George Lucas can go Fuck Himself
"I haven't even told Steven or Harrison this," he said. "But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out.
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The rest of the article contains more Fuck Him Quotes.
Like Star Wars, I cannot say that I am a fan of Indiana Jones. I have seen them all, but they are not movies I go out of my way to see. I will go see the new Indiana movie at some point next week, just like i saw the Star Wars prequels.
But really, who the fuck does Lucas think he is? The only reason I even give a tiny shit about Indiana Jones is Harrison Ford. And there is no one i hate more than LeBeouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuf. No matter what Lucas things LeBeouf != Ford and LeBeouf != Indiana Jones.
No one wanted it [Star Wars: Clone Wars]," he told me. "Every studio rejected it, including Fox, and I'm very loyal to them.
You know why? it sucked on Cartoon Network, and it is going to suck in the theater. The Jig is up Lucas. You are out of goodwill. Take your big ball of money and boring ideas and go home. The sci-fi genre has grown and changed since you helped make it 30 years ago. You keep making the same tired story and the fact that you are a hack becomes more clear.
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Given that LaBoof ruins everything we like I hardly see this news as surprising.
Also, last Sunday was the first time I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was going to write about it but thought people would hate me if i did so...but...
It wasn't a very good movie.
And, honestly? I have no idea how with that film as its base the franchise took off as it did.
I mean, Raiders references are fucking everywhere in popular culture. So I thought the movie would justify their inclusion, that there would be some quality to the film that would explain why that stupid boulder rolling scene is all over the place.
But from what I can tell there wasn't anything there. It's just an adequate action movie starring Harrison Ford.
How can a man such as you hate Salah?
I think the easiest thing to forget about the Star Wars series is that, at its core, it is meant to be a Flash Gorden-esque serial of which only the middle section is (was) available. The reason (according to me) that such a film didn't just tank at the box office is because George knew something about spectacle and his effects crew knew how to make it happen, and also because he adapted his vision to jive with The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. The former gave him the blockbuster push to get asses in the seats, and the latter gave him the credibility to keep people interested and willing to listen to him bullshit about modern myth and religion.
The Watchowskis(sp) had a similar thing going. They had myth and religion and subsequent philosophy in their heads when they got the Matrix rolling and they knew how to make things visually exciting, but where the Ws fucked up and George was wise was in letting someone the fuck else direct the sequels. But I digress.
Lucas has a thing for campy shit that hearkens back to the dead parts of pop culture. Star Wars lets him make Flash Gordon and other Sci-fi serials the way Indiana Jones is his chance to make his own Doc Savage or whatever pulp comic they might have in mind. So when George says he wants TheBoof to be a successor to Indy, then I think that makes perfect sense in that shitty serials and pulp comics are all about cliffhangers and big action that keep the series moving and to hell with just about everything else, and if Ford is too old to punch Nazis and LaBeef is part of canon, then why not let him punch Nazis in Ford's place? It keeps the story going, and that's what serials are all about.
I don't personally want to see that jackass from Transformers in Ford's place in any capacity, but when I consider the Lucas directive, I have to wonder if it's even worth getting angry about.
Addendum: My post implies that Flash Gorden is an awful series, and I would like to clarify that it is not exactly awful, but it is not at all marketable, which is an important point of distinction for any similar bit of media.
And just as an aside, exhuming ancient pop culture successes is not just Lucas' domain. Consider Saul of the Molemen, which I sometimes enjoy viewing entirely for the fact that it unashamedly recreates the sense of retarded 60s sci-fi action in color! that appeals to me due to some real or imagined nostalgia on my part.
But I am not alone! Please consider Journey to the Center of the Earth, coming soon to theaters, but without Pat Boone and with Brendan Fraser. If Brenden can sing, then so much the better!
Also: Speed Racer. Has anyone seen that? I'm thinking of a write-up, but I haven't put anything down yet.
"but when I consider the Lucas directive, I have to wonder if it's even worth getting angry about."
That is a sensible position.
Last Crusade was on this afternoon. It was enjoyable. But that first one? Man, it's significantly not quality.
From what I understand, INDY 4 is more like a sequel to the TV Series than the Movies...its full of lame jokes, outlandish B-Movie garbage, and silly in-jokes that seem more like George Lucas fetishizing all his old movies, and way too much TV dialogue about mystical mythical lecturing...not good.
I'll see it when someone else has it and shows it to me.
I pretty much stopped watching movies in theatres...because theatres suck.
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