brett ratner has been sitting anxiously by the phone since this news broke
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
I was about to suggest David Yates, but he's apparently directing the next four Fantastic Beasts movies until 2024, unless he kills himself beforehand.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
I didn't even like the first one that much
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
mandatory Brad Bird nomination
― nashwan, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
that's a great idea tbh
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Yep! I'm down with the Bird.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
I was bummed when it was revelaed snoke is not actually that big, I like the idea of a giant aliean species
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
Please keep Abrams far away from this...
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
my friend in the industry was wondering if they announce a replacement soon-ish or if Ron Howard will get the nod as a reward for jumping into Han Solo reshoots..
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
As of June, The Last Jedi was apparently on track to be finished in August, so maybe Rian Johnson is the most likely pick.
― jmm, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
I keep seeing "get a female director!" threads which is cool but seeing people like Suzanne Bier on those shortlists is depressing for several reasons
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
Maybe Patty Jenkins. I doubt that they'd consider Ava Duvernay before A Wrinkle in Time has become a hit.
― jmm, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
I have a hard time imagining duvernay being Ron Howard level pliable
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
Jenkins has already signed onto WW2 I think
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
nashwan has been on a roll recently, just sayin
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Well Bird would've done The Force Awakens had he not already committed to Tomorrowland and maybe Incredibles 2 is mostly a wrap before Ep 9 filming starts. Would be awful to have to say no twice.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 22:47 (six years ago) link
Bird also recommended Trevorrow for the job...
― Number None, Friday, 8 September 2017 04:40 (six years ago) link
At this point, if Rian Johnson does as well as I'm hoping with 8, let him keep some creative control over 9, have some pros write the script, and _then_ get a journeyman director to fill that seat.
Kershner and Marquand did fine, although I prefer the former to the latter. The narrative has become bogged down in this "we didn't like his vision" crap because there's this idea that good movies are made by writer/director individuals who aspire toward auteurism, leading them to give too much control to people they slot in the role, but that's not what's done well for this franchise.
They need to remember made Empire Strikes Back, and to a lesser extent Return of the Jedi actually work, and figure out what the 2017 version of that formula is. It's not letting Abrams turn it into an Abrams homage to Star Wars, although that was serviceable.
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
Empire formula is, get a real director with some sense of how to work with actors, a cinematographer with a strong sense of how lighting and color and blocking will bring scenes to life, real screenwriters with an ear for economical and listenable dialogue that conveys character and tone in a compellingly structured story that's about something... and then off in a parallel production, have George Lucas deploy an infinite budget to painstakingly produce the greatest special effects action sequences humanly conceivable. A dynamite cast and some interesting and memorable locations don't hurt either.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:44 (six years ago) link
Sure, you definitely have to work with what you've got
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
guys how about we get george lucas back to direct the next one
it rhymes
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 September 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
flagged your post
maybe if we had a time machine and got George circa, like, 1972
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
your lack of faith etc
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 September 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
hmm so faith in vader, the empire, and the sith is a bulletproof strategy now?
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
trenchantpostgenerator.exe
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 September 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
Episode IX should be directed by a sentient toilet.— BANDZ STACKHAGE (@NickPinkerton) September 6, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
i mentioned brett ratner on wednesday, yr post is redundant
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
he said "sentient"
(lifted that joke)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 September 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
did you guys see the tweet going around that said "Joss Whedon announced as director of Episode IX!"
it was the first rickroll I've clicked on in a while, beautiful
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
I nominate Bong Joon-ho.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 8 September 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
At this point, if Rian Johnson does as well as I'm hoping with 8, let him keep some creative control over 9
8 will be the first Star War I've seen since Caravan Of Courage, please let Johnson escape back to making his own films afterward (and maybe directing Mountain Goat videos & Better Call Saul episodes)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Friday, 8 September 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
I'm cool with that trajectory
― mh, Friday, 8 September 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
Neil Breen as director
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 8 September 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
starring Neil Breen as Han Solo
― jmm, Friday, 8 September 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
would also watch
(was also gonna watch the Lord & Miller one, when it was going to exist)
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Friday, 8 September 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
8 will be the first Star War I've seen since Caravan Of Courage
hawhat
― nashwan, Saturday, 9 September 2017 13:13 (six years ago) link
they should ask David Lynch to do IX
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 September 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
There's a risk he would take the franchise label too literally, and he wouldn't like leaving any loose ends for the next three-pack to pick up.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 9 September 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
i've hacked into all the death stars of all the empireslynch would refuse like he did with ESB. couldn't hurt to ask.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 9 September 2017 16:09 (six years ago) link
he turned down rotj but yeah
― mh, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
I just don't know if he would be capable of explaining the way The Force works as well as George did.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 9 September 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
would watch david lynch's american grafitti / george lucas' inland empire
― Wesley Shackleton explained "look at that beast." (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
I saw the trailer for Phantom Menace, thought "well that looks shit," and tapped out
are you suggesting that this was an error
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Saturday, 9 September 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
http://io9.gizmodo.com/werner-herzog-gets-his-nihilistic-hands-all-over-star-w-1802917523
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 9 September 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
Read this as you going from Caravan Of Courage to TLJ without having seen TFA (or Rogue One if that counts). This feels like a particularly unusual position if so (extra credit if you saw CoC only recently).
― nashwan, Sunday, 10 September 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
no, that's right. Saw CoC in the cinema in 1985.
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Monday, 11 September 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Not only would Breen be the last Jedi he would be like " i INVENTED the force"
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Monday, 11 September 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
two years ago I was annoyed that I would have to watch a JJ Abrams film at some point so that I'd be able to follow a Rian Johnson film in 2017. but then I never happened to catch it on TV, still don't want to pay for Abrams, can't be bothered to steal it, and figure there must be a 4-minute youtube I can find that'll tell me who the characters are.
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Monday, 11 September 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
it... was really good?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 September 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
i rep for the public library on this one
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 11 September 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link