imperialscum

Ciao ragazzi, come va?

It is not a matter of a difference of opinion. I simply provided myself as an example. As I said, it took years for me to even give it a try. Yet my prior reluctance had no negative affect. I loved the films from the first time I saw them.

Anchorhead said:

Darth Bizarro said:

After many years, I was finally able to convince…

I think that statement is by far the most telling of the whole deal.  If someone needs years of convincing before they watch the films, they probably aren’t the best example of how someone will view Star Wars for the first time.

Prior reluctance has nothing to do with how a person will experience and accept the films. For example, I didn’t want to have anything to do with Star Wars until I was like 14. Then I somehow decided to give it a try. Since then OT are my favourite films.

generalfrevious said:

The quality of TFA will affect the quality of Eps. 8-9 just like TPM’s badness dragged down AOTC and ROTS. You need a solid foundation to make a great trilogy.

What do you mean it dragged down AOTC? AOTC surpassed TPM in terms of badness. Anakin in AOTC even by far surpassed Jar Jar from TPM in terms of annoyance.

DominicCobb said:

Up to the director or not doesn’t really matter. The studio or producers can do whatever they want with a film as long as they don’t suppress the original version. Same goes for the director. Lucas had no right to suppress Star Wars even though he directed it.

Yes. The point is not whether they should get an approval by some hired actor director. The real point is that the original versions should not be suppressed by anyone.

To Tobar

I have read all those interviews and they seem cute and all, but judging from some of the actual transcripts of the meetings (published in “Making of” books) it was more like: someone suggested something, then Lucas explained “no it cannot be that way because <insert reason>”.

RU.08 said:

So would this mean that JK Rowling has the right to go through the Harry Potter film series and impose changes - even changers that the directors of those films don’t agree to?

I don’t have any clue about Harry Potter films. If she co-wrote screenplays, worked with concept art designers to visualise the ideas and dictated the final cut, then yes.

No, typically producers aren’t the primary authors of the film. Typically a director is the primary author (especially when acting as a co-writer). However in case of OT, Lucas was the primary creative director. He basically came up with the main ideas (story, characters, concepts, etc.), he co-wrote screenplay and oversaw the the rest of the writing, he worked with conceptual artists (McQuarrie, Johnston, etc.) to put his ideas into reality and worked with the editors to make the final cut. Basically the hired directors had control over principal photography, i.e. directing actors and crew to realise the scenes, which is exactly what they were hired for. In case of ROTJ Lucas was interfering with Marquands work during principal photography, which makes me wonder why he hired him in the first place.

As I said in some other thread, Lucas was the primary author of both ESB and ROTJ. While directors were basically hired hands to handle principal photography phase.

I am not saying the changes to the films were good. I am just saying that primary author should be the one making special editions. While in many cases director is the primary author of the film, it wasn’t the case in ESB and ROTJ.

Another important thing, pages should be on the thread box so you can directly enter to the last page.

StarChewyWar said:

imperialscum said:

StarChewyWar said:

imperialscum said:

To be completely honest, I do not want any of the OT characters or events be stained. So I don’t really want any directly OT-related spinoffs.

Stained? I doubt the original trilogy can be stained more than the prequels.

Well PT obviously stained a lot of OT stuff. But that doesn’t mean now the clean stuff (like Han Solo) should just be stained as well.

I repeat. Han Solo written by LAWRENCE KASDAN. Directed by the directors of the LEGO Movie. Lots of potential.

I may sound a bit weird but some things are best to be left alone. For example, the scene when Obi-Wan tells Luke about the “old times” is prefect by itself. No matter how good the prequel describing what Obi-Wan said is, it will always in a sense stain the scene.

StarChewyWar said:

imperialscum said:

To be completely honest, I do not want any of the OT characters or events be stained. So I don’t really want any directly OT-related spinoffs.

Stained? I doubt the original trilogy can be stained more than the prequels.

Well PT obviously stained a lot of OT stuff. But that doesn’t mean now the clean stuff (like Han Solo) should just be stained as well.

To be completely honest, I do not want any of the OT characters or events be stained. So I don’t really want any directly OT-related spinoffs.

Oh, one more suggestion. 😃

It would be nice to have the name of the author of the last post in the thread box. I think it is an useful information to see while looking at the list of threads.

I understand. Keep up the good work. 😃

I see. Good to hear. I am just trying to help make things better. 😃

The current design provides a very poor overview of things (especially discussion categories menu). There are lots of redundant vertical empty spaces and unnecessary text (especially description) that decrease the overall visibility and readability. It is not optimised for regular users.

My main suggestion is to at least reduce the vertical empty spaces between the text in individual boxes of different boards/categories (i.e. vertical space between “name of the board”, “description” and “number of posts”). In fact, the “description” can easily be removed from the boxes, while “last post” and “number of topics” can be put in the same line as the “name of the board”. The details can be put inside each board (description is already in the individual board on top).

The vertical empty spaces between the text can also be reduced in thread boxes inside each board.

I was masturbating.

TV's Frink said:

The force also seems to have slowed down, judging by the reaction time...

No, that's the inertia of the guy's head...

Bingowings said:

Some of the effects are amazing :

That's no special effect... that's a force kick...

Anchorhead said:

Whatever this building is and for whatever reason our heroes are there;

...there doesn't appear to be much left after Phasma gets through with it.

Uh, what an ugly set / set design.

After watching the last trailer, I had a really bad feeling about it. It didn't feel like Star Wars for some reason.

I was "MIND BLOWN!" by this thread. Life-changing stuff.

John Doom said:

I disagree: Vader killed the Emperor and his sacrifice actually made him turn BACK from the darkside :D

If the Jedi use the Force for defence, why couldn't Luke defend himself? He might have turned to the darkside only had he acted in anger (as the Emperor said).

Well he almost fell to the dark side when he fought Vader. At least by doing what he did he actually saved the galaxy, as he triggered Anakin's return. If he did what you suggest he would either die a completely pointless death or worse, become Emperor's tool.

John Doom said:

I still think throwing away his lightsaber was foolish. Even if Yoda and Obi-wan weren't able to train him to stand against the Emperor, I think it would've make more sense if Luke had done his best to defend himself, even if eventually losing. And THEN have Vader save the day and redeem himself.

The way Luke throws away his lightsaber looks like he's ready to die like in TESB, instead of actually giving his life to save the galaxy (like Vader later does).

You missed the point. By fighting Emperor he would not to save the galaxy. He would just go along with the Emperor's plan. If he fought him he would fall to the dark side and instead of saving the galaxy he would become Emperor's tool.