Re: Star Wars Episode VII
241not watching it. there's a masked dude on the poster, couldn't that be luke?
yeah, i always figured jar jar wanted vader's helmet.darkness wrote:Jar Jar is behind the mask. That's why he's looking longingly at Vader's helmet in the trailer. "I will avenge you Ani!"
So in other words, not the kind of film he would have made, one people might actually enjoy. I feel better about it already.I think the fans are going to love it. It’s very much the kind of movie they’ve been looking for.
I kind of feel like the whole thing is a pissing match lurking back and forth between Abrams and Lucas. That comic con reel was a pretty big fuck you to Lucas without outright saying it. Now every comment I see Lucas saying about Star Wars has that underlying snark that his films were too good for masses to appreciate and these will be dumbed down for them to like. Which is rich coming from the person who gave us Jar Jar.Alexhead wrote:At least he's being relatively magnanimous, although the implication that maybe his prequels were a little smarter or something is kind of lurking in the comment too.
Coppola or Lucas? One of them is literally broke and one of them is only creatively bankrupt. Really I see the original trilogy as a fluke that had more to do with input from others than Lucas himself. Read some of those script drafts of the original trilogy and they're pretty awful - in a prequel kind of way really.Alexhead wrote:Probably because he can't afford it.
Lucas doesn't really like American Graffiti that much. He did it at the urging of his then wife and from Coppola who challenged him to try to make a movie that would have an connection with the audience. Read Easy Riders, Raging Bulls if you want to know Lucas' thoughts on film making which you really can see in the prequels. Basically he thinks people are stupid for wanting some sort of emotional connection with characters or plots. He flat out says he did American Graffiti just to show how easy it was to pander to audiences. This explains so much of why the prequels, which are all George, are so sterile.TC wrote:i haven't seen THX-1138 but have heard it's creative and well done. american graffiti is fine. so coppola may be right.
Maybe dislike is a strong word. But he certainly meant it as a fuck you to show how easily audiences are manipulated.Alexhead wrote:I dunno, I've read and seen some much more charitable thoughts from Lucas on AG. Inspired a lot by his own teen years and and anthropological interest in mating rituals and a deep love of automobiles.