Topic: Disney bought Star Wars & Indiana Jones.
started by: WSGrundy
Posted by WSGrundy on Oct. 30 2012,14:20
< Here >While I am totally down with the idea of someone else taking over the direction or Star Wars I would have preferred Christopher Nolan or Peter Jackson just step in.
Not terribly excited that Mickey Mouse will be in charge of it unless it was under the care of Pixar since they make good films.
They have shown with Marvel they can make some good movies though so perhaps they will bring Star Wars back to kicking ass.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 30 2012,14:23
HOLY F'N S.QUOTE
Lucas will be creative consultant on new "Star Wars" films.
Lucas said in a statement, "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers."
Lucas said in a statement, "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers."
Hope for the franchise... I never thought I would have it again.
One could say I have.... a new hope?
Posted by TPRJones on Oct. 30 2012,14:31
The important thing here is that this means the next Kingdom Hearts game could include Jedi and Nazis.
Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 30 2012,14:35
I just hope they fast track it so my children will never have to know the horror that is episodes 1 through 3.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 30 2012,14:40
It's still Disney. It'll just suck in an even more anti-Semitic way.In other news...
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Lucas said in a statement, "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers."
Somewhere in hell, the furnace just died.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 30 2012,14:57
But he is still on as a "creative consultant..." I hope to hell he doesn't have any actual power.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 30 2012,15:25
Darth Vader can now fight the Hulk...
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 30 2012,15:27
Disney World can make an entirely new park on their property Star Wars themed...
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 30 2012,17:37
They can do a Star Wars one and a Marvel one.
Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 30 2012,17:40
I'm surprised it was only worth $4Billion... that seems "cheap"
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 30 2012,18:09
They bought Pizar for 7 or 8 billion, so yeah, this was cheap. Kind of points out how far George was driving it into the ground.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 30 2012,23:15
(GORDON @ Oct. 30 2012,16:57)
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But he is still on as a "creative consultant..." I hope to hell he doesn't have any actual power.
Consultants of any sort have no real power.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 31 2012,06:54
I imagine that title is ceremonial.I'm now praying that they make the Timothy Zahn books into movies.
Posted by thibodeaux on Oct. 31 2012,08:07
< http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3219637&cid=41823959 >QUOTE
Mark my words.... Episode 7 will be all goddamned Ewoks. And Chewbacca will have a perm and PTSD from the final battle. Then we have to have the token black guy/chick... forget Billy Dee Williams. We're getting Will Smith or his bratty little kid. C3P0 will finally come out of the closet and admit he's been taking it up the exhaust pipe from IG-88 for years. R2D2 will be turned into a karaoke machine.... Luke will become a homeless religious nut while Han Solo and Leia will have 6 kids on galactic welfare... and the evil Ritt Momney will threaten to close the youth center Han and Leia run unless the duo can field a tiddlywinks team in time for the big tournament on Yaavin IV. Meanwhile, the Emperor's clones will become the universe's ugliest choir.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 31 2012,08:15
Eh.Marvel put out some damned fine movies under Disney.... I have nothing but good thoughts about this.
And besides... everything in the above quote is still better than anything Lucas has done in the last 20 years.
Posted by TPRJones on Oct. 31 2012,10:48
It occurs to me that there's a reasonable chance that Disney may turn to their new favorite franchise director (a la The Avengers) to direct the new Star Wars movies.This thought might cause Malcolm to explode.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 31 2012,12:24
(GORDON @ Oct. 31 2012,10:15)
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Marvel put out some damned fine movies in spite of being under Disney.... I have nothing but good thoughts about this.
And besides... everything in the above quote is still better than anything Lucas has done in the last 20 years.
And besides... everything in the above quote is still better than anything Lucas has done in the last 20 years.
< The last sci-fi movie Disney put out >.
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On May 8, 2012, the Walt Disney Company released a statement on its earnings which attributed the $161 million deterioration in the operating income of their Studio Entertainment division to a loss of $84 million in the quarter ending March 2012 "primarily" to the performance of John Carter and the associated cost write-down.
Ouch.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 31 2012,12:28
(thibodeaux @ Oct. 31 2012,10:07)
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Mark my words.... Episode 7 will be all goddamned Ewoks.
If any studio has the potential to fuck up alien races like Lucas, it's Disney. I do not associate Disney with sci-fi flicks in a positive way. Last one they made they didn't suck was Tron. If you think the supporting/atmospheric characters in their fucking cartoons are annoying, just wait.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 31 2012,12:49
John Carter wasn't as bad as the buzz suggested.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 31 2012,12:59
A lot of people in Hollywood probably grew up on Star Wars and have thought of various ways to tell SW stories, and now they can. The problem will be sorting through the crap to get to the good stuff. They can't do names alone. They've got to listen to pitches.
I'd like to see them switch up the Thrawn stuff, and have him bring the attack to a struggling new republic. The Jedi are still reforming, and Luke has left a new order that is turning its back on the Jedi. Leia is part of the governing body, but is being suppressed by other interests. Basically, make it ripe for the Empire to take back over.
The key would be to let the Empire and Thrawn win at the end of the new trilogy. Otherwise what are all of your new movies going to be about?
Posted by WSGrundy on Oct. 31 2012,13:06
I don't want the Zahn books because I already know what happens.They need to jump far into the future IMO. Leave almost all current character behind. R2 and C3PO can still be around.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 31 2012,13:57
As I said, switch up the Thrawn stuff. They don't have to make the books, but I'd like to see Thrawn on screen.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 31 2012,14:50
(GORDON @ Oct. 31 2012,14:49)
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John Carter wasn't as bad as the buzz suggested.
There are at least 84 million reasons to disagree with you. In the words of my buddy, "Disney's trying to market an action/sci-fi movie. But it's Disney, so I already know there won't be enough swearing or titties or violence, so fuck that."
EDIT: Not that I'm suggesting Disney should turn Star Wars into Die Hard in space, but they will find a way to fuck it up and make it feel distinctly un-Star Wars.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 31 2012,14:52
(Leisher @ Oct. 31 2012,15:57)
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As I said, switch up the Thrawn stuff. They don't have to make the books, but I'd like to see Thrawn on screen.
