George Lucas "retiring"....Thank God!

[Belmont31R]

Now I hope he sells Lucas Arts and Star Wars right to someone who won't make stupid ass CG filled boring childish movies.


Starwars 1-3 are terrible and should be renamed into something else. I can't stand CG movies and I especially cannot stand Star Wars CG movies with terrible plots, actors who can't act, and a script that is dry and painful to listen to.



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/ma...ails.html?_r=1

[Moose-Knuckle]

I read that, he is still holding out for a possible fifth Indiana Jones and making artsy fartsy independent "projects". I wished he would quit ****ing with his older films. Tarantino is right, after a point directors need to quit making films.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Enough said:

http://youtu.be/FxKtZmQgxrI

[JohnnyC]

Enough said:

http://youtu.be/FxKtZmQgxrI

Brilliant.

[Belmont31R]

Brilliant.

Yeah those reviews are awesome.

[montanadave]

Lucas laying Stars Wars to rest?

Metinks iss gettin' embarrising, meesa say okeeday.

[turdbocharged]

*begin nerd rant

I can't stand CG movies

I hear this a lot from older people I know who just don't understand film. If it's done RIGHT by limiting the amount of CG used and doing a really good composite you can actually achieve much better effects especially with explosions and large epic scenes that just are not possible to shoot with live action. I agree though that ep. 1-3 have way too much green screen. He should have used a combination of physical models+CG to keep that gritty look of ep. 4-6.

Now I hope he sells Lucas Arts and Star Wars right to someone who won't make stupid ass CG filled boring childish movies.

I agree! Personally I wish he would give the rights to someone who is willing to make some extended universe films i.e. POST ROTJ. If you have read the hundreds of SW books you know that they have a typically dark, more adult storyline and generally are much more interesting. I would love them to do a trilogy of the youzann vong book series, which takes place 25 years after ROTJ.

Overall the universe Lucas has created is amazing and full of fantastic stories, however most of them are not written by him, and there are endless possibilities for future books/movies. I just wish they would stop going back in time.

*end nerd rant

[markm]

I still thought episode 3 was decent. I saw it way after it was released and was pleasantly surprised at the darker flavor of it.

[a0cake]

There's been a drive by nerding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPh...eature=related


Joking. I actually like Star Wars. Although, I would have rather seen 3 new good ones made with 1980's technology than 3 shitty ones that looked good visually.

Back when movie makers couldn't rely on flashy visual effects to capture an audience, they were forced to come up with intriguing social dynamics, dialogue, and innovative / inventive ways to imply things without actually being able to show them. A discerning audience appreciates that kind of thing.

Now, you almost have to shut your brain off and go along for the ride until it's over. Which usually can't come fast enough.

Every once in a while though, some director just "gets it." Use modern technology to compliment the underlying greatness of a movie, not as its sole source.

[Doc Safari]

Y'all are just haters. When I contemplate the genius of George Lucas putting Indiana Jones in a lead-lined refrigerator just before an atomic bomb goes off, I just get chills.

I mean, it was a lead-lined refrigerator. A regular refrigerator just wouldn't have protected Indy from the radiation.

And when I think about him placing the unexpected in the finale to the Star Wars movies, I'm just...in awe. I mean, who would have imagined the Empire being defeated with the help of Teddy Bear people?

Genius, pure genius.