For a couple generations of film goers, it’s impossible to say that they don’t care deeply about the Star Wars franchise. George Lucas‘s masterwork still provokes discussion, especially when George decides to tinker with the franchise further. Well, he’s tinkered again, and on February 10, 2012, we’ll see how well The Phantom Menace stands up to third dimensional scrutiny. Here’s the trailer, check it out…
Wow. Despite the fact that the giant goiter with a man growing out of it (or, as you might know it, George Lucas), continued to meddle with his original vision, tossing in even more cheesy CGI additions and horrible Darth Vadar “NOOOOOOOO!” exclamations, the Star Wars complete saga Blu-Ray set has, within just one week, become the highest selling Blu-Ray of all time.
Wow. It seems that George Lucas, once the cinematic wizard who gave our childhood dreams shape and form through the whiz-bang popcorn entertainment of the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, continues to morph into the flabby-necked monstrosity hell-bent on turning those once-cherished dreams into nightmare drudgery. I’m talking, of course, about how Lucas has, once again, reedited and revised his classic Star Wars trilogy, this time for the Blu-Ray premiere of the franchise.
George Lucas has been talking about Red Tails for over two decades. He started dishing on the project around 1988, and even as he was going into production on the prequel trilogy, the title kept popping its head out. Lucas was supposed to direct, then he decided to back seat it as the executive producer. Instead TV journeyman Anthony Hemingway was brought in to direct and shooting commenced in 2009. Nobody gets to rush Lucas, though, so the film is now targeting a January 2012 release. Check out the trailer…
Because George Lucas and Steven Spielberg didn’t completely destroy all of the public goodwill directed towards the character of Indiana Jones with the utterly atrocious Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it appears that there may be a fifth film starring the ever-adventurous Dr. Jones, at least according to Crystal Skull costar Shia LaBeouf, so says the AV Club:
Remember back to about a million years ago (ok, maybe it was four years), when George Lucas decided he was going to take a break from ruining his original films with constant updates and make a Star Wars TV show that would bridge the gap between the original trilogy and the dreaded prequels? Well, after taking a break to utterly and brutally destroy everything that was great about Indiana Jones, Lucas has quietly amassed fifty hours of scripted episodes for the new series.
For those looking to catch up on their classics, Criterion’s deal with Hulu plus opens up the door for the cheap explorer. Recently Criterion is now including some of their supplements with the Hulu deal, which means for $7.99 a month you can watch George Lucas talk about Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress, or hear Martin Scorsese wax on about Frederico Fellini. They’ve also added an additional 100 titles to their first announcement.
It’s no secret that the year 2012 is surrounded by negative energy. It was prophesied by the ancient Mayans, that the year would bring forth the apocalypse. Now that it’s almost here, we’ve literally got 11 months to live it up before we get knocked to kingdom come. Some people buy this revelation and some people don’t, and one of the surprising believers happens to be the creator of the Star Wars universe, George Lucas!
Earlier this week there were reports that Star Wars creator George Lucas was going to raise the dead. Not literally, but through the magic of computerized special effects. The rumor sprung up after British comedian Mel Smith told The Sun that Lucas had been buying the rights to “dead movie legends” so he could put them all together in one film with the help of “computer trickery.” This story got blown way out of proportion so the man himself has decided to set the record straight.
