MOVIE NEWS, COMPLAINTS & GENERAL MOANING

The laziness of Hollywood

So the Hollywood default button has been pressed & JJ.Abrams will direct the new Star Wars Episode VII.

Should anyone really complain about this as he is the most imaginative and creative Alist director of the moment.  Well unfortunately the moment doesn't last, you only have to look at George Lucas for that.  

 


With the might of Disney behind him Abrams will have more money to play with than your average middle eastern dictator, but he may not be able to fully use it as he would like.  He can have all the complete creative control clauses in his contract he likes (I'm sure that is why he's taken his time confirming and even publicly rejecting the offer last year) but this is Disney and you don't fuck with Mickeys brand.  
 I wouldn't be suprised to see him leave the "Project" early (He will take millions from them whatever the outcome so its Win/Win really)


I'm in no doubt we wont be bored shitless with trade embargoes and senate hearings like the appalling Phantom Menace and Star Trek was an awesome film.  

There are some things to consider. 

Although Star Trek was great it managed this from (lets face it) a brilliant move, to completely write off 40 years of Star trek by re-writing its history.  Time travel had been used frequently in the franchise but with one swift (Opening credits) move he made it possible to restart from scratch (Obviously with some boundaries). Virtually destroying the federation especially the Vulcan's and changing the dynamic between Kirk & Spock.  It was more than a reboot it was a recreation.  Errr it did also have a great story and cast as well I suppose.



With Star Wars VII he will not be able to just tweak already very established/well known characters he will truly have to start from scratch as we assume it will be set decades after Jedi so new characters will have to be created for the new range toys plus a long drawn out good Vs evil saga.    However with the new characters he will have to keep the feel of a Star Wars film.


Star Trek worked the first time but the true test will be  Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) it may just turn back to the same old shit.  This seems to have happened with James bond after a successful reboot with Casino Royale (2006) we had to put up with the dreadful Quantum of Solace (2008) and I may be on my own with this as it was the most successful film of 2012 but by the end of Skyfall (2012) we may as well be back in the 60s, the pointless banter with moneypenny, dodgy villains with blonde wigs and the new/old M. 

On a personal level I hated Mission: Impossible III (2006) it was pants.  I much preferred Ghost Protocol (2011) which he may have been involved with (producer) but he didn't Direct.  It seems he is still tied up with both the Star Trek & Mission Impossible franchises, even if this is to a lesser extent it will be at the same time 2014/15. 

Millennium Falcon Farts are deadly

Should Hollywood have given its golden goose to someone with this much work on his table.  Would it not have been better to choose someone who could invest their whole time building a new legacy. (As we know at the end of Jedi, the Empire had been defeated the Sith were dead leaving an army of clones with no leadership).  

He may be hollywoods golden boy but this doesn't guarantee success.  We've seen when shit like this goes wrong before look at when Andre Villas-Boas took over Chelsea or when Fernando Torres moved to Chelsea, oh wait that's football, how about when John Woo took over the Mission Impossible mantel.       

Its easy to slag of a choice but who should it have gone to.  To be honest Fuck knows, Ben Afflecks name was mentioned and although it makes me vomit a little when Ben Affleck & Star Wars is mentioned there is no doubt he has developed into a very good Director.  

Duncan Jones Moon (2009) was also in the frame (allegedly) but I think Guillermo del Toro was a good shout (He didn't want it but is that because they said "Do one.  We don't want any clock work shit in this movie").  Perhaps its time to hand over to a totally new generation to go down the Halo - Mass Effect route and leave it in their messed up hands (These are now the biggest franchises on the planet).  Ah forget it can't wait it will be awesome.