SPOOFE wrote:There are pros and cons to this. As Alyeska pointed out, this can be as good as Stargate and such. Lucas has VERY DEEP POCKETS. He'll just throw money at it until it's good. Plus, he's extremely unconventional... I rest well knowing that even if the SW series won't be GOOD, it probably at least won't just be a carbon copy of anything that's already out there.
Sad thing is, "good" is not an objective stand point when talking about drama. And the more I rewatch AOTC, the more I feel that it's watered-out and lacking when compared to the drama of, say, Empire Strikes Back. I
liked Attack of the Clones. It had Palpatine's Bush-esque speech, for one. But the fact is that the extra money hasn't done Lucas a bit of good in my eyes. When formerly he was forced to seek creative ways to tell the story, now he can just throw money at it (as you said) until he gets the scene the way he wants it.
The problem is that I, and many others, don't really like to watch it the way Lucas intended, I suppose.
On the other hand, there IS that chance that it'll be just pure puke on celluloid, or rather, digital, most likely. Do we really want to see Star Wars sullied even more? It's already fallen from grace a bit... do we really want them to just REALLY beat the thing to pulp, and ruin the last vestiges of our memories?
Well, I don't. That's why I never saw the Star Wars Holiday Special.
I hope it's good. I think it stands a good chance of BEING good. However, at the same time, I dread it just being awful.
I know what you mean, and it's a valid concern. I think the human aspect of Star Wars has been squandered lately, culminating with Lucas' insistence that Portman and Christensen had "chemistry". To be perfectly blunt,
no, they fucking
didn't.
