Isn't that guy on the left a little short for a Dancetrooper?
The root of all the problems with every SW prequel can be summed up in two words: George Lucas.
You know those people you hear about who have problems with plastic surgery, getting ugly procedure after ugly procedure? That's called going George Lucas.
Burning books or defacing art? Pulling a George Lucas.
Defecating in the toilet tank? Yeah, it USED to be called an upper decker, now it's a George Lucas.
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Jesus? really?
God, I find all this "George Lucas raped my childhood" stuff dull. Apart from the OT (which was also hit and miss in parts if we're really honest) he gave us some cool new stuff in the PT, even if the films themselves were ultimately flawed. Darth Maul, Grievous, Obi & Jango, Obi, Qui-Gon & Maul which is still the best lightsaber battle. ..a decent young Obi, some of the best CG of its time and some kick *** new Williams music. He paid for this ****, himself ? Why not appreciate the good bits and ignore the crap ****? I know I do the same with ROTJ?! Either that or just ignore the PT entirely, it's not really that hard. Point is, NONE of this would exist without Lucas, the good or the bad. Pixar? ILM? Some of the greatest innovations in fantasy film making? Have some respect.
I blame Lawrence Kasdan! If he hadn't turned Lucas down to script the prequels.........
Anyway, still waiting for my waitlist to convert
Did that happen? I don't think I've heard that before.
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Jesus? really?
God, I find all this "George Lucas raped my childhood" stuff dull. Apart from the OT (which was also hit and miss in parts if we're really honest) he gave us some cool new stuff in the PT, even if the films themselves were ultimately flawed. Darth Maul, Grievous, Obi & Jango, Obi, Qui-Gon & Maul which is still the best lightsaber battle. ..a decent young Obi, some of the best CG of its time and some kick *** new Williams music. He paid for this ****, himself ? Why not appreciate the good bits and ignore the crap ****? I know I do the same with ROTJ?! Either that or just ignore the PT entirely, it's not really that hard. Point is, NONE of this would exist without Lucas, the good or the bad. Pixar? ILM? Some of the greatest innovations in fantasy film making? Have some respect.
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Jesus? really?
God, I find all this "George Lucas raped my childhood" stuff dull. /snip]
The duel in Ep3 was directed by Spielberg.
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There is only one truly great Star Wars Movie: Empire. That was a brilliantly conceived, shot, designed and performed piece of cinema magic. A classic. The first movie, is a close second but largely became what it is because of he ground breaking nature of its visuals and "new" approach to Sci-fi.
I didn't know that. Is that true?
I don't think he actually "directed" anything, he played with animatics in pre-viz and gave some ideas on this and a couple other sequences; Obiwan chasing Grevious and the Mace vs. Sidious duel too I think.
Yeah me and my wife marathon'd the original trilogy recently. Great. Started watching 1 and 2 and they aren't as bad as I remembered. Watching on a 60" screen helps maybe and in Blu ray. The pod race, thw lightsaber duel (one of the best duels next to the one in 3) and just getting to see more SW is a plus for me. Our plan is to finish Clone Wars then watch Episode 3. The duel in Ep3 was directed by Spielberg. And you're right, ep6 isnt the best either (Lucas directed it). What I see is that the ones Lucas directs generally suck. The scenes seem dull the acting is boring and the on-screen chemistry he builds seems ingenuine. Whatever cant wait for Ep7.
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