Matt C 456 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Drew Struzan Says That 'Force Awakens' Is Probably the Best 'Star Wars' MovieIt does look promising, but... the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Even more, he says it's "far and away the best..."That's mighty praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 You know what's awesome about his full quote? The first person JJ mentions as a way to sell him on the film is JOHN THE MAN WILLIAMS!about a year later, we get together and meet and he says we’re using all the original people – John Williams, Kasdan, Harrison Ford’s in it, everybody’s in it and everybody’s writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, I’ve got to do it for George and I’ve got to do it for Star Wars. I’ve never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just… a wonderful film and I know it’s going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently I’ve seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, Honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars you’ve ever seen. … Well it’s beautifully made and it’s a wonderful story. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 It's a shame his D23 poster didn't live up to his comments. Although, it could have been worse. It could have been something like this:I'm hopeful the actual poster will be significantly better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You know what's awesome about his full quote? The first person JJ mentions as a way to sell him on the film is JOHN THE MAN WILLIAMS!about a year later, we get together and meet and he says we’re using all the original people – John Williams, Kasdan, Harrison Ford’s in it, everybody’s in it and everybody’s writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, I’ve got to do it for George and I’ve got to do it for Star Wars. I’ve never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just… a wonderful film and I know it’s going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently I’ve seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, Honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars you’ve ever seen. … Well it’s beautifully made and it’s a wonderful story.Yeah, I noticed that too. In the D23 clip, look how childishly happy he looks when he tells the audience they're going to be excited by the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Should've gotten Greg Hildebrandt to do the poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You know what's awesome about his full quote? The first person JJ mentions as a way to sell him on the film is JOHN THE MAN WILLIAMS!about a year later, we get together and meet and he says we’re using all the original people – John Williams, Kasdan, Harrison Ford’s in it, everybody’s in it and everybody’s writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, I’ve got to do it for George and I’ve got to do it for Star Wars. I’ve never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just… a wonderful film and I know it’s going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently I’ve seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, Honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars you’ve ever seen. … Well it’s beautifully made and it’s a wonderful story.Note "everybody's writing and making the music", so it's not just John Williams. Ghost composers! DarthDementous and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You know what's awesome about his full quote? The first person JJ mentions as a way to sell him on the film is JOHN THE MAN WILLIAMS!about a year later, we get together and meet and he says we’re using all the original people – John Williams, Kasdan, Harrison Ford’s in it, everybody’s in it and everybody’s writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, I’ve got to do it for George and I’ve got to do it for Star Wars. I’ve never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just… a wonderful film and I know it’s going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently I’ve seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, Honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars you’ve ever seen. … Well it’s beautifully made and it’s a wonderful story.Note "everybody's writing and making the music", so it's not just John Williams. Ghost composers!Indeed! Korngold, Steiner, Rózsa and others are with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 The poster in the Struzan article has his original ugly version of Ford on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You know what's awesome about his full quote? The first person JJ mentions as a way to sell him on the film is JOHN THE MAN WILLIAMS!about a year later, we get together and meet and he says were using all the original people John Williams, Kasdan, Harrison Fords in it, everybodys in it and everybodys writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, Ive got to do it for George and Ive got to do it for Star Wars. Ive never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just a wonderful film and I know its going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently Ive seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, Honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars youve ever seen. Well its beautifully made and its a wonderful story. Note "everybody's writing and making the music", so it's not just John Williams. Ghost composers! Indeed! Korngold, Steiner, Rózsa and others are with him.Kloser and Wanker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I assume the OST will be very specific about which composer has written which cue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I wonder how late in the game they'll bring Danny Elfman in to salvage the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Even more, he says it's "far and away the best..."That's mighty praise.There are only two good Star Wars films, which can also be called sci-fi classics, but not necessarily great films.The competition for a good SW movie isn't that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,807 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 After Attack of the clones poster (weird clone and droid locations) i thought Struzan didnt saw the films before hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 