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Lucas Misses Autocracy on Potential Indiana Jones 5

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Posted 29 July 2008 - 09:14 PM

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"If I can come up with another idea that they like, we'll do another."

UK, July 28, 2008 - In spite of the critical mauling Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull received, George Lucas has been discussing the possibility of a fifth film in the franchise, stating, "If I can come up with another idea that they like, we'll do another."

Speaking to The Sunday Times, Lucas said that putting together the recently released sequel was a challenge. "Indiana Jones only becomes complicated when you have another two people saying 'I want it this way' and 'I want it that way', whereas when I first did Jones, I just said 'We'll do it this way' - and that was much easier.

"But now", he went on, "I have to accommodate everybody, because they are all big, successful guys too, so it's a little hard on a practical level."

Is Indy set to return for a fifth outing?

Lucas also elaborated on the creative differences he and Spielberg have recently been experiencing. "We still have the issues about the direction we'd like to take." he explained.

"I'm in the future, Steven's in the past. He's trying to drag it back to the way they were, I'm trying to push it to a whole different place. So still we have a sort of tension. This recent one came out of that. It's kind of a hybrid of our own two ideas, so we'll see where we are able to take the next one."

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I know I've said all this a Million times before but,


"Indiana Jones only becomes complicated when you have another two people saying 'I want it this way' and 'I want it that way', whereas when I first did Jones, I just said 'We'll do it this way' - and that was much easier.

"But now", he went on, "I have to accommodate everybody, because they are all big, successful guys too, so it's a little hard on a practical level."



Star Wars (77-83) was only good because he was a nobody that professionals had some control over.

You leave Lucas to do what he wants and suddenly there's people surfing on lava, swimming through planet cores, actually saying; "you're breaking my heart", and wise old people saying "hmmm the dark side i sense in you" to Dracula looking motherfuckers who tried to execute heroes of the republic in front of a full stadium, and Senators hiring bounty hunters to hire bounty hunters to employ robots to drop of giant worms to commit regicide on a girl!



"I'm in the future, Steven's in the past. He's trying to drag it back to the way they were, I'm trying to push it to a whole different place. So still we have a sort of tension. This recent one came out of that. It's kind of a hybrid of our own two ideas, so we'll see where we are able to take the next one."



Future = green screen instead of sets and locations, distracting unrealistic silly CGI tomfoolery, no direction for actors,
Past = stunts, character development, direction, story.

And as if Fridge and a shower being the neccessary protection against a nuclear blast wasn't 100% Lucas.

Ultimatley here, he's just prooving everything I"ve ever said about him.
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 12:09 AM

QUOTE (barend @ Jul 29 2008, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

"I'm in the future, Steven's in the past. He's trying to drag it back to the way they were, I'm trying to push it to a whole different place. So still we have a sort of tension. This recent one came out of that. It's kind of a hybrid of our own two ideas, so we'll see where we are able to take the next one."


Future = green screen instead of sets and locations, distracting unrealistic silly CGI tomfoolery, no direction for actors,
Past = stunts, character development, direction, story.


Nicely put, and I too know this "future" that Lucas looks forward to to ruin a film. Harrison Ford might be discouraged from doing an Indy 5 if it's going to be all CGI.

Lucas should be left to making cartoons because that's what all the CGI is, animation. No talent, just flashy crap.

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 12:13 AM

George Lucas should save some of those lines for his villain speeches.

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I'm in the future, You're in the past. You're trying to drag it back to the way they were, I'm trying to push it to a whole different place. Now I shall strap you to a bomb and start the countdown. Good day, Dr. Jones.

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 01:00 AM

Funny, in the past they filmed fantasy/sci fi stuff all in studio to cut costs. Then the genre became really popular (thanks largely to Lucas, and (spearheaded largely by Lucas) they filmed on location. So apparently to Lucas, the future should be more like the past. Me, I prefer the present, or the recent past.

"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
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Posted 12 August 2008 - 10:31 AM

Although I enjoyed the new Indy, I agree that Lucas is a fool and people need to keep a close eye on him to stop him from cocking things up.
This new place he mentions, was that where all those aliens came from at the end? You know, the worst bit of the film.
And does it have really selective magnetism?
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 11:45 AM

I honestly think the quality in Lucas' work now resides in the games and multiverse that it generated over teh past two decades and not with him any longer.

Pretty bad when your fanboys write better than you, Mr. Lucas.
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Posted 19 August 2008 - 02:45 PM

QUOTE (reiner @ Aug 19 2008, 12:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I honestly think the quality in Lucas' work now resides in the games and multiverse that it generated over teh past two decades and not with him any longer.

Pretty bad when your fanboys write better than you, Mr. Lucas.


Exactly! The worse the film (or it's CG modifactions), the better the videogames.

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Posted 20 August 2008 - 08:43 AM

I'd rather play Rogue Squadron, KotOR, or TIE Fighter/X-Wing then see another Star Wars movie.

And the Clone Wars shorts that CN produced were better quality than the prequels, for God's sake.
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Posted 20 August 2008 - 01:04 PM

QUOTE (reiner @ Aug 20 2008, 09:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd rather play Rogue Squadron, KotOR, or TIE Fighter/X-Wing then see another Star Wars movie.

And the Clone Wars shorts that CN produced were better quality than the prequels, for God's sake.


And that's what bothers me about Lucas choosing a new director for the CW films and completely dismissing what was already made. I don't think Gendy T. would have turned down Lucas to elaborate on more CW story. Even if it is just standard animation and no CG, if it was in the theaters and already had a good reputation with fans, then it will pull a greater profit.

What is wrong with Lucas?! There was an easier way to generate profit if that's all he's concerned about. Give the people what they want!

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