9 Reasons Why George Lucas Sucks
Thanks to the boys at sfsignal for pointing out this post with 9 Reasons Why George Lucas Sucks. The post is excellent and with supporting links to boot! I think my favourite from that list is #6 - Lucas is a bad director and even worse screenwriter. I knew that, but didn’t know this:
Additionally, while directing the original Star Wars, his only directions were “faster†or “more intenseâ€. At one point, when he temporarily lost his voice, the crew provided him with a board with just those three words written on it
Nice! I think, though, that they missed some.
- He turned the force from a mystical energy into a bacteria. Yeah in Episode I instead of simply being able to sense that the force was strong in Anakin they bust out some kind of device that measures that mitochondria (or whatever) in his system. Very inspiring.
- In the “special edition” he turns that great scene where Luke learns that Vader’s his father and willingly jumps off the catwalk quietly, into a scene were he screams all the way down. The original was a subtle and powerful moment. The new? Cheesy and lame. A subtle foreshadowing of the 3 prequels Lucas was about to do.
- He made Darth Vader a stupid, whiny idiot in Episodes I-III.
Ok. I have to stop there. You have any Lucas peeves?
July 11th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I promised myself I’d try never to watch Episode 3, and I still haven’t seen more than a few clips (the famous “Nooooo!” Vader scene I only know from reenactments done by my friends). In addition to saving me from having to sit through a bad movie, it’s had the effect of reasserting my ability to imagine Star Wars the way I want it to be, hence robbing Lucas of all of his power to disappoint me. He just doesn’t bother me any more.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
i have three great reasons.
1) episode 1
2) episode 2
3) episode 3
July 11th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Ah, some good ol’ fashion lucas hatin’.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Lucas proved that above all others he deserves to wear my name, Max Hubris, when he wrote the heinous, horrendous screenplay for Episode III.
“I…I killed them. I killed them all. They’re
dead!”
What a writer!
July 12th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Yup, I’m with Howie. Lucas should have had his director’s license revoked after Jar Jar Binks. Or maybe it should have been taken away long before to have saved us the agony.
July 12th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Max - that is a fine example of Lucas’ fantastic writing skillz!!
Stefanie - I agree, although, thinking about it more I’ll take it a step further, he should have had his license revoked after Ewoks. I mean, I liked Jedi, but man it would have been a better movie if it was the planet of wookies and not care bears! Even back then the seeds of Jar Jar were planted.
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