#371

I have a friend who lives and breathes this stuff and he’s always trying to get me to read something from the extended universe. I don’t turn him down because I feel like I’m above it - or whatever - but because at any one time I have up to 17 books vying for my attention and anything new will just have to get to the back of the queue!

#372

Haha :wink:

As I wrote in my SW-based biography: ‘We will get a lot of nostalgia with TFA but that particular comfort won’t last forever – original characters will eventually fade away and newer planets will surely become home to the action. All of this makes me think the prequels will assume even more the role of a younger sibling desperately tugging at the coattails of their chronological elders.’

I quite like that Catalyst doesn’t completely ignore the prequels - for example, the Geonosians are still involved in building the Death Star and Mas Amedda gets some page time. Nothing wrong with that, I want the films to be recognised, but it doesn’t have to mean Jar Jar pops up in Episode 8 or anything.

#373

Woody Harrelson added to Han Solo film cast! :heart_eyes:

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#374

Not terribly sold on the need for a Han Solo movie, it sure seems to have the potential to be a movie that could be full of callbacks and self conscious fan moments, but the cast so far has been good.

If they do the kessel run I’ll be fucking raging tho

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#375

Sure wouldn’t be like any of the other new movies then :wink:

Have you read the Marvel Han Solo comic? It’s a great little caper that isn’t the Kessel Run

#376

I only really had an issue with ones like the chessboard in TFA and the fellas from the cantina being on Jeddah, but Han Solo Solo just feels it could get a bit Sherlockd up.

Not read any comics in a looooong time, so much €€€. I do have a tablet now so in theory I could get them on the cheap

#377

Yeah those were real immersion breaking moments weren’t they?

Reading comics on a tablet is the shit.

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#378

Nah, the Marvel and DC apps are really good. The frame by frame path means reading on your phone isn’t that bad.

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#379

Yeah I know dude, I said ‘the shit’ as in a good thing :slight_smile: been reading loads on comixology recently, absolutely love guided view

#380

Oh yeah, sorry, missed the ‘the’ :smiley:

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#381

Massively disagree - sometimes the page is impressive/important as a whole and reading on a tablet cocks that up.
(I know you can switch to full-page mode, but you’re not going to unless you know it’s needed)

Look at these pages from Deadly Class, for example. Reading them panel-by-panel would give you the story, but seeing the whole page adds so much more.

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#382

Maybe it’s changed or maybe it’s highly dependent on the comic, but when I’ve used it, it gives you the whole page at least once, either right at the end or right at the start, although it may actually give you the whole page both ends of the reading.

I also think switching to full page mode is something I did a lot just to look at the pages, so it’s hard to judge on whether you wouldn’t know it’s needed.

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#383

This is true, but you can set it so it shows the whole page at the end of it (or even the start) so you can still get that full impact. Guided view not always perfect though.

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#384

Fair enough, but how would you read pages like this one from Young Avengers?

You need full page to make it work, but you’d need to zoom in to get the detail. In the comic, these are double-page spreads and no tablet is that big.

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(I bloody love reading this page and may be using this side-thread as an excuse to post comic pages that I really, really like)

#385

EDIT, it’s not quite how I said in this first paragraph now I look at that page properly but you get the gist. It will guide you.

Well look you are right, some pages will take the reader a bit of time and be less good. I would imagine for that page there you’d get the two top triangles then each time you tap you would go to a number in the main page then the next tap would put you back to the key, then you’d go to the next number. It’s possible you’d get a zoom out between each to take the whole thing in.

But there’s an up side too: When I open the pages of the comic I always take in everything. That means that if there is action or something significant bottom right, I am drawn to see that before I read the events. The guided reading stops that happening - which means it’s at the end you get the ‘whole page’ view not at the beginning - meaning every panel is new to me until I reach the end of the page, and I like that.

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#386

Oh it’s a nerd convention! Morning virgins!

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#387

Who woke grandad?

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#388

I like that and agree it’s a bonus, but the best comic ‘reveals’ happen with the turn of the page. :slight_smile:

Back to an earlier point, I’ve not read the Han Solo comic but will check it out (I rate Marjorie Liu). For Star Wars comics, the main SW one and Darth Vader are both excellent!

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#391

Chris Packham nearly spelt ‘Rogue’ incorrectly on tonight’s Winterwatch.

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