Oh, interesting! Thank you for the correction, I'm not usually very well aware of the day to day practicalities of a film-set and the related terminology.
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Lucasfilm hired acting coach for Han Solo star's performance
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Oh, interesting! Thank you for the correction, I'm not usually very well aware of the day to day practicalities of a film-set and the related terminology.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Change it back.
Well the fact you can get Ewan for starters.
I've been saying from the beginning that we should give this thing a shot. We haven't even seen an official image yet. I still stand by that.
That said.. My God does this film seem in bad shape. I've pretty much lost hope, but maybe some eventual footage will inspire confidence.
But of all films to make in the vast SW universe.. This was a poor choice.
Ewan is waiting, DisneyFilm.
That said.. My God does this film seem in bad shape. I've pretty much lost hope, but maybe some eventual footage will inspire confidence.
But of all films to make in the vast SW universe.. This was a poor choice.
Ewan is waiting, DisneyFilm.
Yeah, but then you're going to get studios doing some sort of stupid Flashpoint trend.
-ImaginaryInsider
Member
That same article doesn't exactly paint Lucasfilm and especially Kasdan in a great light:
Yet for all Lucasfilm/Kennedy/Kasdan problems with L&M:
It just shows a mismatch of styles.
Lord and Miller were use to freedom and improvising, and Lucasfilm wants it done their way and pretty much word for word.
They should have had Kasdan direct this from the beginning, simple as that.
The absolute opposite of Daniel Radcliffe. I have never seen him move his eyebrows in a movie. It's inhuman.
This is fantastic, by the way. Should have been first reply
A Kasdan directed film likely wouldn't have been greenlit in the first place though.
Bingo. It's too bad Kasdan has so much equity in the franchise that he's allowed to have the kind of pull to make this movie. He's literally the only person on the planet that wants this.
Lifejumper
Member
They should have let Lord and Miller finish their movie and frame it around Old Solo and Lando talking about their old adventures. Han Solo tells it in a way that you don't know if the story is true or not... that way you could explain all the potential zany elements of the movie. Cheque pls.
The film was greenlit with his participation in Episode VII, right?
radios shipping overview
Member
It's kind of weird that a series created in the wake of the death of the big studio system is being continued in an environment where the big studio system has come back from the dead with a vengeance.
If you want total top-down control over a movie, then don't hire directors who will try to be creative with the material they're given.
If you want total top-down control over a movie, then don't hire directors who will try to be creative with the material they're given.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
No, no. First reply always has to be moving imagery of cynical middle-aged YouTube stars from Wisconsin doing something "funny" in a fake VCR repair shop.
I hate the idea of this movie but I've been prepared to love it in the event that it somehow turns out great
I really like Lord & Miller and I also Iike Ron Howard, so the film is still in good hands. All three of them have really good comedic chops so I still have some hope for this film. The acting coach is kind of concerning, especially this late in the game, but if the intent is to make a good performance great instead of making a bad performance decent, I still have some room for more concern.
I bet an unfiltered lord & Miller star war would've been insane, but it also may not have felt like star wars 🤷*♂️ God I want it to be good.
SHIT if Harrison ford would've been on board they could have framed the entire movie like the stories from ant man. Uuuuugh that would've been rad as fuck
I really like Lord & Miller and I also Iike Ron Howard, so the film is still in good hands. All three of them have really good comedic chops so I still have some hope for this film. The acting coach is kind of concerning, especially this late in the game, but if the intent is to make a good performance great instead of making a bad performance decent, I still have some room for more concern.
I bet an unfiltered lord & Miller star war would've been insane, but it also may not have felt like star wars 🤷*♂️ God I want it to be good.
SHIT if Harrison ford would've been on board they could have framed the entire movie like the stories from ant man. Uuuuugh that would've been rad as fuck
Bobby's salt towards RLM gives me life
funkystudent
Member
This spin off just seems like a bad idea
SuperEpicMan
Banned
I am not sure why they bothered hiring them in the first place, if they weren't going to give them enough leash to do what they are good at.
Kasdan better have written a hell of a script for this, that's all I can say.
