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

[Strat]

I can't wait till McP, chud and LV tear me down after TFA

You appear to be the only person forum-frothing about this movie who is actually, truly a fan of the franchise. As such, you are the only person who can say "I AM GONNA LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS" and for whom I think "he probably will, and I hope he does."

I fucking hate the prequels though....

[Strat]

I look forward to being able to stand shoulder to shoulder next to strat when we can tell you losers 'I told you so' in a few weeks

I haven't seen a single person actually shit on this movie though. I think you, Strat, and jinky are waging war on your own insecure expectations.

Im just putting on a show, guy.

[Norah]

No. It's not all that. It's a mess and understandably given its the first and they didn't know where they were going but put up against the rest it's only slightly better than attack of the clones and that's officially the worst of the whole lot.

How dare you try to ruin the joy of A New Hope for us?

lol

[Strat]

I like to think me and D have a good friendship. I respect him and damn near love him.


However, I just cannot get a handle on his RM posting. Not 1 bit.

[Norah]

have you been drinking?

[Strat]

beer #3. What is your drink of choice tonight, homo?

[Strat]

I didnt mean that at all.

[LoathedVermin72]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ro ... tom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

[Strat]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

[LoathedVermin72]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

Spielberg directed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so...

[epilogue]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

Spielberg directed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so...

Also Lucas still wrote those movies.

[McParadigm]

Age depleted Spielberg big time. Or grandfatherhood. I dunno.

But yeah, I can imagine another director having a huge impact on those films. Phantom Menace could have been a decent little-kid movie

[LoathedVermin72]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

Spielberg directed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so...

Also Lucas still wrote those movies.

That's what I mean. Lucas still would have written Phantom regardless of who directed it, so I wonder how much better it ultimately would have been.

[Strat]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

Spielberg directed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so...

Also Lucas still wrote those movies.

By all accounts lucas has absolutely no idea how to get actors to perform. There are decent actors in the film and i imagine any of those directors would have made a better impact.

[epilogue]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

Spielberg directed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so...

Also Lucas still wrote those movies.

By all accounts lucas has absolutely no idea how to get actors to perform. There are decent actors in the film and i imagine any of those directors would have made a better impact.

That's absolutely a fair point.

You also wonder how much of the CGI saturation there would have been. Would another director have had the ability or the vision or the power/desire to circumvent Lucas?

[LoathedVermin72]

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/ron-howard-george-lucas-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace

George Lucas asked Ron Howard to direct The Phantom Menace

“He did, he did,” Howard said in response to whether Lucas approached him about the film. “He didn’t necessarily want to direct them, and he told me that he had talked to [Robert] Zemeckis, he talked to me, he talked to Steven Spielberg. I was the third one he spoke to. They had all said the same thing, ‘George, you should just do it!’”

“Nobody wanted to follow that act, I don’t think, at that point. That was an honor, but it would’ve been just too daunting.”

Oh man. What a different, and presumably better, film it would have been.

Spielberg directed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so...

Also Lucas still wrote those movies.

By all accounts lucas has absolutely no idea how to get actors to perform. There are decent actors in the film and i imagine any of those directors would have made a better impact.

That's absolutely a fair point.

You also wonder how much of the CGI saturation there would have been. Would another director have had the ability or the vision or the power/desire to circumvent Lucas?

Again, Crystal Skull.

[epilogue]

It's pretty hard to argue when the most valid counterpoint is always "Crystal Skull."

[LoathedVermin72]

It's pretty hard to argue when the most valid counterpoint is always "Crystal Skull."

I don't even mean it in the sense that it's terrible or anything, just that the movie was flooded with CGI and it all seemed to be due to Lucas's influence.

[stip]

The cgi in the prequels is a bit much, but if there was decent acting and writing it would have been fine

[LoathedVermin72]

The cgi in the prequels is a bit much, but if there was decent acting and writing it would have been fine

This is a good point.