Wow. That's a lot of shit to comb through and glue together.
Disney bought Star Wars & Indiana Jones. - Episode 7 in 2015
Since Lucas is staying away from it, maybe there's a new hope.TPRJones wrote:Now that I find interesting. I've never been a big Star Wars geek, but seeing how they integrate some of these diverse stories into the official canon could be fun to watch.
*rimshot*
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Princess Leia is officially in.
Her personal trainer is going to make a lot of money this year.
Her personal trainer is going to make a lot of money this year.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Best Twitter conversation ever.
https://www.nerdist.com/2014....quabble
https://www.nerdist.com/2014....quabble
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Gary Oldman has a part?
If he's playing Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg J.J. Abrams will win movies.
If he's playing Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg J.J. Abrams will win movies.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
I feel Disney is becoming the EA of movies. They've done nothing original in decades and opt instead to buy up other companies that are producing fresh ideas.
In the process, they will pressure all these new purchases so hard to do nothing to endanger the mouse that they will all eventually go the way of Bioware and Maxis.
I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots. For all of his faults with telling the story, I never doubted that he cared about the story and the characters. I envision Disney picking this up and it starting at the third Pirates movie level of story telling.
I fear for Disney it's not a story and a Universe, but just a ledger entry.
In the process, they will pressure all these new purchases so hard to do nothing to endanger the mouse that they will all eventually go the way of Bioware and Maxis.
I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots. For all of his faults with telling the story, I never doubted that he cared about the story and the characters. I envision Disney picking this up and it starting at the third Pirates movie level of story telling.
I fear for Disney it's not a story and a Universe, but just a ledger entry.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
I feel Disney is becoming the EA of movies. They've done nothing original in decades and opt instead to buy up other companies that are producing fresh ideas.
In the process, they will pressure all these new purchases so hard to do nothing to endanger the mouse that they will all eventually go the way of Bioware and Maxis.
I suspect in 10 years we'll actually miss when Lucas was calling the shots. For all of his faults with telling the story, I never doubted that he cared about the story and the characters. I envision Disney picking this up and it starting at the third Pirates movie level of story telling.
I fear for Disney it's not a story and a Universe, but just a ledger entry.
I don't agree with your comparison at all.
First of all, the reason Disney went after Marvel and Lucasfilm is because of their male audience. Disney has girls locked up, but struggled with finding something that connected to boys.
Meanwhile, they were still developing all their own properties in multiple areas, and the vast majority were successes. Point being, Disney didn't need these companies because they were out of ideas.
On top of that, there was no exodus of the best and brightest at these companies when Disney took over. Disney also didn't come in and install their people at the top. Disney took a hands off approach because they knew the right people were already running these successful franchises.
Further, it's been years since Disney bought Marvel. Where's the constant thrown together trash being thrown in our face? The rushed to market horseshit that moronic executives focused on the bottom line think the "stupid" consumers ill eat up? Sure, maybe if Michael Eisner was still in charge... Instead of mass produced shit, Disney is trying to find the best people to take their franchises forward to build strong futures, not just churn out the same old, same old and slap a new year on the box cover.
This doesn't mean that down the road some financial person won't take over Disney and start exploiting the franchises, but right now, Disney is nothing like EA.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
What ideas of their own has Disney been producing?Leisher wrote:Meanwhile, they were still developing all their own properties in multiple areas, and the vast majority were successes. Point being, Disney didn't need these companies because they were out of ideas.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
I fail to see how having a rodent-led corporation fucking up the Star Wars universe is any different than having than having George "Fuck you, I'm not making any more major studio releases" Lucas fucking it up.Vince wrote:What's been the most "Disney" of the things that Lucas did to the Star Wars franchise?
Get ready for the return of the Ewoks. In large numbers.
I also think the most Disney move Lucas ever pulled was that mitochlorian bullshit. It's like saying tiny Jiminy Crickets are dictating your actions.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I don't know that Disney has any of their own franchises that I can think of, aside from making a movie then selling its toys for 5 years.Vince wrote:What ideas of their own has Disney been producing?Leisher wrote:Meanwhile, they were still developing all their own properties in multiple areas, and the vast majority were successes. Point being, Disney didn't need these companies because they were out of ideas.
But after they bought Pixar Disney still made Tangled, which was better than anything Pixar has made lately. Not sure if that is a good argument or not.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I will choose to look at it like this: it can't possibly get any worst than what Lucas did to it. Maybe....maybe... they are some decision makers at Disney who know exactly how Lucas fucked the franchise, is as pissed as every other Star Wars fan, and knows what NOT to do with it. That person certainly wasn't Lucas who went completely insane sometime during his long exile after Jedi.Vince wrote:Hey! I hope you're right. I just don't think they're going to get any better. We'll just be getting a lot more of them.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."