Originally posted by: Jumpman
Darabont could've easily stayed away from all this angst if he wasn't a writer for hire. I mean, seriously, get over it already. Spielberg liked it, Darabont, of course, liked it but Lucas, the creator, didn't. It's his and Steven's baby. Is Lucas just suppose to shut up just because Darabont think it's the greatest script ever?
Lucas' opinion matters just as much as Frank's and Steven's. In the end, his ego is really, really starting to show, since this has been a non-issue for a few years now.
Darabont could've easily stayed away from all this angst if he wasn't a writer for hire. I mean, seriously, get over it already. Spielberg liked it, Darabont, of course, liked it but Lucas, the creator, didn't. It's his and Steven's baby. Is Lucas just suppose to shut up just because Darabont think it's the greatest script ever?
Lucas' opinion matters just as much as Frank's and Steven's. In the end, his ego is really, really starting to show, since this has been a non-issue for a few years now.
Lucas's ego is starting to show too; Spielberg is the DIRECTOR and it was two to one. Maybe you're right; maybe Darabont's script sucked and Lucas made the right choice. Oh, and Philip Kaufman created Indy too, and no one has asked him anything. But seriously, I think that Lucas's autocracy is really starting to tick off a lot of the people who work with him. Sure, he's within his rights to do these things, but that doesn't mean that people have to like them.