Quote from: Highland on Feb 07, 2020, 06:42:52 AM
George is right, the new movies don't offer anything new, outside of whacky force powers, some I find questionable.
Bringing up the opinions of George Lucas drags in a large pile of questionable decisions on his part.
1. Lucas broke with producer Gary Kurtz over "The Return of the Jedi" because George wanted the film to sell more toys which brought in the most money. This is one of the reasons Lucas stated that "Empire Strikes Back" was the worst Star Wars movie. (Too adult.)
- If a person thinks TESB is the worst Star Wars film, then George is right.
- As someone who grew up on "A New Hope" & "Empire Strikes Back" & considers them great sci-If, imo George is not right.
2. George has been obsessed with preventing a high quality release of the original version of the original trilogy.
While I have a copy of the Despecialized Edition, that is not enough. A collector's edition from the studio which includes the original OT should be sold (the kind of thing we have with Alien & Blade Runner).
- Kuddos to Abrams in trying to make this happen for Star Wars.
- While Lucas supports film preservation on other people's films, he bizarrely doesn't believe that with Star Wars.
- On this again, imo George is not right.
* With additions to a film franchise, is very diffferent always better? Not with the Matrix sequels. Same with the Star Wars prequels imo.
Quote from: Highland on Feb 07, 2020, 06:42:52 AM
I think in hindsight TROS only seems decent because it didn't take a dump on anything.
* I would rephrase this in a more positive way; if an original film can be considered very good, then an addition to the franchise which follows good quality aspects of the original can also be considered good.
- Examples of from Obi Wan to Luke in ANH; for respect of the lightsaber & for the Jedi tradition, is in TROS.
* But I also agree that Rian Johnson's "dump" not being in TROS is a relief.
- Imagine an moral/caring uncle coming into a bedroom & pointing a weapon at his sleeping nephew. It was welcome that Luke was not portrayed this way in TROS.
Quote from: Highland on Feb 07, 2020, 06:42:52 AM
It went super safe, like TFA went super safe. JJ clearly shouldn't get involved in any strong fan bases.
I sort of agree with the first sentence but not the second.
* On this website, there are numerous comments complaining about changes to the Alien, Predator & AVP franchises in later films.
- Also, on this website, there are several comments asking that a new Alien movie be made which follows the original closely.
- Imo in a franchise, a movie being like the original does not = automatic rejection by a fan base.
