CO said:
skyjedi2005 said:
I would not have done the prequels period. i would have moved the story forward and show Luke After Return of the Jedi. I would have done a sequel trilogy with at least Mark Hamill if not Ford and Fisher.

Looking back now, I am glad Lucas didn't do 7,8,9. Atleast with the PT, if we don't like it, we can erase it from the story, cause essentially it is about the rise of Anakin and the Empire in a nutshell. You can enjoy 4,5,6 even today without the PT.

If Lucas made 7,8,9 and those movies sucked with Hammil, and possibly Ford and Fisher, that would have REALLY tarnished the OT. Atleast now we can say that 4,5,6 are classics to us, and the PT is just a different story, whereas 7,8,9 would have been like Rocky V, where OUR heroes are in a crappy movie.

There is much truth to what you say. Sometimes the promise of the unmade is way better than an actual made. I love Twin Peaks and am extremely upset with where season 2 ended, but to be honest, I'm not sure an actual season 3 would have helped the show. It gained cult status due to the missing 3rd season more than in spite of it. I've really liked the 5 seasons of Lost, but it scares me to death that they are working on the 6th and final season. They will probably screw it up.

I have Chris Gore's "The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made" on my shelf. In the book, he reviews good, odd, bizzare, or whatever scripts/ideas that never got into production. #3 on his list is: "Alien vs Predator." It sure sounded like a good idea... but then someone went and made it. :(

Also reminds me of the Donner cut of Superman 2. As long as it was this unattainable cut, it was everything and anything fans wanted it to be. Now that we've seen (most of) what was shot by Donner but not used by Lester, it's not quite the crown jewel it was made out to be.

Watchmen almost didn't get released due to legal shenanigans. It would have been the best movie ever (or at least the best superhero movie ever), had it not come out. It did come out, and at least for me it was very good but it didn't change my life.