A duller shade of blue than Dr. Manhattan plus clothes?
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 31 2012,15:46
(Malcolm @ Oct. 31 2012,17:50)
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(GORDON @ Oct. 31 2012,14:49)
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John Carter wasn't as bad as the buzz suggested.
There are at least 84 million reasons to disagree with you. In the words of my buddy, "Disney's trying to market an action/sci-fi movie. But it's Disney, so I already know there won't be enough swearing or titties or violence, so fuck that."
EDIT: Not that I'm suggesting Disney should turn Star Wars into Die Hard in space, but they will find a way to fuck it up and make it feel distinctly un-Star Wars.
I'm stunned that there is something you don't like.
Posted by WSGrundy on Oct. 31 2012,22:56
(Malcolm @ Oct. 31 2012,14:50)
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EDIT: Not that I'm suggesting Disney should turn Star Wars into Die Hard in space, but they will find a way to fuck it up and make it feel distinctly un-Star Wars.
Thats what they need to do. Star Wars has never been sci-fi. Its action/fantasy or Lord Of The Rings in space.
Make some cool ships/aliens/and bad guys and start swinging the lightsabers and blowing up planets!
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 01 2012,07:23
I want to see some Jedi in between Ned Flanders and obviously evil douchebag. And fucking retcon mitochlorians or whatever the fuck those things were.
Posted by Troy on Nov. 01 2012,10:15
Thrawn needs to happen. The source material is that good.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 01 2012,13:38
Lucas already wrote a script for SW7, and it aint Thrawn.< http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news....ks?lite >
Fuck you, Lucas.
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 01 2012,13:55
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"It's an original story," a LucasFilm source tells me.
Ouch.
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According to my sources, Episode 7 will literally be nothing you've ever seen or read before from the Star Wars universe.
I feel a great disturbance in the force...
Posted by WSGrundy on Nov. 01 2012,14:34
(Malcolm @ Nov. 01 2012,13:55)
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According to my sources, Episode 7 will literally be nothing you've ever seen or read before from the Star Wars universe.
I feel a great disturbance in the force...
If that means no Skywalkers or Solos then I am cool with it. If it means no Jedi/Sith then not so much.
Posted by TheCatt on Nov. 01 2012,16:12
If it means hot naked lesbians, I'm cool with that too.
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 01 2012,17:40
Star Wars, Episode 7 ... Starring Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. Mark my fucking words. It's Disney. They will find a way to rape it.
Posted by Paul on Nov. 04 2012,09:37
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 06 2012,10:04
< Harrison Ford ok with playing Han again. >Kind of shocking considering how much he has pretended like Star Wars never happened.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 06 2012,10:06
Too bad this isnt 15 years ago.
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 09 2012,06:34
< Screenwriter hired for new trilogy. >Not only that, but...
-The treatments are already in.
-He's been working on them for months.
-Luke, Han, and Leia are apparently in them.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 09 2012,06:35
Featuring... their grand kids?
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 09 2012,06:59
Well, it is Disney, so I expect there's going to be kids or something they can sell at their parks. However, they have the experience of watching public outcry over the prequels, so I think they'll know not to go too far.
Plus, they just got done making The Avengers, and they see the huge success of Nolan's Batman...
I don't disagree with anyone who says they'll try to make it really family friendly, but I don't think it'll get to the absurd levels of 7 year old Darth Vader and Jar Jar Binks.
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 13 2012,10:14
Posted by Paul on Nov. 13 2012,14:18
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I saw that photo on Memebase and it killed something precious inside of me.
I know it's fake, but it's a manifestation of my greatest fear.
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 28 2012,10:18
< Star Wars universe expanding? >They mention the possibility of following the Marvel model of 2-3 movies a year...
The thing about Marvel movies is that each character is completely different. Different backgrounds, different powers, different settings, different villains, etc.
I'm not sure there's much power variation among the Jedi...
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 28 2012,11:15
Most Jedi are goddamned pussies.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 28 2012,11:20
Qui Gon was a liar and a cheat. Was that unique?
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 28 2012,11:36
Yeah, but he was about the only one and he gets killed. All the other Jedi were bitches about it, too. I suppose I'm calling Samuel L. Jackson a bitch there. Yoda, aside from a few fight scenes, is also a pussy. So is Obi-Wan, and especially Luke."I think I'll train him."
"No, train him not."
No wonder anyone with balls goes over to the dark side; they must be illegal or frowned upon by the light.
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 28 2012,12:39
Malcolm is making an excellent point.Most Jedi are pacifists and politicians.
Qui Gon was a failure as a Jedi. He enabled Darth Vader and died to the first Sith he encountered.
Captain America is basically a Jedi with actual fighting skills. Something the Jedi lack.
That's where I'd like to see the new movies startchanging things. Give the Jedi new toys and powers. they can still make them force based, but allow them access to more Dark Side stuff. Since Luke's the guy keeping the flame alive, and he had access to the dark side powers, as well as, the light side powers, it makes sense he'd train others to do the same.
And instead of just light sabers have him remember his battles and the importance of being able to defend yourself without your saber or powers.
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 28 2012,12:59
< Need more of this dude >.QUOTE
Qui Gon was a failure as a Jedi. He enabled Darth Vader and died to the first Sith he encountered.
Jedis are failures in that they train with what are clearly weapons of war (lightsabers) and then their nads shrivel up and die as part of the training or something. I know Lucas was trying to push his Force with vague Buddhism overtones, but the "no emotion" part of the Jedi ethos makes the ideal one as flavourless as cardboard. I cannot think of anything so cowardly and telling of insecurity as constant, unrelenting avoidance of something. Feeling's really that dangerous? The mitichlorians can tell you how to get in touch with the Force, the pervasive, all-encompassing field that flows through all things, but they're incapable of performing the equivalent job of an anti-anxiety pill? Are you shit fucking me? We have terms for people that switch off the (as defined by Jung) irrational parts of the brain: feeling and intuition. Those people are called marks or dumb-asses. They are people who are constantly taken advantage of because their hardwired objectivity coupled with incessant optimism create an inability to learn from past fuckups. They are Ned Flanders en masse.
