I reckong GL would do something like this, his philosophy of movie making is rooted in 'story telling' and pushing the tech to get the story told as the story teller visualizes it.
Being an independant movie maker also means its gotta make $$$, and Starwars would $$$ regardless of it being a rehash or remake.
Even if I didnt like the idea of 5, 6 and 7 being remade, so you seriously think I wouldnt go and see it?
Originally posted by solsmitch
the only people who want the originals to re-done are annoying nerds who are obsessed with absolutely perfect continuity. if they were to be re-made it would cause a public outcry. people were annoyed enough after just a few minor changes
"Public outcry"!! get the f**k outta here, since when does an independent movie maker who's telling a story, building a business to tell it and working his ass off to get it done have to sway his artwork to accomadate the public?
Originally posted by solsmitch
the only people who want the originals to re-done are annoying nerds who are obsessed with absolutely perfect continuity. if they were to be re-made it would cause a public outcry. people were annoyed enough after just a few minor changes
Originally posted by Revan Souer
Im not a nerd, its just the older trilogy don't work anymore. As if they did you wouldn't get so many forums arguing about plot holes. I have kids and I bet they would appreciate them being redone. As for a public outcry that would depend on how well they were done
No, the PT doesn't work.
The OT was there first, so by rights they really should have made more of an effort to keep the new PT in-line with the OT.
There's no need to redo them. WTF?
Like I have said before, why don't you go and remake Casablanca and Citizen Kane while you're at it.
Jesus H Christ.
Originally posted by Red Superfly
No, the PT doesn't work.The OT was there first, so by rights they really should have made more of an effort to keep the new PT in-line with the OT.
There's no need to redo them. WTF?
Like I have said before, why don't you go and remake Casablanca and Citizen Kane while you're at it.
Jesus H Christ.
Originally posted by Revan Souer
Remakes happen all the time, look at king kong. You couldn't now remake the new tri even though its them that are really out of sink, but it is would be very intresting to se what Lucas could do with the old ones with the tec we have now. I doesn't work when they just update them as its clear where the updates have taken place. A complete remake is the best answer.
Actually, leaving them alone is the best answer.
They are done. End.
your saying the PT is crap? ****ing hell!
at the moment, PT smashes OT's ass, cooks it and eats it then poops it out
dont get me wrong, i love star wars. all the movies, but if your watching them in numerical order the OT will get boring as they wont look like the PT and they wont blend together. remake the OT so they look like the same movies. heres some of the things im on about
space battles:
PT=great cg space battles/ OT= crap battles where they use the same background plate over and over again and you can see the green behind the TIE fighters where the tried to take it out and the BG plates dont look rendered
saber fights
PT= great fights where they move super fast/ OT= only complaining about ep 4 here.. slow battles where they just push there sabers toward eachother very slowly. i understand that DV couldnt move well as he is half cybernetic half human. but look at how fast he moved in 5 and 6. he shouldve took down ben a long time before the final stike as ben moved so slow due to old age
Puppets
PT: digital characters that look so real and perfect/ OT: crap yoda, the clones/stormtroopers dont look as well done in ep2 and 3. and that asteroid monster. how shit and obivious did that look. and dont even talk to me about jabba in ep6
the list goes on. the only reason i want them redone is to make it look like the PT
if any body here that saw sw in 1977 and think that the PT is crap and think the cg should be taken out of the PT and not into the OT. think again. without cg there would only be about 4 minutes of each film and no story.
thats my 2 cents.
Even though I like all the tech in the prequels and the light saber battles the OT is classic, and its not like King Kong, you just can't make a new one, Star Wars is a story told over 6 movies. I highly doubt the OT will ever be totally remade. besides I like the saga as a whole and enjoy both trilogys, although ROTS is my favorite episode.
The Ones, All you have stated is how much the effects are better. Effects do NOT make the stories any better, in fact they are the reason as to why most people hate the PT or don't like it as much as the OT.
When you grow up, you may appreciate the OT story more than the flashy effects.
OT = Where the main bulk of the story happens. Better characters, funnier, more interesting, more varied characters and a proper space adventure.
PT = Flashy back-story full of digital wizardry. Fun, but nowhere near as good as the OT in terms of real character.
One day, you'll be mature enough to understand that effects do not make a great movie, and you'll stop judging the movies based on the damn graphical quality.
And, I've watched them in order, and frankly the movies get better in general as they go from 1-6. I get so sick of Episode II's crap that I can't wait till Vader shows up in III and we can get on with the important bit.
Why not?
There are go-arounds and compromises. The OT was built on them.
If GL wanted to make the Clone Wars in 1977, he could have done, only he would have used real actors in suits, in a field.
Big epic battles have been a movie staple for decades now. The Clone War would have been shot just like any other movie.
The final battle wouldn't have needed to have been on a lava planet to make the story any better. Change the lava to an indoor reactor and you'd still have the same story. It may not look as flashy but the story would be no different at all - and that is what is important right?
What I'm saying is, the effects do not dictate a good story. A good director would be able to pull off the same story as the PT but without such a heavy reliance on CGI, and in many ways, it could have been better, especially because the actors wouldn't be on green screen sets all the time.
And I dunno about you but some of the duel in Episdoe III reminded me of a video game, especially the very fake looking lava hopping.
I mean I like the movies, but when it comes down to it, you remove the effects, and the OT still shines (because most of the key and famous scenes were CHARACTER driven), while the PT is exposed and weak without it (because it's best scenes relied totally on effects and flashy stunts).
I do think the old trilogy focused more on the characters and had a lot more emotion put into it. Whereas with the new trilogy, instead of all the real emotion, shows us lots of flashy effects to entertain us. In the old trilogy we had a cast that was in every movie and we could relate better, but with the PT characters just come and go and you don't really get to know them unless you buy a book ... for example Maul, Grevious, Dooku, etc. Anyway good point Superfly