To P. Ami,
No, I actually I feel a little sympathy fer George, in that I think the movie industry then was a a different kind of mess..I think why you have that Italian gangster archtype of today that bears so much influence (ie.e “Godfather” DeNiro, Pacino, even cross market-wise Springsteen)is because the industry needed cash an’ probably a lot of rackerteerin’ agencies saw their inroads there to wash it…an’ in a spirit of lookin’ out fer it’s own,(not nesecarily the Italians but Jewish) somebody said, “This George kid, wants ta make pictures, He’s a good kid give ‘em his break”…Lucas probably didn’t now what he was gettin’ into.But “American Graffetti”(that blonde in the corvette) an’ Star Wars are full of innocence an’ innovation an’ that hungry passion of gettin’ the big break, (a transcendent moment) that it’s a very universal human touchstone.
E’rybody else:
Otherwise I agree you about workin’ hard fer my 10 bucks jest ta see it suckered away, (“humbugged” in the tradition of PT Barnum), is some sourin’ doo-doo.
An’ I think it’s gettin’ worse…especially in terms of the Iraq War…an’ Hollywood’s inexplicable, instantaneous capacity to exploit it. Like it was worked out in advance, who was gonna get what opportunities in terms of the entertainment markets. It’s big commodity these days. A Friday Box-office is guarented, no matter what kinda noodle you flick…”Prom Night” the original..was unheard of as box office draw when it was first released…People were ashamed about it…Movies were’nt really an honorable professions, they were bout bein’ had, an’ trickin’ people….. Not so much these days…look at me here writin’ you on the internet…What has all the great technological progress of the century been so far fielded in? Distributing Movies, Music,..communications…makin’ the speed of the transaction quicker…because people are fanatical about about bein’bored I guess. I don’t know? I know in the end, I can only speak fer myself.I’m gettin’ more an’ more satisified with bein’ bored…instead of bein’ had.
I thought I, II, & III should have started when Annakin was about Luke’s age..an’ already had his evil intent. No need to explain it. The force is jest some magical wand he’s been given..an’ he aims to use it fer his own pleasure..he hustles the jedi, (maybe even the emporer)out fer the main chance..gettin’ things in order to his needs….but he never sees Luke an’ Leia in the mix…He gets duped. I knida thought of the prequels on those terms. They needed a better script that had some of that “this is my big break” passion, not “Fat cat” disposition. I hated seein’ the films so reliant on IV, V, & VI (and so obsessed with Boba Fett)…an’ it was downright perverse how they addressed the current political landscape, while it was progressing…that’s a red flag me that say’s sumethin’s not right here to me.
Another point in spending that $10…
I can’t see how shooting film in front of a green screen has become more costly then having to locate and purchase specifc model sets from all those available, so you can have jest that certain piece to explode…much less trying to concieve and create an actual prototype of say an’ X-wing fighter that somehow looks right and believable. especially when if you goof, that part is no longer available….I can’t see how Hollywood justifies such elaborate expense these days..when the need to build sets and effects has been so drastically reduced…and that the spectacle of such things has become more and more the central focus. The material costs are jest not there.
