Star Wars Episode VII
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- CyBrainX0
I didn't think the lens flares were so much to distract me from the best Star Trek movie they ever made with a great cast and a substantial role for Leonard Nimoy who I only expected to see in a cameo. Also the time line factor altering the fate of Star Trek forever was such a great mind blower. I'm a life long Trekkie so I'm a little biases, but I love that movie to death.
- um....wrath of khan was the better movie sir. This one pales in comparison frankly.marychain
- WOK FTW.Continuity
- I love Wrath of Khan but I think the lsat one had more impact.CyBrainX
- TheBlueOne0
Lucas made Star Wars when he couldn't get "Apocalypse Now!" made (he was slated to be the original director). He has stated that the original concept for Star Wars was his version of "Apocalypse Now" in Space Opera form.
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- Coppala was going to produce StarWars too. he should have directed, it needed some Apocalypse Now in itlodef
- and you can assume there would have been no ewoks.CyBrainX
- yurimon0
When I think of starwars I think of These reviews. I am looking forward to this guy making another vid. thats my hopes for starwars these days lol
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- sooooooo not funny at all.
tumbleweeds of lamenessmarychain - made me laughmonospaced
- These are better than the movies themselvesalbums
- brilliantutopian
- sooooooo not funny at all.
- Continuity0
It really does seem like Abrams is the only one allowed to direct SciFi films, now.
Really, like others have said, Whedon could have done a great job. Or even Ronald D Moore.
- He directs 3 PIECE OF SHIT comic movies and now he's fit to touch Star Wars? Yeah, fucking, right.monospaced
- And don't tell me his talents from Avengers and Thor are qualifying. He is a GREAT writer though.monospaced
- Firefly and Serenity were fun, but no way qualify for big time star warsmonospaced
- Well, I'll agree his superhero flicks aren't THAT great. Still, he has a grasp of SciFi, via Firefly.Continuity
- RDM, on the other hand, would be a solid choice, just based on the BSG reboot alone. I fucking loved that series.Continuity
- Let's face it, though, re: Whedon: a director is only as good as the material he's given, and you can't polish a turd.Continuity
- Anyway, I suppose it could have been worse: they could have hired the guy who committed Babylon5.Continuity
- You're also right. He hasn't been given the right material yet. If he's known for cinematic quality, I haven't seen the evidence is allmonospaced
- evidence, that's all.monospaced
- stoplying0
I'd prefer if JJ Evans were the director.
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- CygnusZero40
Im not a Whedon fan at all. I thought Avengers was garbage. Seemed no different than a Michael Bay movie to me. And Cabin in the Woods was pretty original, but is it a great movie? Fun seeing it once, nothing beyond that though.
I really think Abrams was the better choice. Whedon may be a creative guy, but Im just not a big fan of his recent movies.
- I look at Avengers and Star Trek, and sorry Star Trek is better in every possible way.CygnusZero4
- agreedmonospaced
- completely true storymarychain
- Star Trek was just as stupid as Avengers, if not more.i_monk
- If Whedon did the Roseanne show, he can do anythingmoldero
- Continuity0
'Im not a Whedon fan at all. I thought Avengers was garbage.'
I think this is partly due to the material, which is to say, The Avengers and the associated heroes. As comics, they're really not that great, and have always been less popular than Spider-Man or X-Men for Marvel, especially after the latter two started getting the McFarlane/Jim Lee treatments.
I think Whedon would have some strong potential as a director, given the right material.
- I've managed to both date myself and reveal hitherto unknown depths of geekiness in one post. Yay, me!Continuity
- discoduro0
- Pretty awesome. I would imagine Disney saw this and was like fuck it, let him have SW.CygnusZero4
- or they did not watch firefly/serenity and then said this.arne
- TheBlueOne0
JJ Abrams is perfect. He starts amazing shit, loses the plot in the middle and then just kinda hacks together an ending. See "Lost", "Alias".
George Lucas: Had an amazing start, lost the plot in the middle, kinda hacked an ending together.
In other words, I am not a fan of this choice.
- Abrams had virtually nothing to do with Lost beyond the first few episodes.i_monk
- ssshhh..you're bringing logic to my emotional rantTheBlueOne
- i_monk0
Cabin in the Woods was brilliantly written, but Whedon didn't direct it, Drew Goddard did.
- Continuity0
So, the Guardian's got an interesting piece on why JJ Abrams is the right choice for the job:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/f…
There's one key sentence in this article that makes me feel better about both the Disney and Abrams thing:
'The new LucasFilm, Disney-owned and under Kathleen Kennedy, appears to have mapped out its plans for the new trilogy meticulously, with screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) and Simon Kinberg already on board to pen episodes VIII and IX.'
Given that 'Empire' really was the best of the lot, this is good news (although not for VII, specifically.)
- What, they arent working on 7? Thats interesting.CygnusZero4
- Well, that's the inference from the article, anyway. For all we know, maybe that will be the creative team for all three.Continuity
- moldero0
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- moldero0
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- inteliboy0
It's always the same nerd-friendly directors that are thrown around...
Abrams Star Wars will be derivative but slick, with set-piece stiched to set-piece with a bunch of good looking Americans fighting CGI monsters. You'll have a good time but feel empty at the end of it.
Whedon's Star Wars will look boring and lack any sort of imagination, though have really great character work and good looking Americans. You'll walk out smiling, though it wasn't a good movie.
Zack Snyder's Star Wars will look great though too CGI, and have poor character work, but he'd get the gritty aspects of the Star Wars universe. You'll be unsure on what the hell you just saw, but it was cool.
Nolan's Star Wars will have a clumsy narrative, but feel epic in scope and have some interesting themes brewing behind the dull action. You'll feel like you've just seen a masterpiece, when it really isn't at all.
I'd much rather see someone like Paul Greengrass, David O Russell, David Yates etc tackle it... and get Winding Refn or Michael Mann to come in on the last one for the darker epic finale. Not that this would ever happen... or they'd nail it, but it would at least be interesting and not predictable.
- Replace "star wars" with "next 4 movies" and this is spot on.albums
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