Frozenprince
Banned
Should have just made a Lando movie.
Monocle
Member
Yes. Lucas's self-indulgent frippery is thankfully behind us. Now Star Wars has new wards who are committed to the health and image of the franchise. You don't grow a brand by alienating the audience.
Lucas wanted to tell his story his way, and the result was a confused idiosyncratic mess, a weird amalgam of the world class (art design and music) and the utterly amateurish (some dialog and acting, most of the direction, and a lot more).
Disney wants to keep the cash flowing, and the result so far has been safe-ish but solid films rooted in classic staples. Disney's creative ethos for Star Wars provides a reliable foundation for the series to grow. Already, we have characters like Kylo Ren and Chirrut Imwe enriching the post-Lucas Star Wars universe. We have great leaps in cast diversity and new perspectives on familiar times, places, and themes. There are very few reasons not to be optimistic that the franchise will never again stoop to the level of Jar-Jar Binks and "I hate-sand." The pitfalls are outlined in neon.
Lifejumper
Member
Could even explain the difference in appearance.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Take that life to the self-congratulatory 3-page thread full of people patting themselves on the back for "getting" the joke of two blank videos, and further, attempting to analyze/deconstruct why the joke is cutting satire worthy of time & energy.
Like a bunch of baby Statler & Waldorfs fell out the balcony and hit every chair on the way down.
YUP.
Hehehe i understood that reference
If you look at it...they dont *really* want someone to give Star Wars their own spin. Lucasfilm and Disney want someone that does their kind of creativity, at the right amount at the right time.
Sure there will be pushback between the studio and whoever calls the shots from time to time, but why hire established directors with their own vision when you can get a tool or find someone who (luckily) shares your vision. Much safer this way, and i think they will learn from all those incidents.
Also:
Sure there will be pushback between the studio and whoever calls the shots from time to time, but why hire established directors with their own vision when you can get a tool or find someone who (luckily) shares your vision. Much safer this way, and i think they will learn from all those incidents.
Also:
That speaks volumes if true. Not enough angles to butcher the directors vision if needed.
I'm glad someone else thinks so. Word is that Lord and Miller were Kasdan's first choice, which makes this whole debacle even more insane. Like, you made your own bed, dude. Get the fuck over it.
But obviously just as a writer.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
these spin-offs were supposed to be them doing cool interesting things
you guys lied to me
you guys lied to me
Netherscourge
Banned
We heard a lot of bad shit about Rogue One's production and re-shoots and test showings and it turned out to be the second-best Star Wars movie ever made.
So, I'm not going to freak out yet.
So, I'm not going to freak out yet.
BronsonLee
Member
Bobby stop
Netherscourge
Banned
I want a Boba Fett Netflix series.
Each episode a new bounty. Do it up like Firefly.
broncobuster
Banned
But really, why is Kasdan's son helping write this? Besides the obvious answer. Does he at least have a solid track record ?
NealMcCauley
Member
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
The Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru story. Wonder what the meet cute was.
It was green lit before they found directors, with Kasdan as an executive producer, so I don't think they would have cancelled it if the executive producer named himself director. The reason Kasdan can't take over as director is because the SAG rules forbid someone already working on a movie to take over the director's credit.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Would that it were so simple
I'm aware of why he currently can't take control but if you look at his output in the past 15 years, there's very little chance some exec at LF would have initially signed off on him actually directing a film.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
A few episodes of tv and two films I know nothing about.
Less solid than his brother's for sure.
Or maybe they should stop trying to build some half-assed cinematic universe with yearly (eventually multiple) movies.
The cinematic universe tripe is an absolutely awful trend.
Kasdan picked L&M for Han Solo? LMAO. Like did he not bother watching the behind the scenes of these films before he went ahead and tapped them?
BronsonLee
Member
If I attach a ball and chain to your ankle will that help
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
edit: nevermind, wrong Kasdan brother.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
You're an Avatar stan, ri—
wait, sorry.
You're an ABUDAHAR (or whatever) stan, right?
So maybe nah.
Are you sure you're ready for that level of commitment, Bronson? That's a big step for you and we've never even met in person.
