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The best Star Trek movie ever made:
When I knew JJ had ruined the future (and past) of the franchise:

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SPerman wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:38 am The best Star Trek movie ever made:

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When I knew JJ had ruined the future (and past) of the franchise:

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Yeah, they reboot the Khan character and totally miscast the recast.

Also, Abrams has no clue how to do the slow burn tense space battle. Those reboot movies have Shatner rolling in his grave....and he ain't even dead yet.

There are many books and graphic novels regarding the Star Wars franchise and after Disney took over, most of them have been declared "legends" to introduce their own timeline resulting in e.g. Rey being Sheev Palpatine's granddaughter and other nonsense ...

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-sequel-t ... jj-abrams/

SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:27 am image.png

https://movieweb.com/star-wars-sequel-t ... jj-abrams/

This is a company failure at so many levels. They developed one of the most beloved franchises, with one of the most critical fan bases, with no plan? That level of incompetence and/or arrogance is just beyond me.

I can only blame J.J Abrams and Rian Johnson so far....someone else gave them free range to do what they wanted with no oversight. I blame Kathleen Kennedy mostly.

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:48 am This is a company failure at so many levels. They developed one of the most beloved franchises, with one of the most critical fan bases, with no plan? That level of incompetence and/or arrogance is just beyond me.

Sounds like someone else we discuss regularly.

SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:15 pm Sounds like someone else we discuss regularly.

I stumbled across this yesterday. He makes a lot of good points.

KaMei wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:06 am Rey being Sheev Palpatine's granddaughter and other nonsense ...

"I am your mother."

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:43 pm "I am your mother."

They had material already that was good and accepted by the community. Rey and Kylo Ren should've been Jaina and Jacen Solo. They wouldn't be able to do the early years due to actor ages but could've handled it in flashbacks.

Disney literally had material handed to them on a silver platter.

SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 1:27 pm I stumbled across this yesterday. He makes a lot of good points.

"The Falling Apart" ... now, that is a far away heading.

jcapriotti wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:55 pm They had material already that was good and accepted by the community. Rey and Kylo Ren should've been Jaina and Jacen Solo. They wouldn't be able to do the early years due to actor ages but could've handled it in flashbacks.

Disney literally had material handed to them on a silver platter.

But it didn't follow Disney's stories.
Need a happy ending.

All they need to do was make movies from all the books.

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:23 am All they need to do was make movies from all the books.

In my mind for the last 30 years, the Thrawn series has been the true sequels (Episodes 7-9).

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:23 am But it didn't follow Disney's stories.

This problem is apparently contagious. Looking at you Amazon and your Rings of Power series.

Making live-action movies out of older animated movies.

KaMei wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:22 am Making live-action movies out of older animated movies.

In other words, "We've run out of ideas for new movies."

Frederick_Law wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:23 am But it didn't follow Disney's stories.
Need a happy ending.

And didn't proselytize about whichever social issue Disney was fond of that day.

I just learned about this. Fans are scanning the original theatrical release and converting it to 4K digital.

https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/

The sequel game Hollywood has been playing for the last decade has hopefully come to a end, the bean counters have realised it needs altering.

I take back everything bad I said about J J Abrams and Star Wars. The last few years have set the bar so low that his stuff is great by comparison.

SPerman wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2024 4:47 pm I take back everything bad I said about J J Abrams and Star Wars. The last few years have set the bar so low that his stuff is great by comparison.

Design by committee, the root cause of their problems.

I am baffled by the idea that an entertainment company thinks entertaining their customers shouldn't be the top priority.

SPerman wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2024 11:03 am I am baffled by the idea that an entertainment company thinks entertaining their customers shouldn't be the top priority.

You know better than that. They are a corp, their priority is share holders, which should mean they prioritize entertaining their customers. But I believe they are incompetent as story tellers and making content. I'm sure there are some there that are talented, but the people in charge don't know how to recognize that.

Going back to Mandalorian, there are glimpses of great stories in there, interspersed with filler and wtf episodes. Boba Fett was neutered in its entirety. And Obi Wan, if you just edit out all of the stuff not involving Obi Wan, leaves you with a much better story.

Watch the new Acolyte yet?
Only watched first 3 before my subscription went out.
I was hoping for some Matrix actions.

I was listening to an interview with the guy who took Starbucks from a place that sells beans to what it is today. He said his philosophy was to take care of the employees, and make sure the customers were satisfied. He felt like if he did that, the stock price would take care of itself. I wish more companies today had that attitude.