Expendable.
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Star Wars Episode 7 - Thread of Pre-Production
- Thread starter Ape Gone Insane
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Was just about to share it!
Thanks for the via link for my article, HeyUGuys didn't know what they had on their hands. No one has posted it yet!
Count Dookkake
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SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Out of all the directors they could pick, they go after Vaughn? Yikes.
Expendable.
Member
Ah, barely anything there though -- no video at all.
Count Dookkake
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Still make millions.
TrumanBurbank
Member
Can't be worse than the prequels.
Unless they pick someone like Shyamalan.
Count Dookkake
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Anticitizen One
Banned
then everyone would call it an Avatar ripoff
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
And go back to see it five more times.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Still less offensive than Jar Jar
Sapiens
Member
Wow, that site still looks like that, eh?
Vaughn is a good choice. Happy with that news.
shira
Member
As long as gets along with RPatzz he's fine.
TrumanBurbank
Member
I think you mean Shia LaBeef.
Damon Bennet
Member
I'll say it once and for all:
Jarjar > C3PO. Your nostalgia is blinding you.
Jarjar > C3PO. Your nostalgia is blinding you.
Ape Gone Insane
Member
Well Layer Cake was excellent and Kick-Ass and First Class were good, so it will be interesting to say the least.
Secret Fawful
Member
First Class's cantina scene is one of the best scenes ever filmed for a superhero movie (if you like Sergio Leone). I don't automatically expect perfection but I won't discount him either.
All I'll say is bring back practical effects in a big way. Green screen to be used sparingly. Get some amazing set designers onto this as well. Throw billions at Roger Deakins to do the cinematography. The writers all sound good, it's just a case of the director. I'd love for them to go with someone like Kershner for director who wasn't typically hollywood.
It's amazing how much better the old films look than the new. Just goes to show that the technology might get better but if you don't know what to do with it it's utterly pointless. Lucas' direction in the prequels was utterly abysmal.
It's amazing how much better the old films look than the new. Just goes to show that the technology might get better but if you don't know what to do with it it's utterly pointless. Lucas' direction in the prequels was utterly abysmal.
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
3PO kinda sucked in the prequels, so you may be right. But the character was much better in the OT, particularly ANH and ROTJ.
maquiladora
Member
Man, I remember back in the day when Vaughan used to drop into the old AICN irc chatroom. And now an AICN article about him directing a Star Wars film. Crazy.
I still don't think it will be Vaughan though....
I don't even know how that's possible. The whole thing would have to be filmed in front of a green screen.
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Well it'll be interesting to see what Vaughn can do with a huge ass budget. First Class wasn't exactly made for cheap but it did look it.
The Elite
BOSS
You know, why the hell not? Franchise is already in shambles film wise. Why not just hand to someone like Vaughn to see what he can do with it. I'm just happy this franchise will be in new hands.
Anticitizen One
Banned
It was always going to be either Vaughn or Blomkamp
Watch Stardust and Layer Cake
lunarworks
Member
Nope. C-3PO was a neurotic bundle of bolts with a serious lack of confidence, which plays against the audience's idea of how "machines" are supposed to be. It's also unfair to judge him on his own, because he was just one half of a duo. R2D2 was the other component.
Discotheque
Banned
lol all this excitement and we get this boring ass choice as frontrunner?
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
That's what I wanted, but ILM shut down their practical effects wing and Ralph McQuarrie passed away. RIP
I still wish Luke had looked like that in his fight with Vader at some point.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Man, so its not Lars Von Trier after all?
Anticitizen One
Banned
WHO?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
What exactly is it about Vaughn's directorial abilities make him a bad choice? Does he not move the camera enough? Does he move it too much? Are his films poorly lit? Do they look flat and uninteresting? Does he get bad performances out of his actors? Do his films run too long? Are they edited haphazardly?
Is there anything in Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass, or First Class that suggests he doesn't know how to set up a shot, a scene, a set-piece?
Is there anything in Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass, or First Class that suggests he doesn't know how to set up a shot, a scene, a set-piece?
PaleFolklore
Member
I'm alright with Vaughn directing this. First Class was better than all of the previous absolutely awful X-Men movies and Kick Ass was alright. Layer Cake is pretty good too. I'd certainly rather he do the new Star Wars films than have anyone who is really talented waste their time on it.
Anticitizen One
Banned
First Class was impressive because it was rushed into development and thrown together purely to prevent Disney from trying to get the rights back to X-Men, it had an absurdly small production window, and all the promotional images and leaks made it look like shit. The fact that the movie ended up being pretty damn good and arguably the best super hero movie of 2011 is pretty good in my book.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
What's his style though? Can you watch 5 minutes of a Matthew Vaughn movie and realize that Matthew Vaughn is directing it? If you watched Stardust for 20 minutes would you intrinsically know that it was Vaughn?
He's made a gangster flick, two superhero movies, and a fantasy film. What style is that?
Duncan Jones would be a great choice (as would Rian Johnson, and of course, Edgar Wright) but I don't see how Matthew Vaughn is a bad director for Star Wars.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Yeah, so many missed opportunities. Maybe they want to exploit a new talent or something, but I don't see anything special about this director. I see the fact he doesn't have much under his belt as a huge risk. Maybe he'll do fine though.
NYR
Member
Layer Cake is my favourite movie, so I approve of this.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Getting a Peter Jackson vibe from this decision. IDK, it's still rumor at this point. And even when it isn't rumor Hollywood changes its mind all the time.
TrumanBurbank
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Why don't people like Matthew Vaughn? I like all his movies.
Yes, yes...I know...IMDB, Metacritic, Rottentomatoes are garbage etc. but he is consistent at least.
Yes, yes...I know...IMDB, Metacritic, Rottentomatoes are garbage etc. but he is consistent at least.
I feel like you could say that for just about any filmmaker.
I'm also not sure how a varied resume of genres negates the guy having any sort of style, particularly since style has more to do with directorial choices and other qualities like world-building and atmosphere.
I guess if pressed I would say that all of Matthew Vaughn's films possess edgy dark humour, and a really gritty approach to action. None of them possess a tone even remotely similar to Star Wars.