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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2013.11.06 17:36:00 -
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Star Wars sequel: Open auditions to be held in UK "According to a casting notice the film-makers are looking to fill two roles. They are a "street smart and strong" orphaned girl in her late teens and a "smart capable" man in his late teens or early 20s."
The article says Mark Hamill got his part through open casting or something similar. Surely one of you guys can act at least as well as him? That shouldn't be too hard. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2013.11.06 17:40:00 -
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Is this not just exactly how we got stuck with the awful Jake Lloyd ? |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
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Posted - 2013.11.06 18:05:00 -
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I guess it could be much worse. They could pillage the casts of all the Disney shows to fill the ranks for Star Wars.
Im sorry, but if I see Selena Gomez using the force...im leaving this planet. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2013.11.06 18:51:00 -
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My favorite story is watching all the outtakes of the original "Star Wars" casting reads for the part of Han Solo, where Harrison Ford was used by George to read as Luke Skywalker to an endless parade of just about every male actor in Los Angeles.
It took a week of that until George finally 'came to' and realized Han Solo had been sitting right in front of him all along, for 4 years in fact since he had hired Harrison to be a personal assistant on "American Grafitti" and afterwards.
Some of us are just slow sometimes. |
Matokin Lemant
5
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Posted - 2013.11.06 19:48:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:I guess it could be much worse. They could pillage the casts of all the Disney shows to fill the ranks for Star Wars.
Im sorry, but if I see Selena Gomez using the force...im leaving this planet.
Well she did play a witch so its sortive close ...
But seriously I am with you if this happens.... |
Bischopt
Arbitrary Repossession
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Posted - 2013.11.06 19:52:00 -
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Star Wars VII :(
Making another Star Wars movie is like forcing Muhammad Ali out of retirement. Everyone knows it's going to be a horrible disgrace but they're doing it anyway because there's money in it. |
baltec1
Bat Country
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:21:00 -
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Bischopt wrote:Star Wars VII :(
Making another Star Wars movie is like forcing Muhammad Ali out of retirement. Everyone knows it's going to be a horrible disgrace but they're doing it anyway because there's money in it.
Cant be worse than the 4th one that was the first one. |
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
345
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Posted - 2013.11.06 21:55:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:Bischopt wrote:Star Wars VII :(
Making another Star Wars movie is like forcing Muhammad Ali out of retirement. Everyone knows it's going to be a horrible disgrace but they're doing it anyway because there's money in it. Cant be worse than the 4th one that was the first one. I just want to know who they're casting as Grand Admiral Thrawn. |
Eli Green
The Arrow Project
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Posted - 2013.11.06 23:27:00 -
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Star Wars VII: The Deathly Hallows
first thing that came to my mind from reading the OP.
Nice too see they have the creativity to use some of the most overdone character portraits in movie history though. |
Anna Karhunen
Inoue INEXP
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Posted - 2013.11.07 13:01:00 -
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Eli Green wrote:Star Wars VII: The Deathly Hallows
first thing that came to my mind from reading the OP.
Why not Star Wars VII: The Stoned Philosophers
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2013.11.07 13:17:00 -
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The problems with the Prequel Trilogy can pretty much be boiled down to 2 things: The utter lack of a Compelling Everyman Character for The Audience to Relate To and Be Emotionally Invested In, and a lack of anything resembling internal consistency and continuity.
Compelling Everyman Character like both Luke and Han Solo had absolutely no surrogate in the prequels. It certainly wasn't Anniken. It certainly wasn't Qui Gonn. It certainly wasn't Amidala.
It was Nobody. That's a pretty fatal error, and to just toss out such a fundamental, Day One of Screenwriting Class like that and pull it off, one has to be a genius like Kubrick, not a marketing businessman like George. Ugh.
And the consistency and just sheer continuity......why is there the scene towards the end of Phantom Menace when Yoda finally declares Obi-Wan as a Jedi Knight.....when the movie's opening text crawl already clearly states that "2 Jedi Knights" are on their way to 'do something somewhere'. Oops. Ugh. And welcome to Film Flub Notoriety.
