Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Silo5

He was referring to the conversation stvn1974 allegedly had with his dad, not J.J.'s filming style. See below:

yeah, I know - that was part of the joke.

[Silo5]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

yeah, I know - that was part of the joke.

I guess the joke is on me, too, because I didn't pick up on that. My bad.

[Guydowood]

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[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Silo5

I guess the joke is on me, too, because I didn't pick up on that. My bad.

No problem, I have a very dry sense of humor sometimes. So dry in fact that I don't always get my jokes until later in the day

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

No problem, I have a very dry sense of humor sometimes. So dry in fact that I don't always get my jokes until later in the day

Sounds like a personal problem there might be some Jelly that can help with that.

[Ernest Rister]

Andy Serkis praises the screenplay of Episode VII..."brilliant", "beautiful", "wonderful".

http://talkbacker.com/movies/andy-se...tiful/id=32811

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Andy Serkis praises the screenplay of Episode VII..."brilliant", "beautiful", "wonderful".



http://talkbacker.com/movies/andy-se...tiful/id=32811

I'm really if he'll be doing mocap, live action, or both in this film. Glad he loves the script.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Andy Serkis praises the screenplay of Episode VII..."brilliant", "beautiful", "wonderful".

http://talkbacker.com/movies/andy-se...tiful/id=32811

He also called JJ a 'long time hero'.

Grain of salt, anyone?

[camper]

Originally Posted by octagon

He also called JJ a 'long time hero'.

Grain of salt, anyone?

My question is "how much credibility does Serkis have for loving a script?"

[iamsometal]

Originally Posted by octagon

He also called JJ a 'long time hero'.

Grain of salt, anyone?

Let's not discount J.J.'s contributions to geekdom as a writer, director and producer: Alias, Lost, Fringe, the better half of the Mission Impossible film franchise, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Super 8 (believe it or not, there are those of us that really loved the last three). As Andy is an aspiring director (having been the 2nd unit director of The Hobbit trilogy) and producer, I can totally see how he would look up to J.J.

It's a relief to read that the screenplay was the priority in bringing this series back to life after, since it was obviously an afterthought for the prequels (and thank God J.J.'s usual writing crew of Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof were kept away from this project).

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by iamsometal

Let's not discount J.J.'s contributions to geekdom as a writer, director and producer: Alias, Lost, Fringe, the better half of the Mission Impossible film franchise, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Super 8 (believe it or not, there are those of us that really loved the last three). As Andy is an aspiring director (having been the 2nd unit director of The Hobbit trilogy) and producer, I can totally see how he would look up to J.J.

It's a relief to read that the screenplay was the priority in bringing this series back to life after, since it was obviously an afterthought for the prequels (and thank God J.J.'s usual writing crew of Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof were kept away from this project).

Lucas wanted creative freedom to shape the movies as they shot and edited, a more fluid and less constrictive model than traditional methods. I think there's merit to that, but ultimately, I think it's better to nail a film via solid writing before you start shooting and then plus it, instead of trying to find it while you're shooting.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by iamsometal

Let's not discount J.J.'s contributions to geekdom as a writer, director and producer:...

I'm not discounting JJ's various accomplishments. But 'long time hero' has a breathless quality about that makes one wonder if the 'best script evrah' talk might be a little inflated too.

And don't get me wrong. I have nothing against enthusiasm and I hope it is the best script evrah.

I'm just saying.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by octagon

He also called JJ a 'long time hero'.

Grain of salt, anyone?

They said the same thing about his Trek scripts and they are god awful so I think we need more than a grain of salt. I wonder, think they will redesign the Falcon like they did the Enterprise? After all, it has been 30 years and Han is a hero - I am sure they could really make it look spiffy!

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Or coke?

I don't think Carrie Fisher is on set yet.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Dispatch Ninja

I do hope he tones down the lens flare some though.

Agreed. When I first saw all those flares in his productions (which actually don't look like lens flare - they look like something else), I thought it was some anomaly of digital projection. It really took me out of the story. It's one thing when a lens flare is seemed to be caused by the sun. It's quite another when it doesn't seem to have a source and it's this annoying blue streak flashing horizontally across the screen. In Star Wars, it would make it seem like someone accidentally turned on a light saber and is pointing it in the wrong direction.

He shouldn't tone down the lens flares for this film. He should eliminate them completely. They are totally unnecessary.

[iamsometal]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

They said the same thing about his Trek scripts and they are god awful so I think we need more than a grain of salt. I wonder, think they will redesign the Falcon like they did the Enterprise? After all, it has been 30 years and Han is a hero - I am sure they could really make it look spiffy!

Abrams didn't write the Trek films he directed. Those were written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and (for Into Darkness) Damon Lindelof. Like I said, let's hope they keep Star Wars the hell away from the three of them.

[MCT]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

I don't think Carrie Fisher is on set yet.

Lmao

[Sodslaw]

I will be at Pinewood Studios in a few months for a taping,going to be weird knowing that Episode 7 will be a matter of a short walk away

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by iamsometal

Abrams didn't write the Trek films he directed. Those were written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and (for Into Darkness) Damon Lindelof. Like I said, let's hope they keep Star Wars the hell away from the three of them.

I agree. Lindelof could screw up a script if Vladimir Nabokov gave him one that he wrote to look over. I hope that Lawrence Kasdan and the other writers give Abrams such a great script that even he can't screw it up.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by iamsometal

Abrams didn't write the Trek films he directed. Those were written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and (for Into Darkness) Damon Lindelof. Like I said, let's hope they keep Star Wars the hell away from the three of them.

Under his direction. People seem to forget that he produced and directed them - nothing got done without his okay which means they were written in his style. Why expect anything he writes to be different? That's what concerns me - he allowed some pretty bad decisions with Trek considering it was already 40 years old and well known. What is he going to do here? He seemed so insistant that the original cast be a big part of the film - is he dooming the movie to be his ultimate fanfilm instead of pushing the boundaries of what Star Wars could be and make a true, good sequel? For all the talk of what he changed in his Trek films, a majority of it was just surface changes instead of really taking the opportunity to show what a big budget Trek film could be when you are free of the history. I am hoping the script is idiot proof but in the end, he is director and producer(and co-writer in this case) - he has pretty much final say when all is said and done.