ST Scenes in TFA that felt straight out of the 80's!

I loved this film - I thought they did a great job!

Some scenes were really nostalgic and felt like they could have been straight out of an 80's film...

Two come to mind for me-

1 - Finn drinking from the water fountain with the Happarbore
2 - Bobbajo (especially the behind the scenes video)

Any for you?

 

Some reviewer stated that JJ made a "thoroughly old-fashioned film." I agree, and that doesn't have to do with the "practical effects." It has to do with spirit and tone. Moments like Finn's "that's one hell of a pilot!" and many other similarly naive, un-cynical moments, really made this movie feel a lot different than modern blockbuster fare, and very much akin to the OT, and other films in the adventure genre during the 80s. This is why I can't understand the charge of cynicism leveled at the film. It's anything but.

 

The beginning of the bar scene.

 

The whole Cantina scene is like a throwback to the 80s sitcom, "Cheers", that starred Ted Danson... Albeit on some planet in a faraway galaxy and with a unique mix of human and alien patrons!

 

Like, as in any 80s movie, or, more like 80s science fiction and/or fantasy films? Either way, I am not feeling it. Some films of somewhat similar genre do not compare, to whit:

E.T. - Space alien gets left behind on Earth and befriends a human boy?
The Neverending Story - No one in TFA rides on the back of a flying dinosaur otter
Aliens - We really need a Star Wars film where the Jedi are stranded on a Sith outpost where hundreds of Sith live in the catacombs ready to shower the Jedi with Sith Spit; would love to see C3PO ripped in half by a Sith and still function properly to give an assist to the Jedi
Beastmaster - No nudity yet in Star Wars films
Ice Pirates - Total Star Wars ripoff!

 

Kanjiklub with The Guavian Death Gang Vs our Heros vs the Rathtars felt very Captain EO 2 me.

 

There's a default sense of throwback because Abrams uses a lot of tropes, tropes specific to the OT. However, I think TFA is very much a 2015 film made for 2015 audiences.

 

The scene when Finn runs after Rey as Kylo takes her away felt very classic 80's in an Empire Strikes Back/E.T way. This is due largely to the sweeping score which accompanies the scene (the score frequently gives off strong 80's vibes)

 

The fuzzy, security-cam footage on Han's freighter showing the arrival of the gangs. And also the doors, windows on the Rathtar cages, hallways and crawlspaces of the ship felt very industrial and spare, like something out of Alien or Blade Runner.

 

I suspect Kasdan's unique style of dialogue has something to do with the throwback feel as well.

 

When Rey and Finn escaped the First order agents on space MBX's.

 

Absolutely. He nails that pulpy throwback tone better than anyone imo.

 

Scenes in the Resistance base, so old-school. Makes sense, since they shot it on replicas of lenses used in ANH.

 

That bird pecking as Rey speeds past. You really can tell it's not a real animal. It moves kinda mechanical-like , most definitely as though it was made in the 70's, let alone the 80's. (I'm not dissing it though, even though I'm a "hater" - this is not one of the things I "hated")
Also, the red eyed creature thing that looks at BB-8 as it rolls by. Which I've just realised is probably inspired by this;

 

^^^^^^^ The way that bird moved gave me cancer. Forget the 80's that bird was from the 50's.

 

The first scene of Lor San Tekka and Poe talking had a "retro" vibe to me.

 

I've always felt like Abram's style has been most heavily influenced by Spielberg's work from the 70's and 80's. I think that is generally where that feeling of being very 80's come from. This is why my first thought after walking out was that it felt very much like if Spielberg had originally made Star Wars instead of Lucas.

 

Definitely a Spielberg vibe at times in TFA. Not least of all the Raiders of the Lost Ark homage with the Rathtars, and Han's Indy-like punch on the Kanjiklubber. And yes, his style has been most heavily influenced by Spileberg, although it seems he's been studying some other filmmakers with TFA too.

 

Actually .. the OSD in the Falcon came straight form the glorious screens of a 1977 VFX shot.

 

Abrams style for me is a mix of Michael Bay and 80's fuzz feel good blockbusters like ET and Back to the Future, the latter influences adding a good deal more class than the former has by himself.

 

I think the cinematography felt very 80's in spots, like the framing of the desert attack at the beginning and the tracking shot through Maz's bar. One thing I wish there were more of was wipes to the next scene. I saw the movie 3 times and looked for them on my final viewing and only noticed a couple.

 

Just me or isn't Rey's speeder just Luke's X-34 on it's side.....even the windscreen's the same

 

A lot of the shots showing off the environment/aliens (the Jakku scavenger bird, the aliens in Maz's castle,etc.) definitely felt like classic Star Wars and 70s/80s action films in general.

 

There are a bunch of wipes throughout the film. Definitely more than a couple.

 

That E.T. looking thing coming out of the sand when BB-8 left the village was my first impression.

Actually, the very first scene reminded me that it looked like vintage Star Wars...the sand creature proved that JJ cared about making it so.