J.J. Abrams Signs Up To Direct Star Wars VII

[Quesa]

This is fantastic news; I'd almost click to watch Sideshow Bob 'review' it just for the laughs.

 

[Roxas1359]

Ok, now I really want to know what made him changed his mind? Seriosuly what made him to decide to go back against his words and sign up to it?

Rhymes with "honey."

Why would he do it for a bunny? XD
Sorry, had too.

OT: Well if I go to this movie I'd better bring my sunglasses. My eyes can't handle too much lens flare.

 

[Tanakh]

Having a blast with the news, I don't like JJ Abrams, but dislike Star Wars fans even more and I am quite confident in the director ability to make them rage

 

[Tradjus]

Oh noooooo, a Director I've never heard of is signing on too a product I have no interest in.
Haha, but in all seriousness, how is this news? Is this really that big of a deal?

 

[Bat Vader]

What? Hopefully Abrams doesn't interfere with the script at all. They should have just hired Joss Whedon to direct Star Wars: Episode VII.

 

[bat32391]

I really don't see why so many people have an issue with this. He did a good job with Star Trek, so I look forward to see what he'll do with Star Wars.

 

[Best of the 3]

Honestly I see this as a good thing. I won't like it if it's too much CGI and lens flare, it'll take me out of the movie. But what JJ did in his Trek movie is what he should do in this Star Wars movie. He created a fun, good paced action sci fi adventure, which was easy to follow. Which is where his Trek movie fell down for me, as Trek is known more for it's talky-about-all-the-details sci fi.

 

[Basement Cat]

Am I the only person on this site who likes Abrams movies?

You're NEVER the only one...


I did like the new Star Trek. The griping about Abrams' love for "Lens Flares" is certain to mitigate or negate any abundance of them in the Star Wars movies. Heck, except for Revenge of the Sith I can't recall any of the SW movies that had "lens flare" visuals in them.

Moreover Disney is going to be all over this movie and franchise. They're going to consult with Lucas (who IS a good idea man) to keep his general POV but they also will remember and tread carefully in the hopes of avoiding the Fan Hate that exploded because the Prequels weren't handed down from heaven glowing with divine perfection. *sigh*

 

[TKretts3]

It's good that they found a competent director who knows what they're doing. It's certain now, at least, that the movie will be much better than the last three.

 

[2fish]

After the last 3 it can't get much worse....

So then the squadron of gungans (all jar jars kids so they have the same mental issues) dash into the time machine to save Luke and Leia from the Sith assassins after they start to rebuild the galaxy. Then we will make a comedy scene where they stumble into Leia/Han's first night together for an awkward rom-com moment.

I hope this movie at least feels like a star wars film.

Movie Bob I expect you to be reviewing for all types of star wars fans on this movie. The obsessed, the casual, the original trilogy diehards, the new trilogy was better wrong people, and the other factions that exist.

 

[LordMonty]

So much lens fare whatever probally going to cool.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Not a fan of Abrams' work so my cautious excitement has been replaced with cautious pleading with the gods that he doesn't mess this up.

Well only time will tell how much lens flare he thinks is appropriate.

 

[Basement Cat]

Right. The thing to do to bring back fans who were pissed off because you ruined the cannon of Star Wars is to bring someone in who has already shown he doesn't give a fuck about the cannon of Star Trek.

This is such bullshit. Don't even care what the movies look like, this is already a complete miss for me.

Apples and oranges. The difference between Star Wars and Star Trek, is that Star Wars doesn't have tons of little details, technicalities and nuances to get caught up on. It's a simplistic Science fiction series where things work because space magic. If you think about it this is right up J's Alley.

Apples and Apples, friend. The problem with the Star Wars Prequels (and even the "Special Editions") is that they completely disregard the source material and go big, bright, and dumb. Abrams did the exact thing to Star Trek in '09 that Lucas did with The Phantom Menace. I physically cannot take any more of people just completely trashing these series.

He will have Greedo shoot first and kill Han. Then Greedo has to take Luke to the Death Star, and everything get's F-ed up.

That's quite a hyperbolic leap in logic. The Star Wars Prequels were bad for a number of reasons mostly related to the story and the execution of said story, it had far less to do with "Going big bright and dumb." If everything being "Big and epic" is the only criticism you can come up with then I don't really see what your problem is. Again, Star Trek is an entirely different beast, an entirely different setting. They are NOT comparable. Apples and Oranges.

