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Science Fiction

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2013, 07:38 AM Jan 2013

And the director of Star Wars Episode VII is...

J.J. Abrams!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/60520

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And the director of Star Wars Episode VII is... (Original Post) wyldwolf Jan 2013 OP

I like J.J. but I'm uncomfortable with what it says about us that both ST and SW Exultant Democracy Jan 2013 #1

Sturgeon's Revelation aka Sturgeon's Law Fumesucker Jan 2013 #2

Exultant Democracy

(6,595 posts)

1. I like J.J. but I'm uncomfortable with what it says about us that both ST and SW

Reply to wyldwolf (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 08:56 PM

Jan 2013

are going to be run by the same person. Are we that short of talented directors. Then again I just took a look at a list of every American sci-fi movie out in the last 12 years and boy its like 95% total crap, and I love sci-fi.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

2. Sturgeon's Revelation aka Sturgeon's Law

Reply to Exultant Democracy (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 04:20 AM

Jan 2013

Ninety percent of everything is crap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_Law

It explains much about our civilization, for lack of a more appropriate word.

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