Qui-Gon may've been a bad Jedi, but his death was nothing more than a convenient plot point. His emotions seemed quite under control during combat (wasn't he meditating or whatnot when the force field went up and caused intermission)? As for enabling Vader ... come the fuck on ... like one of the other Force-sensitive assholes in the galaxy wouldn't have picked up on him at some point? Anakin was another self-righteous Jedi bitch that clearly wouldn't survive a modern day high school prom, let alone being a magician/general/diplomat. Maybe had he not been trained by a bitch, he wouldn't have turned out to be a bitch. Maybe if Obi-Wan had knocked his psyche down a few pegs during training, he wouldn't have needed to dismember the angsty fuck that made even Wesley Crusher seem less whiny and annoying by comparison. Maybe if Obi-Wan had stepped his shit up during the Darth Maul fight, Qui-Gon lives and Anakin doesn't turn out to be locker-stuffing fodder.
Posted by GORDON on Nov. 28 2012,13:15
And even with all that, Qui Gon's advice to young Anikin before the pod race is, "Feel, don't think."I always hated that line. And philosophy.
Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 28 2012,13:18
I'd take that for what it's worth in a race. He was going Mach 1, no time to think. Hell, baseball players don't have time to think when it comes time to swing a bat. Don't get me wrong, thinking's great when you have the time to do it correctly. When time's at a premium, thinking takes too fucking long.
Posted by TPRJones on Nov. 28 2012,14:09
The problem with the Jedi is they were written by someone with the emotional maturity of a slice of toast. George Lucas couldn't rustle up some empathy and understanding of how real people feel and react if his life depended on it. Thus, the Jedi are cardboard, for they were made in his own image.
Posted by Leisher on Jan. 11 2013,19:07
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 28 2013,11:22
I heard today that Mark Hamill is in talks to play Luke in Episode VII. It looks like they're bringing all the original cast back.
Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 01 2013,07:07
That may be okay. I don't think they should try to sustain an entire movie with them, but if this story is going to be about the next generation or something then it's fine to start it off with grandma and grandpa and their friends in the nursing home.
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 01 2013,07:51
I think Han and Leia should be in some position of power within the former Rebellion. NOT actively out on adventures, but more like Admiral Akbar and Mon Mothra. As for Luke, he's the one you can still do things with since he's a Jedi. Also, he is the Jedi who was going to bring balance to the force. Thus, he's got light and dark powers. By this point, he should be the king shit of Jedi. A master that makes Obi Wan and the Emperor seem like fledglings.
Luke needs a "moment" in the next film. Remember how the audience went ape shit when Yoda fired up his light saber? Luke deserves that too. Only his needs to be some next level shit.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 01 2013,07:55
I still assert that Luke is too much of a pussy to force choke someone convincingly. Every Jedi every portrayed on screen has been a retreat boy scout, Qui-Gon included. The Sith are equally laughably one-sided. The Clone Wars cartoons had characters with more depth.
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 01 2013,07:59
You didn't read the Timohty Zahn books did you? They were Lucas approved sequels to Jedi. Luke was a fucking bad ass. He'd use his TK to drive a lightsaber around a room and wipe out a huge group of baddies without moving a muscle.
I think J.J. Abrams will up the machismo factor, just like he did with Star Trek. I mean, Spock wasn't exactly blood thirsty until JJ made him vengeful.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 04 2013,09:09
I said "portrayed on screen."
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 04 2013,09:49
Fair enough.But again, let me point to the new Trek. I don't think JJ will have any kids in pod races, so I think/hope the Jedi will flex a bit more muscle.
Posted by GORDON on Mar. 04 2013,09:52
JJ had a kid drive a corvette off a cliff while Beastie Boys are blaring.Which was pretty awesome.
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 06 2013,08:02
< Fisher and Hamill are both confirmed. >
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 06 2013,11:21
Wonder if she'll be stoned 99% of the time on set like Episodes IV-VI.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 17 2013,12:16
< A new movie every summer. >
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 17 2013,12:35
It's hard to imagine living in a world where Star Wars is an ongoing franchise, like James Bond or Star Trek.But after what Lucas did with I, II, and III, I guess it can't get any worse.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,12:45
(TPRJones @ Apr. 17 2013,14:35)
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But after what Lucas did with I, II, and III, I guess it can't get any worse.
Yes, yes it can. I'll point out that Tolkien specifically didn't want Disney near his shit because ...
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I recognize his [Walt Disney's] talent, but it has always seemed to me hopelessly corrupted. Though in most of the 'pictures' proceeding from his studios there are admirable or charming passages, the effect of all of them to me is disgusting. Some have given me nausea...
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 17 2013,13:33
Disney studios are no longer about art, they are about making money. They have to know that Lucas ran the franchise into the toilet, they will know it behooves them to pull it out.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,13:47
(GORDON @ Apr. 17 2013,15:33)
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Disney studios are no longer about art, they are about making money. They have to know that Lucas ran the franchise into the toilet, they will know it behooves them to pull it out.
I don't want it going from the Lucas toilet just to get swirlied in the Disney communal latrine.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 17 2013,13:49
Like someone said... they can't do any worse with it. I am literally incapable of being disappointed by what Disney does to Star Wars.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 17 2013,14:05
(GORDON @ Apr. 17 2013,15:49)
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Like someone said... they can't do any worse with it. I am literally incapable of being disappointed by what Disney does to Star Wars.
It could turn a profit, like "The Avengers." Or it could cost an exec his job, like "John Carter." The former had a fuckload of material to draw from the comics books that've been out for decades, coupled with a feature film for each of the superheroes.
Could they get ideas from the Star Wars literature? Yeah. Not quite the same as going from Marvel for source material, though. Still wondering how they're going to have the Jedi not be whining pussies and instead turn them into compelling protagonists, not pseudo-Buddhist pacifists. The Empire hunted a lot of them down and exterminated them. Maybe it's time to change your philosophy, Flanders.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 18 2013,13:03
< Ford loses it on Kimmel. > (not really)
Posted by Paul on Apr. 18 2013,20:46
He had a feud with Chewbacca last year too (for the same reason).Last night's episode was just rekindling it.
Posted by Leisher on May 02 2013,12:03
No idea if this is real, but it's cool.
Posted by Malcolm on May 02 2013,12:07
They have someone else don the mask of Vader?
