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

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Autocorrect has a different mind apparently.




You mean you have nothing to back up with, because I haven't seen Abrams say what you claim. Ever.

Believe what you want to believe. I can go find it, but I just don't feel the need to comply to your orders. Are you asking me if he really said he hated the prequels? I never claimed so. He's directing the new Star Wars film for Lucasfilm, of course he won't openly say it. Read my post again, I said "Abrams said many things that indicated he hated the prequels". This is how I interpret his words if you doesn't agree then fine. I'm a Star Wars nut, I read every single thing about it. So I don't remember every website to tell you, but the most recent "indicator" is in the latest Vanity Fair issue. Go read it.

[Himmel]

Lawrence Kasdan Says Lando Calrissian May Return To Star Wars (But Not In The Force Awakens.) Also Episode 7 may be the first film in the SW Universe that has a shorter runtime.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=44352

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by Terminated

Lawrence Kasdan Says Lando Calrissian May Return To Star Wars (But Not In The Force Awakens.) Also Episode 7 may be the first film in the SW Universe that has a shorter runtime.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=44352

uh oh, it may be under 2 hours. that means Chris_SC77 will think it sucks and wont' bother

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Terminated

Lawrence Kasdan Says Lando Calrissian May Return To Star Wars (But Not In The Force Awakens.) Also Episode 7 may be the first film in the SW Universe that has a shorter runtime.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=44352

Unless I missed something, I don't see anything in the article that says the runtime will be shorter. Sounds to me like they just kept the story trim, removing excess subplots and characters (like Lando) so the film doesn't become too big. Which is something I respect.

I'd be very surprised if the film is less than two hours, but even if it is, I'd rather have a short, lean film that tells the story it has to than a long, bloated one that drones on and drags the story.

[chris_sc77]

very terrified that this could last under two hours.
I doubt it will be that short but it is scary to think it could be

[JamesBenjamin]

Originally Posted by CinemaBlu

Rey is rumored to

[Show spoiler]become a jedi in this trilogy right? If so, it's very possible that she could be using a double-bladed lightsaber.

Source: http://makingstarwars.net/2015/05/ti...force-awakens/

Sometimes these articles are pretty reaching. The quote in question is "bo staffs are the hardest to train with" or something like that... well we see her with the SW equivelant of a bo staff in the trailer, its strapped to the side of her speeder and she's had it in concept art. The staff itself looks really really REALLY close to the one Leia used for a brief second in RotJ and comes with most of her "slave leia" action figures:



(TL: DR - its a reach, the quote is she trained with a staff)

[Himmel]

Video footage has been leaked allegedly showing part of an action sequence in the eagerly awaited Star Wars Episode VII movie.

I suggest you hurry before it gets taken down as there are sites where it already has...

[Show spoiler] The short 18 second clip, below, appears to show storm troopers patrolling a gangway near some equipment before an explosion tears through part of the set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hyOUESbTCRk

[HD Canuck]

The inside of that Star Destroyer looks like a brewery!

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by wormraper

uh oh, it may be under 2 hours. that means Chris_SC77 will think it sucks and wont' bother

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

very terrified that this could last under two hours.
I doubt it will be that short but it is scary to think it could be

[Merlinpants]

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...social_twitter

[Himmel]

John Williams is giving high praise to The Force Awakens.

This quote from the interview:

When we spoke in April, Abrams had shown him about three-quarters of the movie in a rough assembly, and he said, “What I have seen is absolutely delightful and witty and funny and engaging. The extensions of the mythology are very cleverly and beautifully written, I think. If I can quote Steven Spielberg”—citing one of the director’s favorite phrases—“J.J. has hit it out of the ballpark. I’m having a lot of fun with it.”

And last but not least, here’s a footage description from the movie shown to Vanity Fair’s Bruce Handy:

The several minutes of footage I saw backed Williams up, as much as any several minutes from any movie could. Case in point: At the effects session, Abrams was demonstrating his commitment to the more retro, more tactile filmmaking Kasdan had talked about. One scene featured an alien creature that abruptly pops up out of the desert landscape with glowing, flashlight eyes that make it look like a distant cousin to the Jawas of A New Hope. Abrams later called it “a classic, old-school seesaw puppet. We just buried it in the sand, and Neal Scanlan, the creature guy, pushed down on one side and the thing came up on the other side.” At the session, the scene, with the alien suddenly sticking its head over a dune, got a big laugh. Some perfectionist suggested a few digital polishes, but Abrams was wary. “It’s so old-school and crazy,” he said. “We could improve this thing, but at some point do we lose the wonderful preposterousness?”

The question was tabled, but “wonderful preposterousness” isn’t a bad descriptor of the Star Wars ethos at its best. Reviewing another scene, with spaceships blasting away at each other with phasers or whatever, Abrams could briefly be heard making ray-gun noises, the way a kid lying on his bedroom floor and drawing his own spaceships might. That galaxy far, far away appeared to be in good hands.

[Himmel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1lxQD751AIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0z2DjYsKo&feature=player_embedded

[Megalith]

I trust John Williams over anyone else involved in this project.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Believe what you want to believe. I can go find it, but I just don't feel the need to comply to your orders. Are you asking me if he really said he hated the prequels? I never claimed so. He's directing the new Star Wars film for Lucasfilm, of course he won't openly say it. Read my post again, I said "Abrams said many things that indicated he hated the prequels". This is how I interpret his words if you doesn't agree then fine. I'm a Star Wars nut, I read every single thing about it. So I don't remember every website to tell you, but the most recent "indicator" is in the latest Vanity Fair issue. Go read it.

In other words, you have nothing.





Thought so.

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

In other words, you have nothing.





Thought so.

Who are you? Why do you act like you're the authority here? I didn't say he actually said it. Look, you win, satisfied? Grow up.

[Lipcsey]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

In other words, you have nothing.





Thought so.

Dude I also remember reading an interview with Abrams where he dissed the prequel trilogy. I think he was making a joke about how bad it was. I don't doubt that he hates the prequels. It's apparent by your name that you are in love with what George Lucas has created, but you have to face reality, most people don't like the prequels that much. The prequels are the same calibre of film making as the clone wars cartoon. Basically not as good as the original trilogy or great sci-fi movies in general, but good enough for a decent kids tv series. This is my opinion of them. You don't have to like it.

[aiman04]

INSIDE THE MAGIC: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ILM

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This year, Industrial Light & Magic celebrates 40 years of creating the impossible. In WIRED's June issue, we present an oral history of ILM, and look at how George Lucas’ little DIY effects shop changed movies forever.

More here:

http://www.wired.com/2015/05/inside-ilm/

[octagon]

I wonder what Freud would have made of autocorrect.

[Himmel]

Originally Posted by octagon

I wonder what Freud would have made of autocorrect.

Shkeeve.

[kamphausd1]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

In other words, you have nothing.





Thought so.

Peter, why do you always have to act so confrontational around these threads?