I've come to the conclusion the JJ is excellent at casting (Alias, Lost, New Trek and Episodes 7-9 of Star Wars have fantastic casts) good at directing and absolutely terrible at writing plots.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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Kalshane - Aug 18, 2020 1:05:54 pm PDT #2789 of 3424
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Zenkitty - Aug 18, 2020 1:09:12 pm PDT #2790 of 3424
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
What Consuela said.
I'd actually forgotten JJA did the Star Wars . But I don't honestly care much about the Star Wars franchise.
Kalshane - Aug 18, 2020 1:11:30 pm PDT #2791 of 3424
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I really like this version of McCoy.
I think I've said this before, but Karl Urban is easily one of my favorite genre actors right now. I pretty much love him in everything he's in (though I haven't watched The Boys yet because I'm not sure it's really my style).
There's rumors that Paramount wants to do another Star Trek movie with the current cast but without JJ. I'd love to see what a director that actually understands Star Trek could do with these people.
Zenkitty - Aug 18, 2020 1:19:29 pm PDT #2792 of 3424
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
There's rumors that Paramount wants to do another Star Trek movie with the current cast but without JJ. I'd love to see what a director that actually understands Star Trek could do with these people.
Good grief, I'd love to see that. It's the right CAST, for sure, it was just the wrong story.
I won't even mention Beyond.
dcp - Aug 18, 2020 2:20:29 pm PDT #2793 of 3424
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
...JJAbrams...Force Awakens and Rise of Skywalker.
I kept expecting Clifford the Big Red Ball to show up.
Beverly - Aug 18, 2020 4:27:41 pm PDT #2794 of 3424
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
JJA's *stated objective* was to take the movies *away* from all that boring science stuff and just have a rollicking adventure movie with some yocks along the way. Pretty! Pretty sets, pretty people, things go boom! No science! No homage to ST history! Why it's a reboot.
Yeah, I've seen some of them, love most of the cast, but it's not ST.
Consuela - Aug 18, 2020 5:45:21 pm PDT #2795 of 3424
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
ST Beyond was directed by Justin Lin, not JJA. Was it not good?
Dana - Aug 18, 2020 6:01:08 pm PDT #2796 of 3424
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I thought Beyond was fun.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2020 6:06:46 pm PDT #2797 of 3424
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Was Beyond the Beastie Boys one?
t edit That's a really weird question to ask about Star Trek.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2020 7:52:50 pm PDT #2798 of 3424
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Beyond was pretty enjoyable, though I was not pleased with how easily the Enterprise was incapacitated and destroyed in it.