Johnboy3434 said:skyjedi2005 said:Does it have how George Lucas destroyed Star Wars with the special editions and prequels, or how he ruined Indiana Jones with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?
Does it mention how in 2006 he released the original films as non anamorphic bonus discs from a laserdisc master, the biggest joke in cinematic history.
And why, pray tell, would it mention those things? His mishandling of the franchise has not had near as much of an effect on the film industry as the things that he (or the people in his employ) did correctly. In fact, his mishaps haven't affected anyone or anything outside of the hardcore SW/Indy fanbase. That's how it is in general, really. For someone's mistake (as opposed to someone's success) to actually change the way things are done, it has to be a BIG FUCKING MISTAKE (like, I don't know, the Vietnam War).
Besides, who says he ruined Star Wars to being with? What if I like the changes, or the prequels, or Crystal Skull? Are you saying I'm wrong for liking them? On what grounds? Because they destroy the spirit of Star Wars? Can you prove that? Didn't think so. SkyJedi, you were amusing for a while (okay, I lied, you were always this annoying), but you really need to start talking with your head instead of your heart. Stick with the "Preservation" angle, because the "OT Purist" one isn't gaining you any friends or support. In fact, it's not too farfetched to say that keeping the Venometer cranked up to 11 is actually hurting the efforts of the more level-headed members of this forum. Look at them. Do they like the changes? No. But they don't deliberately go out of their way to remind the reader of that fact every single fucking time they post. And that's what you do, whether you think you do it or not. I've seen you take a completely unrelated conversation and twist it into an opportunity to take pot shots at Lucas, with absolutely no prompting whatsoever. It doesn't reflect well on your general state of mind, much less your social skills.
I think Skyjedi is perfectly entitled to his feelings. Lucas took great art and mutilated it. Yes it's wrong to like the SE changes, they're an awful mutilation of great art. And the prequels were an insult. On various places on the net people are chased off or silenced for criticising what Lucas has done. This site is a refuge where people can air those criticisms. Please respect that.
Johnboy3434 said:That article only proves that at least on other person shares your opinion. The same can be said of any given Scientologist. As far as whether Lucas "ruined" Star Wars or not (whatever that means), it doesn't prove a damn thing.
It's obvious what it means. He mutilated the original films and then he put out sequels which were crap (the later two in particular -the first one had its good points but the later two were horrendous). Not only were the sequels crap, but they twisted Star Wars into something of a totally different more negative mentality. "Ruined Star Wars" is putting it thoroughly accurately. We don't need to prove anything, it's self-evident. And far more than one person shares the opinion. Heck, I think it's pretty obvious that many on this site do.
I for one like skyjedi's posts and I wouldn't be surprised if there are others who do too. Just because you, Johnboy3434, don't like them doesn't mean everybody agrees with you.
Also, see here for some views on Lucas:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=george+lucas