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How pumped are you guys for the new Star Wars cast!?
Apr 29, 2014, 5:15 PM
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http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-episode-vii-cast-announced/
Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
Director J.J. Abrams says, “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud.”
Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.
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Re: How pumped are you guys for the new Star Wars cast!?
Apr 29, 2014, 5:17 PM
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JJ Abrams, really?
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That means lots of lens flare...***
Apr 29, 2014, 5:19 PM
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Re: That means lots of lens flare...***
Apr 29, 2014, 5:22 PM
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that, and a poorly directed movie.
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what that he's directed has been bad?
Apr 29, 2014, 5:29 PM
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All of his movies have relatively high rottentomatoes scores.
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The only issue I have with him is..
Apr 29, 2014, 5:34 PM
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that he is a watered down Spielberg. That makes him still a really good director in my opinion, but not a brilliant one.
I think he's a really good choice for Star Wars as that series is known for campy fun without much substance which is how I kind of see Abrams. I just wish we could return to blockbusters with some meat to them instead of just flash.
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Re: The only issue I have with him is..
Apr 29, 2014, 5:35 PM
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he cant pull off an epic, just not in his blood. Not sure what Disney was thinking. His treatment of Star Trek was OK, but if he tries to modernise the characters in star wars, the die hards will be lined up at Comicon to disembowel him.
The only thing he has working in his favor is that disney also bought ILM, so there will be no profit motive in the Visual effects.
Hopefully FOrd has some of that old magic left in him, He was supposedly a big help when an inexperienced Lucas was directing episode 4.
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I'm guessing you don't view the Star Trek movies as epic?
Apr 29, 2014, 5:40 PM
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I'd love to see a guy like Scorsese take a whack at a big blockbuster like Star Wars just to see if he really can go out of his comfort zone and still be amazing.
Before Elysium, I would have loved to see what Blomkamp could have done with the Star Wars Universe, but he lost his mojo with Elysium.
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Re: I'm guessing you don't view the Star Trek movies as epic?
Apr 29, 2014, 5:43 PM
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definitely not. They were always self contained stories, more episodic.
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Just saw your edit where you answered about Trek...
Apr 29, 2014, 5:49 PM
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I'd agree, but Abrams has said he doesn't hold an affinity for the Trek universe like he does the Star Wars Universe and his attempt with Trek was to make a "pop" Star Trek.
I think he's bringing a different sense to the Star Wars Universe. I think what the prequels and Lucas did to Star Wars was bad enough that Abrams will try to return the series back to the Empire Strikes back glory days with its tone/direction. Bringing in unknown actors seems to point to this idea and that should be good news.
I just wish Hollywood would slow down on trying to build these "Universes" like what Marvel is doing and push forth "smaller" blockbusters. I think they are going to end up shooting themselves in the foot.
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Re: Just saw your edit where you answered about Trek...
Apr 29, 2014, 5:59 PM
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he also got into it with the lead matte painter on star trek and it had to be finished out by some chick they pulled off the street. This happens to be the same concept artist did a of of the work for episodes 1-3...ooops.
We are talking about a guy with a massive ego, and very little vision. He needs to go back to television, he is everything that is wrong with the film industry these days.
Rian Johnson would have been my hands down first choice.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426059/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
Check out looper, best sci fi movie in a while. His work on breaking bad goes without mention.
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Brothers Bloom is one of my favorite films
Apr 29, 2014, 6:10 PM
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and I'd love Rian to do a "smaller" Star Wars story like I think Disney is talking about doing.
Looper was my most anticipated movie of 2012, but I was somewhat disappointed by the end result. Either because time travel movies are hard to do or I just didn't like the story, don't know. Still would love to see him tackle bigger movies. (Like how Joss Whedon was promoted to godfather of the Marvel movies.)
Never heard that about JJ (or the story with the matte painter. I'll have to do some googling). I've always heard he's a good guy and a talented storyteller. Just not a big unique "visionary" (different from a visual director).
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Re: Brothers Bloom is one of my favorite films
Apr 29, 2014, 6:17 PM
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google cris stoskie, that was the guy.
