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Post by primeone on Jun 17, 2019 21:26:40 GMT
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jun 17, 2019 23:05:03 GMT
Letting JJ Abrams take a crack at Superman may not be the best call to make given the reception to his screenplays for an attempted reboot of the character in the early 00's. In his very first draft,
-Krypton does not explode, the reasoning to send Kal-El to Earth is based purely on politics as you see Jor-El is, or was, king of the entire planet.
-Jor is overthrown by his backstabbing little brother and is held in a prison, he is able to communicate with Kal-El telepathically.
-Lara managed to escape her brother-in-law's take over and her bodyguard is an anthropomorphic turtle.
-The main villain is Superman's evil cousin Ty-Zor, they often engage in Matrix style hand-to-hand combat.
-Lex Luthor is actually a Kryptonian sleeper agent whose mission was to watch over Kal-El and keep tabs on Earth's defenses, he goes at it with Clark at the end and loses quickly.
-Superman leaves Earth in the ship that brought him there and sets off to Krypton to reclaim the throne from his uncle, that would've been the end of what was conceived of as the first part in a trilogy.
To be fair, Abrams was not as big a player in the industry then as he is today and he was going under what producer Jon Peters wanted, and he was also writing for McG and Brett Ratner who were both in contention to direct.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2019 0:29:38 GMT
Letting JJ Abrams take a crack at Superman may not be the best call to make given the reception to his screenplays for an attempted reboot of the character in the early 00's. In his very first draft, -Krypton does not explode, the reasoning to send Kal-El to Earth is based purely on politics as you see Jor-El is, or was, king of the entire planet. -Jor is overthrown by his backstabbing little brother and is held in a prison, he is able to communicate with Kal-El telepathically. -Lara managed to escape her brother-in-law's take over and her bodyguard is an anthropomorphic turtle. -The main villain is Superman's evil cousin Ty-Zor, they often engage in Matrix style hand-to-hand combat. -Lex Luthor is actually a Kryptonian sleeper agent whose mission was to watch over Kal-El and keep tabs on Earth's defenses, he goes at it with Clark at the end and loses quickly. -Superman leaves Earth in the ship that brought him there and sets off to Krypton to reclaim the throne from his uncle, that would've been the end of what was conceived of as the first part in a trilogy. To be fair, Abrams was not as big a player in the industry then as he is today and he was going under what producer Jon Peters wanted, and he was also writing f or McG and Brett Ratner who were both in contention to direct. Christ that's like the Batman and Robin of bad 2000s action directors. 
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2019 0:30:34 GMT
I'd really like it if he helmed Green Lantern Corps. Kind of covers similar ground as Star Trek which I liked both his films a lot. He'd better cut down on the damned lens flare though.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jun 18, 2019 0:34:46 GMT
Bleh
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jun 18, 2019 1:10:51 GMT
Letting JJ Abrams take a crack at Superman may not be the best call to make given the reception to his screenplays for an attempted reboot of the character in the early 00's. In his very first draft, -Krypton does not explode, the reasoning to send Kal-El to Earth is based purely on politics as you see Jor-El is, or was, king of the entire planet. -Jor is overthrown by his backstabbing little brother and is held in a prison, he is able to communicate with Kal-El telepathically. -Lara managed to escape her brother-in-law's take over and her bodyguard is an anthropomorphic turtle. -The main villain is Superman's evil cousin Ty-Zor, they often engage in Matrix style hand-to-hand combat. -Lex Luthor is actually a Kryptonian sleeper agent whose mission was to watch over Kal-El and keep tabs on Earth's defenses, he goes at it with Clark at the end and loses quickly. -Superman leaves Earth in the ship that brought him there and sets off to Krypton to reclaim the throne from his uncle, that would've been the end of what was conceived of as the first part in a trilogy. To be fair, Abrams was not as big a player in the industry then as he is today and he was going under what producer Jon Peters wanted, and he was also writing f or McG and Brett Ratner who were both in contention to direct. Christ that's like the Batman and Robin of bad 2000s action directors. One of the reasons why McG didn't make the movie was because it required extensive plane travel and he has a pretty bad phobia about flying - which is kinda weird when you think about it because why then would you seek to direct a movie about Superman of all things? Did he think they would film it all in LA? Also, Beyoncé he was his top choice for Lois Lane, I am not making that up. He did want Shia LaBeouf and Christopher Walken for Jimmy Olsen and Perry White which I wouldn't have minded though.
