Seriously, why does Lucas get to make movies?

[NickT]

Lucas gets to make movies because:

1 - Your opinion on him is an opinion, and others disagree.

2 - George Lucas is fucking awesome

[Flonk]

Absolutely.

But which one?

I think he would've done a cool FF. John C. Reily as the thing.

Also maybe Powerman & Iron fist.

JLA or Avengers.

I'm not even slightly joking about this. It wouldn't be the big action epic everyone wants, but it would be a great movie.

[thatguyfromsyracuse]

I liked it!

[Kensington]

"Get"?

What's "get" got to do with anything?

The guy produces his own movies. Nobody's letting him. He's doing it himself. If you can raise enough money, you, too, can get to produce movies. You could do a trilogy about the cheese between your toes, if you so desire (and I do), as long as you can produce it.

Now if only I could raise enough funds for my own toe cheese opus.

THE WORLD'S UNFAIR!

[thatguyfromsyracuse]

Wow. Spielberg isn't the only one crawled up in Lucas' ass. Y'all, I'm married to a Star Wars freak of nature - I know very well what Lucas has done. I really enjoy the original SW trilogy. You can defend Lucas all you want because he once did something good - that does not mean he gets to forever after do crap. I think he has started to realize he can't direct. I just wish that he'd come up with another idea. Originality is no longer his strong point.





I'm just sayin, Lucas needs to be done now.

Just because people liked the movie, we are "up his ass"? That's just like, your opinion man!

[Thomas Mauer]

Indy 4 was in keeping with the other movies (can't fight Nazis during the Cold War, for Christ's sake!), and it was the action ride one should have expected. It didn't trample over the legacy of the earlier movies at all and actually helps expand the mythos.

In other words, you're dead wrong.

[The Princess]

Indy 4 was in keeping with the other movies (can't fight Nazis during the Cold War, for Christ's sake!), and it was the action ride one should have expected. It didn't trample over the legacy of the earlier movies at all and actually helps expand the mythos.

In other words, you're dead wrong.

No, not wrong since I'm expressing an opinion.

Didn't ask for Nazi's - I was fine with the KGB. Aliens, however, are NOT in keeping with an Indy movie. That was an unoriginal, cop-out ending.

[andrew french]

Munich was a fantastic movie, I couldn't believe that was Spielberg.

These guys go for blockbusters, so often you're going to get both fun entertainment, devoid of any real substance.

I've loved Star Wars since I was a little kid, but even at ten, seeing Episode I, it was obvious George Lucas had lost something.

and i don't like any of the indiana jones that much after the first, anyway. the fourth was fine for an afternoon summer movie with my gf. nothing more for me

[Thomas Mauer]

No, not wrong since I'm expressing an opinion.

Didn't ask for Nazi's - I was fine with the KGB. Aliens, however, are NOT in keeping with an Indy movie. That was an unoriginal, cop-out ending.

Indiana Jones is a pulp action character. If you've read the novels and the comics in addition to watching the movies, you'll know that he's met gods and fairies, fought pirates and warlocks as well as Nazis, Japanese, and tribal warriors. Those things are what action pulp fiction of the 1930s to 1940s was most concerned about. The 1950s saw an increase in science fiction themes in pulp literature.

So yes, you are wrong. It WAS in keeping with the other Indy movies as well as the expanded universe. Plus, the ending was not a cop-out because Indy NEVER gets the big score. He always misses out on it either because he's got a heart of gold, is clever enough to think about survival, or the writer of the story knew that Indy couldn't get the all powerful supergadget that would change the world in the context of his times too much to be even remotely relatable.

[Ashwin Pande]

Munich was a fantastic movie, I couldn't believe that was Spielberg.

These guys go for blockbusters, so often you're going to get both fun entertainment, devoid of any real substance.

I've loved Star Wars since I was a little kid, but even at ten, seeing Episode I, it was obvious George Lucas had lost something.

and i don't like any of the indiana jones that much after the first, anyway. the fourth was fine for an afternoon summer movie with my gf. nothing more for me

You were 10 when Episode 1 came out?

Jesus... I feel so old.