Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

[McParadigm]

I won't argue against that point at all.

[Kaius]

So, basically: yeah, it could be good. But I doubt it.

Don't you dare slink away from this.

Revel in it.

Revel

[epilogue]

Just remember that Orci and Kurtzmann aren't involved with this project. I put like 60% of the blame for the shittiness of the Abrams Star Trek movies on them.

Is this the first time we've even sideways agreed on a movie? I'm starting to feel all warm and fuzzy, man.

[LoathedVermin72]

Just remember that Orci and Kurtzmann aren't involved with this project. I put like 60% of the blame for the shittiness of the Abrams Star Trek movies on them.

Is this the first time we've even sideways agreed on a movie? I'm starting to feel all warm and fuzzy, man.

[epilogue]

Just remember that Orci and Kurtzmann aren't involved with this project. I put like 60% of the blame for the shittiness of the Abrams Star Trek movies on them.

Is this the first time we've even sideways agreed on a movie? I'm starting to feel all warm and fuzzy, man.

This bridge we're building will be beautiful and lead us all to better days.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Just remember that Orci and Kurtzmann aren't involved with this project. I put like 60% of the blame for the shittiness of the Abrams Star Trek movies on them.

Is this the first time we've even sideways agreed on a movie? I'm starting to feel all warm and fuzzy, man.

This bridge we're building will be beautiful and lead us all to better days.

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[epilogue]

Just remember that Orci and Kurtzmann aren't involved with this project. I put like 60% of the blame for the shittiness of the Abrams Star Trek movies on them.

Is this the first time we've even sideways agreed on a movie? I'm starting to feel all warm and fuzzy, man.

This bridge we're building will be beautiful and lead us all to better days.

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She can't even lick her lips like a genuine person.

[LoathedVermin72]

Just remember that Orci and Kurtzmann aren't involved with this project. I put like 60% of the blame for the shittiness of the Abrams Star Trek movies on them.

Is this the first time we've even sideways agreed on a movie? I'm starting to feel all warm and fuzzy, man.

This bridge we're building will be beautiful and lead us all to better days.

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She can't even lick her lips like a genuine person.

It's true.

[bada]

The problem with Abram's Star Trek is he doesn't fucking like Star Trek. It's like when Fox had a guy who didn't like superheroes running the FF and X-Men movies.

[LoathedVermin72]

The problem with Abram's Star Trek is he doesn't fucking like Star Trek.

Right. He basically turned it into a bad Star Wars knock-off. So hopefully he'll do an okay job actually making a Star Wars movie.

[dimejinky99]

Neither of the Trek movies were like Star Wars AT ALL, but SW has had that sort of pacing and would suit that sort of pacing in the new ones, if nothing else..

[LoathedVermin72]

Neither of the Trek movies were like Star Wars AT ALL, but SW has had that sort of pacing and would suit that sort of pacing in the new ones, if nothing else..

How were they not? A bunch of dashing space heroes fight a big villain while engaging in buddy dynamics. That's pretty much Star Wars.

[epilogue]

Neither of the Trek movies were like Star Wars AT ALL, but SW has had that sort of pacing and would suit that sort of pacing in the new ones, if nothing else..

How were they not? A bunch of dashing space heroes fight a big villain while engaging in buddy dynamics. That's pretty much Star Wars.

That's virtually every action film, though. Are all action films Star Wars?

Star Wars is much more of a Western than anything else.

[LoathedVermin72]

Neither of the Trek movies were like Star Wars AT ALL, but SW has had that sort of pacing and would suit that sort of pacing in the new ones, if nothing else..

How were they not? A bunch of dashing space heroes fight a big villain while engaging in buddy dynamics. That's pretty much Star Wars.

That's virtually every action film, though. Are all action films Star Wars?

Star Wars is much more of a Western than anything else.

Yeah, that's a good point - saying it's Star Wars is kind of reductive; what it really is just a standard action film, as you pointed out. And that is sooooooooo not what Star Trek is supposed to be about.

[epilogue]

Neither of the Trek movies were like Star Wars AT ALL, but SW has had that sort of pacing and would suit that sort of pacing in the new ones, if nothing else..

How were they not? A bunch of dashing space heroes fight a big villain while engaging in buddy dynamics. That's pretty much Star Wars.

That's virtually every action film, though. Are all action films Star Wars?

Star Wars is much more of a Western than anything else.

Yeah, that's a good point - saying it's Star Wars is kind of reductive; what it really is just a standard action film, as you pointed out. And that is sooooooooo not what Star Trek is supposed to be about.

Sure. I didn't mind as much because it happened to be (I thought) I really well made action flick. And the whole "reboot" nature of the thing made it quite clever. It was the first true "reboot" or "revision" of a franchise that just worked.

But, you're right, it deviated a bit from the thing that most people label as Star Trek.

[McParadigm]

Yeah, the gravity and scope of the rebooting, and even the way it was handled, were actually pretty bold. They were not remotely the problem with the movie.

[epilogue]

Yeah, the gravity and scope of the rebooting, and even the way it was handled, were actually pretty bold. They were not remotely the problem with the movie.

I'm glad to hear you say that, Mr. McDiggitydime'em-Primetime'em. I feel like this is where our streams always get crossed in this conversation. I'm fully prepared to put this to bed now. Thank you.

[Strat]

Star Trek is for nerds. Star Wars rules the school.

[LoathedVermin72]

Yeah, the gravity and scope of the rebooting, and even the way it was handled, were actually pretty bold. They were not remotely the problem with the movie.

Hmm, I dunno if that's bold. I mean, there was a lot of gravity in The Wrath of Khan, and I'm not sure I'd say they had any larger scope than First Contact. Or even Nemesis, really.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Ep VII clone trooper design:

http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/ ... ooper.html

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