, nor will they be able to fill the screen in most formerly 15/70 locations which have yet to convert to laser (such as Lincoln Square and BFI).

I just checked the listings for the BFI IMAX, they're all in 3D so if it's not laser (they don't have it yet) and it's not 15/70 (which is apparently 2D only) then it'll be bloody 2K digital. On "the biggest screen in Britain". £20 for that, they can go **** themselves. Gonna have to check out the Empire IMAX, I think. It may be 3D and a smaller screen but at least it'll be the laser projection.

[madlost1]

Finally got my tickets after they decided to add my theater. 3 for the 17th at 7.

[Det. Bullock]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

How? When I click on the 1080p link it just takes me to the apple site. If I right click the link I'm not given an option to save as.

If you click on the yellow triangle there is a blog post on how to do it, choose the method you like (in my case the plug-in that makes apple believe Firefox is an iPhone 3.0) and you are good to go.

[Geoff D]

I went through those too, I couldn't make heads nor tails of it. Oh well.

Wait, you can just right click in Chrome? (I use Firefox) Downloading trailer now.

[Scorpion Soldier]

I was hyped before, but after this trailer, goddamn!!!

[drichter33]

Ok, so this guy really isn't in touch with what's going on. This is an excerpt from this mornings Huffington post article about the online ticket sites crashing:

"The film is expected to gross about $100 million in North America on its opening weekend, Rentrak's senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said"


Where did this guy get his info? If Avengers and Jurassic World did 200mil, then this is going to destroy that record. Potentially 300-400mil if there are enough screens domestically. And probably hit 500 mil over the first full week and 1bil easily

[Nada]

Originally Posted by Scorpion Soldier

I was hyped before, but after this trailer, goddamn!!!

There's too much shit in Abrams frame. It's way too busy compared to the shot in Empire. But this is typical of action filmmakers today and Abrams especially. They think busy = good.

[xbs2034]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Thanks for reminding me. I need to put in a request for the 17th and 18th off. Might as well get an early start to X-Mas break.




Is there a list available that breaks down what each IMAX location is?

http://www.imax.com/community/blog/s...s-on-sale-now/

This link includes a list of the laser and 15/70 locations. Not 100% final (word is the National Air & Space museum in DC will play 15/70, and IMAX previously said 15 laser locations by the end of the year but I count 14), but fair to assume if you are looking for a theater not on this list they will be playing it digital.

[steel_breeze]

I just hope there's some "fun" in the new movie. The trailers show that JJ is able to capture the weight and the darkness… but even at their darkest, the original films were "fun".

[Nada]

Originally Posted by drichter33

Ok, so this guy really isn't in touch with what's going on. This is an excerpt from this mornings Huffington post article about the online ticket sites crashing:

"The film is expected to gross about $100 million in North America on its opening weekend, Rentrak's senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said"


Where did this guy get his info? If Avengers and Jurassic World did 200mil, then this is going to destroy that record. Potentially 300-400mil if there are enough screens domestically. And probably hit 500 mil over the first full week and 1bil easily

No film has even made $100 million in December. This will surely hit around $150 million, but any more is a pipe dream most likely. It will be lucky to make $500 million from the 17th to the 31st, let alone in a week.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by drichter33

Ok, so this guy really isn't in touch with what's going on. This is an excerpt from this mornings Huffington post article about the online ticket sites crashing:

"The film is expected to gross about $100 million in North America on its opening weekend, Rentrak's senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said"


Where did this guy get his info? If Avengers and Jurassic World did 200mil, then this is going to destroy that record. Potentially 300-400mil if there are enough screens domestically. And probably hit 500 mil over the first full week and 1bil easily

I dunno about "destroy", the December holiday has never been a great time for a truly stellar opening weekend in the US (Hobbit: AUJ leads the way on $84M). I think this may top $150M and may even get close to that $200M mark but $300/400M domestic? No way Jose.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

I just hope there's some "fun" in the new movie. The trailers show that JJ is able to capture the weight and the darkness… but even at their darkest, the original films were "fun".

Abrams' films have always had that fun factor somewhere in them. The guy just doesn't do dark and dour, he wants to make blockbuster entertainments that are fun to watch and I'm positive that Ep VII will be no different.

[Elbie]

Originally Posted by drichter33

Ok, so this guy really isn't in touch with what's going on. This is an excerpt from this mornings Huffington post article about the online ticket sites crashing:

Where did this guy get his info? If Avengers and Jurassic World did 200mil, then this is going to destroy that record. Potentially 300-400mil if there are enough screens domestically. And probably hit 500 mil over the first full week and 1bil easily

300-400 million? Absolutely not.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Dude, I'd sacrifice all your souls to be able to see the 2D 15/70 print, but it seems as if there are no UK locations on there. There's the 3D laser version at the Empire IMAX (duggie will be pleased!) but I don't wanna see it in 3D. Boo-urns.

[edit] Even though it's damned cool that they're doing 15/70 at all (and this may well be the last, unless BvS can wrangle a few more prints out of them) it's a damned shame the premier 15/70 location in the entire UK (BFI IMAX) isn't on there. It hasn't got laser yet, it won't apparently get a 15/70 print, so we'll have to make do with a 2K projection? **** that noise, jack.

Maybe, because of the linited 15/70 prints, maybe those will go to other IMAX's after their initial runs. I can remember the first Satr Wars exclusive showing at Dallas's Northpark theater. No major films now have that kind of esclusive run, except maybe a week or two in the beginninng...

[xbs2034]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I just checked the listings for the BFI IMAX, they're all in 3D so if it's not laser (they don't have it yet) and it's not 15/70 (which is apparently 2D only) then it'll be bloody 2K digital. On "the biggest screen in Britain". £20 for that, they can go **** themselves. Gonna have to check out the Empire IMAX, I think. It may be 3D and a smaller screen but at least it'll be the laser projection.

I would certainly check out laser over digital if that's an option. You will probably get bigger image size even if the screen is smaller as well.

I believe all the laser installs so far are on screens at least 80 feet wide, whereas digital can only properly light sizes around 75 feet or so. That's how they do it at Lincoln Square, the used image size is roughly 75 feet wide, with 20+ feet of black bars on the sides.

[HockeySlasher]

Originally Posted by Nada

No film has even made $100 million in December. This will surely hit around $150 million, but any more is a pipe dream most likely. It will be lucky to make $500 million from the 17th to the 31st, let alone in a week.

I was surprised to see that Avatar "only" made 77 million it's opening weekend.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Eye Candy

Maybe, because of the linited 15/70 prints, maybe those will go to other IMAX's after their initial runs. I can remember the first Satr Wars exclusive showing at Dallas's Northpark theater. No major films now have that kind of esclusive run, except maybe a week or two in the beginninng...

I know, I came to that same conclusion that they may get the 15/70 print later on. But I still wants to see it sooner rather than later so I gots to make a choice as to where to lay my IMAX hat.

Originally Posted by xbs2034

I would certainly check out laser over digital if that's an option. You will probably get bigger image size even if the screen is smaller as well.

I believe all the laser installs so far are on screens at least 80 feet wide, whereas digital can only properly light sizes around 75 feet or so. That's how they do it at Lincoln Square, the used image size is roughly 75 feet wide, with 20+ feet of black bars on the sides.

Yep, IMAX laser @ the Empire it is, 3D be damned. Now I've just got to sort out accommodation in London!