Posted by GORDON on May 02 2013,12:09
Why? That has to be hell on your peripheral vision if you don't actually need it to keep you alive. And even then.
Posted by TPRJones on May 02 2013,12:30
No doubt merely symbolic.What I find interesting is that light saber in conjunction with identification as evil. Looks like they might be delving into the Expanded Universe for #7, which would be a wise choice on their part.
Posted by Malcolm on May 02 2013,12:51
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No doubt merely symbolic.
Maybe. I firmly believe there are writers stupid enough to try.
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What I find interesting is that light saber in conjunction with identification as evil.
Hmm, you have a point. The Sith typically run with red.
Posted by Paul on May 02 2013,15:16
I've been noticing a lot of Star Wars stuff mixed in with the shows my daughter watches on the Disney Channel. I guess they do it because they can.
And there are commercials for Marvel Comics.
And one of the Disney shows is going to have a Muppets musical pretty soon.
Posted by Malcolm on May 02 2013,17:06
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And one of the Disney shows is going to have a Muppets musical pretty soon.
It came out decades ago. It was called "Return of the Jedi."
Posted by Leisher on May 03 2013,12:51
< What we know so far. >
Posted by TPRJones on May 03 2013,12:56
I hope that Arndt and Abrams have the nuts to tell Lucas to fuck off when he starts to try to screw up the script. Which he will inevitably do.Although I'm disappointed they're going to ditch the entire Expanded Universe. There's some good stuff in there it would be a shame to waste.
Posted by Leisher on May 03 2013,13:00
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Although I'm disappointed they're going to ditch the entire Expanded Universe. There's some good stuff in there it would be a shame to waste.
Like Thrawn.
Posted by Malcolm on May 20 2013,10:30
< First Star Wars thing > from Disney sees the light of day on TV.
Posted by Leisher on Jul. 29 2013,06:13
< Casting rumors. >I don't think filling this thing with "big names" is a wise move. The brand is going to carry the movie all by itself. Why invest in expensive actors who won't bring any audience?
Posted by TPRJones on Jul. 29 2013,06:32
Eh, they might get them cheap if the actors are the ones seeking out the roles because they really want to do it. As long as they get the right people for the roles, and not just shoving in anyone with a big name regardless of fit.So far I will trust Abrams on casting, given how well he cast the Star Trek reboot.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 29 2013,07:23
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So far I will trust Abrams on casting, given how well he cast the Star Trek reboot.
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A little while ago I was told that two names have been thrown around a lot, and that another star went in last week.
The two stars are none other than…
RYAN GOSLING and ZAC EFRON
The two stars are none other than…
RYAN GOSLING and ZAC EFRON
Star Wars: Episode VII: Jedi Academy Musical.
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 29 2013,07:29
Chicks love the Gos
Posted by Troy on Jul. 29 2013,07:56
There are some movies that I like Gos in, too.
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 29 2013,08:16
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There are some movies that I like Gos in, too.
Like I said...
Posted by Leisher on Aug. 19 2013,07:52
< Emperor Palpatine returning. >< Obi-Wan too. >
Posted by Leisher on Sep. 23 2013,06:05
< Where they're filming and how Cumberbatch will be in the films. >
Posted by TPRJones on Sep. 23 2013,06:30
I spent some time in Las Cruces. It's certainly hot enough to be Tatooine.
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 11 2013,06:25
< December 18th, 2015. >
Posted by Leisher on Nov. 14 2013,12:40
< I'm glad they didn't go this route. > Obi-Wan would have been a far less important character.
Posted by Leisher on Dec. 09 2013,09:36
Apparently, Disney had NOT purchased the rights to Indiana Jones.< But they have now. >
Posted by TPRJones on Dec. 09 2013,09:44
Oh, boy. That franchise they're probably going to fuck up if they try to make more. Indiana Jones is all about the tone of the films, and a gritty reboot would completely destroy that tone.I think it would be harder to make a good new Indy film than almost any other franchise I can think of.
Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 09 2013,10:50
I'm quite confident they'll fuck up Star Wars in their own non-Lucasian way.
Posted by Leisher on Jan. 13 2014,06:54
< Chewie released a bunch of set photos from the set of the original Star Wars. >
Posted by Leisher on Jan. 13 2014,07:16
< Original draft of SW 7 had the kids of Luke and Han as the heroes. >According to the story, JJ didn't like that and wanted to give Luke, Han, and Leia the spotlight one last time, and then the next movies will push the kids.
If that's all true, I agree with JJ. When you think of Star Wars, you don't think of Anakin. Give the characters that have carried Star Wars since 1978 their last moment in the sun.
Posted by TPRJones on Jan. 13 2014,08:09
Um. I'm not sure I really want to see Star Wars: Episode VII - Escape from the Nursing Home.It's a nice idea but a decade or two too late with the original actors. Are they going to find replacements, CGI them all to hell, or what? Doing a real action-adventure-sci-fi old-school Star Wars movie with the original cast would just be sad.
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 13 2014,08:17
Hell, no. They can have some mentor cameo/supporting roles. Maybe Hamill could still pull off a greyish Jedi. Leave the rest alone.
Posted by Leisher on Jan. 13 2014,10:29
Big Star Wars news day...< Expect more stuff to become canon. >
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 13 2014,10:59
(Leisher @ Jan. 13 2014,12:29)
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Big Star Wars news day...
< Expect more stuff to become canon. >
< Expect more stuff to become canon. >
Wow. That's a lot of shit to comb through and glue together.
Posted by TPRJones on Jan. 13 2014,11:08
Now that I find interesting. I've never been a big Star Wars geek, but seeing how they integrate some of these diverse stories into the official canon could be fun to watch.
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 13 2014,11:34
(TPRJones @ Jan. 13 2014,13:08)
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Now that I find interesting. I've never been a big Star Wars geek, but seeing how they integrate some of these diverse stories into the official canon could be fun to watch.
Since Lucas is staying away from it, maybe there's a new hope.
*rimshot*
Posted by Leisher on Jan. 23 2014,07:37
< Princess Leia is officially in. >Her personal trainer is going to make a lot of money this year.
Posted by GORDON on Jan. 23 2014,08:17
Or, her dealer is.
