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cheshire
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Hrm... who can we get to play a crazy old man... hmm... darn, it looks like Jack Nicholson has a competing schedule... hmm... who else is out there....
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| I know he's a bit young for the part, but I think Tom Cruise could handle it with makeup. |
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| atgxtg wrote: | | How about Gary Oldman? |
Somehow, I always pictured C'baoth as older than Gary Oldman. I think he could pull off the attitude, but, if you will pardon the pun, he just doesn't seem quite "old man" enough...
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| atgxtg wrote: | | How about Gary Oldman? |
Now he would be good...
| Quote: | | Somehow, I always pictured C'baoth as older than Gary Oldman. I think he could pull off the attitude, but, if you will pardon the pun, he just doesn't seem quite "old man" enough... |
He looked it in the book of eli.
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| Guardian_A wrote: | | cheshire wrote: | | You want them to start with the Thrawn trilogy? I mean, I loved the books and everything, but if the story has already been done, and you would have to REALLY snip out a lot to make it fit on screen, why start making movies with that? Or do you mean you would love to see them do plot lines around that time period without contradicting what was done in the books? |
I'd actually love to see them adapt the Thrawn trillogy into a trillogy of movies. They may need to trim some things down a little, but I honestly think it would be a great place to start.
That said, no matter what they end up doing, some people arent going to be happy. If they stay close to the existing materials, some people will be dissapointed by what was cut or modified to make it all work. If they create new materisls, people will be upset about how it differs from canon. Right or wrong, I'm just happy that someone is going to at least try to create some new movies in the series! |
...Personally, I think the Thrawn Trilogy (which I'd love to see as well) would be better done as a mini-series--say, 3-5 episodes per book?!
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Yeah, given the flow of the novels a straight movie adaptation would be difficult to maintain the proper tone and pacing that we've come to expect from film. It's one of the reasons why great novels don't always make good movies. A mini-series may allow you to break up certain ideas, be able to reach toward the end of one story arc while keeping the tension of another story. Even then you're going to have to make significant cuts. Still... interesting idea.
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| Whill wrote: | Yes, interesting, and I'm all for discussing friendly "what if" scenarios. I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but it is probably best to make sure no one gets their hopes up too much for something that is not going to happen...
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Oh, for sure. I don't think anyone seriously thinks that these ideas will ever happen. I mean, let's look at the first simple reality. Hamil isn't going to play a 25 year old Luke!
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| I won't burst my bubble. I don't want them to do the Thrawn trilogy, I want them to fllow as much of the original story outline as they can. |
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| cheshire wrote: | | I don't think anyone seriously thinks that these ideas will ever happen. I mean, let's look at the first simple reality. Hamil isn't going to play a 25 year old Luke! |
Hamill is not a reality yet, and in the mean time fandom is going crazy trying to recast our classic trinity with young actors, as if the sequel trilogy is going to take place no later than 5 years after RotJ, and as early as the very next day after the Endor victory celebration. I find it annoying how quick people are to assume there won't be a new generation of heroes with the originals as the mentors, like Old Ben Kenobi. There is a generation between the two existing trilogies, so it baffles me how limited so many people's thinking is.
It's now official: Michael Arndt to Write Screenplay for Star Wars: Episode VII.
I am very pleased with this news. This guy is a Star Wars scholar who really understands Star Wars cinematically, and he's a big fan.
The webpage linked above has a link to the Future of Star Wars video series (scroll down for the new video). I'm very pleased to hear that Lucas' role as creative consultant will be like a "Keeper of the Flame", at least for the next film.
Episode VII just keeps getting better and better!
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| As for the original characters: Think about what they are able to do with CG now days. It should be possible to CG the characters into the film if they want to keep the original actors. |
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| Guardian_A wrote: | | As for the original characters: Think about what they are able to do with CG now days. It should be possible to CG the characters into the film if they want to keep the original actors. |
Even easier if they don't set the story 5 years after Endor but 30. |
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| Guardian_A wrote: | | As for the original characters: Think about what they are able to do with CG now days. It should be possible to CG the characters into the film if they want to keep the original actors. |
You mean like they did to Patrick Stewart's face at the end of X-Men Origins: Wolverine? I think that's an awful idea. What about the existing Star Wars saga makes people think the new movies have to take place the day after Endor, so you either have to recast with young actors, or use CG on the original actors to have a young trinity. Aliens, droids and full-facial helmet-wearing humans are CG. If you are going to CG human faces onto human characters, then might as well be making an animated film. These sequels are "live action" Star Wars films! According to canon, Episode I takes place 32 years before the original Star Wars film.
| atgxtg wrote: | | Even easier if they don't set the story 5 years after Endor |
Right! Principle photography for RotJ was 1982. If Episode VII is made in a similar schedule to the prequels, then principle photography will be next year, which is 31 years later than RotJ. So 30 years later is maybe somewhat realisitc, with really good make-up jobs on the original actors.
But in 1982, Hamill was already really pushing it by being 30 playing an early-20-something, and Ford was 39 playing an early 30-something. They may have looked young for their ages at the time, but have you seen them lately? The years have really caught up to them. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was really straining credulity for Indiana Jones as it was. Next year, Hamill will be 62, and Ford will be 71!
I think Episode VII being set at least 35 years later would be more credible. The Star Wars saga takes place in a setting with a galactic history spanning over a thousand generations. What's 35 years?
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Thank GOD Abrams turned it down!
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