Greg Grunberg's Continuing Employment, AKA J.J. Abrams is Directing Star Wars

Lumenskir · 01-24-2013, 09:34 PM

Pretty much what the title says.

So, uh,

[lens flare joke]

[bitch about Lost]

["You All Everybody" playing at a Cantina]

[something something Star Trek something]

Whelp, this thread wrapped up early.

Magus · 01-24-2013, 09:39 PM

You forgot the species of demonic smoke monsters that inhabit planet Thiland.

Bells · 01-24-2013, 10:03 PM

Hey! THe dude that made Cloverfield gets points with me Ok?

Of all the names that were racing around, this one seems like a pretty solid story.... but he is just the director. It's the WRITER that we want to pay attention...

Lumenskir · 01-24-2013, 10:28 PM

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Hey! THe dude that made Cloverfield gets points with me Ok?

Oh, the things in brackets were just to cut off obvious unfunny 'jokes' I'm sure people wanted to make reflexively after hearing J.J. Abrams mentioned.

MI:III and Super 8 were great, and Star Trek is already the third best Star Wars movie, it seems like a no brainer.

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Of all the names that were racing around, this one seems like a pretty solid story.... but he is just the director. It's the WRITER that we want to pay attention...

The writer's been a known quantity since November.

RobinStarwing · 01-24-2013, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumenskir

Oh, the things in brackets were just to cut off obvious unfunny 'jokes' I'm sure people wanted to make reflexively after hearing J.J. Abrams mentioned.

MI:III and Super 8 were great, and Star Trek is already the third best Star Wars movie, it seems like a no brainer.

The writer's been a known quantity since November.

And you my friend need your brains examined...

Solid Snake · 01-25-2013, 12:18 AM

I loved the first season of LOST, which was really the only one JJ Abrams was involved with.

But I'm kind of concerned insofar as I'd prefer new Star Wars to not feel like new Star Trek, and so that's one thing that concerns me about the two series sharing the same director. Star Wars and Star Trek always represented two very different approaches to sci-fi and they explored different themes and I don't want them to feel like mirror images of each other.

Flarecobra · 01-25-2013, 12:43 AM

From what I've read, it's not offical yet. But you know, this can be a good thing. At least he's a director that knows what the fuck he's doing.

Krylo · 01-25-2013, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Star Wars and Star Trek always represented two very different approaches to sci-fi and they explored different themes and I don't want them to feel like mirror images of each other.

To be fair that ship kinda sailed when the New Star Trek movie wasn't really about exploring and meeting new races etc. etc. and was more about sci-fi sword fights with laser guns.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 01-25-2013, 06:32 AM

And yet, it probably still won't be as bad as the shit Lucas himself started churning out.

Bells · 01-25-2013, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Lumenskir

The writer's been a known quantity since November.

Well, we still need to see if the guy is going all the way with it... due to the limited time frame for release, i would bet so... but it's not unheard of changes at this point.

This is the dude behind Toy Story 3 (the lesser toy story) and Brave (The flat pixar adventure), also the sequel to Hunger Games (A.KA. Running Man Twilight Edition totally not battle royale).

So, i'm not saying this guy is not known to handle big brands... he certainly is. But i dunno if we can say he knows how to work with them well. It does gives us a broad perspective on how this guy writes action and fantasy/adventure though...

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Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	I loved the first season of LOST, which was really the only one JJ Abrams was involved with. But I'm kind of concerned insofar as I'd prefer new Star Wars to not feel like new Star Trek, and so that's one thing that concerns me about the two series sharing the same director. Star Wars and Star Trek always represented two very different approaches to sci-fi and they explored different themes and I don't want them to feel like mirror images of each other. __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.

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Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	You forgot the species of demonic smoke monsters that inhabit planet Thiland.