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 23 2014,08:18
(GORDON @ Jan. 23 2014,10:17)
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Or, her dealer is.
He could have two jobs.
Posted by GORDON on Jan. 23 2014,08:21
Would be hilarious to see them use the same actors playing the same roles and start off with "Episode VII: Two Weeks Later" acting like it all just happened and no time has passed.
Posted by GORDON on Jan. 23 2014,08:30
Best Twitter conversation ever.< https://www.nerdist.com/2014....quabble >
Posted by Leisher on Jan. 29 2014,06:49
< Pixar is doing at least one Star Wars film. >
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 10 2014,10:48
< Gary Oldman has a part? >If he's playing Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg J.J. Abrams will win movies.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 11 2014,10:12
What's the big yellow button on the side?
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,04:04
I feel Disney is becoming the EA of movies. They've done nothing original in decades and opt instead to buy up other companies that are producing fresh ideas.In the process, they will pressure all these new purchases so hard to do nothing to endanger the mouse that they will all eventually go the way of Bioware and Maxis.
I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots. For all of his faults with telling the story, I never doubted that he cared about the story and the characters. I envision Disney picking this up and it starting at the third Pirates movie level of story telling.
I fear for Disney it's not a story and a Universe, but just a ledger entry.
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 15 2014,09:44
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I feel Disney is becoming the EA of movies. They've done nothing original in decades and opt instead to buy up other companies that are producing fresh ideas.
In the process, they will pressure all these new purchases so hard to do nothing to endanger the mouse that they will all eventually go the way of Bioware and Maxis.
I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots. For all of his faults with telling the story, I never doubted that he cared about the story and the characters. I envision Disney picking this up and it starting at the third Pirates movie level of story telling.
I fear for Disney it's not a story and a Universe, but just a ledger entry.
In the process, they will pressure all these new purchases so hard to do nothing to endanger the mouse that they will all eventually go the way of Bioware and Maxis.
I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots. For all of his faults with telling the story, I never doubted that he cared about the story and the characters. I envision Disney picking this up and it starting at the third Pirates movie level of story telling.
I fear for Disney it's not a story and a Universe, but just a ledger entry.
I don't agree with your comparison at all.
First of all, the reason Disney went after Marvel and Lucasfilm is because of their male audience. Disney has girls locked up, but struggled with finding something that connected to boys.
Meanwhile, they were still developing all their own properties in multiple areas, and the vast majority were successes. Point being, Disney didn't need these companies because they were out of ideas.
On top of that, there was no exodus of the best and brightest at these companies when Disney took over. Disney also didn't come in and install their people at the top. Disney took a hands off approach because they knew the right people were already running these successful franchises.
Further, it's been years since Disney bought Marvel. Where's the constant thrown together trash being thrown in our face? The rushed to market horseshit that moronic executives focused on the bottom line think the "stupid" consumers ill eat up? Sure, maybe if Michael Eisner was still in charge... Instead of mass produced shit, Disney is trying to find the best people to take their franchises forward to build strong futures, not just churn out the same old, same old and slap a new year on the box cover.
This doesn't mean that down the road some financial person won't take over Disney and start exploiting the franchises, but right now, Disney is nothing like EA.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,09:51
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Meanwhile, they were still developing all their own properties in multiple areas, and the vast majority were successes. Point being, Disney didn't need these companies because they were out of ideas.
What ideas of their own has Disney been producing?
Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 15 2014,10:08
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I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots.
You must tell me what drug studies you've been volunteering for.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,10:11
What's been the most "Disney" of the things that Lucas did to the Star Wars franchise?Get ready for the return of the Ewoks. In large numbers.
Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 15 2014,10:48
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What's been the most "Disney" of the things that Lucas did to the Star Wars franchise?
Get ready for the return of the Ewoks. In large numbers.
Get ready for the return of the Ewoks. In large numbers.
I fail to see how having a rodent-led corporation fucking up the Star Wars universe is any different than having than having George "Fuck you, I'm not making any more major studio releases" Lucas fucking it up.
I also think the most Disney move Lucas ever pulled was that mitochlorian bullshit. It's like saying tiny Jiminy Crickets are dictating your actions.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,10:51
Hey! I hope you're right. I just don't think they're going to get any better. We'll just be getting a lot more of them.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 15 2014,14:14
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Meanwhile, they were still developing all their own properties in multiple areas, and the vast majority were successes. Point being, Disney didn't need these companies because they were out of ideas.
What ideas of their own has Disney been producing?
I don't know that Disney has any of their own franchises that I can think of, aside from making a movie then selling its toys for 5 years.
But after they bought Pixar Disney still made Tangled, which was better than anything Pixar has made lately. Not sure if that is a good argument or not.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 15 2014,14:16
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Hey! I hope you're right. I just don't think they're going to get any better. We'll just be getting a lot more of them.
I will choose to look at it like this: it can't possibly get any worst than what Lucas did to it. Maybe....maybe... they are some decision makers at Disney who know exactly how Lucas fucked the franchise, is as pissed as every other Star Wars fan, and knows what NOT to do with it. That person certainly wasn't Lucas who went completely insane sometime during his long exile after Jedi.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,14:47
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But after they bought Pixar Disney still made Tangled, which was better than anything Pixar has made lately. Not sure if that is a good argument or not.
Tangled wasn't bad. Didn't realize they didn't do that one under their Pixar property. It may not be fair to Disney, but only about half of what they did when Walt was alive and next to nothing they do now is original. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, etc. are all old fairy tales or fables given catchy tunes and marketable children toys (Same as Tangled).
Old Yellar, Bed-knobs and Broomsticks, Witch Mountain... there hasn't been anything original like that from Disney in a while that I can remember.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 15 2014,15:01
I have heard good things about Frozen but haven't seen.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,15:25
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I have heard good things about Frozen but haven't seen.
Corrected. One movie in 20 or so years.
Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 15 2014,15:51
Tangled was solid. Since Tangled was release, Pixar has only made 3 films: Cars 2 (meh), Brave, and Monsters University. Tangled was certainly better than Cars 2 or MU (haven't seen Brave).Frozen was just OK. Not as good as Tangled. A lot of the characters felt borrowed from that film. Did not care for Olaf at all. And, yet another movie based on a fairy tale.
