The Internet appears to be embrace that notion.

5 bucks says we see a hybrid lineup in Coachella instead of a full show from an AFD/UYI lineup.

Film directing can be an exhausting job on any budgetary scale, because the individual workload is more or less the same. On independent level, there's more hands-on work related to other work areas, such as producing and logistics. On mega-budget, there are all the talking heads that are worried about their jobs. These people oft work in marketing, meaning it's tiresome to find a creative bone in their body.

If you put the honest effort in, it's draining and going for seconds straight-up is really the last thing I'd imagine Abrams would want. This also has to do with the scheduling demands. Star Wars is a holiday tentpole - the finished product needs to be turned in on a specific date, or shit will happen like a domino effect. If a delivery date is missed, the big machine that supplies the DCP's to theater chains runs on empty and you can imagine where that leads. The ad campaigns become a huge and embarrassing misfire if the finished film is non-existent on the date given. Words like clusterfuck or quagmire hardly begin to cover it.

Still to see the latest Mission Impossible, but I noticed a passing mention by the producers on how writer-director Christopher McQuarrie has "not been sleeping" for months in order to meet the delivery date given. I'm fairly sure they meant it. It can be a great job, but one needs to love the craft an insane amount to go through the punishment that sometimes comes with the territory.

Uh huh.

The way the band's public image has been handled for the past two decades is atrocious. Axl's been generally refusing to do anything and that's one key area where Slash's absence has been felt. Had they kept going, Slash could've done all (most) of the guest appearances, interviews and appearances, whilst praising Axl's artistic ability and driving home the point that he's a good guy, just fed up with fame - all the while keeping the Guns brand active.

Slash could've had a solo career on the side, whilst Axl could've returned to the spotlight every 3-5 years with some new Guns material. Had Slash been out there putting the good word out, Axl could've held up in his mansion and tinkered on things on his own time without much of an issue.

One would've become a guitar hero while the other would've become a recluse mastermind. They would've just needed to roll out the band in regular intervals to strengthen that notion.