Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Case reopened... The only movies that should ever be remade are movies with good ideas that were executed badly, in the hope that the remake will do a better job of turning a good idea into a good movie... Taking a movie that is already good and remaking it is pointless, and often disastrous.
Disastrous? We could only hope. That's actually why I think he should remake them according to his early, original ideas. It might finally be clear to Joe Average how bad of a script writer/filmmaker George Lucas has become. I'd even dare say that he's NEVER been great by himself.
I'd be open to enjoying his new 6-part "vision", too if it turned out to be good. It would be a "What If?" story related to the SW Universe.
However, he'd need to re-edit the PT ala The Phantom Editor to get me to watch it.
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
One last thing: Saying a movie is dated and therefore should be remade is ridiculous. Time passes and things date. That doesn't mean they need to be replaced by a 'new model'. They are of their time, and that is often part of their value. Shall we burn the Mona Lisa and photoshop a new one (modelled on Mandy Moore) to hang in the Louvre?
Case reopened... The only movies that should ever be remade are movies with good ideas that were executed badly, in the hope that the remake will do a better job of turning a good idea into a good movie... Taking a movie that is already good and remaking it is pointless, and often disastrous.
Disastrous? We could only hope. That's actually why I think he should remake them according to his early, original ideas. It might finally be clear to Joe Average how bad of a script writer/filmmaker George Lucas has become. I'd even dare say that he's NEVER been great by himself.
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
However, despite the fact that I fundamentally disagree with everything you have to say, I wish Lucas would just remake 4 5 and 6 - that way he would leave the true trilogy alone, and maybe, just maybe, I would be able to enjoy his 6 part 'vision'. But it wouldn't be star wars - it would be some other thing, and I would consider it just that - a seperate, unrelated thing.
However, despite the fact that I fundamentally disagree with everything you have to say, I wish Lucas would just remake 4 5 and 6 - that way he would leave the true trilogy alone, and maybe, just maybe, I would be able to enjoy his 6 part 'vision'. But it wouldn't be star wars - it would be some other thing, and I would consider it just that - a seperate, unrelated thing.
I'd be open to enjoying his new 6-part "vision", too if it turned out to be good. It would be a "What If?" story related to the SW Universe.
However, he'd need to re-edit the PT ala The Phantom Editor to get me to watch it.
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
One last thing: Saying a movie is dated and therefore should be remade is ridiculous. Time passes and things date. That doesn't mean they need to be replaced by a 'new model'. They are of their time, and that is often part of their value. Shall we burn the Mona Lisa and photoshop a new one (modelled on Mandy Moore) to hang in the Louvre?
I agree. A bolder cinematic attempt would have been to shoot the PT to match the look of the Original Trilogy, from art direction to writing to editing to directing. Can you imagine if he had deliberately casted and designed the PT to look like films shot in the '70s and '80s? (and spent more time and effort on sculpting a Yoda puppet that actually resembled the OT Yoda? but i digress.)