21 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:

This part is really bad news:

"Lucasfilm says that Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio, the screenwriter for Argo, Justice League, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."

Batman v Superman was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

for real. the only possible reason any of them are employed is nepotism

I have my apprehensions but odds are it'll work out better than Lucas coming back to not-quite direct RotJ.

1 minute ago, Terminus-Est said:

I have my apprehensions but odds are it'll work out better than Lucas coming back to not-quite direct RotJ.

Never tell me the odds!

7 minutes ago, FlyingAnchors said:

Mark Walberg, a struggling junk dealer. Finds out he's a Jedi. And must help other Jedi evade capture from the us military. Which will have him run into a group of sith who are building a dooms day device. And there will be explosions.

And there will be at least 6 scenes of the main character hanging in cliffs.

I'm on the FFG forums. B*tch b*tch b*tch.

31 minutes ago, Warlon said:

I recently went back and watched them after seeing Rogue One and...they're actually pretty bad...

Do you even Star Wars bro?

17 minutes ago, FlyingAnchors said:

So a new hope was really bad to? Because TFA was just a rehash. And it's what the fan base was shouting for at the time. JJ did alright, all things considered. TFA isn't perfect but none of the Star Wars movies are, even empire. So I think bringing him back now might help episode 9.

A new hope was great, but what made it work was astonishing chemistry among the cast and the pure brilliance of everyone involved.

Abrahms took some talented actors and gave them a piece of mediocre fan fiction as their script, and the result was everything youd expect... an OK movie that felt kinda off because it was trying soooo hard to Star Wars while completely missing the point. Luke is a badass only after he larns some ****, his first fight he gets his hand cut off and cries before trying to commit suicide. Rey just owns a trained killer with no prep.

The death star travels to its victims, giving some degree of plausibility and great pacing to the film. Starkiller base summons a star, says "GET IN MUH BELLY!", then blows up five seperate planets millions of lightyears away, and somehow every character can see it happen? how?

and Snoke... just no. dudes a doctor who villain that got cut for being too goofy

so does that mean we will get a fourth death star for the rebels to blow up?

More like Meh.Meh. Abrams...

This is also really bad news in so far as it also suggests that Disney is probably apprehensive about the overall quality of Episode 8 and is eager to lock-down Abrams again because at least TFA was safe, albeit it generally received as lazy and uninspired. If they'd rather have another TFA than another TLJ, then TLJ must be pretty worrisome to them.

TFA has its flaws, but overall I think it is a great movie. So, I'm okay with JJ coming back to wrap up with trilogy.

Isnt it a bad sign for episode 8 if they are changing the next director before it's released? I really want this movie to be as awesome as FA and Rogue.

Aw, I was hoping for James Nguyen!

39 minutes ago, kris40k said:

I like (not love) JJ Abrams, but for **** sake, no more Beastie Boys references.

I like Ello Asty as a T-70 pilot, but his name makes me cringe every time I think about putting him on the table.

What's the reference?

19 minutes ago, AngryAlbatross said:

so does that mean we will get a fourth death star for the rebels to blow up?

...or fifth, if Episode VIII or one of the spin-offs has one! (None of the storylines are being written by Kevin J. Anderson, are they?)

22 minutes ago, Vontoothskie said:

The death star travels to its victims, giving some degree of plausibility and great pacing to the film. Starkiller base summons a star, says "GET IN MUH BELLY!", then blows up five seperate planets millions of lightyears away, and somehow every character can see it happen? how?

It's a 'hyper-lightspeed' weapon, with a beam that propagates through hyperspace. I just assume that the red light from the weapon is visible 'instantaineously' to all points with line of sight. That's how the entire galaxy knew what happened and also knew the location of starkiller base.

3 minutes ago, JJ48 said:

Aw, I was hoping for James Nguyen!

What's the reference?

...or fifth, if Episode VIII or one of the spin-offs has one! (None of the storylines are being written by Kevin J. Anderson, are they?)

The Beatie Boys have a song called Hello Nasty.

1 minute ago, GrimmyV said:

It's a 'hyper-lightspeed' weapon, with a beam that propagates through hyperspace. I just assume that the red light from the weapon is visible 'instantaineously' to all points with line of sight. That's how the entire galaxy knew what happened and also knew the location of starkiller base.

But how is it visible to planets besides the affected ones? Imagine a beam the diameter of the moon were to strike Mars. Would we even be able to see it from Earth at nighttime, not to mention daytime? And if any of the planets were in a different star system, that just complicates matters even more!

Presumably, all the targeted planets were not only in a single system, but were all co-orbiting each other so they could be close enough for visibility.

Come on, Star Wars! Suspension of disbelief is one thing, but we have to draw the line somewhere!

45 minutes ago, FlyingAnchors said:

So a new hope was really bad to? Because TFA was just a rehash.

What kind of logic is this?

That's like saying if you liked Gene Wilder's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" you are then obligated to like Johnny Depp's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Or if you liked the original Karate Kid you have to also like the Jackie Chan & Son of Smith remake.

I reject that a rehash and an original have to valued the same, as there is something to be said for primacy and historical context. It is also possible that the story-telling, acting, pacing, stage-setting, or general filmography can also widely vary between originals and rehashes. Sometimes, rehashes are better (e.g. Carpenter's "The Thing" vs the "The Thing from Another World," both of which drew from the same novella and pitted people at an arctic camp against the invading alien life-force).

if you want to split hairs about "remakes" vs "rehashes," then I simply point you to Michael Bay's "Ninja Turtles" movie or his "Transformers" franchise.

Oh great

It's too bad I have such a low impression of TFA. There are things I kind of liked about the movie but Starkiller Base was so insanely over the top that it ruined the entire thing to me. Is the Death Star any more realistic? Probably not but at least compared to the Star Destroyers and such it isn't a huge departure. SkB is like 100x further out there.

7 minutes ago, JJ48 said:

But how is it visible to planets besides the affected ones? Imagine a beam the diameter of the moon were to strike Mars. Would we even be able to see it from Earth at nighttime, not to mention daytime? And if any of the planets were in a different star system, that just complicates matters even more!

Presumably, all the targeted planets were not only in a single system, but were all co-orbiting each other so they could be close enough for visibility.

Come on, Star Wars! Suspension of disbelief is one thing, but we have to draw the line somewhere!

Yep. They actually see the planets blowing.

My son was watching Jimmy Neutron today and even that had more science than TFA.

DP

23 minutes ago, JJ48 said:

What's the reference?

20 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

The Beatie Boys have a song called Hello Nasty.

Well, album, but yeah. The character is named after that. Its also why Beastie Boys music gets played in the Star Trek reboot movies he did.

JJ is obsessed with them.

3 minutes ago, kris40k said:

Well, album, but yeah. The character is named after that. Its also why Beastie Boys music gets played in the Star Trek reboot movies he did.

JJ is obsessed with them.

I am not!

...oh, you meant Abrams...

All I want is for Finn to be the real "main character" of this new Trilogy!

The force clearly awakens in him when he decides to betray the Empire.

JJ I know your reading this.

Please make him become a full on Jedi by Episode 9 and beat the evil Brother and Sister combo of Sith Rey and Sith Kylo.

Finn is the coolest.

1 hour ago, TasteTheRainbow said:

Good. He cares about the universe.

Yes.

Except for how hyperspace works...

All hope is lost. Unless he gets fired in the middle of shooting.