everybody to be watching and talking about the same thing at the same time. It's a shame that's gone. It's also a shame that a lot of nice stuff from the time has disappeared with it
GL proved that sci-fi can make absurd amounts of money. So what happened? There should have been a generation of Indy GL-wannabees all producing their own films. The net now should be brimming with quality, thought provoking, Indy films. Instead, Hollywood has settled on remaking every film in existence: From "Alfie" to "Superman". Give it up. Do something new. Same for you too, GL.
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They also have the wrong names over the actors too for some stupid reason as well, so if you had a picture of Bob Smith on the left and Jack Generic on the right, Jack's name would appear above Bob and Bob's name would appear above Jack. It's freakin' stupid.
Mein Gott. I noticed that too. Guessed it was some subliminal marketing trick to make you look at the poster for longer than you otherwise would. If this is the best Hollywood can come up with to get you into their movies, no wonder there's so much crap.
Which raises another idea: Given everyone has absurdly powerful PCs, digital video, 3DSMAX why aren't fans cranking out their own movies (and not Star Wars rip offs), but their own stuff. If in High School me and my buddies turned out so much Super 8, what's holding up the Bond generation? ;-) I don't think any of the crap on YouTube counts.
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Oh, I quite liked Despondent's comment about when the hate for George Lucas started. I just think it's so funny because if the man hadn't made the special editions or the prequels, I would think he was a legend right now. When I was a kid, I remember thinking he was really cool and when my older siblings told me a tallie about how they were cast as ewoks when they were younger, I remember asking them what George Lucas was like in person. Man, I was gullible back then.
That's funny! :-) GL probably hasn't changed in all those years (people seldom do). Screwing up TPM was one thing. I mean, it happens. Occasionally a film stinks, so you fire everyone, apologize to your fans and star afresh. LucasFilm did leak stories about how GL got the message from TPM, but the interviews he gave we very contradictory: The old "If I have offended anyone, Then I apologize'. Basically: "Go F* yourselves". And then he didn't clean them up anyway: His insistence on including Jar Jar in AOTC showed that.
The "One in the Bank" concept: I think when TPM bombed, many people (and me eventually) said "Well, ok, I saw it, but I'm not going to see any more in the cinema". When TPM was a huge financial success, GL probably thought he was vindicated. When AOTC didn't do so well, I'm guessing then he got the message.