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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Oh, THANK GOD.FoxKnight wrote:George Lucas will be working on the new movies
To quote Leonard Nimoy: "For everything, there is a first time". Let us all hope that Disney isn't dumb enough to try to apply that principle to Michael Bay.FoxKnight wrote: ...and Michael Bay never directed anything involving Disney.
Actually, I had the exact opposite issue with the prequels. Why the heck did C3-PO need to be in any of those flicks? Greedo? Boba Fett? Chewbaca? Even R2-D2 was a bit of a stretch for me. Aside from Jar Jar, I didn't really have trouble warming up to any of the new characters.FoxKnight wrote:I really hope they do not just start making up new characters and expect us viewers to love them like the original characters.
Harrison Ford is supposedly showing interest in resurrecting Han Solo for the new movie (which might be interesting -- or might truly suck). With regard to the director being up in the air, and Lucas apparently not having much creative input, I'm having a sinking feeling like this is going to be Terminator 3 again.FoxKnight wrote: It appears I was wrong. George Lucas is only a creative assistant for the next movies, or something (haven't really read all of the news). Star Wars VII will be written by the director of Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, which might be a good thing. No news yet on the director
True. Though there are some exceptions. And more often than not, those exceptions come by way of movies that are franchises in of themselves.Uniform Two Six wrote:I grant you that the three prequels were not masterworks of the cinematic artform. That said, a game is a whole different kettle of fish. You sort of expect that any game based on a movie will generally suck (and any game based on Kinect just multiplies that factor -- as Fable III has amply demonstrated). If it does, indeed, turn out to be crap, then you are not surprised and there is no major sense of loss. If it's a movie and a sequel to an awesome movie -- and it turns out to suck, any anticipation you might have felt is rewarded with this big letdown. I also think it almost sort of detracts from one's enjoyment of the first movie. The crapulent sequel taints the original installment.
Well, I've got good news and. . . Well. . . News, I guess. The good news is that Michael Bay will not be directing the sequels.I loved the original three Star Wars movies.
I liked (mostly) the three prequels.
I'm not even going to go see any of the sequels if Michael Bay (or someone equally useless) does them.
Well, in that case, I'm cautiously optimistic. I was actually rather taken with the Star Trek reboot (with the sole exception of his perplexing preoccupation with those extremely annoying lens artifact effects -- why is there shiny crap on the lens when Chris Pine is doing nothing more dramatic than walking from one side of the bridge to another? God that was obnoxious.).Terastas wrote: Instead, they got J.J. Abrams.