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Post by darkpast on Jun 18, 2019 1:54:37 GMT
I think JJ does a pretty good job on tv, hopefully they stop giving Berlanti all the dctv shows. then again he was already with wb for tv
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jun 18, 2019 3:30:20 GMT
Since directing space movies is apparently his default these days, I assume they’d try to get him to direct a Green Lantern film.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jun 18, 2019 14:44:21 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out.
Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2019 18:53:02 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out. Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars. What about Mission Impossible 3?
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jun 18, 2019 18:54:58 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out. Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars. Wow. You really hate TFA, don’t you?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Jun 18, 2019 18:55:04 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out. Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars. What about Mission Impossible 3? Never seen it |
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2019 18:55:34 GMT
What about Mission Impossible 3? Never seen it I'd recommend it then! 
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Post by primeone on Jun 18, 2019 23:31:05 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out. Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars. Lol well damn
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Post by gromel on Jun 18, 2019 23:32:21 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out. Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars. The Star Wars sequels should be ignored and made non-canon/an alternate timeline because by making the OT pointless and ruining its cast etc. they drag down the rest of the universe/series, just like the Snyderverse movies. Seems like WB is doing it, so why can't Lucasfilm? Wait and see. Don't know enough about Trek to judge the JJverse , but those movies are unlikely to continue anyway. There's a Picard show in the orignal timeline coming up. At least those movies took place in a splinter timeline and the original is untouched. He was attached to DC before, at least, so maybe he'll do some good for it instead. Get DC movies out of a rut instead of putting them in one like TFA.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jun 18, 2019 23:46:56 GMT
If he does a DC film, I'm out. Fuck him for what he did to Star Trek and Star Wars. The Star Wars sequels should be ignored and made non-canon/an alternate timeline because by making the OT pointless and ruining its cast etc. they drag down the rest of the universe/series, just like the Snyderverse movies. Seems like WB is doing it, so why can't Lucasfilm? Wait and see. Don't know enough about Trek to judge the JJverse , but those movies are unlikely to continue anyway. There's a Picard show in the orignal timeline coming up. At least those movies took place in a splinter timeline and the original is untouched. He was attached to DC before, at least, so maybe he'll do some good for it instead. Get DC movies out of a rut instead of putting them in one like TFA. They’re not going to render their own trilogy non-canon, especially when TRoS is supposed to be the end of the “Skywalker Saga”.
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Post by gromel on Jun 19, 2019 1:56:08 GMT
That's why an alternate timeline is another way out. The Snyderverse as Snyder intended it is done, but it's functionally another universe or timeline instead of being non-canon. Batfleck likely won't appear again since they want to make a Battinson trilogy separate from everything else. If Cavill ever returns as Superman he'll probably be semi-rebooted. If not, full reboot for Supergirl or whatever.
Why wouldn't Star Wars be above that sort of thing if they needed to do it? I say they need to do it, or else be stuck in a rut forever. Just make a far, far future film in a timeline where Luke and friends got their dues and did more net good than net harm to the galaxy, the first two trilogies matter, the Force doesn't actively keep the galaxy in neverending conflict, and where the dark side is a corruption of the Force instead of equal to a "light side" that never was in the past two trilogies... etc.
Lots of franchises have done this. Terminator, Halloween, X-Men, even the Superman solo films ignored III and IV for Returns. Star Wars isn't any different.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Jun 19, 2019 18:37:19 GMT
Now that I stop and think about it, if J.J. Abrams were to direct any DC movie, it’d probably be a new Superman movie.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 21, 2019 13:03:58 GMT
Now that I stop and think about it, if J.J. Abrams were to direct any DC movie, it’d probably be a new Superman movie. And for all we know, reboot the timeline in the process. Or open up a DC multiverse. Or usher in the Disney apocalypse. |
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Post by dnno1 on Jun 21, 2019 17:10:29 GMT
I suspect that Abrams and his production company was acquired to produce original content programing for the new WarnerMedia streaming service, which should be launching in the fall of this year (2019). I think people forget that before J.J. Abrams was known for directing franchises like Star Trek and Star Wars, he was quietly producing TV Shows like "Lost" and "Westworld", which have received Emmy Award consideration. the WarnerMedia Steaming Service plans to offer three levels of streaming plans where a subscriber can either choose an entry-level movie-focused package; a premium service with original programming and blockbuster movies; and a third package bundling content from the first two with the addition of an extensive library of WarnerMedia and licensed content. The latter two packages should be available in 2020.
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