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Fortunately that's the only plot hole in the film, right?It still makes no sense to me - he wants her to kill him, because them he'll take over her body. So she refuses - stuff happens - and then she kills him.
I remember way back in time, well before the prequels, there was a suggestion made by Lucas that C3PO and R2D2 were actually the stars of Star Wars and that any sequels would be further events in the history of the Galaxy from the PoV of these two Droids. It reminded me of the Droids cartoon, which to this day I really like. I kinda wonder what might have been if this idea had been explored instead of following the Skywalker line.
I haven't but that sounds like wishful thinking. I've heard that there was a leaked script from the first director, but nothing about a Lucas cut.Hs anyone else been encountering the rumours of the existence of a George Lucas cut of The Last Skywalker?
I haven't but that sounds like wishful thinking. I've heard that there was a leaked script from the first director, but nothing about a Lucas cut.
Odd wishful thinking considering how terrible the prequels are.
At one point there was talk of several 'cuts' of the film, and that they had tested them. Again, rumour. However, the fact that they are still working on Rise of Skywalker (Joke, they finished one week before release, this has been confirmed) it wouldn't surprise me.I haven't but that sounds like wishful thinking. I've heard that there was a leaked script from the first director, but nothing about a Lucas cut.
If there's one thing the Disney films have done, it's made those prequels look a helllllllova lot better in comparison
I'd disagree but I guess that's what marks me as not a SW superfan. I recently rewatched the prequels on Showcase and they are terrible. They lack the craft of the latest films and a few exceptions aside the actors are wasted. I don't think the new films are perfect but they are far more competent.
The only comparison that comes to mind is Jackson's The Hobbit, where a tremendously talented director produced stunning hack work (I'd rate The Hobbit far below the prequels).
That both of them seemed to get lost in delusions of digital grandeur may be the most telling.
He's also the one who moved away from practical effects.George Lucas pushed the technical side of moviemaking more than anyone in the last fifty years. Almost every movie is shot digitally now because Lucas was the pioneer.
I find the lack of craft in the prequels kind of mystifying.
Putting aside SW, Lucas made one of the finest sf films of the decade in THX1138 and expertly directed a cast of young actors in the charming American Graffitti.
What happened to that director?
Other than Kylo Ren and Rey’s themes, I found John Williams’ score lacking in the new trilogy. The Prequels might have many sins, but the scores for those films still all give me goosebumps.
This is the biggest issue with the prequels as far as I can tell. Nobody said that's enough, nobody said no. And nobody else wanted to direct 2 or 3 for him.A lot of it is the build up of the mystique around him and the removal of the people that kept him grounded and told him, 'no'.
That's been my experience with Disney's trilogy. And big niggle for me as a loser lore nerd is how they changed how Hyperspace travel works. And it's not like you have to go digging in the EU either. It's all laid out in Star Wars: A New Hope, when Han Solo says on how traveling through Hyperspace isn't like dusting crops (Boy), and how it needs precise calculations.The Rise of Skywalker gets worse the more times you watch it.
The Last Jedi was definitely that for me. A few months after I saw it, I thought it couldn't be as bad as I claimed it to be; that I was just exaggerating and hyperbolizing. So I rewatched it and realized it was worse than I remembered it...The Rise of Skywalker gets worse the more times you watch it.
The real question here is why would you rewatch it?The Rise of Skywalker gets worse the more times you watch it.
The real question here is why would you rewatch it?
I'm currently watching episode IX for the first time. What the actual fuck? Was it written by someone hating how stuff worked in ep. 1-6? I've never been a fan of most of the EU, and this is like the stuff I really hated from the EU on steroids.
Still, it is more cool effects than VIII, so being halfway through, I think it could be a step up. But then, VIII competes with Highlander II in my own internal ranking system. So being able to beat either of them isn't really a high bar to pass.
There have been a few times where I had to reassess movies, music or television shows to freshen up my perspective to see if I had an open mind the first time I saw or listened to it.
There have been a few times where I had to reassess movies, music or television shows to freshen up my perspective to see if I had an open mind the first time I saw or listened to it.
Yeah, the first TMNT movie was and is amazing. It's one where you look at all the trash that followed and wonder how it went so wrong.
For me, I've never had that. And I think I'm grateful for it. Maybe I'm just too simple, but I seem to be fine with how my childhood favourite things.I absolutely agree with all of that.