#Star Wars
ZACK SNYDER developing ‘STAR WARS’ flick, influenced by ‘SEVEN SAMURAI.’ I have emotions. [Or not?]
[Update: He’s not? So says his rep. More after jump.]
Zack Snyder. Star Wars. Together. At last? I feel like, given my usual rage for Snyder, I should be cheesed. But I can’t be. His Man of Steel trailer (admittedly a small glimpse) was hot. The idea of riffing off of Kurosawa again in Star Wars is hot.
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George Lucas is engaged. Good for him. Yeah, I said it!
I just can’t muster the George Lucas vitriol anymore. So yeah, he took a fat squat all over my favorite franchise of all time. Then he wiped using the original movies that I fell in love with. Dude has also set them free, and donated his loot to charity. Let Uncle George get his Love On.
THE GANG OMEGA’S PICKS OF 2012: Rendar Frankenstein’s Rumination Frenzy!!
It’s with a tearful eye and a hyper-extended thumbs-up that I bid farewell to 2012.
The last twelve months have been some of the finest of my entire life. And I’m not exaggerating. Unlike those saccharine slobs who always clamor about the present hour being their finest and the preceding moments nothing more than the bliss-steps to their existence plateaus, I have no illusions about the fact that I’ve chalked up some miserable years. I’ve anguished through entire calendars, burnin’ `em up with fuel of the most incendiary sort.
Self-doubt! Resentment! Apathy! Vitriol! Cynicism! Sally forth towards the mire!
But 2012 was a whole different beast. Sure, there definitely some moments when my nostrils were assailed by the wispy vapors of the aforementioned propellants. But repugnance was ultimately cast aside, overpowered by the surfeit of wonder! It’s almost as though entertainment and art and love formed a giant sword-wieldin’, monster-destroyin’ mech, and I got to pilot the son-of-a-bitch!
If only!
Anyways, it looks as though every crew member of Spaceship OL is delivering their year-end highlights, so I’m going to join the party. But since I’ve garnered a reputation as being the erratic, currently-undiagnosed-but-we’re-working-on-it, hack-writin’ resident of the crew, I’m going to switch things up a bit. Each of my highlights will be paired with an Ultra-Dimensional Portal! By clicking on any UDP, a hole will be punched in space-time, and your consciousness will be projected astrally.
Got it? Okay, here’s one last look at 2012!
J.J. Abrams turned down ‘EPISODE VII’, Trekkies cackle.
The wonderful thing about being bipolar is that I can take on seemingly different stances, mere days apart! A hop and skip after bemoaning Abrams’ tendency for being self-satisfied in relation to the plot for Star Trek Down The Mountain, I can now tell you that I’m pretty bummed that Abrams’ turned down the chance to direct Episode VII. Why, you ask? ‘Cause I do love the dude’s visual splendor, and I have a sneaking suspicion that whoever is foisted upon the director’s throne won’t match Abrams’ ability. Despite, you know, his proclivity for lens flares, back patting, and time travel.
Rumor: YAVIN 4 all sorts of a Jedi Academy in ‘EPISODE VII’? Maybe. Who the hell knows!
Holy shit balls! We haven’t had a Star Wars rumor in like a week! That’s insaneo. I was trembling, my nipples groaning from lack of Force-flicking. I can rest easy now however, with this latest rumor surrounding good old Yavin IV.
Rumor: Latest ‘STAR WARS’ director possibilities are FINCHER and FAVREAU.
David Fincher? Doing a Star Wars movie? Be still my heart. Then resurrect it using midi-chlorians so I can watch the flick.
DARTH VADER energy drink in Japan. Man, they got it all.
Fuckkk! I can’t think of a drink I’d rather burn my brain out on more than a fucking Darth Vader energy drink. Burn out my synapses with the power of the Dark Side!
Daily ‘Star Wars’ Rumor: Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg spin-offs, not VIII & IX.
Hey man, as The Fucking Force Turns. Another day, another batch of rumors. Now Lawrence “Empire Strikes Back’s Daddy” and Simon Kinberg may not be writing the second and third movies in the new trilogy. They could be writing…spin-offs? Starring Lando and Han as they ball out of control, snorting Jawa Dust and slapping dames on the buttocks.
Matthew Vaughn confirmed as director of ‘STAR WARS: EPISODE VII’ by Jason Flemyn?
Christ only knows, this report is going to be discounted six minutes after I go to bed tonight. By the time I awaken, it’ll be a joke of an article. Whatever. It’s Episode VII, I’m stoked, I’m going to cover it. Matthew Vaughn was one of the directors rumored to be in the running for the next Space Battle flick, and he may have been confirmed by frequent collaborator Jason Flemyng. Loose lips!
Rick McCallum didn’t make jump from LUCASFILM to Disney. No probs right here.
There is a great moment in the Making of the Phantom Menace where Rick McCallum and the rest of the crew is watching a first cut. As the camera fixes on McCallum’s face, you can see realization slowly wash over him. He begins to realize that his Dark Master has made a flaming pile of excrement. Instead of mentioning this to Sir Lucas, Ricky decides to continue doing what he had been up to for years. Washing the Lord’s balls. So no, I’m not sad that McCallum has “retired”, and in fact I’m pretty fucking excited he is gone.