Rian's character are far more believable and have actual depth. Everyone in star trek ended up a sad caricature of themselves. I thought I was watching a comedy at times.
Into Darkness was a huge improvement though...
Check out Abrams quote about star trek, he completely dissed Gene Rodenberry when he said no star trek should have existed before my version.(paraphrasing)
sorry no version should be remembered but mine.
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I have high hopes for "interstellar"
Apr 29, 2014, 6:05 PM
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but the Batman series was pretty up and down in quality. Dark Knight is probably one of the best movies of the last couple of decades, but Begins and Rising are just kind of "meh."
I'd much rather Nolan stick with the single story blockbusters like Inception or Interstellar than tackle another Trilogy--they hard.
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Still much better than any other super- hero movies***
Apr 29, 2014, 9:46 PM
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in that they are barely superhero movies?
Apr 29, 2014, 10:14 PM
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You can get away with that with Batman because he's Noir/detective, but not with Superman/Spider-man/Maverl/etc...
They tried to put some darkness into the Superman movie last year and it just didn't fit.
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Just compare them to the other batman movies***
Apr 29, 2014, 10:30 PM
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The two tim burton ones or the Schumacher ones?
Apr 29, 2014, 10:38 PM
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The Burton ones are the best, imo followed by Dark Knight. Tim Burton nailed "comic book" gotham city and the characters without feeling stupid. That took skill. Compare them to what Schumacher did (or ang lee did with Hulk) to see how hard it is to incorporate the feel of a comic book without the cheese.
Nolan went the other way and made his just a dark noir story. Playing with ideas more than story. It worked in Dark Knight, not so much in the other two.
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Majorly disagree
Apr 29, 2014, 11:02 PM
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The Nolan batman succeeds just because it isn't overly concerned with being a "comic book movie." The Burton movies are hampered by their by the hidebound comic book aesthetic in the same way all the other super hero movies are.
In fact, I think if you look at any of the comic book based movies, nearly all the better ones are unconcerned with bringing the feel of a comic book to the movies.
Obviously the Schumacher batman SUCKED on ice... but somehow I thought they were fun when I was a kid.
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Ah, that's where we disagree I guess...
Apr 29, 2014, 11:15 PM
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Should a comic book movie use the source material just as a property IP in which to tell a different type of story or should it be true to its source and try to convey that on the big screen?
I'd agree that making a great movie is the best way to give the source material its respect. However, if you can also carry over the feel of the source material as well as make a great movie then you've made something exceptional. That's why I put Burton's Batman ahead of Nolan's. What he did was much harder to pull off. Nolan's Dark Knight was a great movie but didn't feel like a comic book. He simply used the property's name and appeal to garner attention. Similar to how the movie "Battleship" was nothing like the board game. It simply used a property everyone knows and is familiar with for marketing purposes. (Nolan, obviously, was much more successful in his use of his chosen IP...)
A great example of this is the Man of Steel movie. The first half 2/3 of that movie is great. Seeing a young superman dealing with his power fits and is a metaphor for all of us. THEN the last 1/3 is just Superman allowing for tons of innocent people to die and then actively killing himself. It didn't feel like Superman at that point. It just felt like CGI disaster ####. That's not being true to the comic or character. Why make that movie at all?
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btw, you ever see "Unbreakable?"
Apr 29, 2014, 11:21 PM
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That is a great super hero movie that (as far as I know) isn't based on any comic book. Would it bridge our opinions? It's realistic, and has comic book ideas yet doesn't feel like a comic book?
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I could see that. Liked that one***
Apr 30, 2014, 12:28 PM
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Re: How pumped are you guys for the new Star Wars cast!?
Apr 29, 2014, 5:43 PM
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Do they finally make Princess Ardala Queen, cause she's way too old to be a princess.
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I'll be surprised if they all live through it
Apr 29, 2014, 5:51 PM
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I'll take Carrie Fisher in the who deads 1st pool
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Re: I'll be surprised if they all live through it
Apr 29, 2014, 6:02 PM
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could happen, if they try to squeeze her into the gold bikini again.
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*shudders****
Apr 29, 2014, 6:10 PM
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I like it
Apr 29, 2014, 6:41 PM
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I like the fact that its not big names
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