Dude, chill. It's a movie, it's not as bad as Trump being president....
Colin Trevorrow no longer directing Episode IX.
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Dude, chill. It's a movie, it's not as bad as Trump being president....
It might be fun to create a what-if meta-film along those lines. Sort of like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but taken totally meta. Could be the next cash-cow for Hollywood similar to what Disney's already doing by remaking its animated back-catalog in live-action (or quasi-live action in the case of CGI animals).
For those who have said this news means they have lost all interest in Episode 9 -
To seriously mean that implies you will never discuss the film at all in the future and certainly never see it.
I am being completely serious now. I have completely lost interest in certain television series, film franchises. Heck, even people and places that once were huge parts of my life. Including former friends and family member. I am so serious about my lost interest I never watch or discuss those tv or movies anymore. I do not talk to those people anymore either.
There are restaurants whose food I liked in the PAST. But they changed the menu or changed how they prepared the food I used to like. So I do not go there any more. I do not continue to go and eat food I no longer like just to complain and hassle the owners and costumers who do like the food. It's called being an adult and moving on.
To seriously mean that implies you will never discuss the film at all in the future and certainly never see it.
I am being completely serious now. I have completely lost interest in certain television series, film franchises. Heck, even people and places that once were huge parts of my life. Including former friends and family member. I am so serious about my lost interest I never watch or discuss those tv or movies anymore. I do not talk to those people anymore either.
There are restaurants whose food I liked in the PAST. But they changed the menu or changed how they prepared the food I used to like. So I do not go there any more. I do not continue to go and eat food I no longer like just to complain and hassle the owners and costumers who do like the food. It's called being an adult and moving on.
I've never seen someone who directs both critically well received, and financially successful genre films, get shit on more then Abrams. I don't know what the beef is that many people have with him, but at worse he will make an entertaining film. This was the logical choice for Disney, considering his connection to the franchise already, and I'm excited to see what he does with it. Does he have flaws as a filmmaker? Sure, everyone does. Was TFA derivative, absolutely (though I blame that more on Disney then Abrams to be honest), but it was still fun, and exactly what Star Wars needed. He is a director that has a bit of flair, knows how to cast and get good character performances, and more importantly, I really think he knows how to set tone in his films. I take this as a massive upgrade over Colin Trevorrow.
Surprise.Surprise. A safe and dependable choice when we were just talking about Lucas Film wanting more of the same old same old
It's guaranteed to make a billion now with hype surrounding
"Return of the J.J"
With these two firings in the last two months I'm surprised by the quick turnaround.
Lord and Miller are out. Kathleen Kennedy speed dials old friend Ron Howard
Trevorrow is out- Kathleen Kennedy speed dials J.J Abrams
It's guaranteed to make a billion now with hype surrounding
"Return of the J.J"
With these two firings in the last two months I'm surprised by the quick turnaround.
Lord and Miller are out. Kathleen Kennedy speed dials old friend Ron Howard
Trevorrow is out- Kathleen Kennedy speed dials J.J Abrams
I'm going to go with the 'well there are worse choices out there.' I like TFA despite some of the silly things that JJ tends to do and despite it being that beat for beat remake some people complain about. While it would have been nice to have a completely new and awesome story, I was not disappointed in having a Star Wars movie that just FELT so Star Wars, so for all its problems I cannot say definitively that TFA didn't do it for me.
But a remake has been done, and I certainly hope that IX won't have the same flaws, because as the final film of this story, it can't get by on just good intentions or the 'well they had to do it that way to get people back in' mentality. This is why I'm kinda iffy on JJ because, as some have said, he is a bit derivative. I'm hoping he does something more than the modern-veneer on an old movie thing he's gotten so good at.
But a remake has been done, and I certainly hope that IX won't have the same flaws, because as the final film of this story, it can't get by on just good intentions or the 'well they had to do it that way to get people back in' mentality. This is why I'm kinda iffy on JJ because, as some have said, he is a bit derivative. I'm hoping he does something more than the modern-veneer on an old movie thing he's gotten so good at.
My objections to J.J. Abrams are rooted in how he views the Star Wars franchise versus the way that George Lucas intended it to be viewed and the way that myself and many, many other fans subsequently have come to view it as well.
The Force Awakens, for all of the money that it made, is largely devoid of much of what makes the Star Wars franchise unique, and much of what myself and many others fell in love with (the myth/archetype-based underpinnings, the visual daring, and the thematic "rhyming"), and the reasons for that can be laid exclusively on JJ and his writing partner, Lawrence Kasdan, and the comments they have made regarding the franchise both prior to and after their involvement on TFA... and there is little evidence that Episode IX will not just be "more of the same".
Rian Johnson, based on everything we've seen and heard thus far about TLJ, has a viewpoint on Star Wars that is much closer to that of George Lucas', which bodes well for the film, and it is disappointing and frustrating that we're going from him to the guy who made The Force Awakens simply to recapture his own personal feelings upon walking out of the theater in May 1977.
The most frustrating homage to A New Hope was copying exactly how Luke first met Obi-wan at the end of the movie. After Luke with no training fought Vader on the Death Star...
Says me, yes. And really, that repsonse was a bit OTT. Atleast give some backing as to why your opinion is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Delayed to December 2019
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http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...elease-date-delayed-to-december-2019#/slide/1
Good new for me, I'm a big Abrams fan. I am a little bit disappointed, just because I liked the idea of each movie being directed by somebody else, but if they were going to go back to somebody who directed for them before, Abrams was a good choice.
I doubt IX will be as close to Return of the Jedi as TFA was to A New Hope, they said they did that just to reestablish the universe, so hopefully now that we'll have 2 movies behind us we can get something more unique.
I doubt IX will be as close to Return of the Jedi as TFA was to A New Hope, they said they did that just to reestablish the universe, so hopefully now that we'll have 2 movies behind us we can get something more unique.
PSA: Anyone still harping on TFA being a direct clone of ANH really needs to look past the surface and pay closer attention to the thematic underpinnings and also: learn a different tune already.
Of course since the likelihood of a fourth and possibly fifth trilogy is fairly high, they may just take this opportunity to introduce a few new "boxes" for those films to deal with.
If they're staying true to the three act structure of the OT, then most of the "boxes" (are there even that many to begin with?) should indeed have been opened in the second act. The third act is usually about the fallout from said boxes being opened.
Of course since the likelihood of a fourth and possibly fifth trilogy is fairly high, they may just take this opportunity to introduce a few new "boxes" for those films to deal with.
Meh. Honestly, until I see The Last Jedi, I don't much care about episode 9 one way or the other.
If Rian Johnson's movie manages to be better than TFA, I suppose I could be worried about Abrams return. But honestly, TFA did nothing to make me want to see sequels with these characters. If not for the TLJ teaser, and Luke's attitude therein, I might just check out of the film franchise altogether. But at least there is the suggestion of something new. Something to build on that isn't just more of the same.
If Rian Johnson's movie manages to be better than TFA, I suppose I could be worried about Abrams return. But honestly, TFA did nothing to make me want to see sequels with these characters. If not for the TLJ teaser, and Luke's attitude therein, I might just check out of the film franchise altogether. But at least there is the suggestion of something new. Something to build on that isn't just more of the same.
He is.
I am also not a huge fan of his writing.