Coressel
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oops... I thought the first try didn't take...
[Edited last by Coressel on August 23, 2001 at 06:48 AM]
[Edited last by Coressel on August 23, 2001 at 06:48 AM]
This is once again a case of slamming something because it's trendy to. A ship blows up at the beginning of the movie killing the pilot and co-pilot. There are several guys who get nailed by the big rolling/transformer droids, there's a pilot whose cockpit blows up, and Liam Neeson's character gets a lightsaber blade through the gut.
That's it? I call that sugar coating. Lucas alluded to a war on a planetary scale but we saw none of it. Mostly droids and playtoys.
For him to go back and re-edit many scenes and re-animate many FX shots, he is stepping on the artistic efforts of some who were originally involved in making these films what they are. He should just let these films be, and explore hiscreativity using a 'blank canvas' rather than graphitti-ing over a classic work of art.
If Lucas had fixed Obi-Wan's fizzling lightsaber during his duel with Vader, would you still be complaining?
For him to go back and re-edit many scenes and re-animate many FX shots, he is stepping on the artistic efforts of some who were originally involved in making these films what they are. He should just let these films be, and explore his creativity using a 'blank canvas' rather than graphitti-ing over a classic work of art.
Is this still valid if those same artists had to deliver him a compromise, rather than his original vision, due to the limitations they were presented with?
I'm speaking specifically of the dogfight at the end of Star Wars here.