The Star Trek "Reboot" was bad for the exact same reasons including the story and execution of the story. The plot of Star Trek '09: A Star is going Nova and destroying the entire galaxy (that's from the movie), so the only way to stop if from destroying everyone on Romulus (an empire with the ships and resources to evacuate completely or even solve the problem themselves) so the only way to stop it is with a Black Hole (which will also destroy Romulus). Because they built a special ship for this black hole creating material (which creates a black hole with a single drop... and they provided him 100+ Gallons) it takes too long to reach Romulus and everyone dies. A Romulan with his own ship who could have saved his own family, attacks Spock, they both fall into the black hole which (despite physics) sends them back in time. JUST THE SETUP OF THE MOVIE IS THAT STUPID! From digging a hole in Vulcan to create a black hole when he can just drop it into the atmosphere, to using the black hole stuff at all when he has the power to destroy an entire fleet of ships with just his technology, to Spock dropping Kirk onto an ice planet / moon with deadly monsters to die only to have him happen to meet Spock (somehow) and the both happen to meet Scottie (somehow) who just happens to have developed a formula to transport onto a Starship traveling at speeds faster than light away from them (somehow) the whole movie is made up of bad story writing and nonsense just as bad as the prequels.

I would also compare Abrams use of Lens flare and graphics in Star Trek to be as much of a distraction as the constant green screens and CG "funny characters" Lucas used. Apples and Apples.

Okay one little thing you need to be made aware of so you can calm down:

J.J. Abrams had nothing to do with the script of Star Trek '09. He wasn't the screen writer, he was the director. Okay? If Star Wars has a shit script, it won't be because J.J. was involved.

Yeah, that would be all well and good, except he did have a lot to do with the script of '09. Not only did he direct the movie, but he also was the Producer of the film and it was written by his good buddies Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, with whom he wrote Mission Impossible 3 (Another terribly written and directed movie). He was directly involved in the crafting of that of that awful story.

So whether or not Abrams is directly responsible for a shitty Star Wars script, he will certainly be heavily involved in the process. He has already shown that he is not capable of the role, which is why I have such a problem "calming down".

*chuckles*

Okay...so let's look at if from the Original Trilogy's POV. And I'm not even going to bother going into a full movie run down.

Return of the Jedi: In order to save Han Solo Luke (who can see the future through the Force) deliberately arranges to have all the main characters captured and imprisoned by Jabba the Hutt when...

Ach! You know what? I'll let HISHE take it from here:


And the illogical Plot Holes didn't start out with RotJ, but in New Hope ie Stormtrooper firing accuracy, Leia leading the Imperials directly to the Rebels' hidden base when she knew they were being followed

Have another taste of HISHE:


And here's Empire:


You're inconsolable because of what Abrams did to Star Trek and are condemning Star Wars VII because he'll do the same thing there?

What you're condemning him for George Lucas did first. 1977---Star Wars: A New Hope.

Hate if you want...but I FORSEE that you and all the others who proclaim that Star Wars VII is dead to them because of Abrams will find yourselves standing in line buying tickets to see it in a couple of years.

 

[Proeliator]

First Star Trek, now Star Wars. What's next? J.J. Abrams directs... Doctor Who!

Spoiler: Doctor Who?!

OT:
I'm sure he's a fine director, and I've enjoyed his work (except, ya know, lens flares) But this just sounds like a random rumor that will most likely be untrue.

 

[DoctorM]

Woohoo!!!!!! J.J. won't be doing the next Star Trek!!!!

Episode 7 was gonna suck anyway, so this is the biggest win possible.

 

[Abomination]

I imagine he won't repeat the errors he made in Star Trek. What he did do well in Star Trek was bringing action to sci-fi, such as the drop down the... I don't know what it was, when they were free-falling to get on top of a sensor or beacon or something. THAT type of thing is perfect for the Star Wars-esque sci-fi combat, not so much for Star Trek's pointing garage door remotes at each other.

I just hope he fixes his shakey camera for combat crap, Star Wars needs people to be able to see what is going on in a large scale as combat is fought in a more 1700s style - line up and shoot each other.

 

[Ldude893]

So long as he cuts down on the lense flare, I think there's a good chance that the sequel trilogy would turn out well. I actually loved a lot of his work.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Meh. It suits Abrams way more than Star Trek does.