err copyright is longer then 20 years as it is. thanks to Disney they are something like 120yrs now and they are wanting to make them longer.
Word around the campfire is that Lucas can't re-release the original Star Wars because it would mean a lot of money goes to his ex wife. The versions that have been fucked with count as a new product somehow.
Disney does the same thing with its movies. If you make a movie and wait 20 years or whatever, it becomes public domain. To stop that from happening, you re-release it with bonus features or something and that extends the copyright.
I think he got tired of seeing that south park episode were he kept raping Indiana Jones. Jar Jar is when he jumped the shark. He is not relative any more.
He isn't done completely trashing his legacy yet.
I saw that interview and I wanted to punch Lucas when he was talking about how he wished Red Tails would be the middle movie of a trilogy. I do respect him for making the movie though and he's got a knack for good overall stories. The problem is that he sucks at writing and the finer details of making a movie. It also seems like he hired a weak dirctor/writers. Maybe that was out of choice, or his situation, but this movie probably needed a stronger script than anything else.Waggy and all the others wondering about the production of Red Tails, should watch this interview wit Lucas on The Daily Show from last week.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-9-2012/george-lucas?xrs=share_copy
dang. I knew it was Lucasfilm, but didn't realize that he directed it?
It looks pretty bad from the previews--just overly cloying, predictable, Hollywoodish and such. And it's what--the fifth film about this story?
George hasn't directed a good film since THX-1138, and maybe American Graffiti--and yeah, Star Wars sucks balls: deal with it--So I don't get this "failure with his recent films."
Empire and even Jedi were masterpieces compared to SW, and Lucas was/is a great storyteller, just god awful at putting these projects together. I think the problem is that he is a complete misanthrope. Not only does he not like working with actors, they don't seem to enjoy working with him. But more importantly, he is unable to put soul and humanity into his films. he creates wooden, boring characters that no one ever really gives a dick about.
Star Wars: Luke is good, Darth Vader bad. Han is cool/good--I think?
Empire/Jedi--I actually want to care about Luke and especially Han and holy shit--I somehow manage to sympathize with Vader!
Does anyone give a dick about any of the characters in any of the prequels? No of course you don't, and it's all because of Lucas.
I still prefer this version of that picture:
I think he got tired of seeing that south park episode were he kept raping Indiana Jones. Jar Jar is when he jumped the shark. He is not relative any more.
I'm old enough to have been a kid for 4, 5, 6 and when the prequel came out I was very excited of course even though I was an adult. Were they better than the original? No. Were they good? Yes.
George hasn't directed a good film since THX-1138, and maybe American Graffiti--and yeah, Star Wars sucks balls: deal with it--So I don't get this "failure with his recent films."
Empire and even Jedi were masterpieces compared to SW, and Lucas was/is a great storyteller, just god awful at putting these projects together. I think the problem is that he is a complete misanthrope. Not only does he not like working with actors, they don't seem to enjoy working with him. But more importantly, he is unable to put soul and humanity into his films. he creates wooden, boring characters that no one ever really gives a dick about.
Star Wars: Luke is good, Darth Vader bad. Han is cool/good--I think?
Empire/Jedi--I actually want to care about Luke and especially Han and holy shit--I somehow manage to sympathize with Vader!
Reading this thread reminded me that they made prequels. Damnit.
Word around the campfire is that Lucas can't re-release the original Star Wars because it would mean a lot of money goes to his ex wife. The versions that have been fucked with count as a new product somehow.
Disney does the same thing with its movies. If you make a movie and wait 20 years or whatever, it becomes public domain. To stop that from happening, you re-release it with bonus features or something and that extends the copyright.
dang. I knew it was Lucasfilm, but didn't realize that he directed it?
It looks pretty bad from the previews--just overly cloying, predictable, Hollywoodish and such. And it's what--the fifth film about this story?
George hasn't directed a good film since THX-1138, and maybe American Graffiti--and yeah, Star Wars sucks balls: deal with it--So I don't get this "failure with his recent films."
Empire and even Jedi were masterpieces compared to SW, and Lucas was/is a great storyteller, just god awful at putting these projects together. I think the problem is that he is a complete misanthrope. Not only does he not like working with actors, they don't seem to enjoy working with him. But more importantly, he is unable to put soul and humanity into his films. he creates wooden, boring characters that no one ever really gives a dick about.
Star Wars: Luke is good, Darth Vader bad. Han is cool/good--I think?
Empire/Jedi--I actually want to care about Luke and especially Han and holy shit--I somehow manage to sympathize with Vader!
Does anyone give a dick about any of the characters in any of the prequels? No of course you don't, and it's all because of Lucas.
whats the backlash on Red tails? the Tuskegee airmen were amazing and it is a story worth telling.
Don't know if it's been posted already, but Red Tails is getting hammered by critics. 33% on Rotten Tomatoes with an average review score of 5.2/10. Talk about going out on a low note. It is however not his lowest rated film. Howard the Duck still takes that crown. "Duck tits, wooo ooo"
Critics concensus says "despite a worthy fact-based story and obvious good intentions, Red Tails suffers from one-dimensional characters, corny dialogue, and heaps of clichés." A common complaint about George's recent films.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/red-tails/
For purely comparison purposes, here's how Michael Bay's (similar) infamous Pearl Harbor did.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1108389-pearl_harbor/
Ha. I love it.http://redlettermedia.com/
half in the bag review on it now...
Everyone is entitled their own opinion but Star Wars is so bad ass that the previews made me more excited than most movies today do. When the preview for TPM came out people were trying to predict which movie it was going to show on and they predicted wrong so tons of us went and saw some half ass movie (something about space and hyperspeed and freezing in midair is all I remember) without the preview unfortionately.