J.J. Abrams To Direct "Star Wars Episode VII"

[Shikidum]

Well directing gives him a lot of creative input. He may change the script if he sees fit and stuff, it really depends on whether his cred would be enough to keep Disney from breathing on his neck.

I wonder how much influence he will have on canon. They try to keep things consistentnt in the NuTrek.

[Gaastra]

Has this been posted yet? Looks like the hero for the next movie will be a girl.

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-epis...015-2016-cast/

Lukes daughter maybe?

[jediracer]

Old news. And to be honest I was actually hoping for a female protagonist. Hope it's true.

[jesse_custer]

The Motion Picture never nearly killed off Trek. It brought it back from it's deathbed to a mass audience who went out and made it a success. Yes, it's flawed and there's not a fucking chance a major film like that would ever be released because of it's pace and the large amount of philosophical debate that's the core of the film, but it's a good film and the only Trek film that doesn't slightly look like a TV programme at some point. Imagine though a major American film with a debate about the nature of creation in one of it's films without any superfluous actions scenes or violence every five minutes.

It is definitely true that The Motion Picture brought Star Trek back to life. If only it weren't boring at times.

[Vibranium]

Old news. And to be honest I was actually hoping for a female protagonist. Hope it's true.

works for me

but I can hear gross fan fiction being scribed as we speak

[Phil Clark]

The Motion Picture never nearly killed off Trek. It brought it back from it's deathbed to a mass audience who went out and made it a success. Yes, it's flawed and there's not a fucking chance a major film like that would ever be released because of it's pace and the large amount of philosophical debate that's the core of the film, but it's a good film and the only Trek film that doesn't slightly look like a TV programme at some point. Imagine though a major American film with a debate about the nature of creation in one of it's films without any superfluous actions scenes or violence every five minutes.

Wrath of Khan was a great film, and it did give a section of fans what they wanted but it's only representative of another aspect of Trek which was more action based. both have their place.

I have an issue with people thinking that the action in the Trek films is out of place. Rewatch TOS and you will find more action in them than you may remember. The movies didn't introduce action to the franchise, they if anything ramped it up. The best of the movies found the same balance between story and action that TOS found.

The problem with TMP is that it was a plodding, boring, lifeless misguided attempt to take Trek to the big screen. It was a rehash of two separate Star Trek episodes, and it spent 5 minutes of screen time just showing us how pretty the revamped Enterprise was. No dialog, just slow, meandering shots of the ship. It is as if the producers thought that it was enough to simply reunite the cast and give them special effects to react to and story be damned.

If not for WOK the franchise would have died then and there. It was a disappointment to fans, and if the next film had been that bad... we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[Vibranium]

I have an issue with people thinking that the action in the Trek films is out of place. Rewatch TOS and you will find more action in them than you may remember. The movies didn't introduce action to the franchise, they if anything ramped it up. The best of the movies found the same balance between story and action that TOS found.

The problem with TMP is that it was a plodding, boring, lifeless misguided attempt to take Trek to the big screen. It was a rehash of two separate Star Trek episodes, and it spent 5 minutes of screen time just showing us how pretty the revamped Enterprise was. No dialog, just slow, meandering shots of the ship. It is as if the producers thought that it was enough to simply reunite the cast and give them special effects to react to and story be damned.

If not for WOK the franchise would have died then and there. It was a disappointment to fans, and if the next film had been that bad... we wouldn't be having this conversation.

for some fans, they were finished after 2 minutes