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I would have preferred Joss, but whatevs. I think ol' JJ will be better for this than he is for Trek. Not that his Trek movie was all that much worse than any of the others, but there is always the off chance that we can get a sci fi movie out of the Trek franchise, where as Wars is pretty solidly science fantasy.

 Breotan wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:

 whembly wrote:
The "unsaid" news is what is great for me... and that is...

GEORGE LUCAS AIN'T DOING IT!

w00t!

Yea I jumped for joy when I heard this, for that very same frigging reason. Weather its good or bad, at the very least, you know the new StarWars movie wont be a snooze fest like that last couple ones where.

George sold Lucasfilm to Disney, not just the Star Wars IP. This means that while Disney is ultimately the owner, Lucasfilm is still driving the franchise and Lucas is thus still going to be involved.

Involved? Maybe. It was a similar setup when he filmed A new Hope. And that is arguably one of the great films made, ever. He had his original ideas gak all over, and remade into the awesomeness that was A new Hope. Not to mention he isnt directing it. Thats just awesome in my book. feth SAKE is he a boring director.

Over the shoulder shot, over the shoulder shot, walking shot, over the shoulder shot, over the shoulder shot, sitting. OVER the shoulder shot, walking, over the shoulder while sitting (wanted to change it up a bit I guess) upclose of talking maybe while walking, over the shoulder sitting walking shot.

 KingCracker wrote:
Agreed. Having to watch the originals on VHS frigging sucks

You can take your original VHS tape and convert it to DVD legally IIRC.

My problem with Abrams, He missed the point if Star Trek.
ITs not about just action, its about diplomacy and temperance. Many episodes had 5 minutes of action, and those where the best. Even the great movies didnt have copious amount of action in them.
He will make Star Wars about action and flashy sets, when in the Original, it was about the adventure, the coming of age and fulfilling your destiny.

I think people may be getting a little carried away by acting like James Tiberius Kirk boxing and edit for inappropriate content - MT11 his way across the galaxy was some sort of deeply spiritual and socially conscious parable for everything noble about humanity.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
Agreed. Having to watch the originals on VHS frigging sucks

You can take your original VHS tape and convert it to DVD legally IIRC.

I can have my father inlaw do it I spose. He can do things of that nature. You might have just solved my problem

Hell, I can do it with the machine I have at home.
One-touch dubbing VHS to dvd. Put cassette in one side, blank disk in the other, press one button and away it goes.

Does it all, format, chapter cutting, the works. I have my non-special edition SW movies on dvd.

 Monster Rain wrote:
I think people may be getting a little carried away by acting like James Tiberius Kirk boxing and edit for inappropriate content - MT11 his way across the galaxy was some sort of deeply spiritual and socially conscious parable for everything noble about humanity.

On this we agree.

Abrams remake would not have worked for a Next Generation film. But it certainly worked just fine for an Original Series film. Kirk was a brawler. A smart brawler but still a brawler. the original series was in no way cerebral.

well this is gonna suck
I loathed Star Trek 2009 and this is gonna be some over CGI mess

 Hulksmash wrote:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I think people may be getting a little carried away by acting like James Tiberius Kirk boxing and edit for inappropriate content - MT11 his way across the galaxy was some sort of deeply spiritual and socially conscious parable for everything noble about humanity.

On this we agree.

Abrams remake would not have worked for a Next Generation film. But it certainly worked just fine for an Original Series film. Kirk was a brawler. A smart brawler but still a brawler. the original series was in no way cerebral.

Recently rewatched Enterprise (I'd never watched the entire series through and now I remember why) and have personally been thinking on this a little bit. While ToS had some cerebral and well thought out episodes, a lot of them really were just low budget action/adventure plots. Fun for the time to be sure, but hardly the introspective look into the future we often associate with Star Trek. That I feel honestly is the creation of TNG, which had far more episodes dealing with strong themes (though it certainly still had its action/adventure episodes).

So yeah. Abrams didn't miss the point of Star Trek, because Star Trek's point is kind of flexible. If anything I enjoyed the 2009 reboot film, while generally, TOS and Enterprise are my least favorite of the TV series'.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/26145/disney-confirms-star-wars-spin-off-films

It was thought to be case, now Disney Pictures CEO Bob Iger has confirmed talk that the studio is looking into "Star Wars" spin-off films that will be released independently of the new trilogy. Iger tells CNBC:

"There has been speculation about some stand-alone films that are in development. I can confirm to you today that, in fact, we are working on a few stand-alone films.

Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are both working on films derived from great 'Star Wars' characters that are not part of the overall saga.

We still plan to make Episodes 7, 8, and 9, roughly over a six-year period of time, starting in 2015. There are going to be a few other films released in that time, too."

Begun the 2nd Great Merchandising war has.