You know what's awesome about his full quote? The first person JJ mentions as a way to sell him on the film is JOHN THE MAN WILLIAMS!about a year later, we get together and meet and he says were using all the original people John Williams, Kasdan, Harrison Fords in it, everybodys in it and everybodys writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, Ive got to do it for George and Ive got to do it for Star Wars. Ive never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just a wonderful film and I know its going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently Ive seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, Honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars youve ever seen. Well its beautifully made and its a wonderful story. Note "everybody's writing and making the music", so it's not just John Williams. Ghost composers! Indeed! Korngold, Steiner, Rózsa and others are with him.Kloser and Wanker!Don't bring that Wanker any Kloser to these films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Don't bring that Wanker any Kloser to these films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I DID!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 An overdose of wizards! Stop it! This is Star Wars, ya hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Yes sorry!Is this more to your liking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Give me tech, deserts and corridors! That's Star Wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 An overdose of wizards! Stop it! This is Star Wars, ya hear!Does this better suit your expectations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 That's Stargate SG-1! Does this better suit your expectations? That's Zardoz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 That's Stargate SG-1!Does this better suit your expectations?That's Zardoz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Trees in sci-fi = Stargate SG-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Give me tech, deserts and corridors! That's Star Wars!That's Alexcremers' Star Wars. I quite like the forests and swamps of Star Wars. Endor was only spoiled by its indigenous teddy bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Trees in sci-fi = Stargate SG-1Fucking rat Christ. Star Wars had Mexican trees. Empire had soundstage trees. Jedi had Californian trees. Long before Canada gave us Stargate and Battlestar Galactica. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Trees in sci-fi = Stargate SG-1 Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,364 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Terrible! Who wants to see that?!If you must have trees, then do it like this!Or ...Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,807 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Dagobah is rather ruined by having komodo dragons and piton snakes.Specially in a planet where does not seem to be sunlight ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 921 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 They went to all that effort to redesign the stormtroopers and could only be bothered with the front view! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,358 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 It's weird that those appear to be the OT Stormtroopers. Also, kinda funny that the Falcon has the circular dish again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 921 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 It's weird that those appear to be the OT Stormtroopers. Also, kinda funny that the Falcon has the circular dish again.The stormtroopers apparently do look almost exactly like that from behind though. Now that you mention it though, these have the rim above their legs (the ones in front of the closest stormtrooper are flipped - cover fail) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 It's weird that those appear to be the OT Stormtroopers. Also, kinda funny that the Falcon has the circular dish again.The stormtroopers apparently do look almost exactly like that from behind though. Now that you mention it though, these have the rim above their legs (the ones in front of the closest stormtrooper are flipped - cover fail)Apparently it was a mistake on the part of designers from Empire magazine. They probably used stock photos of old stormtroopersEpisode 7 news thinks the same: As many of you have noticed the Stormtroopers featured on the cover are wearing the uniforms from the Original Trilogy. Since this is not a real photo, but a photoshopped image, this is most likely a mistake and not some grand conspiracy. The same thing with the Millennium Falcon shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,358 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 That insignia placement on Rey is quite unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Catalog of all the toys coming out for "Force Friday" (September 4th)http://imgur.com/a/lbYLw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 hmm, no "old Luke" or "old Leia" figures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Not over 3 months pre-release, when we know nothing about their roles in the movie. I'm sure we'll see plenty of them in late December or January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 January? Yeah, would be about time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 They're keeping things pretty close to the chest. Hard copies of the novelization, for instance, won't be available in stores until January (ebook coming out shortly after the film's release). I think they want to avoid having things sitting around in the stockrooms of stores (aka leaking prerelease) that may spoil things they don't want spoiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,807 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Funny the star wars novelization was released in 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,655 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 It seems like it'd be quite easy to cut yourself with those mini side sabers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,338 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Maybe that's how he dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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