These are actually 2 really simple things to avoid. |
Gary Goat
XDC-UK
49
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Posted - 2013.11.07 13:32:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:The problems with the Prequel Trilogy can pretty much be boiled down to 2 things: The utter lack of a Compelling Everyman Character for The Audience to Relate To and Be Emotionally Invested In, and a lack of anything resembling internal consistency and continuity.
Compelling Everyman Character like both Luke and Han Solo had absolutely no surrogate in the prequels. It certainly wasn't Anniken. It certainly wasn't Qui Gonn. It certainly wasn't Amidala.
It was Nobody. That's a pretty fatal error, and to just toss out such a fundamental, Day One of Screenwriting Class like that and pull it off, one has to be a genius like Kubrick, not a marketing businessman like George. Ugh.
And the consistency and just sheer continuity......why is there the scene towards the end of Phantom Menace when Yoda finally declares Obi-Wan as a Jedi Knight.....when the movie's opening text crawl already clearly states that "2 Jedi Knights" are on their way to 'do something somewhere'. Oops. Ugh. And welcome to Film Flub Notoriety.
These are actually 2 really simple things to avoid.
Because the galaxy in general refers too all jedi as jedi knights regardless of their actually rank within the jedi order? Qui Gon was a jedi master wasn't he? Technically not a jedi knight either but you can still refer to them all as jedi knights in general if you want. I also thought that obi-wan was a pretty compelling character too. |
Alara IonStorm
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Posted - 2013.11.07 13:40:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:The problems with the Prequel Writers: Okay so what if we have the Death Star run... No wait, here me out. So we do the trench run but the hero is nine years old and the stakes are much, much lower. Like bargain basement who the **** cares about Naboo lower.
George: I like it but it still seems to serious, can we throw in some cartoony racial stereotype accents for comic relief. Asians, Jews Blacks and the like? Not hip hop blacks mind you, act stupid so whites feel superior blacks.
Writers: Can we ever! Yousa gonna love dis master. The fans are not going to be disgusted with this movie on ever conceivable level at all.
Gary Goat wrote: Because the galaxy in general refers too all jedi as jedi knights regardless of their actually rank within the jedi order? Qui Gon was a jedi master wasn't he? Technically not a jedi knight either but you can still refer to them all as jedi knights in general if you want. I also thought that obi-wan was a pretty compelling character too.
Actually you can't. Padawan is the squire in training, Knight is the standard rank and Masters are the leadership.
Jedi is the collective term, not Knight, that is a rank and only a rank. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
68629
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Posted - 2013.11.07 14:00:00 -
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Gary Goat wrote: Because the galaxy in general refers too all jedi as jedi knights regardless of their actually rank within the jedi order? Qui Gon was a jedi master wasn't he? Technically not a jedi knight either but you can still refer to them all as jedi knights in general if you want. I also thought that obi-wan was a pretty compelling character too.
OPENING CRAWL CLEARLY STATES "TWO JEDI KNIGHTS".
WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ARGUING ???????????????
And I cannot take your last sentence seriously at all. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2013.11.07 15:45:00 -
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Was it Episode I that more or less opened with a lot of dialogue about the politics within the Empire? "Princess Cerise Galette is supposed to succeed Emperor Kuro Zawa, but insidious Minister of the Satrapy Rashoman has a plot with Space Admiral Orang Utan to assassinate her and frame Chancellor Baba Ganoosh. Meanwhile Grand Vizier Tai Chi is en route to the Hidden Fortress in Souvlaki Prime to warn Kuro Zawa about the plot. But he has to pass through dangerous Chai Tea. Jedis, go to Chai Tea and make sure Tai Chi gets through!" Huh?
It was like having to follow an Economist story-- dictated to you-- about an upcoming elections in Afghanistan. What a way to start a new movie trilogy. |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
1024
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Posted - 2013.11.07 15:46:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:The problems with the Prequel Trilogy can pretty much be boiled down to 2 things: The utter lack of a Compelling Everyman Character for The Audience to Relate To and Be Emotionally Invested In, and a lack of anything resembling internal consistency and continuity.
