J. J. Abrams is a shit merchant if you look closely at any of his work all he does is promise things that he can not fulfill.
To me watching an Abrams piece is like talking to a mentally ill person whose speech patterns make you think they are clever but at the end it is just salad talk and wasted time. He has a talent for getting folks to think he is saying something or is going to say something but never does. points in evidence every God damn thing he has ever touched. I unironically think he will be perfect for Disney star wars.
Shit attracts shit.
empty promise attracts empty promise. Instead of watching any Star Wars (episodes 4-6 included) just watch Firefly or the 5th element you know things not made by idiots.
But the original Star Wars and prequels don't even compare to things like Firefly or 5th Element in my book. No matter how shitty you think Abrams is, I doubt he could possibly ever be worse than George Lucas at making a Star Wars film. It's not like Lucas set a high bar for Star Wars in the first place, so I don't see how any director could make a worse movie. Hell, Uwe Bole could make a better Star Wars movie...
We are in complete agreement.
J. J. will make a better star wars than George. Don't compare because Firefly and 5th Element are much better (my belief)
or because they are in a different class?
Because they are much better, so "different class" I guess (but only my opinion of course). Firefly was one of the best universes, writing, acting, and character devlopment I've seen in sci-fi in a long time. And 5th Element is my favorite movie because it had such an interesting and unique take on the future that I would say they are in a different class. All my opinion of course. Star Wars has always been summer block-buster popcorn flicks under Lucas, so was only saying that's all I expect from Abrams as well, but that he can at least make that a little better... hopefully.
Abrams will do it better. Gore Verblinksi would have been amazing.
I mean, I'm a big Star Wars fan but... honestly, even with the very best of them (Empire, obviously), does it really 'say' anything? It's not that there's no meaning or anything to the movies but they aren't like other amazing Sci-Fi movies, like Serenity or even the older Star Treks. From the beginning they were just good, entertaining movies. Being sci-fi is pretty incidental to Star Wars as well - it could just as well be medieval fantasy or a western and you'd get a lot of the same value from it. Just like the new Star Trek, it might not be the most meaningful film, but you can't deny that it was entertaining. It was engaging, the characters weren't deep or complex, but they were interesting enough, and the cinematography was awesome (lens flare not withstanding). Also, unrelated but I watched the 5th Element pretty recently and... I really don't get what was special about it. It was entertaining but it just seemed like the message was "war is bad; try love instead" which is fine but a bit too obvious.
I don't watch movies for messages and I don't think a message can redeem a bad movie.
but I see where you are coming from. 5th element is awesome because it was art designed by Mobieus dressed by Jean-Paul gaultier and because of this
I did not notice it had a message or even dialogue.
Oh okay, well I'm glad I'm not dim or something about T5E. The art was kinda cool but that didn't make it a great experience for me overall. But hey, different strokes for different folks.
it is a whole Bandes dessinées thing. It is kinda the illicit film adaptation of the Jodoverse. from l'incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky the guy that made el topo.