So No Accumulated Memory Whatsoever
Posted on Oct 06, 2008 at 07:36 am | Tagged as: Movies
Apparently having not read any reviews, heard any criticism, or watched the actual film, George Lucas is, according to Harrison Ford in a recent Los Angeles Times interview, in “think mode” for a fifth Indiana Jones movie, based on the financial success of the last one.
And the destruction of all my childhood film nostalgia marches forward another step…
I actively hate this man now. He’s so out of touch with reality, he’s almost Michael Jackson…
I actually think 20% of Crystal Skull was not only tolerable, but enjoyable. I’m pretty sure the other 80% is what Lucas demanded be changed from the Darabont draft and Spielbergs vision. I just personally can’t see Ford doing another one without him and Spielberg having a say in it. I’m pretty firmly convinced now that that they only finally caved on the Lucas compromised vision because they assumed it was the last chance they had.
As far as Lucas’s mental problems. I believe there are two really bad things in being a film maker…one is having to compromise or “settle” for far less than you were hoping your product would be and and the other is to be so ego-centric to demand your product be exactly as you envisioned in it and completely dismiss any other input into the vision.
I think the absolutely horrific thing about Lucas is that in reality, he is settling for sub-par product and convincing himself the product is actually the realization of his vision. At the very least, he’s a classic example of why there’s some merit in the “studio” system. If Lucas wasn’t his own Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Pastor, and Congregation member all rolled into one person, then at least there could be SOME checks and balances in the process. As it is, ever since Phantom Menace and growing exponentially in the Star Wars universe he will give frank, dead serious-interviews where he completely contradicts himself about aspects and directions of the franchise while completely asserting that everything was exactly like he had planned it all along. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear him come out at some point and claim that he had always intended Ewoks to be the heroes in JEDI and that the whole Wookiee concept was just a fan/media rumor. Hard to tell whether he believes his delusions or if he simply thinks that his fan base is just as inept and ignorant as the average American who voted for Bush twice.
Cripes, wasted all that in a comment/reply when I could have made a whole blog post for my own site outta that.