So long as George got the permanent banhammer & has to stay away, happy days
So long as George got the permanent banhammer & has to stay away, happy days
"Now, Say my name?"
"You're Heisenberg."
"You're Goddamn Right."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI
A not-so-brief explanation as to why the Start Wars prequels are truly awful. RotS was OK but still too forced for me
1) Clone army is ordered by (cant remember???) - based on Jango Fett DNA
2) Obi "discovers" them fortuitously
2) Clone army is used by Republic vs the Dooku/Sith/Geneosis ) AKA Clone Wars
3) Turns out the Clone army has been pre-programmed by the Sith lord to turn on their masters (Order 66) and do a swift about turn into Imperial Stormtroopers
.... foresight or what !!
"I've got lots of potatos that need peeling and manure that needs shovelling" -M. Burns
I dont think you 'get' the Dark side...!
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
Tuesday’s news that George Lucas is giving the keys to the Star Wars universe to The Walt Disney Company in a $4.05 billion mega-deal surprised fans around the world, including some famous filmmakers who grew up on the franchise. It even caught a key figure in that universe — Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill — by surprise. Reached by EW, Hamill — who currently does voice work on no fewer than four animated series and will co-star in the upcoming crime thriller Sushi Girl — shared a few thoughts on where Star Wars and its fabled creator go from here now that Lucas is handing over the reins (and the light sabers and blasters and all the rest) to new custodians and the next generation of filmmakers.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What did you make of the big news yesterday?
MARK HAMILL:
Oh my gosh, what a shock that was! I had no idea that George was going to sell to Disney until I read it online like everybody else. He did tell us last summer about wanting to go on and do [Episodes] VII, VIII, and IX, and that [newly appointed Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy would be doing them. He seems to be in a really good place. He’s really happy. And that’s nice because I know that when we were making the movies, he was not a jolly guy on set. [Laughs] I always felt badly for him because he agonizes over details, and I’m sure after imagining it in his head for so many years, to see it realized — he’d look up and just hang his head and groan. Harrison [Ford], Carrie [Fisher], and I were always trying to cheer him up and joke him out of his doom and gloom. I missed his call yesterday, but I spoke to him maybe three weeks ago. But until we know more, it’s hard to make any comment other than congratulations to George.
So you met with George this past summer and he told you about his plans to make another trilogy?
Yeah, last August, he asked Carrie and I to have lunch with him and we did. I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the Star Wars TV series that I’ve heard about — which I don’t think we were going to be involved in anyway, because that takes place between the prequels and the ones we were in and, if Luke were in them, he’d be anywhere from a toddler to a teenager so they’d get an age-appropriate actor — or the 3-D releases. So when he said, “We decided we’re going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX,” I was just gobsmacked. “What? Are you nuts?!” [Laughs] I can see both sides of it. Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after and that’s the way it should be — and it’s great that people have fond memories, if they do have fond memories. But on the other hand, there’s this ravenous desire on the part of the true believers to have more and more and more material. It’s one of those things: people either just don’t care for it or are passionate about it. I guess that defines what cult movies are all about. We’ll see. I’m anxious to know what’s going on, but the main story [yesterday] was the sale to Disney. I have mixed feelings about that, but they haven’t done badly by Marvel and the Muppets and Pixar. It’s one of those big decisions that at first seems unusual but then the more you look at it, the more it makes sense.
When you had lunch with George, did he get into any details with you about where the story would go in the next three films, or whether you would have a part in them?
Well, no, he was just talking about writers and the fact that he wouldn’t be directing. I guess he wanted us to know before everybody else knew. He said, “Now you can’t tell anybody!” [Laughs] Even now I’m nervous about saying anything. I just don’t know!
Watch red letter media on YouTube. It will explain to you in detail why you were a bit " meh" with the newer ones as apposed to the three originals which practically changed ( payed tribute) to film history. In fact, I really wish the newer ones didn't exist. They ruined one of the most influential trilogies of all time. For too many reasons
\" well Declan how does it feel to be the Architect of one of the greatest sporting achievements in Irish history?\"
\" Well I dont know about architect really...I mean players win matches, sure, i had nothing to do wiut it really\"
Agreed - they tarnished the legacy of the original 3 but generated billions in merchandising and tv spin offs etcOriginally Posted by etcpostmaster
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat
To be fair to the newer ones, he botched what he was doing and so didn't give them the right time to work. Even Lucas admitted he should have split RotS into 2 as it was rushed. The ending was almost as if he'd finished and someone came into the editing room and went "George, you forgot about the babies" and he rushed out and went "here, you hold that one, film it" and "you hold the other one" right slap that together it'll do.
BUT, the clone wars cartoon series has been great for getting my son into Star Wars. It's also been great in that it developed many of the minor characters to an extent that he watches the prequels and he really cares about what happens to the likes of Plo Koon because they mean something more to him. They are real characters. It also does the job I believe Lucas has said he feels bad he didn't do in the films, i.e. portrays Obi Wan as the great Jedi Episode IV suggested he had been.
\"A million monkeys with a million crayons would be hard-pressed in a million years to create anything as cretinous as Battlefield Earth.\"
hadnt heard that. he also said he padded out phantom with the pod racing because he didnt think he had enough material to make three films.
i thought revenge was excellent anyway. the anakin obi wan fight at the end was especially fantastic
main issues would be some of the emperor and samuel jacksons acting
Im a huge star wars fan( think i watched the ' A new Hope" when i was 3 or 4 years old) I think it was always going to be a challenge to produce a series of new films that would fit right in with the original films that so many enjoyed as children and still enjoy, as adults.The originals are always on TV during xmas and i always watch them. They never get old.
I have often thought James Camaron would have done a great job on the new films.
\" well Declan how does it feel to be the Architect of one of the greatest sporting achievements in Irish history?\"
\" Well I dont know about architect really...I mean players win matches, sure, i had nothing to do wiut it really\"
...and Mr. Crow comes on for Mr. Magpie.
too soon
\" well Declan how does it feel to be the Architect of one of the greatest sporting achievements in Irish history?\"
\" Well I dont know about architect really...I mean players win matches, sure, i had nothing to do wiut it really\"
This is wonderful....
even the title is a great play on words of.... These aren´t the droids we´re looking for....
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/res...-youre-looking
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
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