Originally posted by Ace Hambone
I was 100% happy with Alec Guinness as Obi Wan ...
Guiness himself thought the dialogue was rubbish. Can't post links as a newbie to this site, but do a search for:
alec guinness rubbish star wars dialogue
There are plenty of hits.
He wrote to a friend from set saying "New rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wadges of pink paper, and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable."
Despite him only being there for the paycheck and so a massive sellout, it shows how good an actor he was that he could make dialogue, that he himself thought was rubbish, sound believable.
It's been around for some time, but check out Bad Lip Reading "Bushes of Love" on YouTube.
Re: What Would You Change in the OT?
Originally posted by King Joker
If you could change anything in the Original Trilogy what are some of the things would you change?
I'd change the atrocious dialogue, awful acting, one-dimensional characters, lack of character development, numerous plot holes, scientific impossibilities, lame wisecracks and get rid of all the lame-looking model/puppet aliens (that doesn't mean all of them, just the lame-looking ones).
Generally I'd make the whole thing darker - darkness should permeate the films and it doesn't (you just get glimpses of it). The Riddick films are much darker plot-wise than any of the OT films, and the OT could do with a healthy dose of that darkness. After all, the rebels are meant to be living in this oppressive galaxy ruled by an evil Empire, but I don't get any sense of oppressiveness at all watching the OT.
Fanboy/fangirls will probably call for me to be burnt at the stake as a witch and denounce me for blasphemy, but deep down they know I'm right -- search your feelings.
Originally posted by queeq
I'd only fix ROTJ a little bit. Probably bring in Wookiees instead of Ewoks. As was the original plan. Much more credible than teddy bears.
That wasn't part of the original plan. George Lucas lied about that.
Lucas specifically wanted teddy bears ("Ewoks"😉 - and the actual original creator of the Ewoks sued Lucas years later - when it became known that Lucas had actually plagiarized him to use the idea.
When George Lucas learned about how unpopular the Ewoks were, he lied and said that he planned for it to be Wookiees, which was a lie. 😐
Why do you think that retard purposefully created several spinoffs of the Ewoks into feature-length films?
Originally posted by LukeStarkiller
I'd change the atrocious dialogue, awful acting, one-dimensional characters, lack of character development, numerous plot holes, scientific impossibilities, lame wisecracks and get rid of all the lame-looking model/puppet aliens (that doesn't mean all of them, just the lame-looking ones).Generally I'd make the whole thing darker - darkness should permeate the films and it doesn't (you just get glimpses of it). The Riddick films are much darker plot-wise than any of the OT films, and the OT could do with a healthy dose of that darkness. After all, the rebels are meant to be living in this oppressive galaxy ruled by an evil Empire, but I don't get any sense of oppressiveness at all watching the OT.
Fanboy/fangirls will probably call for me to be burnt at the stake as a witch and denounce me for blasphemy, but deep down they know I'm right -- search your feelings.
I'd make it more kiddy and focus in characters with simple emotions.