Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The further Lucas is from the Star Wars the better the series will be.
Who knows, maybe we'll see an Old Republic trilogy made by a decent script writer/editor/director instead of the incompetent moron who, I believe, is now in debt to African American military personnel after the awful Red Tails, and let's not forget The Crystal Skull and swinging with the monkeys and flying in a fridge.... This man's crimes know no end!

So, what you're saying is that this...



is worse than this.



Yes, because the Indy series was always the most down to earth, realistic, no nonsense series.

Dr Bob wrote: »

So what does the Disney thing mean?
No Fox fanfare at the start of the next starwars film.
A decent writer/director for the next ep?
You could make TDK/DKR nerds implode by starting a rumour that Christopher Nolan is up for it...;)
(or heh a Pixar Star Wars film ,actually that'd be nice)
A section in Kingdom Hearts 6 thats actually of interest to me?
Not sure if it effects the Live action series in production (probably does)
or the 1313 Star Wars game (possible), or SWTOR (unlikely).
It means that Soul Caliber IV probably wont ever end up on Live or PSN
Does my Shadow of the EMpire on n64 go up in value? Probably not!

Honestly, I think Brad Bird would be a good choice. Hell, he might actually shoot it on film this time around (unlike the digital cameras that Lucas used in Episodes II and III), with possible scenes shot in IMAX.

EnterNow wrote: »

Agreed, how one could find Ep 1 or 2 better than 3 is frankly a testament to the 'each to their own' statement

Episode III > Episode VI.

*attempts to flee, but realises he has more to talk about*

DinoRex wrote: »

Phantom Menace was the only of the prequels that had anything going for it.

Namely Liam Neeson and a cool lightsaber battle at the end. The rest of the film and the entirety of the other films have ZERO to offer.

Well... maybe that strategically torn outfit Natalie Port wears at the end of the second one was good.

Best thing about the prequels is that they gave us the brilliant Mr. Plinkett reviews which are stupidly entertaining.

Honestly, I think those were the only things that Phantom had going for it. Besides, is there anything in the movie that actually helped flesh out the story in the other movies in the series? Because Episode II and III have a lot more merit to give than I.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

To be fair, popular or not, the prequel films are probably the worst written and worst directed films to have ever had hundreds of millions of dollars poured into them. I thought this was a popular rather than minority hipster opinion.

$2.525 billion can't be wrong. Just so you know, no matter how many critics of the prequel trilogy there are, they are vastly outnumbered by the general audience. No matter how fickle they are.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Even Michael Bay has more admirable auteuristic authority than George Lucas.

As I said on the previous page, let's not say things we can't take back. Devastator wrecking ball nuts, anyone?

*now flees*

I've no problem whatsoever with the fridge scene in the last Indy movie. It's an Indy movie, you have silly scenes that are just there for fun.
When you have scientists/nerds/people who just don't get it coming out saying its impossible for him to have survived for various reasons blah blah blah I'm always...


Now the alien storyline, that bothered me a lot.

Oh and there are tonnes of obscure Star Wars games that I think would be fun to talk about.

Who remembers Yoda Stories?

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I watched the whole 6 movies over a week, I was on nights with someone who had never seen a Star Wars movie and was interested in what she thought....
Amazingly she loved Episode 1, especially the fight scene.
She was unimpressed with Episode IV, especially the big fight with Vader and Kenobi, finding it wooden and slow, compared to the athletics of the prequel battles.
She liked ESB and RotJ but she was far more enamored with RotS.

The order you show someone the films in is important otherwise you ruin the twist. I suggest IV, V, I, II, III, VI.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

And I don't have to like Michael Bay to claim he has a distinctive, tech savvy directorial style. A thoroughly objectionable style, but a style nonetheless.

Not sure what to do in the next scene?
Just blow some sh1t up then.

DinoRex wrote: »

Ep 1 also made use of actual location shots and practical special effects. It made a bit of effort on cinematography as well.

The other two, when not a clusterf*ck of CGI are just people sitting and talking or walking and talking with a load of crazy **** going on outside a window. It's unbelievably dull. And the plot in 2 and 3 only seems to make senses in George's head.

Yeah, I actually thought about that last night (and I don't know why I didn't bring that up as one of the few redeeming features). But if you want to criticise the other two, I think you should give this a read.

http://static.nomachetejuggling.com/machete_order.html

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I watched the whole 6 movies over a week, I was on nights with someone who had never seen a Star Wars movie and was interested in what she thought....
Amazingly she loved Episode 1, especially the fight scene.
She was unimpressed with Episode IV, especially the big fight with Vader and Kenobi, finding it wooden and slow, compared to the athletics of the prequel battles.
She liked ESB and RotJ but she was far more enamored with RotS.

She detested Jar Jar as well, so not all is lost!

I still want an Old Republic movie series though!!!

I thought the fight scene was probably one of the best, if only you got to see the Jedi in their prime. A shame that did overdid it quite a bit, thereafter.

And yeah, I've got a friend who thought Episode IV was quite a bit slow on the pacing, but still good in its own right.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Actually, 2.5 billion can be very wrong indeed. Given you cite the Transformers series in your post, you have effectively discredited your own argument The baffling box office success of the Phantom Menace re release is still wonderful proof that audiences well and truly do not learn.

And I don't have to like Michael Bay to claim he has a distinctive, tech savvy directorial style. A thoroughly objectionable style, but a style nonetheless.

I was merely just saying it in a "the customer is always right" corporate way. Did really mean that they were right in general, just what Lucas and the other execs thought of the audience. But like I said, the general audience is more willing to accept flaws or the ones that generally go over their head that we, the internet community, tend to pick up and have a major row about it. Regardless of what we think, we're still a minority. And unless the audience has a change of mind about the series, it's gonna stay that way.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'd rather see a sequel to Howard the Duck.

Oh dear god, I remember seeing that in the cinema. Nearly punched my dad for inflicting it upon my young eyes.

My worry is that Star Wars will get all commercial now.

Warwick Davis is probably sitting excitedly by the phone waiting for that Willow 2 call to come through.