Back to the subject, I don't think Star Wars can get worse than Episodes 1-3. Disney can only make it better, or keep it the same. Either way, a risk worth taking.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,16:21
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Back to the subject, I don't think Star Wars can get worse than Episodes 1-3. Disney can only make it better, or keep it the same. Either way, a risk worth taking.
I guess for me, I can take bad decision making with a franchise a lot better when it's just a crappy idea based on the creators vision (however flawed that may be). I fear Disney is going to make crappy decisions based only on profit. And the way they're talking, they're going to be pumping out films every couple of years or so. If they keep the same level of suck, but one turd every year or two, that's much worse than the poor 3 movies in the last 20 years.
Posted by TheCatt on Feb. 15 2014,16:35
Yeah, but it's easy to ignore crap. Crap shouldn't impact your life, just don't watch it. If Disney makes turds, so be it.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,16:52
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Yeah, but it's easy to ignore crap. Crap shouldn't impact your life, just don't watch it. If Disney makes turds, so be it.
Good advice
Hopefully in a few years I'll be living in the woods somewhere and they will just be added to my growing list of movies I don't have time to stream as it is.
Posted by Leisher on Feb. 15 2014,17:53
Disney does a LOT more than just kid movies. You hear mostly about < this stuff >, and that list alone should be "Oh fuck yeah, they don't lean on Marvel, Lucas, or Pixar..."
However, they also distribute films, and they're behind some of the bigger "indy" companies, like Miramax (until recently).
They also own ABC and ESPN.
They also run some mildly successful amusement parks that are considered to be the shining example of the entire planet when it comes to customer service.
I won't even get into their marketing, toy manufacturing, etc. because we're trying to stick on the creative end?
Point being, Disney is doing great and has been doing great since Eisner, a guy who should be running EA because he loves the bottom line, was ousted.
And again, I have to point you to their treatment of their new additions, which is a completely hands off approach. That's not the EA way.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 15 2014,18:47
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You hear mostly about < this stuff >, and that list alone should be "Oh fuck yeah, they don't lean on Marvel, Lucas, or Pixar..."
That list also includes Pixar flicks. And a whole lot of turds (John Carter and The Lone Ranger).
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And again, I have to point you to their treatment of their new additions, which is a completely hands off approach. That's not the EA way.
As soon as GLAAD threatens to boycott "The Mouse" we're getting a gay Spider-man. Nothing is more important than The Mouse.
Posted by GORDON on Feb. 15 2014,19:14
I thought John Carter was slightly underrated.
Posted by TPRJones on Feb. 15 2014,19:33
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Old Yellar, Bed-knobs and Broomsticks, Witch Mountain
< Nope, > < nope, > and < nope. >
I don't know that any Disney film has ever been made that wasn't based on some pre-existing book or children's story or what have you.
EDIT: Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that, mind you. All art is theft. But raw originality is not Disney's strong suit.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 16 2014,04:57
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I thought John Carter was slightly underrated.
I agree. Taylor Kitsch was a better Mike Murphy than John Carter, though.
Posted by Vince on Feb. 16 2014,05:30
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I don't know that any Disney film has ever been made that wasn't based on some pre-existing book or children's story or what have you.
EDIT: Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that, mind you. All art is theft. But raw originality is not Disney's strong suit.
EDIT: Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with that, mind you. All art is theft. But raw originality is not Disney's strong suit.
I agree and not surprised that they bought those stories, but at least those were a little more obscure than Tarzan or Beauty and The Beast.
I don't trust Disney. Too many stories of them being jerks about things. While I'm sure many are false and blown out of proportion, it goes to the whole, "where there's smoke" argument.
Posted by WSGrundy on Feb. 28 2014,13:43
Final season of Clone Wars before Rebels starts. Posted by GORDON on Feb. 28 2014,14:02
Gonna have to watch the entire series one of these days. The 3 or 4 episodes I have seen have been decent.
Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 28 2014,14:09
The Clone Wars cartoon gives me vague hope the franchise can still breathe.
Posted by WSGrundy on Feb. 28 2014,14:11
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Gonna have to watch the entire series one of these days. The 3 or 4 episodes I have seen have been decent.
All of them are coming to netflix.
It seemed like they didn't know what they wanted to be in the beginning. One episode would have goofy robots and then the next had guys sacrificing themselves and getting kinda dark. It evened out and got cool. Not the best thing ever made but worth my time.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 07 2014,13:15
< Officially in >: Chewie.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 28 2014,07:28
You know all that Star Wars expanded universe stuff?< It's now "legend". > In other words, no longer canon.
I honestly don't care too much about this, and in fact, it allows Disney to use cool characters like Thrawn without him being tied to canon that doesn't fit their new direction.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 28 2014,08:20
As long as they realize that's something they can do only once. I'm sure they still want to sell video games and books and comics and everything else Star Wars that they can put a price tag on. And all of that material will have to count, to be at least semi-acknowledged as sort-of canon. And each time they reset after this first big one they'll lose a big percentage of their customers.But I think most people will give them this one. Hell, if we could go ahead and erase Eps I, II, and III while we are at it I don't think anyone (besides Lucas) would mind.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 28 2014,09:20
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Hell, if we could go ahead and erase Eps I, II, and III while we are at it I don't think anyone (besides Lucas) would mind.
I think of them as the collective hangover nightmares of Luke, Han, and Leia after the party in VI.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 28 2014,09:25
"We were restoring the jedi temple... these history cubes leading up to the Emperor dissolving the senate were found to be corrupted, possibly as an attempt by him to rewrite history. Here are the original, uncorrupted memory cubes."(Or whatever storage medium they were using.)
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 28 2014,09:26
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"We were restoring the jedi temple... these history cubes leading up to the Emperor dissolving the senate were found to be corrupted, possibly as an attempt by him to rewrite history. Here are the original, uncorrupted memory cubes."
(Or whatever storage medium they were using.)
(Or whatever storage medium they were using.)
