# Star Wars Episode VII anticipation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936 "2013-08-23T02:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/821 "2015-12-15T10:03:45Z")
Most important of all: Patton Oswalt liked it. He’s my geek barometer. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/822 "2015-12-15T10:47:57Z")
So this thread is 2 years, 4 months old. That’s a lot of anticipation, and finally it has arrived. I see it [in 36 hours](http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/launch?iso=20151217T10&p0=152&msg=Star+Wars%3A+The+Force+Awakens&font=slab). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/823 "2015-12-15T11:59:20Z")
To prepare, I watched Episode IV last night. Episode V tonight, and Episode VI Wednesday or maybe Friday (I’m seeing VII Sunday) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/824 "2015-12-15T13:00:46Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Most important of all: Patton Oswalt liked it. He’s my geek barometer. Seth Green and Rainn Wilson also liked it. A good sign. Still, will it be great when we’ve seen it many, many times over years? I wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/825 "2015-12-15T13:03:19Z")
Well, but what did people say about The Phantom Menace on walking out of the LA premiers? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/826 "2015-12-15T13:04:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Still, will it be great when we’ve seen it many, many times over years? I wonder. That’s true. A Star Wars film isn’t a movie, it’s a relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/827 "2015-12-15T13:15:07Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Well, but what did people say about The Phantom Menace on walking out of the LA premiers? I know fans went nuts until rational thought returned to them. However, there was a definite concerned buzz around the movie when it was being shown in charity screenings in advance. People were impressed, but concerned about…well, the boring story and so forth. Ron Howard had to come out and defend it(he’d seen it a month early). It was obvious to many though that the movie was at least…odd. Oddly paced and oddly plotted. I do think that within the next two days, we’ll begin to get somewhat realistic, down-to-earth analysis of the new one. Three weeks from now, we’ll have a lot better evaluation of where it stands. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/828 "2015-12-15T14:22:23Z")
We’ll probably see it the weekend after Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/829 "2015-12-15T14:41:26Z")
Twas the week after Christmas And all through the Empire Stormtroopers and Jedi Were locked in a quagmire. … Eh, all I got. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/830 "2015-12-15T14:58:52Z")
[‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Has Best Picture Potential](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-star-wars-force-awakens-848906) Take with as many grains of salt as you want. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/831 "2015-12-15T15:04:08Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > [‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Has Best Picture Potential](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-star-wars-force-awakens-848906) > > Take with as many grains of salt as you want. That would be cool. I’m hoping Mad Max 4 lands a nomination. It was a movie that lived up to the hype a lot more than most. Equally important to me is that Mad Max should win the Oscar for best score. It’s one of the best scores of the last 10-15 years. Powerful. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/832 "2015-12-16T04:30:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > That would be cool. I’m hoping Mad Max 4 lands a nomination. It was a movie that lived up to the hype a lot more than most. > > Equally important to me is that Mad Max should win the Oscar for best score. It’s one of the best scores of the last 10-15 years. Powerful. Interesting. I quite enjoy Road Warrior’s ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/833 "2015-12-16T04:31:52Z")
For a franchise that hasn’t produced a good movie in 35 years…it sure touches a lot of people ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/834 "2015-12-16T08:28:30Z")
The first reviews are out. The British press, at least, seem to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/835 "2015-12-16T08:29:46Z")
OK. so the [reviews](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens/) are out, and so far they’re overwhelmingly positive. If there’s one complaint, it’s that there are too many callbacks to the first trilogy, with some critics going so far as to call it more of a remake than a sequel - but then, that’s pretty much what we all expected from Abrams. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/836 "2015-12-16T08:43:08Z")
In other words: **It doesn’t suck.** ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/837 "2015-12-16T13:04:22Z")
108 reviews at rotten tomatoes. It’s at 97% positive. Impressive. 105 positive 3 negative ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/838 "2015-12-16T13:14:57Z")
> [@joemama24\_98](#): > > Do cooling fins work in outer space? Are they even needed? Cooling fins do work, but not the same way they do in an atmosphere. In space, cooling fins work by increasing your ship’s cross section more than increasing its surface area: putting two cooling fins next to each other doesn’t work in space because half the heat being radiated by one will hit the one next to it, whereas in an atmosphere you’ve got moving air to carry some of the heat away. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/839 "2015-12-16T13:15:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 108 reviews at rotten tomatoes. > > It’s at 97% positive. Impressive. _Most_ impressive. I seem to be geeking out a bit today. But seriously - the chance of a Star Wars movie that doesn’t suck? The only appropriate reaction would be something like [this](https://youtu.be/U8DeBlXCvZo?t=10). ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936/840 "2015-12-16T13:55:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > _Most_ impressive. > > I seem to be geeking out a bit today. But seriously - the chance of a Star Wars movie that doesn’t suck? The only appropriate reaction would be something like [this](https://youtu.be/U8DeBlXCvZo?t=10). Just to cool it down _a little bit_ it’s worth noting that the average review rating comes out to around 80%. Still pretty good! But I wouldn’t go in expecting an A+ movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anticipation-thread/666936.md?page=43)