Natalie Portman in "Your Highness"

SilverWook said:

Wow, why couldn't George make Padme this lifelike and smoking hot? ;)

Because George is a crappy writer. Simples

greenpenguino said:

SilverWook said:

Wow, why couldn't George make Padme this lifelike and smoking hot? ;)

Because George is a crappy writer. Simples

I'll take that as sarcasm.

Whatever gets you through the night.  But I doubt it's sarcasm.  George is a crappy writer.  Even George admits it... or he used to before his head became three sizes too large.  Although in regards to the Natalie Portman question, I'd say it has more to do with his deficiency in directing actors...

WhatsMyName said:

Gaffer Tape said:

Whatever gets you through the night.  But I doubt it's sarcasm.  George is a crappy writer.  Even George admits it... or he used to before his head became three sizes too large.  Although in regards to the Natalie Portman question, I'd say it has more to do with his deficiency in directing actors...

 Uh, if he was a crappy writer, why do you watch Star Wars?

Uh, because he is a good idea man.  He just can't write a decent script.  The Star Wars movies I like were helped along by other writers, because, as I said, this is a deficiency he used to be big enough to acknolwedge and brought in his friends to help him.  George brought the ideas to the table, but Willlard Huyck, Gloria Katz, and especially Lawrence Kasdan and Irvin Kershner, helped give those ideas proper form.

Actually, I used to express the same incredulity as you.  My best friend in high school, who was also a huge Star Wars fan, used to always bitch about what a terrible writer George Lucas was.  And I would say the same thing:  How can you love Star Wars if you think that George Lucas is a terrible writer?  It's only when I got older and learned more details about how Star Wars was actually made that I figured it out.  Late in college, I tracked him down and admitted to him that he was right all along.

Gaffer Tape said:

Whatever gets you through the night.  But I doubt it's sarcasm.  George is a crappy writer.  Even George admits it... or he used to before his head became three sizes too large.  Although in regards to the Natalie Portman question, I'd say it has more to do with his deficiency in directing actors...

The question placed by SliverWook has nothing to do with writing, nor with George being a good or a bad one.

Um, which is why I said that it was probably due to his deficiencies as a director... Geez, do you even read my posts, or do you just look for the first thing you can bitch at me about?

Gaffer Tape said:

Um, which is why I said that it was probably due to his deficiencies as a director... Geez, do you even read my posts, or do you just look for the first thing you can bitch at me about?

What is wrong with you? When did I ever bitch at you? You were the one to jump to false conclusions with my post, and came out with posts like "whatever gets you through the night" when I wasn't even talking to you. Next time get your facts straight.

Oh, I see.  Forum threads are only one-on-one conversations.  Forgive me for intruding on your private message.  But since we're having this conversation anyway... what false conclusions did I jump to with your post?  You assumed he was being sarcastic.  I disagreed and *gasp* assumed that maybe he actually seriously thought George Lucas was a bad writer, so I said so.  "Whatever gets you through the night" was just a little friendly jab at you.  Hell, as I just said, my post agreed with you that George Lucas's ability or lack of ability to write probably had nothing to do with how Natalie Portman looked, hence my asking if you even bother to read my posts.  So, yeah, I'm pretty sure my facts are straight, but I do appreciate your concern.

In all seriousness, though, I do generally find your attitude in threads to be a bit snide, and while I haven't directly conversed with you often, the few times I have you never really came across as anything other than unpleasant.  So I probably am quicker to assume you're copping an attitude than with other members of this forum, even if that's not the case.  If I did indeed misinterpret the intention of your response earlier, then I do apologize.

This thread got derailed half-way through the OP.

"Aggressive Negotiations"

CO said:

Gaffer Tape said:

 

In all seriousness, though, I do generally find your attitude in threads to be a bit snide, and while I haven't directly conversed with you often, the few times I have you never really came across as anything other than unpleasant.  So I probably am quicker to assume you're copping an attitude than with other members of this forum, even if that's not the case.  If I did indeed misinterpret the intention of your response earlier, then I do apologize.

 Gaffer, he currently posts on TFN, so I think thats all you need to know about his attitude towards us. 

"his attitude towards us"? Care to explain? And since when the fact that I post on TFN is relevant for the discussion or makes you believe I have a certain attitude (I'm yet to find what that is) over you? By the way, I'm not the only one from here that posts there. Is that a problem?

Maybe if she made poop jokes, or didn't wear anything, it might help sales...