My opinion of Disney would go up, possible more than a full notch, if they had the balls to do that.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 28 2014,09:32
I think if they retconed the prequels, it'd be the biggest fuck you in Hollywood history. Releasing the original trilogy on Blu-Ray minus the bullshit Lucas additions would be a minor fuck you.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 28 2014,09:46
I still say Annikin needs to destroy the ship he doesn't know his wife is on, trying to get away from him, and the babies get put into an escape pod at the last second because Padme is trapped under a Space Beam (and looks sad) and that scene looks just like when R2 and Threepio jettison and go to Tattoine. That "dying of a broken heart" scene is just.... it's like... a 6th grade girl wrote it.
Seriously, the man lost his fucking mind. I'm telling you. Someone needs to get him some help. But I am satisfied the franchise is out of his control.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 28 2014,09:53
When it comes to writing he was always an awful hack. It's just that earlier in his career he had people that would tell him how to make it better instead of kissing his ass and telling him he's shitting gold. His real brilliance was as a visual storyteller, working with models and practical effects to make movie magic. But he lost that when he got so far up into the ass of CGI.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 28 2014,09:58
Know what I have seen at the movies lately? A commercial for some kid charity.... there is a wheelchair kid and suddenly R2-D2 is there and they are pals... and if you give so much money to this charity, you can gt your fave Star Wars character in some sort of heart pendant. And one of the options is a Darth Vader/heart pendant, because nothing says "I love kids" than a pendant of the guy who slaughtered a bunch of really little kids in the movie.I find that to be weird. Sorta tells me that peeps don't generally consider the prequels to be real.
Retcon that mother fucker.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 28 2014,10:04
< They might retcon Boba Fett. >
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 28 2014,10:12
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< They might retcon Boba Fett. >
Fuck. That. Noise.
"No disintegrations."
Posted by Vince on Apr. 28 2014,19:03
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That "dying of a broken heart" scene is just.... it's like... a 6th grade girl wrote it.
Really bad, but no worse than the ending of the 5th Element.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 28 2014,19:09
(Vince @ Apr. 28 2014,21:03)
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(GORDON @ Apr. 28 2014,11:46)
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That "dying of a broken heart" scene is just.... it's like... a 6th grade girl wrote it.
Really bad, but no worse than the ending of the 5th Element.
No. It is. At least the bullshit love thing took out a fucking asteroid made of evil. Cause aside, the effects are bad-ass. Padme dying was perhaps the ultimate emo death scene.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 28 2014,19:18
The creator of the 5th Element was very French, and it showed. Lucas has no such excuse.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 28 2014,19:24
Also, it ends with Bruce Willis fucking the Milla "Cheetos Dust Hair" Jovovich.
Posted by Vince on Apr. 29 2014,02:46
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Also, it ends with Bruce Willis fucking the Milla "Cheetos Dust Hair" Jovovich.
See, I think that's why nerds end up giving the 5th Element a pass. Because of nerd crush on Milla.
Posted by Leisher on Apr. 29 2014,05:53
In her defense, she was insanely hot in that film.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 29 2014,06:13
Well, like he said, the antagonist was a ball of evil. It was going to kill all life, and apparently that cycle was built into the universe, or whatever. What else is going to counter evil?
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 29 2014,07:46
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What else is going to counter evil?
Other kinds of evil.
Posted by Vince on Apr. 29 2014,11:08
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In her defense, she was insanely hot in that film.
Definitely. I think another reason we give it a pass is because it came out on the trailing edge of the vast lack of good Sci-fi. I still think the reason people think the original Star Wars was great and the later three were so horrible is because there weren't many options for Sci-fi when the original came out. It was an immersive world, but beyond that they weren't that great. We just remember the great parts because we took what we could get.
For every "City On The Edge of Forever", we had two "Spock's Brain".
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 29 2014,11:53
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What else is going to counter evil?
Other kinds of evil.
Holy crap..... I would fund a kickstarter for a 5th Element/Riddick crossover. Any reason they can't exist in the same universe?
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 29 2014,11:56
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Any reason they can't exist in the same universe?
Make Leeloo a Furyan.
Posted by GORDON on Apr. 29 2014,11:58
"Perfect."
Posted by Leisher on May 09 2014,08:51
< New trilogy and three spin offs all in production. >I missed this other conversation earlier, so here goes:
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I would fund a kickstarter for a 5th Element/Riddick crossover. Any reason they can't exist in the same universe?
I'd say the "Federation" from 5th and that empire from Riddick would have trouble co-existing.
The tone of the films could not be more different.
Riddick takes place in a completely different galaxy too.
What would be the point of merging them?
Posted by Malcolm on May 09 2014,09:15
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What would be the point of merging them?
Smash them together and see what happens.
Posted by GORDON on May 09 2014,10:55
"Will it blend?"
Posted by Leisher on May 13 2014,10:35
< Wedge won't be back. >
Posted by Leisher on May 19 2014,06:39
< The lineup of films through 2020? >
Posted by Malcolm on May 19 2014,07:25
I'm calling it right now. Boba Fett will get fucked like no character since Deadpool.
Posted by Leisher on May 23 2014,12:59
< Win a role in Episode VII >
Posted by Leisher on Jun. 05 2014,06:22
< More leaked set photos. >< JJ asks for leaks to stop...in an interesting way. >
Posted by TPRJones on Jun. 13 2014,19:15
< Harrison Ford breaks ankle on Star Wars film set at Pinewood studios >< What really happened... >
Posted by GORDON on Jun. 13 2014,19:17
Good thing it wasn't his hip.
Posted by GORDON on Aug. 16 2014,12:32
And I may finally be purchasing the original trilogy for the first time since VHS:< http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2014....ed.html >
Posted by Paul on Aug. 16 2014,19:54
It occurred to me that they have footage of all the scenes with Jar Jar Binks without Jar Jar Binks in them.They can add new CGI and new audio.
They can replace him with Goofy so it'll be slightly less annoying!
"Gawrsh!"
Posted by Leisher on Aug. 18 2014,10:30
You might want to sit down for this one. Rupert Murdoch recently failed to buy WB right? Well, speculation is running rampant over who the next bidder is going to be and < signs point to some Chinese guy >.
But here's the thing, the second suitor in the list is...< Disney. >
If you're Disney, it's got to be tempting right? They'd get CNN and would then have a major network (ABC), the premier sports network ESPN, and one of the big two news networks. Not to mention the Disney channel.
They'd get WB's huge library of hit movies.
