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McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

I can't tell if you are excited about Force Awakens or not. True story.

It'll be interesting to see if reviewers abide by the Wednesday embargo.

Strat wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

I can't tell if you are excited about Force Awakens or not. True story.

I'm excited at the prospect, I truly am. As a lifelong Star Wars geek how can I not be? But I still remember the sinking feeling in my gut the day I saw the first prequel. I was so excited for a new Star Wars movie then and the let down was almost unbearable. I just am not making any expectations for myself. If it is great, I'll promptly go home and rub one out. If it isn't, I'll probably still go home and rub one out, but out of shame instead of excitement.

I hope han solo subtexts the shit out of spock with his lazersword

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

In much the way that Jedi was? Good film, but so much 'been there - done this before'

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

That would still be better than that trailer for Generic Space Fighterguys 3: The Movie.

McParadigm wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

That would still be better than that trailer for Generic Space Fighterguys 3: The Movie.

True. Plus I don't like the guy that plays Spock.

That trailer made me really sad. Justin Lin is a fucking monster. MY CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN RAPED.

This is a really encouraging read
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2015/ ... k.html?m=1

dimejinky99 wrote:This is a really encouraging read
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2015/ ... k.html?m=1

I love that and him being executive producer moving forward. He must have done a bang up job

Abrams also commented on the early story process saying,
"We don’t write a treatment but there are countless times we came up with something and said “oh, this would be so great for Episode VIII!” or “Thats what we could get to in IX!” It was just that kind of forward moving story. But we knew this had to neither be a backwards moving nostalgic trip only nor a beginning of a movie without a satisfying conclusion, and that was part of the balancing act — embracing what we have inherited and using that where and whenever possible to tell a story that hasn’t been seen yet. We also knew that certain things were inevitable in our minds but that didn’t mean it would be inevitable for whoever came in next."

Im pretty certain I fell asleep during the Phantom Menace cause i went to a midnight showing and because phantom menace

I read online that some guy had made anti-cheese edits of the prequels, and I fell asleep during the phantom menace one last night. that movie is so bad.

Rangi Guy wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

McParadigm wrote:That certainly put Force Awakens in perspective. I'm officially with you guys now. Compared to what Star Trek has been reduced to, Awakens is going to be a legitimate masterpiece.

Movie of the year.

get back to me once we see that the Force Awakens really is an exact mirror of A New Hope.

In much the way that Jedi was? Good film, but so much 'been there - done this before'

The classical star wars elements are REALLY broad. Other than the space station/death star stuff the overlaps weren't that egregious. There are going to be lightsaber fights, mentors, space battles, the force, big super weapons. It's the heart of the series, and a pretty standard part of serialized story telling (and this is episode 7).

And, as always, if it's done well who gives a shit. Did anyone roll their eyes at the return of the nazis and sula in Last Crusade?

I am really intrigued by what Rian Johnson will do with this story. He is not an obvious choice for a movie like this.

The jurassic world guy was hugely disappointing. I hope someone gives him a great script.

yeah, the new star trek movie seems like a very expensive tv special....full of one liners, no drama, no story at all. What a shame, the first one was good.

stip wrote:The jurassic world guy was hugely disappointing. I hope someone gives him a great script.

Oh man. So many properties getting murdered by additions lately. Jurassic Park, Terminator, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Batman....

How did Rocky turn out to be the shining example of aging a franchise gracefully?

Also, if Star Wars sucks too, will we finally return to a world where original ideas outnumber sequels?

McParadigm wrote:
Also, if Star Wars sucks too, will we finally return to a world where original ideas outnumber sequels?

Lol

McParadigm wrote:

stip wrote:The jurassic world guy was hugely disappointing. I hope someone gives him a great script.

Oh man. So many properties getting murdered by additions lately. Jurassic Park, Terminator, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Batman....

How did Rocky turn out to be the shining example of aging a franchise gracefully?

Also, if Star Wars sucks too, will we finally return to a world where original ideas outnumber sequels?

Well in fairness we have to wait and see on Batman. And I liked the two new star treks, but I hated the old star trek, so I'm not the right kind of judge for that one.

LotR you're right about.

Jurassic Park and Terminator did have a long string of sub par movies prior to the current ones, though. Can't pin that solely on the new ones.

McParadigm wrote: Also, if Star Wars doesn't make a quintillion dollars, will we finally return to a world where original ideas outnumber sequels?

FTFY