Can Star Wars Be Saved?
They're talking about Episode Three, but I think it could also apply to the franchise as a whole...NO. Episodes One and Two were horrendous. I don't even know where to begin: The overall kiddy feel and element (I know Anakin/Darth Vader was a kid, but STILL...Link's a kid in the majority of The Legend of Zelda video games, and those aren't kiddy. Not even Wind Waker, contrary to popular belief.), Jar-Jar Binks, and Yoda getting down with his dirty self in Return of the Clones. I'll never forget how much I laughed my a** off at the Yoda doing his impression of Bruce Lee...very unlike the Yoda to who we were introduced in The Empire Strikes Back
It's very safe to say that despite producing excellent series of movies in the original Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones trilogy, AND owning a kicka** computer game company in LucasArts, (you truly have not lived until you have played The Secret of Monkey Island) Lucas is past his prime. And that was made official with the release of Star Wars: Episode One.
And I'm not the only one...as demonstrated by MSNBC and Overclocked Remix.
(PG-13 language warning for the Overclocked link...)
Edit: Did I say Lucas being past his prime was official with the release of Star Wars: Episode One? Try when he decided to write the confounded thing and its siblings to follow...SouthernHockeyChick @ LetsGoCanes.com put it best:
"The kid playing Anakin is an amazing actor. The problem is the lousy freakin' dialogue. It even makes Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor look like lousy actors. Lucas was intelligent enough NOT to write the dialog for all three of the originals, why he thinks he can do it now is beyond me.
He's the guy providing the cool stuff....let someone else hash out the story, for Christ's sake!!"
They're talking about Episode Three, but I think it could also apply to the franchise as a whole...NO. Episodes One and Two were horrendous. I don't even know where to begin: The overall kiddy feel and element (I know Anakin/Darth Vader was a kid, but STILL...Link's a kid in the majority of The Legend of Zelda video games, and those aren't kiddy. Not even Wind Waker, contrary to popular belief.), Jar-Jar Binks, and Yoda getting down with his dirty self in Return of the Clones. I'll never forget how much I laughed my a** off at the Yoda doing his impression of Bruce Lee...very unlike the Yoda to who we were introduced in The Empire Strikes Back
It's very safe to say that despite producing excellent series of movies in the original Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones trilogy, AND owning a kicka** computer game company in LucasArts, (you truly have not lived until you have played The Secret of Monkey Island) Lucas is past his prime. And that was made official with the release of Star Wars: Episode One.
And I'm not the only one...as demonstrated by MSNBC and Overclocked Remix.
(PG-13 language warning for the Overclocked link...)
Edit: Did I say Lucas being past his prime was official with the release of Star Wars: Episode One? Try when he decided to write the confounded thing and its siblings to follow...SouthernHockeyChick @ LetsGoCanes.com put it best:
"The kid playing Anakin is an amazing actor. The problem is the lousy freakin' dialogue. It even makes Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor look like lousy actors. Lucas was intelligent enough NOT to write the dialog for all three of the originals, why he thinks he can do it now is beyond me.
He's the guy providing the cool stuff....let someone else hash out the story, for Christ's sake!!"
posted by Stormbringer at 5/21/2004 11:04:00 AM
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