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Any indication when Mayhew is going to continue this? I think he’s in the UK at this time, and filming probably ran over.
The Star Wars Trilogy has held the top three spots for films I want to see in a theater (others in that illustrious group include the 2010 restoration of Metropolis, Blade Runner, Aliens, Superman the Movie) At this point I would even go see the 1997 SE, because all the real stupid shit didn’t go down until the 2004 release, that was the first time the theatricals and the SEs weren’t on an even playing field quality wise.
If they do release the OOT, how about a punching bag with Lucas’ face on it in the lobby so each fan can thank him as they go see the suppressed classics he tried to bury in favor of the mediocre meddlings of middle age?
^ Planet of the Apes (1968): “Damn you! Damn you all to hell!” Rated G
That and you see Charleston Heston’s ass. What a weird decade.
If Hayden has the good sense to stay away, that’s a level of self awareness we rarely see in actors. I know he would take me out of the movie and would take me from seeing it five times in the cinema to just one or two.
PT fandom is cancer.
There are like 8 people on that forum and the last post was 2 months ago. Safe spaces are for the weak. The river devil eats those who are weak.
I really don’t like invite only forums. Yes we have idiot spammers but they are fun and quickly dealt with. Besides, we should be accepting to all the new fans TFA brought and those who left because of the PT era.
Its the people that think everything Star Wars is worth a huge amount that irritate me. Like when you pick up a book at a yardsale they want $30 for because its from the 70’s. Ugh.
I refuse to buy the Blu-Ray “Complete Saga” and give money to Lucasfilm for treating me like shit. I would buy the Theatrical Trilogy first day like I did with The Force Awakens. I would love Harmy’s versions burned onto discs, but I will not compromise on my stance and throw away money on something I despise.
Separating Luke and Leia was a hard thing to do. Padme would understand they stood a better chance apart. Life is full of shitty decisions that you make. Luke was loved by Owen and Beru, he had his own speeder and a skyhopper and he didn’t starve.
This all came about because Lucas wanted to tie up the “other” storyline and the Han/Luke/Leia triangle very neatly. Which makes no sense, because the other was captured by Vader when Luke went to save her.
Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?
Where was this? I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I’d love to see where Verta said this.
Thanks! That’s good news that execs are even willing to consider it.
Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?
Where was this? I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I’d love to see where Verta said this.
They’re gone sadly. It was New Year’s Eve when they were up. The only one I could find was where he tried to brag about Phantom Menace being ahead of TFA in adjusted box office about 2 weeks after it came out.
I wouldn’t say sadistic, just childish and selfish.
Yep. His comments about TFA just show how childish he could be. Then Jett came on Twitter and basically attacked people for liking the movie and saying that we were the reason Lucas never made all those awesome movies he was going to make.
We should nuke this entire site from orbit.
Its the only way to be sure.
I’m shocked that you can still buy the books in bookstores. I would have thought that they would have gone out of print as to not confuse the idiots.
There would have been little to no location shooting.
The script would have been way worse dialog wise.
Shot on Digital.
Hayden would have played a huge role and other poorly received PT elements would have been shoved in as a slap in the face.
I find it a shock that people believed the EU was going to be kept intact or considered when they announced the Sequel Trilogy and the Anthology films. Like JJ was going to follow hundreds of books and comics and not use Chewie. Everyone freaking loves Chewbacca, even the British Royalty forwent custom and hugged the crap out of him.
I loved the Daley Han Solo books, Shadows of the Empire, X-Wing and the Thrawn Trilogy. I enjoyed playing Rogue Squadron, and Jedi Knight. But I would give it all up again, because I got a 4th good Star Wars movie and several more promising ones on the way. The books were going up their own ass anyway.
In my experience, the PT fans love the SE, because they shoehorn PT elements into the classic films and are part of Lucas’ “Artistic Vision” or whatever they use to justify stupid shit like R2’s rock and Obi-Wan’s new call.
As for why the OOT hasn’t been released, I have a couple ideas. Keep in mind until Kennedy says anything on the matter, its still speculation.
The general public knows that films were altered. Han Shot First and all that. Hayden in Jedi is still being booed at showings of the film.
It seems the PT generation is always trying to discredit the OOT.
I too bought the steelbook. I don’t have a ton of movies on blu, just my faves, but I try and get the steelbook if at all possible. They look awesome lined up together.
Spencer wilding could possibly play Vader In RO
Neither are confirmed, but it is interesting to think about!
He looks to have some experience in wearing bulky costumes. As long as James Earl Jones is doing the voice- thats the important thing.
It is so painfully obvious that George lifted all these characterizations from the 1930s-40s era cinema he’s so fond of, which was absolutely loaded with unambiguous racist caricatures, and then applied them in a well-meaning but very poorly considered and tone-deaf way decades later in his own work. I don’t think Lucas had a racist agenda when he made the prequels, I think he was a kind of clueless sixty-something year old guy with no one to tell him how dated and awful this stuff was.
That could describe most of his 1997-2005 output.
TV’s Frink said:
It’s a better film than the other two, but it’s not even close to being good or well made. Parts are good or well made but the overall result is still poor.It’s enjoyable to watch from beginning to end. Is well structured, reasonably well plotted. The dialogue isn’t completely out there most of the time, and all the action sequences are exciting and move the story forward. The effects are also the best out of any of them, real care was put into both the practical and digital effects with only the gungans really standing out as bad, that owing mostly to McCallum insisting that they ditch Ahmed’s costume to bait the FX oscar.
The major “crimes” it commits is that it contradicts OT canon and doesn’t really have major relevance to the overarching story. But as a standalone film those don’t matter.
Contradicting the OT is unforgivable when you are trying to make a prequel to it. The he tried to shove stupid crap into the OT with his revisions to try and make them fit together better.
I have no idea what that was about, I find Frink unfunny and tend to gloss over his posts. The free speech was more in response to the idea that the forum will become more limited.
lovelikewinter said:
As for “offensive” speech? I’m a free speech advocate and can usually let it all roll off. I hate censorship. I have no sympathy for perpetual victims or pearl-clutchers. Open and honest discussion is the best.Privately-owned forums, web-based or otherwise, aren’t bound by the first amendment. It is perfectly legitimate and reasonable for them to have rules of conduct. If someone doesn’t like that, they can leave. Membership here is completely voluntary.
Did I bring up the first amendment at all? No. I stated that open and honest discussion is the best thing. The problem is all to often that rules of conduct become tools to pave the way to censorship of ideas: you start going far beyond common decency and the reasonable leaves the room. Just look at what happened to CBR. They changed the rules in such a draconian way that if you say something as mild as “Frank Miller sucks” they come down on you.
I hate to have that happen here.
I believe that some PT fans are upset because of the Disney Era Lucasfilm’s pro OT sentiment. I get that, all OOT fans get that. We lived it for years.
I love that this place is open. We can say X sucked or Y is a terrible actor and not be considered out of line and taken out to the woodshed. You can have divergent opinions, heck one poster here only likes Star Wars 1977! There is no hive-mind like on TFN or the PTAS or numerous other sites of numerous other fandoms. We are very lucky.
As for “offensive” speech? I’m a free speech advocate and can usually let it all roll off. I hate censorship. I have no sympathy for perpetual victims or pearl-clutchers. Open and honest discussion is the best.