Interstellar - Part 4

[Travesty]

That sounds horrible. Like brushing your teeth and drinking orange juice horrible.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

You just don't feel it in your bones and stuff yet.

 

[Marvolo]

That sounds horrible. Like brushing your teeth and drinking orange juice horrible.

Agreed. I dont want Nolan anywhere near Star Wars. He is completely wrong for it and his refusale to use a DI and him trying to keep the cgi shots below 500 is unrealistic for a modern star wars movie. I dont even want him to try that ****. I like the man's work, but this is one dream the fanboys really shouldn't want. Its a square peg in a round hole type of thing.

 

[:eek:]

Pretty much my Geek Heaven right there.

Now... Stephen King writes a Star Wars movie (Dark Tower style) that Christopher Nolan directs...

I don't know. As talented both King and Nolan are I think they would be really wrong for Star Wars, especially King. I really can't imagine him writing a Star Wars-movie. Besides, he should stick to writing books. The screenplays he produced so far have been decent at best.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Agreed. I dont want Nolan anywhere near Star Wars. He is completely wrong for it and his refusale to use a DI and him trying to keep the cgi shots below 500 is unrealistic for a modern star wars movie. I dont even want him to try that ****. I like the man's work, but this is one dream the fanboys really shouldn't want. Its a square peg in a round hole type of thing.

And who said he will direct it? Jesus Christ, mayne.

 

[Marvolo]

And who said he will direct it? Jesus Christ, mayne.

Read rocketman's post. It will give some context to my post.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Read rocketman's post. It will give some context to my post.

His comment is so far-fetched that I took it as a joke. But you did go on a rant.

Are we going to have a Matt Damon and Robin Williams moment? It's not your fault.

 

[Octoberist]

It was an obvious joke.

 

[Tequilla]

Agreed. I dont want Nolan anywhere near Star Wars. He is completely wrong for it and his refusale to use a DI and him trying to keep the cgi shots below 500 is unrealistic for a modern star wars movie. I dont even want him to try that ****. I like the man's work, but this is one dream the fanboys really shouldn't want. Its a square peg in a round hole type of thing.

Yes. I forgot how cgi made a much better Star Wars

And what does a DI have to do with anything ?

 

[terry78]

Hey, I still want my Star Wars fantastical. Nolan can do fantasy per se, but it's a grounded fantasy with a "maybe it is, maybe it ain't" thing going, which won't fly.

 

[Travesty]

Although, Darth Vader in a business suit could look pretty cool.

 

[Octoberist]

Hey, I still want my Star Wars fantastical. Nolan can do fantasy per se, but it's a grounded fantasy with a "maybe it is, maybe it ain't" thing going, which won't fly.

Nolan is more Kubrick than Lucas.

I'll have to say I'm not liking this discourse when mentioning Nolan with another property because either his hardcore fans have this hard-on; or prople just want to poop on him. never anything conpelling.

BTW Stephen King has a weird relationship with Hollywood. On a novelist, King is great. When he directly gets involved with a project, he sucks.

 

[terry78]

What's the last screenplay he wrote? Like not based on his own stuff?

 

[Octoberist]

The Shining Miniseries, and Maxium Overdrive

 

[James.B]

 

[:eek:]

What's the last screenplay he wrote? Like not based on his own stuff?

I think you'll have to go back all the way to the awful Sleepwalkers to find a movie written by him and NOT based on any of his novels or short stories. Since then it's just been some stuff for TV. Storm of the Century, Rose Red and Kingdom Hospital

 

[Marvolo]

Yes. I forgot how cgi made a much better Star Wars

And what does a DI have to do with anything ?

I expected a response like this. Lucas took it too far, and nowhere in my post did I argue for that. What I said is you cant design a star wars movie around 500 cgi shots or less. Not when Disney and most of the major studios has stopped using minitures. They didnt just stop. They let those departments go. So cgi has replaced those departments. And a DI has to do with cgi shots. In one of the TDKR interviews Nolan said the reason he keeps his cgi shot numbers so low is that he doesnt want to use a DI. According to him, once you go over 500 shots not using a DI becomes more and more impractical. So he would have to use a DI or keep the number of cgi shots below 500 which for a star wars movie is inpossible today. Unless he gave us a star wars movie set on one planet and they never went into space or had any space battles. Is that the kind of star wars film you want?

Granted he could use a DI for the first time (and he would have to since there is no practical way around it on a modern star wars film), but Nolan doesnt like them, and I dont want him working on a film that requires him to use tech he doesnt like on a fundamental level. Its asking for trouble and an awkward production process. Star Wars is just not in his wheelhouse. From a technical standpoint that is. This is why I dont want Nolan doing a star wars film.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Nolan is more Kubrick than Lucas.

I feel like he's more Hitchcock than either of those guys because of his noir history and the fact he likes to manipulate the audience with twists and turns. But I can see some Lucas in there as well based on the fact he likes to do things on a big scale.

 

[Octoberist]

I mean, we're all too literal but you know what I mean.

 

[Zantera]

I think the main question with Nolan making a Star Wars movie would be "is he a right fit tone-wise?". Because he has made a lot of amazing movies, but he hasn't really made those "family" movies. Even the Batman movies were darker, and Star Wars should be more lighthearted.

In terms of quality, I would say JJ Abrams is a hack in comparison to Nolan, but that doesn't mean Abrams is a bad fit. Given the kind of movies he has done, I would say he is probably a better fit for Star Wars than Nolan would be, even if the latter is a much much much MUCH better director.

 

[Octoberist]

I like JJ a lot, but he's not an auteur. To be fair, he's only directed 4 movies. Who's says his Star Wars can't be a masterpiece?

 

[redfirebird2008]

I think the main question with Nolan making a Star Wars movie would be "is he a right fit tone-wise?". Because he has made a lot of amazing movies, but he hasn't really made those "family" movies. Even the Batman movies were darker, and Star Wars should be more lighthearted.

In terms of quality, I would say JJ Abrams is a hack in comparison to Nolan, but that doesn't mean Abrams is a bad fit. Given the kind of movies he has done, I would say he is probably a better fit for Star Wars than Nolan would be, even if the latter is a much much much MUCH better director.

I wouldn't say JJ is a hack. He is a very good director. I feel he is the perfect choice based on the fact that his Star Trek movies already feel a lot like Star Wars to begin with. He is bound to be much better at this point than Lucas was with the prequel trilogy.

 

[Octoberist]

Yeah, hack is a very strong word.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I don't have any doubts about JJ, but I do wonder about the script. We'll see how that turns out.

 

[Octoberist]

I think JJ is good with characters. I think he suffers from his third acts sometimes. He often elevate the material when it's not written directly by him but like, for example, Super 8, felt like it was going through the motion by the last 20 minutes. I still don't' know if the message he was trying to convey actually worked. But overall, that movie was beautifully shot and directed. It was nuanced and I hope to see more of that JJ in Star Wars.

I hope with Kasdan, and Kathy Kennedy, with JJ's honest love for Star Wars, they're able to create something magical and NEW. My biggest fear is utilizing the 'Nolstgia' Machine at every moment. You start to lose your own identity when that happens. And maybe that was the weakness of 'Super 8' despite my liking for it; and why I think the stronger 'Amblin' type film was Attack the Block with (now) Star Wars' John Boyega. It was able to play homage..and then create something fresh with the material.