Re: Looks like a whole lotta

I actually didn't know about the movie until a few weeks ago the trailer looks very promising, actually, lets hope for the best...and prepare for what we always get...

There is an upside to the prequels that nobody ever mentions. Because they are so CGI driven...they can be changed and tinkered with in pretty dramatic ways. And we all know that ol' George LOVES to mess with his films. So, maybe someday, the CGI will have the "weight" that it needs to be comparable with the effects in the orginal films.

poster5,
we are pretty much the same age..."To each his own".

bladerunner: maybe you should bear that mind in the future when you discuss things (anything) with other people. other people don't have to agree with you--or even the majority.

as for "star wars: the clone wars", i think it's safe to say that we can expect little and still be disappointed.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.05/lucas.html

"I've earned the right to fail, which means making what I think are really great movies that no one wants to see."

the joke is that he already has.

[Post edited by posters5 on May 20, 2008]

Well, I still admire George's output of films, those that he's directed, as well as executive-produced (Indiana Jones movies, Tucker-The Man and His Dream etc) and also those he's contributed story ideas (and screenplay help). If I could be George Lucas, I'd be proud of my work, even though it's not perfect, or will satisfy some who criticized him.

Also... I appreciate his many contributions elsewhere, the foundation of Pixar Animation (before selling it to Steve Jobs), the Industrial Light & Magic SpFx unit (one of the best!), the THX audio standards (which helped improved theater sound quality), and anything else I've overlooked that George Lucas has been a part of.... the man came from nowhere - Modesto CA (not brought up in the Hollywood studio system), went to the USC film school, and now has become the greatest 'force' (hehe) in the movie business.

Give us more cinema efforts comparable to those of GEORGE LUCAS, and I'll be ready to spend money on them! ...and let's hope for the STAR WARS series on Blu-ray by 2009.

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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)

[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on May 20, 2008]

He has also created Lucasarts which is a very profitable gaming business and Lucas Animation which I believe is in Syngapore and made this new Clone Wars movie?

Anyway he has influenced a lot of successful ventures even if writing and directing is not his strength, he has contributed so much more. Creating THX alone is Phenominal.

From the link to Wikipedia (see my post above) - "George Lucas was also influential in the development of industry-standard post-production tools such as the Avid Film and Video nonlinear editor, first developed as the Edit Droid, and also the Sound Droid, which later became the Digidesign Pro Tools sound editing and mixing software."

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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)

You gotta love a guy that sticks to his guns...one thing ol' george is not...SELLOUT. I admire this about the man the most. These are HIS films, and he is right, he can do whatever the fudge he wants with them. Going to watch THX tonight..."far out".

George Lucas and Uwe Boll - uncompromising men of vision!

well, considering that a person can't "sell out" if he is the establishment itself, lucas is the one doing the "buying out" when others "sell out".