Lucas is a hack.
I remember the first two Star Wars movies (by release date, not episode number) having some good lines. After that, not so much.
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Gudanov - Jul 13, 2009 7:27:21 am PDT #16378 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 7:33:19 am PDT #16379 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I remember the first two Star Wars movies (by release date, not episode number) having some good lines.
Yeah, well...I have very strong opinions about storytelling and Lucas' legacy to scifi/fantasy *and* film.
I love Irvin Kershner, who directed "Empire Strikes Back" - and I lay all of its success at his feet - and Leigh Brackett who took Lucas' wackadoodle notions and turned them into a script.
I think "Star Wars" (bah - "episode 4 - A New Hope" was NOT in the credits when I saw it 4 times in 1977) is remembered and loved so much because it was NEW. Now, in contrast to "Empire..." and some other well-done space opera films (and TV shows), it's a little thin.
But does have some very good lines. :)
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 7:36:59 am PDT #16380 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
bah - "episode 4 - A New Hope" was NOT in the credits when I saw it 4 times in 1977
Hah! I've had long arguments with SW fans about this issue - no one seems to remember this.
And I saw it four times in 1977 as well. Plus once in 1978, at a theater where I'd seen it in 1977 (it played for more than a year there).
Volans - Jul 13, 2009 7:38:26 am PDT #16381 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I've had long arguments with SW fans about this issue - no one seems to remember this.
Seriously? I despair.
JZ - Jul 13, 2009 7:38:58 am PDT #16382 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I love Irvin Kershner, who directed "Empire Strikes Back" - and I lay all of its success at his feet - and Leigh Brackett who took Lucas' wackadoodle notions and turned them into a script.
SH, I was just about to say, Everyone BACK OFF Leigh Brackett. Love her work to itty bitty bits. Can I high-five you or is there some more ceremonial (or possibly more space-operatically pulpy) gesture you'd prefer?
Vortex - Jul 13, 2009 7:39:46 am PDT #16383 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I remember the first star wars. When the airlock blew and Darth Vader came through, I screamed and hid under my seat in the theatre. I didn't come out until about halfway through the movie.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2009 7:39:53 am PDT #16384 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I remember the first two Star Wars movies (by release date, not episode number) having some good lines.
That's because your brain has blocked out the first 45 minutes of New Hope where nothing happens.
Dana - Jul 13, 2009 7:40:29 am PDT #16385 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
(no one likes my geek cred)
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 7:41:54 am PDT #16386 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember the first star wars. When the airlock blew and Darth Vader came through, I screamed and hid under my seat in the theatre. I didn't come out until about halfway through the movie.
How old were you?
That reminds me of a story that amuses me (and apparently no one else) about the kid who saw Return of the Jedi for the first time on acid. When he first saw Jabba, he started screaming and screaming as he hid behind a chair... I think they kicked him out of the theater.
Tom Scola - Jul 13, 2009 7:44:05 am PDT #16387 of 30000
hwæt
That's because your brain has blocked out the first 45 minutes of New Hope where nothing happens.
That's because it's from the 1970s! In Superman, Richard Donner tried to outdo Lucas by having nothing happen for the first 90 minutes!