Jables Swan
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Lol gold.
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Star Wars Episode 7 - Thread of Pre-Production
- Thread starter Ape Gone Insane
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Lol gold.
Disney will let Stanton go back to the franchise after Finding Dory makes 2 billion. Believe.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
I want Eva Greene cast as the princess in Episode VII.
I would be ok with that.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
LOL. Disney will let Stanton out of director jail for Finding Dory, but there's no way in hell they'll be ponying up for a John Carter sequel. At least not until a few decades pass and it becomes an legit cult favourite.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
I'm not sure how having an R-Rating could possibly improve a star wars movie. I don't want decapitated limbs or hollywood sex scenes in my star wars movies.
shira
Member
For what? Nudity. They already have tonnes of senseless violence.
Drug use? Spice.
Swearing? Nerf herder.
That's no problem then. Stanton can always make WALL-E 2 and Finding Marlin in the downtime.
Dismembered limbs and decapitations have already been in Star Wars movies.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Still, Disney seems to have issues with non Marvel live action movies as of late. Maybe they will evaluate and realize Carter bombing isn't strictly Stantons fault.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Star Wars being R-Rated is like Superman being R-Rated. At some point you're losing one of the fundamental reasons the stories work.
One of the biggest reasons the EU is so easily dismissed is because one gets the sense the stories being told are the literary equivalent of selfish kids growing up and hoarding their toybox instead of keeping the toys available for everyone.
One of the biggest reasons the EU is so easily dismissed is because one gets the sense the stories being told are the literary equivalent of selfish kids growing up and hoarding their toybox instead of keeping the toys available for everyone.
Just need the sex.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Lmao John carter was so bad everything from the "hip" marketing (wtf is this "JC" shit) to making dejah into a dorky science nerd (because just being a princess would be sexist) to randomly making it tie into a threat to earth was almost green lantern level bad
I agree
It's Disney. And Star Wars has always been a family franchise.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I really do hope that rumor of Snyder putting together a Seven Samurai inspired spin-off was true.
Well if Man of Steel is a huge hit he'll probably be too busy. In that instance I suppose WB would throw Justice League at him.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Fixed.
Eh, your similarities between the two are pretty superficial and the first four all happen basically within the first 10 minutes of ST '09, that's not enough for me personally to say that it's a Star Wars movie. Star Wars is as much about the mythic approach, the emotional beats, the growth of Luke into a man. The plot... those plot devices (the old man, the fancy devices saving the day...) are used in every vaguely action/popcorn-y type movie around.
Kirk doesn't become a man in ST '09. He just becomes a dick with a spaceship.
I guess as you say—the basic structure of the film isn't really Star Wars, but it does have a pretty strong Star Wars flavor.
Thug Waffle
Member
I'd rather trip on spice than get addicted to death sticks, though.
Anton Sugar
Member
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
After watching Trek Into Darkness, I'm so fucking pumped that Abrams is directing Ep7. I even went back to the announce thread to recall the reaction and it still makes me laugh that we had people shitting on Abrams while clamoring for fucking Affleck to direct Star Wars.
I mean, goddamn people. :lol
I mean, goddamn people. :lol
Anticitizen One
Banned
After watching iron man 3, John Carter seems like a masterpiece
Anton Sugar
Member
Yikes.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
What an odd thing to bring up in a Star Wars thread.
thecouncil
Banned
I think some people have a problem with the two of the biggest space franchises being controlled by the vision of a single man. ... I think.
Not to mention Star Wars is far more personal and important to him as a franchise than Trek. Abrams will be putting a lot more of his sweat and energy to make sure he gets it right.
Anticitizen One
Banned
You were talking about John Carter earlier and JC, Iron Man and Star Wars are owned by the same company.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I don't see Abrams directing past Ep7 with Disney's ridiculous schedule.
The spinoffs? Agreed. But episode 8 is a possibility depending on how 7 goes.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Doubt it. They want 8 to hit two years after 7. Abrams originally wanted 7 to hit in 2016 because he felt 2015 was rushing it. There's a chance, but it sounds like a ridiculously quick schedule for guys like Abrams who like to plan everything out properly before pulling the trigger.
Extra Sauce
Member
Kathleen Kennedy wanted Abrams very badly for VII, if the movie is a complete success she'll want him to direct VIII even more and so will he. They'll work it out. Disney could always push the movie back one year and make one more spin-off, or Abrams could stop being a pussy (sorta kidding). Point is where there's a will, there's a way and I expect there will be a ton of will.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I have no doubt Kennedy will want him for another one. But I do doubt Abrams will agree to another one if it looks like it could come out undercooked due to Disney's stupid 2 year cycle idea of treating the Episode films like Bond pictures.
Well Bryan Burk says just the other day they hope to be shooting by early 2014 for the may 2015 release date. Just two years after into darkness.
If trek VII does avengers numbers (or more) you don't think Disney would be willing to delay episode viii one year to keep Abrams? They will.
Extra Sauce
Member
Btw Sculli, do you not play videogames at all? That's the only explanation I can find for your complete radio silence regarding your avatar's first starring role in years.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Not much anymore, no. But I am aware.
Jables Swan
Member
This would be amazing. Synder might be too busy making DC movies though.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Don't put too much stock into Disney's big talk. For awhile they wanted Pixar to pump out 2 films a year until pixar told them no way. Realistically the time table will probably be like Marvel Phase 1 where you see Episode VII in either 2015 or 2016 and then it will be at least 2-3 years before another movie (spinoff or episode). I don't see them going the Jurassic Park 4 route Disney has always been more careful with their big properties.
Personally I think it would be good if they have a different director for each Episode. Maybe get Brad Bird and Guillermo to do one each if things start slipping in quality down the road then bring J.J. back to right the ship.
Yeah. Say Abrams makes them 1.5 or hell even 2 billion with episode VII. If he says he needs 3 years for the next one Disney won't tell him no. They won't want to mess with what worked.
There are several severed limbs in Star Wars.
Cantina in a new hope, Luke's hand in ESB, Anakin in Clone Wars, Anakin again in Revenge of the Sith
Hell Darth Maul gets chopped in half in phantom menace.
Anticitizen One
Banned
yea and things got pretty steamy on the Millennium Falcon in Empire Strikes Back
Extra Sauce
Member
I would go as far as saying that severed limbs is a Star Wars trope.
Exactly
Other than the Cantina one, though, they're kind of weirdly bloodless severings.
Isn't the theory that lightsabers instantly cauterize wounds?
Don't forget Luke cutting off the Wampa's arm, Han disemboweling a ton-ton, Anakin getting his arm cut off in Episode II, Jango Fett's beheading, and Anakin cutting off Count Dooku's hands and decapitating him.
Well, it was never said in the movies themselves, that just started happening. EU does claim the lightsabers (and blasters) cauterize wounds.
Probably for rating reasons, for some reason bloodless violence is "lesser" violence.
I never get those standards, i don't see any difference beetween "fantasy/bloodless violence" and "violence" and "gory violence".
And then there was Yoda slicing and dicing a lot of clones in EP3.
Wow this is actually a really good idea within the context of the Star Wars universe. Hopefully it pans out (and is good of course).