J.J. Abrams to direct next "STAR WARS" flick

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KWICKO

Friday, May 17, 2013 4:52 AM

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Hey M52NICKERSON.

I just wanted to ask because I'm genuinely confused. Was his Star Trek really that bad to Trek fans? Because I honestly thought it was way better than any of the previous star trek films. (apart from Wrath of Khan)

So to an uninitiated Star trek viewer can you or someone else please point out why it was so bad? And why you think he ruined it?

I'm not trying to be confrontation by the way, I'm just curious.

°...Well here I am.°

Then you are going to absolutely LOVE "Into Darkness".

I'm not being snarky.

I just got to see it, and it's pretty amazeballs.

I'm a Trek fan (not a full-on Trekkie, but I've watched since the original series originally aired), and I think JJ Abrams is the best thing to happen to the franchise since the originals. He "gets" the Trek universe, he keeps the smart-assery and snarkiness that we're used to from Kirk, Bones, and Scotty, he throws in lots of nods to original Trek episodes and characters (Mud, anyone? Tribbles, perchance?), plus he way amps up the action and suspense, and manages to do so while staying true to the material AND completely re-imagining it and making it new.

So yeah, I was fairly blown away.

If he can do half as much with the Star Wars franchise, it may go some way towards obliterating the damage done by those blights that are the three prequels.

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, March 23, 2014 4:23 AM

So then, will all future Star Wars films take place on Earth, with an occasional jaunt off to "Space" or the "Stars", like all of the Star Trek films now need to be?

How boring.
Somebody should sent him the definition of "Star" because Earth isn't one and Sol doesn't realy count among warring or trekking concepts.

WISHIMAY

Sunday, March 23, 2014 7:10 PM

Kwicko was smoking something, Wrath of Khan was contrived, had an easy out every five freaking seconds because they were to lazy to bother to think about writing, and the main moments meant NOTHING. "I'm Khan! Ooookey, SO WHAT? There's no point of reference to why we should care...
Yeah, I'm scared for Star Wars...

ZEEK

Monday, March 24, 2014 9:11 PM

I'm scared by the recent rumors that the protagonist is not going to be a Skywalker or a Solo. Any other force user just seems like they would pale in comparison to a descendant of Anakin Skywalker. The reasoning is what makes it gross. The rumor is the reason behind it is to get a more diverse cast. That's a great goal and all but story comes first IMO. If you want a non-white protagonist why not just have Luke's wife be some other race and their child can be mixed race. Easy peasy and the story doesn't have to suffer.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:31 AM

Great. Like that jar-jar character went over sooooo well. More PC is exactly what SW needs, as long as they never leave Earth for more than a few hours.

JONGSSTRAW

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:01 PM

Is there any truth to the rumor that Kim Kardashian has been cast in the role of Jabba's revenge-seeking daughter Bertha The Slutt?

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