Compelling Everyman Character like both Luke and Han Solo had absolutely no surrogate in the prequels. It certainly wasn't Anniken. It certainly wasn't Qui Gonn. It certainly wasn't Amidala.
It was Nobody. That's a pretty fatal error, and to just toss out such a fundamental, Day One of Screenwriting Class like that and pull it off, one has to be a genius like Kubrick, not a marketing businessman like George. Ugh.
And the consistency and just sheer continuity......why is there the scene towards the end of Phantom Menace when Yoda finally declares Obi-Wan as a Jedi Knight.....when the movie's opening text crawl already clearly states that "2 Jedi Knights" are on their way to 'do something somewhere'. Oops. Ugh. And welcome to Film Flub Notoriety.
These are actually 2 really simple things to avoid.
To think the Power of Myth was filmed on Lucas's private estates. Joseph Campbell is probably turning over in his grave due to the fact that Lucas basically failed at making shaping a single memorable archetype with the 3 prequels. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
68708
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Posted - 2013.11.07 15:55:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Was it Episode I that more or less opened with a lot of dialogue about the politics within the Empire? "Princess Cerise Galette is supposed to succeed Emperor Kuro Zawa, but insidious Minister of the Satrapy Rashoman has a plot with Space Admiral Orang Utan to assassinate her and frame Chancellor Baba Ganoosh. Meanwhile Grand Vizier Tai Chi is en route to the Hidden Fortress in Souvlaki Prime to warn Kuro Zawa about the plot. But he has to pass through dangerous Chai Tea. Jedis, go to Chai Tea and make sure Tai Chi gets through!" Huh?
It was like having to follow an Economist story-- dictated to you-- about an upcoming elections in Afghanistan. What a way to start a new movie trilogy.
With a non-compelling 9 year old who absolutely has absolutely no conception of the danger he is in, therefore, neither does the audience......and just saves the day at the end by a sheer accident. Hoo boy.
And the convoluted political yammering, is, after even 5 viewings, utterly incomprehensible. And in light of the obvious continuity mistake pointed out in just the opening screen crawl, those machinations are suspect and most indeed. It's George having a good laugh.
Funny part of Mr. Plinketts review of the film shows two kids about 5 years old sitting in rapt attention at the screen showing that horrifyingly long and boring speech in that senate chamber. Yeah, George, your 'children's films' explanation even falls flat on it's face with that.
It's all just so hard to believe really. Seriously one of the worst films to ever grace the screens. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
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Posted - 2013.11.07 15:56:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:The problems with the Prequel Trilogy can pretty much be boiled down to 2 things: The utter lack of a Compelling Everyman Character for The Audience to Relate To and Be Emotionally Invested In, and a lack of anything resembling internal consistency and continuity.
Compelling Everyman Character like both Luke and Han Solo had absolutely no surrogate in the prequels. It certainly wasn't Anniken. It certainly wasn't Qui Gonn. It certainly wasn't Amidala.
It was Nobody. That's a pretty fatal error, and to just toss out such a fundamental, Day One of Screenwriting Class like that and pull it off, one has to be a genius like Kubrick, not a marketing businessman like George. Ugh.
And the consistency and just sheer continuity......why is there the scene towards the end of Phantom Menace when Yoda finally declares Obi-Wan as a Jedi Knight.....when the movie's opening text crawl already clearly states that "2 Jedi Knights" are on their way to 'do something somewhere'. Oops. Ugh. And welcome to Film Flub Notoriety.
These are actually 2 really simple things to avoid. To think the Power of Myth was filmed on Lucas's private estates. Joseph Campbell is probably turning over in his grave due to the fact that Lucas basically failed at making shaping a single memorable archetype with the 3 prequels.
It does indeed smack of Lucas having pulled a foolie on Campbell all along. Like, "just kidding" or something. Truly disgraceful.
