EPTGeorge Lucas apparently hates his fans. - Page 4
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couches
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lizzard_warish
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Falling
Canada11349 Posts
On September 03 2011 01:29 The KY wrote: It's indicative of Lucas' complete disregard for a classic of cinema, his fans, film as an artwork. I'm not a big Star Wars fan but imagine if, for example, at the end of Godfather II when Michael stands silently at the window while Fredo is shot on the lake, if he heard the gunshot and then fell to his knees and went 'NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!'. Imagine if they released a blu ray version where that happened. The change itself is shit and retarded, but it's not as bad as what is says about Lucas. He just doesn't get it. With his constant revisions he is taking a fucking chainsaw to the original trilogy. The man doesn't understand why it's a fucking awful idea to composite in CGI creatures to existing scenes in original trilogy, he doesn't understand why jamming the screen full of effects doesn't make a film better, he basically doesn't know what the fuck he's doing and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near his own work. The fact that he thinks the original films need revising to be more like the universally reviled and objectively fucking terrible new trilogy is what makes people angry. I was about to post how no director should ever go back and redo his film, but then I remembered the first special edition 1997. You have to admit the 'original' special addition was a significant improvement from the original releases (Jabba the Hutt is a man, there's still the vaseline blur under the airspeeder, many scenes are very claustrophobic. The difference between 1977 and 1997 versions are substantial. The difference of course is most of the changes were pretty non-intrusive special effects changes and not storytelling ones (who shot first in the Cantina for instance.) And then again, a master storyteller like JRR Tolkien went back and completely revised the character of Gollum in The Hobbit and changed the chapter Riddles in the Dark substantially to jive with the Lord of the Rings (and then included the original story as canon/ Bilbo's first telling of the story, genius.) So while I can't rule out that substantial revisions are possible after the fact, and Lucas did it once quite well, the Star Wars franchise is turning into a bit of a monster. The first revision is kinda like plastic surgery, it made some substantial improvements to the looks. But Lucas got addicted to plastic surgery modifications and is turning into Michael Jackson or Pamela Anderson. | ||
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Playguuu
United States926 Posts
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Archybaldie
United Kingdom818 Posts
Thats what the star wars franchise feels like to me. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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Badfatpanda
United States9719 Posts
And FFS George, if Simon Pegg said it is clueless, then it sure as hell is. | ||
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Mtndrew
United States174 Posts
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cronican
Canada424 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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Jesushooves
Canada553 Posts
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2011/09/george-lucass-1988-speech-about-preservi.php | ||
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JMSLEX
United States43 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
On September 03 2011 02:03 JMSLEX wrote: I have altered the films. Pray I do not alter them further. :D haha, nice. small changes like these just seem like ego stroking. the original directors and producers of the first trilogy no longer have control, and lucas gradually remakes every small detail to his own satisfaction | ||
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Xenocide_Knight
Korea (South)2625 Posts
This is unfortunate. *frantically tries to locate his original starwars VHS* | ||
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Osmoses
Sweden5302 Posts
If George Lucas was to die horribly in, say, a fire, would anyone be terribly upset? | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On September 03 2011 02:17 Osmoses wrote: I'm just gonna put this out here, I'm not trying to encourage anyone or "test the waters" or make threats or anything, I'm just asking a question, in the casualest possible way one might ask a question: If George Lucas was to die horribly in, say, a fire, would anyone be terribly upset? People who make money off him, I guess. Although it's quite possible that they would juice his death to the last penny selling junk like Lucas with a lightsaber. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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sleepingdog
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
But not a big deal anyway. | ||
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Mexico5280 Posts
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Ansinjunger
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