George Lucas loses his mind
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Monday, October 24, 2011 00:35
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Originally posted by Bytemite:
No, I'm asking you to be consistent with what you've asked me to do, which was not to oversimplify or misinterpret your motivations. Fair is fair.
And don't turn this thread into a "Gotcha" thing, that's adding that same old element of "I'm right you're wrong" bit of nonsense into something which you just admitted was subjective.
I don't play that game.
There's subjective, and subjective. Many people thing Firefly is crap. Many people think the Transformers movies are good.
Subjective opinions, yes. Neither one holds a modicum of credibility.... in my opinion.
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Many people think the Transformers movies are good.
...Heh.
I actually didn't go see them. I was never into Transformers as a kid. Doesn't appeal to me.
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Originally posted by Bytemite:Quote:
Many people think the Transformers movies are good.
...Heh.
I actually didn't go see them. I was never into Transformers as a kid. Doesn't appeal to me.
I saw the first, and disliked it overall, but cut it some slack for a few cool scenes.
The second one a friend talked me into seeing - and it was the worst 2 and a half hours I spent that summer.
I wised up and skipped the 3rd.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
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Crystal Skull: http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2011/03/10-screenwriting-no-nos-you-c
an-learn.html
Well some interesting points raised but trouble with articles such as these is that they're always after the fact. Faults are easy to point out in hindsight and the idea of turning creativity into a formula is counter intuitive to my mind.
Some of the points or 'No Nos' (horrible phrase) pointed out here are contradicted by a film such as Bladerunner. So the idea of having 'rules' to screenwriting is redundant. But I think the big mistake with an article such as this is that it negates to consider the era in which these films were made.
In the article this is said:
"NEVER MAKE THINGS CONVENIENT OR EASY FOR YOUR CHARACTERS
You remember the truck chase in Raiders? Remember how Indy had to use every ounce of strength, every punch, every kick, every last brain cell (cleverly sliding underneath the truck so as not to get smushed). He worked his tail off to get control of that truck. Here? Everything, from fights to escapes are just HANDED OUT to our heroes. That 15 minute long tent scene I mentioned above? How did they get away? Shia KNOCKS OVER A TABLE! Are you kidding me? When Indy is shot into the desert with the Russian after the warehouse scene, what happens when he comes to a stop? The Russian has fallen asleep! In the back of the truck arguing with Marion? Indy KICKS the guard in the ass when he’s not looking, resulting in him passing out! But the worst is when our characters accidentally fall into a river, get dumped down three successive waterfalls, and miraculously happen to end up RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MYSTERIOUS CAVE THEY’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR! This is a huge reason why the Indy 4 experience feels so unsatisfying. Our characters don’t earn anything. They’re HANDED everything. So please, always make things difficult for you characters. And make sure they earn their way."
Well nothing seemed more convenient to me than Indy and Marion shutting their eyes when the wrath of God passes through the Nazi's at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, yet that scene still works. So can it really be as simple as this article claims?
Of course not.
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A little further evidence for Georgie's case file.
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http://tv.ign.com/articles/119/1199764p1.html
my comment about the link
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Seriously? He was just chillin somewhere for like 10 years? *sigh*
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Yeah, Im sure they havn't thought of that.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
Yeah, Im sure they havn't thought of that.
That sounds like sarcasm, but with Lucas it also sounds incredibly likely. Too difficult to parse.
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Aside from there being little to support that than fanboi hatred - Maybe you're not aware of this, but Lucas doesn't have a lot to do with the plotting or writing on the series. David Feloni runs the show.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
Aside from there being little to support that than fanboi hatred - Maybe you're not aware of this, but Lucas doesn't have a lot to do with the plotting or writing on the series. David Feloni runs the show.
Got me. Oh wait.
Quote from spoilery article:
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The idea to bring back Darth Maul came, as many Clone Wars storylines do, from George Lucas.
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Originally posted by Storymark:
How DARE he release the movies in a new format, without bowing to the demands of the overly-vocal minority.
Just out of curiosity, If Joss Whedon decided to alter episodes of Firefly(for the worse) never to have the original versions to be available again, would you praise him for it, or be upset?
It's clear you could care less about the SW changes....but what about something you really like? I know it's just a "what if" scenario but your "I know best attitude" is really wearing thin. Makes you seem more than a bit pompus.
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