Star Wars 7 shit talk

even just like stylistic references to the first one could be p dangerous

― lag∞n, Friday, January 25, 2013 11:46 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

naw they gotta do the wipes and stuff

Wonder how much Disney would have to pay Fox to license the fanfare for use before the opening crawl?

Hahah I've been wondering about that since day one.

ha

There's no worse vanity card than the 3D BV castle these days.

I will miss the fanfare, but I will not miss this movie. Very excited that anyone who grew up on SW will be directing SW.

Plus, they're sequels. It's not like he's remaking Holy Mountain or something.

And on a related note, I just had the pleasure of watching the fan-edited HD versions of the original trilogy. Was just like being back in the theater as a kid. Highly recommend downloading those from your favorite torrent and reliving the glory.

which one, tho? there's at least a few

Formal rubbage from the starwars.com site:

After a bevy of emails and phone calls, the formalities have been wrapped up, and at long last everyone can exhale and properly share the word with an excited Internet. Yes, J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode VII, the first of a new series of Star Wars films to come from Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams will be directing and Academy Award-winning writer Michael Arndt will write the screenplay.

"It's very exciting to have J.J. aboard leading the charge as we set off to make a new Star Wars movie," said Kennedy. "J.J. is the perfect director to helm this. Beyond having such great instincts as a filmmaker, he has an intuitive understanding of this franchise. He understands the essence of the Star Wars experience, and will bring that talent to create an unforgettable motion picture."

George Lucas went on to say "I've consistently been impressed with J.J. as a filmmaker and storyteller." He's an ideal choice to direct the new Star Wars film and the legacy couldn't be in better hands."

"To be a part of the next chapter of the Star Wars saga, to collaborate with Kathy Kennedy and this remarkable group of people, is an absolute honor," J.J. Abrams said. "I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid."

J.J., his longtime producing partner Bryan Burk, and Bad Robot are on board to produce along with Kathleen Kennedy under the Disney | Lucasfilm banner."

Also consulting on the project are Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg. Kasdan has a long history with Lucasfilm, as screenwriter on The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi. Kinberg was writer on Sherlock Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Abrams and his production company Bad Robot have a proven track record of blockbuster movies that feature complex action, heartfelt drama, iconic heroes and fantastic production values with such credits as Star Trek, Super 8, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, and this year's Star Trek Into Darkness. Abrams has worked with Lucasfilm's preeminent postproduction facilities, Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, on all of the feature films he has directed, beginning with Mission: Impossible III. He also created or co-created such acclaimed television series as Felicity, Alias, Lost and Fringe.

Etc. etc. whatever.

hey ned what's up

there's like a 100% chance that Ben Burtt will be back for Artoo/sound design, right?

xp Hullo.

i feel like you're hedging on this hello. the 'u' tipped me off

That's because I'm about to get some sleep!

sweet dreams ye princes of ilx u kings of ned raggetss

This is the best possible big-name director they could've picked imo. Wish they would've asked David Lynch again tho.

Roman Polanski

Steve McQueen

Haneke, bitch!

herzong obv

herzog even jeez i'm not even drunk

herzong sounds cool too whatever

Then they could tell everyone that this is Herzong.

herzomg

Be funny if after Abrams makes his CGI-rich Star Wars, Lucas goes back and remakes the effects with practical models, mattes, etc.

Wrench in the works here is that this is not a reboot. What made the Abrams "Star Trek" so solid was that he was, working off of and correcting (or at least compensating for) decades of missteps and mythology. This, on the other hand, will have to fit into some grander narrative, and Abrams has been less than solid when it comes to actually telling new stories. Not that the story of "Star Wars" is particularly compelling as more than boilerplate. Anyway, any hack could have made this movie - Richard Marquand! - but at least they picked a competent hack.

as long as Lindelof stays away from it...

Oh, God, I can only imagine.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away ... that may be heaven ...

the idea that the Star Trek reboot cleared away decades of crust is odd given that the movie is nothing but callbacks and references to even the the lowliest of canon details, and I doubt that he would be prevented from doing the same with Star Wars.

Who cares really. We live in an era of po-mo fan-fiction cinema. No going back.

Star Trek movie was some bullshit imo, but its approach almost inherently is better suited to Trek than SW. the Abrams approach to casting and storytelling will probably result in a bunch of vacant Hayden Christensen types milling around unsubtly referencing the original trilogy.

it'd be almost impossible not to improve on Christensen

I dunno -- Star Wars seems a lot more amenable to endless referencing given its samurai movie pedigree and the "rhyming" thing.

to me the Lucas prequels were at least interesting as a deterioration of the original creator's sensibilities, like listening to a really shitty later Prince album. Abrams pilots his projects like an effective technician and may do something modern and mildly clever, but at the end of the day is a guy whose imagination could never create a Star Wars or Star Trek or Mission Impossible of his own.

^^^ otm x1000

But he's not being asked to make a new thing. He's the new manager of a franchise/brand, which is what he is perfectly suited for.

I think he also has the sense to not, say, create a character like Dexter Jettster. Can you guys think of the worst/cheesiest thing he's come up with? I haven't seen "Lost" or most of his movies. Star Trek was great tho.

Star Trek was a great Star Wars movie. Maybe this next Star Wars movie will be a great Star Trek movie?

I would see a muppet version of this movie

I agree 1000% with some dude as well.

Well - except for the ST movie being bullshit. I enjoyed it but yeah - pretty much the epitome of breezy corporate filmmaking.

to me the Lucas prequels were at least interesting as a deterioration of the original creator's sensibilities, like listening to a really shitty later Prince album. Abrams pilots his projects like an effective technician and may do something modern and mildly clever, but at the end of the day is a guy whose imagination could never create a Star Wars or Star Trek or Mission Impossible of his own.

― some dude, Saturday, January 26, 2013 1:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'll take that over whatever it was that george lucas did, which imo wasn't just like, a watered-down version of when he was good... its like at least on a bad prince album you can be reasonably sure the musicianship will be super tight etc...

Wonder how much Disney would have to pay Fox to license the fanfare for use before the opening crawl?

― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.)

Shit, hadn't considered this! It's a really important part of the theme tune.

Oh shit. I never thought about that!

Instead of the fanfare they'll just have a Star Destroyer going NNNNNNNRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNN over the top of the camera then instead of the SW theme Abrams will play something by the Beastie Boys.

Then they issue a flood warning on account of all the fanboy tears.

Eh, ownership is pretty loose these days. I mean, Disney owns Marvel, but it's Universal that has the Hulk and Spider-Man rides. And Harry Potter, which is of course a Warner Bros. property. If anyone's worried about the fanboy shit, just wait until the Bad Robot logo shows up before the crawl.

Hey, maybe the crawl can just recount the history of the property. "And then the mighty Lucasfilm sold its rights to Disney, but while the merger went through, some preferred the way things used to be, and proved willing to fight for it. A galactic alliance of nerds, fanboys and dorks, calmed by the recruitment of General J. J. Abrams, was soon up in arms about the fate of the Fox fanfare, a battle whose results still hang in the balance ..."

lol

Still better and more bloodstirring than the TPM opening crawl.

Why couldn't they license it?

because that would be silly