At first I was a bit scared with this, considering its Disney and all and was afraid that they would cute it up much like many Disney films. Then I was reminded that Buena Vista, a bi-company of Disney, are responsible for making many other films that aren’t exactly up to Disney ratings (P.G. or lower) such as the Kill Bill series, and many of the current Marvel movies , which by the way Disney also bought the rights too as well. Hmm...They certainly are buying their share of the entertainment pie, and then some...aren’t they?
Now here’s a more recent
announcement that was made only a few days ago. J.J. Abrams, director of many
films and television shows, including Alias, Cloverfield, and the re-launch of
the Star Trek movie franchise, is to direct the upcoming episode 7 of the Star
Wars film. Hmmm…to be quite honest I’m not sure if I should feel impressed,
excited, intimidated, or worried about this...I mean he already has control
over the current Star Trek films, now this?
Just think about it for a
second. For those of you that aren’t aware, ever since the introduction of both
Star Trek and Star Wars in society (1960’s and 70’s respectively) , there has
been a dormant, but existing animosity of die hard fans of both genres only
pitting themselves against each other when the topic of ‘which is better Star
Wars or Star Trek?’ thus at times in the past starting heated debates, to full
on arguments (and even in a few instances, physical fights). Sadly, this has
not changed much in all of that time. This is especially true with the recent
surge of “geek culture” in current society.
So, with this in mind, and
the fact the Abrams, already being responsible for successfully rebooting the
Star Trek franchise (and with the upcoming sequel coming up this summer which I
DO plan to see), he now has his hand in Star Wars. Now some think what he did
for Star Trek, can be equally successful with Star Wars, and if it was with any
other well know sci-fi based director/producer, I would agree. I like many,
felt it was time that they brought some fresh talent and ideas to the Star Wars
franchise, since it seemed Lucas seems to have fallen off slightly with his
ideology of the franchise he created, though for some that’s debatable, but a
topic for another time.
That said, it just seems
wrong that he director for this new launch of a new trilogy from where Return
of the Jedi left off (long overdue I might add) just happens to be the same
person currently doing the Star Trek re-launch. To me that just seems wrong.
Why? Because 1.) It’s just too much control for one man to have. Think about
it. Star Wars and Star Trek are the two largest and most influential science
fiction franchises of both the 20th and 21st centuries. To me it seems too much
on the table for that. 2.) Considering that many fans of both do not share
likability of the opposing franchise, or at the very least don’t think they
should be potentially lumped into one, will greatly fear a potential mash up of
sorts of both. Though for some, this would be interesting to see, for many
others, well…not so much.
I don’t know…perhaps I might be overreacting on this one. Still I think there could be a potential problem with this. Then again we won’t know for sure until the release of Episode 7 in comparison to the previous films and possibly with now the Star Trek films. And I’m a fan of both.
Opinions on this?
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Well, here we are...early reviews overwhelmingly suggest Abrams nailed it.
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