Yeah I mentioned Kasdan a page back and referenced how love for brevity.
Well, he's 1 - 2, as far as Star Wars movies go. I try to forget about the 2 turds he laid, and remember the 1 masterpiece he penned for us.
The Wook
Yeah I mentioned Kasdan a page back and referenced how love for brevity.
My kid (who hates my props) had her friend over who's a pretty big nerd-girl. She wanted to see my collection. They only cared about one thing...
"Rey's Lightsaber"
Ahem. I wanted to correct them, but they were just so into it, holding the Luke ESB...
My kid (who hates my props) had her friend over who's a pretty big nerd-girl. She wanted to see my collection. They only cared about one thing...
"Rey's Lightsaber"
Ahem. I wanted to correct them, but they were just so into it, holding the Luke ESB...
I think the lack of exposition in TFA can be attributed more to Kasdan than Abrams. ...
If we look at ANH, how much exposition did we get there? The opening crawl, then a bit of exposition about the imperial senate being disbanded, a few sentences about the jedi order and how Lukes father was murdered by Darth Vader, but that´s it. I´d say not more than one page of dialogue in the whole script? Anyone care to correct me?
What they did with TFA, and I suppose it´s been done intentionally, keep us on the short leash wanting much more ad being ready and hungry for the next installment. Except for the Wook, maybe. TFA is faster paced than ANH, TFA builds upon an already established universe, granted with holes for the audience to fill in via books etc. but nonetheless already very well established elements.
Where in TFA would have you placed more exposition than what we got?
It is really sad that Paul/JetBeetle left us so soon. He could have given a great lecture on exposition.
I think the lack of exposition in TFA can be attributed more to Kasdan than Abrams. One of the big magazine interviews released in conjunction with the film recounted a conversation (and alluded to an ongoing theme) between the two in which Kasdan was encouraging JJ to worry less about the details and backstory and let the audience figure it out.
I'll see if I can dig up that interview.
As for the Chewie/Leia thing - major oversight. No argument there.
Yeah I mentioned Kasdan a page back and referenced how love for brevity.
So that is the surly teen you were talking about ...
What they did with TFA, and I suppose it´s been done intentionally, keep us on the short leash wanting much more ad being ready and hungry for the next installment. Except for the Wook, maybe.
I don't think that the average movie-goer had any problem with a lack of back-story. It might be mostly the hardcore Star Wars fans that are curious about what happened the thirty-so years in-between the movies.
There were mostly two questions that I have seen over and over again in threads about the movie on different forums:
- "Was that Coruscant?", and
- "What is the relation between the Resistance and the Republic?"
And yes, the lack of answer to those questions in the movie is a flaw, because they should have been answered in the movie.
Luckily, they could be fixed in a fan-edit with the help of a better opening crawl and perhaps some inserted dialogue.
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But yeah, she does tend to walk by us a lot, roll her eyes, and call us nerds.
...and if people were paying attention, they mention the name of the planet/system in the movie...I don't think its a flaw,....if you see a city in a film do you automatically think its New York,.....there are cities all over our world,.....theres more than one desert on our planet ......more than one ice cap..... more than one forest J
I don't think its a flaw,....if you see a city in a film do you automatically think its New York,.....there are cities all over our world,.....theres more than one desert on our planet ......more than one ice cap..... more than one forest
J
Well, to be fair, Lucas' original approach to the OT was heavily based on Flash Gordon, which featured single-biome planets (well, planet fragments, anyway). So, it's not unfair to look at a planet in Star Wars and assume it's yet another of the single-biome planets we've already seen (e.g. before you knew Jakku was Jakku, you'd be fair in thinking it's Tatooine).