May the Profit Be With You
In the beginning there was George Lucas, and on the first film he created the Stars and the Wars, and it was good.
And on the second film George Lucas separated the fan from his money, and it was good, too.
And on the third film George Lucas breathed life into the nostrils of the Ewok, and it was all downhill from there. And darkness fell upon the theatres of the Earth for one score year and six.
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Pardon me for being a bit cynical about this whole "Star Wars 3D" thing but I guarantee you that one day we will all recall this shameless display of avarice with the same gut-punch of embarrassment that accompanied the release of the Ethyl Merman Disco Album.
Where does it all end?
First there was the original Star Wars, and it was mind-boggling. Then came the sequels, then the Special Editions, then the prequels, the cartoons, and now the 3D versions. At some point Lucas will probably screen a set of prints that have been personally drawn through his butt cheeks, and the fan-boys will go wild.
And then, finally, at some point, Lucas or his heirs will release to theatres all-new, uncut prints of the original movie.
Better reserve your place in line now, 'cause here we go again.
=Lefty=
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Kerry Lauerman
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It's practically a cliche that Lucas stole the heart of the Star Wars saga from the great comic book creator Jack Kirby, and his "Fourth World" stories done for DC Comics. (Look up "Darkseid" on Wikipedia for yourself.) He didn't have any other "sources of inspiration" (to speak politely).
At least when the Warshowski Brothers cobbled together The Matrix, they stole from cyberpunk, Chinese martial arts, a latex fetish wear catalog, and a black lady who wrote a screenplay and foolishly thought she'd make money from it. Lucas probably hasn't cracked a book of any kind since junior high, which is approximately the same literacy level of most of the American audience.
And so, Lucas's only method of working is to remake and re-remake his movies. In a sense, putting new layers of icing on the same cake. It's still the same cake, but it's just getting gloppier and gloppier.
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