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Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
574
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Posted - 2013.11.07 19:19:00 -
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I have a confession to make: I truly liked it when they finally got around to wiping out all the Jedis in the third movie. That-¦s how annoying they have become. Also that ridiculous giraffe-neck guy.... someone please kill me. Or him. Oh, wait.... |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
68863
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Posted - 2013.11.07 19:35:00 -
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Nerath Naaris wrote:I have a confession to make: I truly liked it when they finally got around to wiping out all the Jedis in the third movie. That-¦s how annoying they have become. Also that ridiculous giraffe-neck guy.... someone please kill me. Or him. Oh, wait....
Producer Rick McCallum on Phantom Menace: Every single frame is packed solid full of amazing things to look at. (....to the point of confusion even during the arena battle in "Attack of the Clones").
1,000 things going on in every frame is just confusion to distract utterly from the lack of story or character. |
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2013.11.07 19:38:00 -
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Nerath Naaris wrote:I have a confession to make: I truly liked it when they finally got around to wiping out all the Jedis in the third movie. That-¦s how annoying they have become. Also that ridiculous giraffe-neck guy.... someone please kill me. Or him. Oh, wait.... Yeah. And did anybody else laugh during Yoda's light sabre battle with Darth whoever? I felt guilty laughing at Yoda, but that little digital Muppet flying around was just too ridiculous. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
68863
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Posted - 2013.11.07 19:41:00 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:Nerath Naaris wrote:I have a confession to make: I truly liked it when they finally got around to wiping out all the Jedis in the third movie. That-¦s how annoying they have become. Also that ridiculous giraffe-neck guy.... someone please kill me. Or him. Oh, wait.... Yeah. And did anybody else laugh during Yoda's light sabre battle with Darth whoever? I felt guilty laughing at Yoda, but that little digital Muppet flying around was just too ridiculous.
Oh yes. Tremendous laughter.....but not in the mean way, at least from me. Of course, it looks ridiculous, as how could it not be, but it's surprising to me how effectively it actually worked.
edit: Fascinating as well how many times when talking about the prequels one is reduced to "Darth Whomever", whereas during the originals, we even knew the names of the Dianoga, that is not ever even said during the films. |
Matokin Lemant
21
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Posted - 2013.11.07 19:59:00 -
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UPDATE: There are now open casting calls in the US for the same two roles. The calls start Thursday in Minnesota, then visit St. Louis, Chicago, Troy, Austin and Nashville. See below for more details.
http://www.opencastingcall2013.com/ |
Seraph Essael
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
153
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Posted - 2013.11.08 00:44:00 -
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For such a massive Star Wars fan, he really cant spell Anakin very well...
Queue the excuses...GO... |
BLACK-STAR
510
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Posted - 2013.11.08 01:58:00 -
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I hear Benedict Cumberbatch (that Khan guy) will have a role in VII, probably as a villain. I'm sure it will annoy some people that see actors from startrek in a starwars reboot.
JJ abrams is a massive nerd and I'm sure he recognizes George's mistakes after watching starwars movies a billion times. I trust he'll do a better job than anyone else rebooting starwars. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
68991
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Posted - 2013.11.08 12:14:00 -
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BLACK-STAR wrote:I hear Benedict Cumberbatch (that Khan guy) will have a role in VII, probably as a villain. I'm sure it will annoy some people that see actors from startrek in a starwars reboot.
JJ abrams is a massive nerd and I'm sure he recognizes George's mistakes after watching starwars movies a billion times. I trust he'll do a better job than anyone else rebooting starwars.
He's also the guy that thought it was OK for the Enterprise to be underwater. |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
1025
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Posted - 2013.11.08 12:51:00 -
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BLACK-STAR wrote:(that Khan guy).
His name is Ricardo Montalban doing commercials when being an actor and doing commercials was not cool and somehow made it cool |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
69008
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Posted - 2013.11.08 13:15:00 -
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So, Cumberbatch has already been Sherlock, Khan, Smaug....and is returning for another season of "Sherlock" along with (by count at IMDB) 8, yes EIGHT more films before 2015 is out (mind you this even includes playing Alan Turing)...........
.....Cumberbatch burnout and Backlash is fast, fast approaching, and it ain't gonna be pretty.
I'm already over him utterly. And as a gay man, I find him spectacularly unattractive.....in the utmost. |
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