They'd also get DC comics and everything associated with them. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, etc. would become the property of Disney. Disney could go balls deep on a super hero theme park and have no shortage of characters. They'd dominate animated super hero shows and movies. They'd be able to have both publishers work together and occasionally swap characters. Who doesn't want to see Wolverine and Batman?
Finally, after 2022 which is the final year Marvel has plotted out for it's films currently, they could announce Avengers vs Justice League the movie. Tell me that alone wouldn't make a billion dollars.
Posted by Malcolm on Aug. 22 2014,13:50
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Finally, after 2022 which is the final year Marvel has plotted out for it's films currently, they could announce Avengers vs Justice League the movie. Tell me that alone wouldn't make a billion dollars.
Fucking hell. They could make < Amalgam > movies. Dark Claw, motherfucker.
Posted by Troy on Sep. 10 2014,09:51
< Star Wars movie spacecraft under construction >X-wing and Falcon, by the looks of things:
Posted by GORDON on Sep. 10 2014,10:52
Looks more like a Z-95 Headhunter, to me.
Posted by Leisher on Sep. 11 2014,11:42
< Death Star in 7? >For fuck's sake I hope not. It's been done! Let's move on to something new.
Posted by Vince on Sep. 11 2014,14:53
JJ's involvement has killed all interest in this for me. If it comes out and people think it's great I'll check it out. Otherwise I'm not making plans for it.
Posted by TPRJones on Sep. 12 2014,10:11
I can't think of any way JJ could make it worse than Lucas did.
Posted by Vince on Oct. 01 2014,14:02
Just saw a recent pic of Mark Hamill sporting his Jedi beard. He looks like Pat Hingle (the commissioner for the '89 Batman). At this point I can only be pleasantly surprised by this movie. I don't think it could possibly come in below my expectations.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 01 2014,14:46
Pat never had a beard. He wore that comissioner stache since his days as a b-movie western extra.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 01 2014,18:21
< Boba Fett killed Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. >
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 01 2014,18:30
(Leisher @ Oct. 01 2014,21:21)
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< Boba Fett killed Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. >
I...
like it.
Posted by Vince on Oct. 01 2014,18:37
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Pat never had a beard. He wore that comissioner stache since his days as a b-movie western extra.
I wasn't even talking about the stache. He has the same cheap bourbon and two pack a day eyes.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 02 2014,06:52
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(Leisher @ Oct. 01 2014,21:21)
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< Boba Fett killed Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. >
I...
like it.
Eh. Has a hole or two.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 20 2014,05:53
Let's see how this goes over...< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
Posted by Vince on Oct. 20 2014,06:50
Heheh... glad I didn't have high hopes for this to begin with.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 20 2014,07:14
(Leisher @ Oct. 20 2014,07:53)
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Let's see how this goes over...
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
You figure his shooting schedule would be full...
HAHAHAHA
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 20 2014,08:04
(Leisher @ Oct. 20 2014,08:53)
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Let's see how this goes over...
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
..... if it as the last survivng member of the Ewok species because of the < Endor Holocaust, > then I approve.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 20 2014,08:24
(Malcolm @ Oct. 20 2014,10:14)
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(Leisher @ Oct. 20 2014,07:53)
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Let's see how this goes over...
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
You figure his shooting schedule would be full...
HAHAHAHA
I don't understand your comment. < His career has been pretty solid. >
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 20 2014,08:26
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(Malcolm @ Oct. 20 2014,10:14)
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(Leisher @ Oct. 20 2014,07:53)
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Let's see how this goes over...
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
< Wicket will be in Episode VII. >
You figure his shooting schedule would be full...
HAHAHAHA
I don't understand your comment. < His career has been pretty solid. >
Take away his Harry Potter work and his movies have all been things like < this >.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 20 2014,08:43
To be fair, how many roles does Hollywood create for little people? Of those roles, how many are < Peter Dinklage > offered first?There are a lot of regular sized people who wouldn't be very well known if not for their work in franchises. I'm not sure why you're singling him out.
Plus, his TV show had one of the greatest moments in comedy history:
Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 20 2014,09:08
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Take away his Harry Potter work and his movies have all been things like < this >.
He's been really good in Game of Thrones.
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 20 2014,18:15
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Plus, his TV show had one of the greatest moments in comedy history:
I knew exactly what that video was, but I had to watch it anyway.
Posted by TPRJones on Oct. 21 2014,10:09
I can only watch a couple of minutes of that. Same for The Office.I just don't get uncomfortable humor. It doesn't make me laugh, it makes me uncomfortable. *shrug*
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 21 2014,11:13
Liam' intensity is what sells it.
Posted by TPRJones on Oct. 21 2014,11:33
Oh, I can certainly see that he's being brilliant here, no doubt about that. I just can't stop cringing along.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 06 2015,09:45
< Harrison Ford > almost kills off Han Solo.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 12 2015,11:27
< 2017: > Ep VIII. Standalone film to be released in 2016.
Posted by Troy on Mar. 13 2015,07:56
Read all the Rogue books when I was a kid. I think I had a mountain of them. Expectations upgraded to average movie, good effects. Also with that title it better be all dogfights and skirmishes, all the time.
Posted by Troy on Mar. 17 2015,12:03
Preordered a Star Wars board game last night. Star Wars: Armada
It looks super rad. Hopefully will be here before April.
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 31 2015,09:24
< Star Wars trailer will be shown with The Avengers 2. >
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 11 2016,12:20
< Rogue One > trailer coming soon.
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 12 2016,11:29
< Finn indicates > that they'll be ripping off Empire... next time.QUOTE
But now, we just starting work on Star Wars VIII, the next film, so I'm back to keeping secrets again."
...
It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited.
...
It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited.
Posted by thibodeaux on Jan. 12 2016,17:10
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< Finn indicates > that they'll be ripping off Empire... next time.
It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited.
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It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited.
Maybe he means there's more black guys
Posted by GORDON on Jan. 12 2016,17:27
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(Malcolm @ Jan. 12 2016,14:29)
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< Finn indicates > that they'll be ripping off Empire... next time.
It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited.
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It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited.
Maybe he means there's more black guys
Ha, I thought the same thing, but you live in the south so you're racist.