Comments on: Sure, Let JJ Abrams Direct a Star Wars Movie

By: Paul Tassi

Paul Tassi — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:33:42 +0000

Oh right, I forgot about that. Sure, I respect that decision. The Wachowski siblings sounds odd though. Maybe just “the Wachowskis” now I guess.

By: wevs

wevs — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:54:39 +0000

Paul, I’d just like to point out that the Wachowskis are no longer brothers, and if you respect Lana’s decision you should refer to them as siblings, rather than brothers. I noticed you did the same thing in your Cloud Atlas article.

As for Star Wars – rock on, I think Abrams will do a good job. To be fully honest I’m not expecting a groundbreaking masterpiece, but thinking Abrams will screw the pooch is just stupid.

By: David R

David R — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:28:25 +0000

Abram’s can handle shallow fun better than most, but attempts at depth have been unsuccessful so far. As someone who thinks the Saga has quite a bit of depth, I’m skeptical. Keep him away from the script – Super 8, despite entertainment value, proved he absolutely does not understand story – and it might work out. If he does a draft, I’ll assume that the movie will be crowd-pleasing but nothing more.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:29:33 +0000

@Robert

The mess surrounding World War Z, The terrible character motivations and plot holes in Prometheus, Cowboys & Aliens, The nonsensical parts of Lost.

It seems to me that Lindelof just thinks that he can make people think he’s a really smart writer by making the audience confused by all kinds of unanswered questions that in truth have absolutely no answer, or no never actually needed to be brought up in the first place.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:02:55 +0000

For those people that have a problem with JJ Abrams because of LOST, you can’t blame him for the items you mentioned. He didn’t do the writing at the end, it was all Cuse and Lindelof. Plus, I’ll defend the entire LOST series until my dying day. Brilliant, not flawless, but satisfying.

As for Abrams directing Star Wars, I’m ecstatic. He’s brave to do it since no matter WHAT he does, he will have millions of people who hate him for it while millions of others love him. Star Trek is in my top 10 favorite movies and I give all the credit to Abrams.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:58:24 +0000

@Keith

Why?

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:50:14 +0000

The only things that worries me about Abrams doing the movie is his buddy Lindelof.

By: beorach

beorach — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:58:31 +0000

I loved the new Star Trek movie, too, such that I’m pretty happy with Abrams (though LOST really pissed me off given the unrealized potential it suckered us in with). I’d even have been happy with Peter Jackson since it’s just Star Wars. It was never, for lack of a better term, high cinema after all…

By: Jake Fortner

Jake Fortner — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:49:42 +0000

JJ Abrams definitely is a good choice, and I do think that he knows his style and how much he should let overflow into the next Star Wars movie. My personal pick was Brad Bird above everyone else. I really thought he would have made something similar to Empire.

I’m only afraid Abrams’ film will feel less Star Wars. Even if it’s a good movie, if it doesn’t feel like Star Wars I will be somewhat disappointed.

By: DocDoom

DocDoom — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:23:04 +0000

This is just him directing EPISODE VII. I personally think it would be awesome to have a couple Star Wars movies in one year, dealing with any number of things beyond the Skywalker saga. Get Brad Bird on something STAT!