imperialscum said:

Bingowings said:

His real skill isn't inventing but collage, of ready made ingredients so the set designs being made that way too is a perfect metaphor for this approach.

Well you are being a little stiff here. Almost everything in this world is either influenced by something that already exist, being made up with existing ingredients or just simply being discovered.

Steak is essentially made by an animal. A cook only takes the meat and other ingredients to make the food. Some make great food, others don't.

Newton did not invent the gravity, he just described what already existed.

There really isn't much that hasn't existed in some or other form.

At my age stiffness on demand is an achievement.

No, there is a difference from sitting down and thinking of fresh characters who happen to fit classic archetypes and sitting down with a bag of memories and stitching them together.

This is Lucas' style.

When he does it he can evoke whole chunks of culture in a single frame.

When he does it badly he reminds us why Stepin Fetchit movies and Sir Alec's Fagin are now difficult to watch.

Back in 1977 he got the mix right but he didn't invent like Frank Herbert who arguably is as evocative but more by weaving story function rather than tailoring it.