Star Wars Episode VII thread

[Elok]

Also, didn't he make MI2? That was also bad.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Star Wars was always supposed to be mindless adventure. Lucas couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon. It was taking it too seriously that was one of the wrong-headed mistakes that ruined the prequels.

Star Trek always took itself seriously, so loud dumb fun was a very bad fit. Jar Jar don't get that, but he was trying to make himself a billionaire on Lucas' model in the first place, and I bet he does a lot less harm here.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

I just Jon Millered. No idea how that happened while doing an edit.

[Sava]

user error

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Something ****ed up in the mod interface, I bet, as if it was directed by Jar Jar.

[Sava]

[Lorizael]

I wonder how they'll explain him. What's his character been doing during all the other movies? His character is at least old enough to have been in the prequels.

It's a big galaxy.

I think you're one of, like, three people on here who agrees with me that Abrams makes crappy movies. Every time I say his Star Trek sucked, I get a dozen people telling me, "lighten up NERD it's a fun popcorn movie and therefore gets a free pass for making utterly no sense."

Oh, I'm with you there. The last two Star Trek movies have completely ignored the spirit of Star Trek.

[Ben Kenobi]

Every time I say his Star Trek sucked

My boycott of the Adamsverse continues. I'd rather see a DS9 movie.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Oh, I'm with you there. The last two Star Trek movies have completely ignored the spirit of Star Trek.

I'd thank you twice if I could.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

[Elok]

Oh, I'm with you there. The last two Star Trek movies have completely ignored the spirit of Star Trek.

Well, that, and respect for the audience's intelligence, basic narrative coherence, reading the script before shooting, etc.

At least, that's true of the first one. Didn't see the second.

[Sava]

Spock's blood being green.

They forgot that.

[Lorizael]

Well, that, and respect for the audience's intelligence, basic narrative coherence, reading the script before shooting, etc.

At least, that's true of the first one. Didn't see the second.

The second one is much worse.

My official Facebook review of the movie:

And yeah, I know there are some people who say it's actually a deep and thoughtful allegory of post 9/11 foreign policy, but you know what? reference != allegory. Yes, you can draw some parallels between the movie and 9/11, but a deep and thoughtful examination of the issues at hand (especially from a Star Trek perspective) should not conclude that the solution to terrorism is to punch it repeatedly.

[self biased]

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Well - a girl who LOOKS a little bit like Natalie Portman, anyway...


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