i can't believe i am actually going to somewhat defend him here... Lucas has different 'silos' of credibility.
Silo 1= Technical process. I consider this to be the advances he has made with Industrial Light & Magic,Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, and Lucasfilm Ltd. These have moved the movie and film industry (and sound and video game industries too) forward in huge strides. I don't know that he will ever be able to damage his credibility here. If there were a Mt Rushmore for creative & technical process he would be on it for sure. Silo 2= Star Wars. He was the guy behind the Space Opera. I am throwing writing and producing the SW films in this specialty as this was/is his biggest recognizable 'baby'. Before Phantom Menace i would say he had the same status as i gave him with silo 1. Then came the 'tinkering' with the original trilogy (Greedo shoots first...Fuck you George) and then to really kick me in the nuts, Phantom Menace. A 2 hour CSPAN episode with less interest than you would get on the healthcare debate in the House or Representatives. With respect to silo 2, George has ruined all credibility for me. Silo 3= Producer. George was the producer on Willow, Tucker and the Indiana Jones films. Again with Raiders, Indy 2 and Indy 3 i would have said he can't go wrong. Then came Crystal Skull. Don't misunderstand me, Georgie hasn't lit this silo on fire and then tried to douse those flames with aviation fuel like he has with silo 2, but he is not doing himself any favors. He has allowed his credibility to slip here and he needs to be aware of it. Silo 4= Writer. George's days as a meaningful and compelling story writer seem to have vanished. He wrote American Graffiti, Raiders of the Lost Ark (with SS) and of course the original SW trilogy. I suppose just to see if gold could really melt, he then wrote Captain EO, The new SW trilogy and Crystal Skull...1850 degrees F George, 1850 F. Silo 5= Director. Ok from the pieces i have seen about George as a director he has never been great. American Graffiti and SW did rock, but i think that they did well because of the material and the actors as much as any directorial insight or guidance Georgie gave them. He was decent at best here even in his heyday, but now that Episodes 1-3 came out this silo just got tossed in with silo 2. Bottom line, George Lucas USED to be a great Writer and Producer, now he is decent at best. He was never a great director. However he is a friggin magician when it comes to the technical process and advances that are needed and come about for making movies. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Erika <[email protected]> wrote: > He just won't stop until he's squandered every drop of credibility he > has left, will he? > > On Mar 18, 5:40 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Link: > http://io9.com/5496171/george-lucas-wants-to-make-jedi-babies-kids-se... > > via Shareaholic) > > > > Someone stop this man. Please. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
