Just wondering, how many oscars has George Lucas won ?
is it more than 11 ?
jaeufraser
03-01-04, 01:52 AM
Well, Peter Jackson has only won 2...so who cares. I don't think Lucas has won an oscar though.
Original Desmond
03-01-04, 01:58 AM
Lucas or any of his films i meant
Giles
03-01-04, 02:00 AM
the man made Howard the Duck and created Jar Jar Binks where's the creativity in that?
RichC2
03-01-04, 02:00 AM
Well, Peter Jackson has only won 2...so who cares. I don't think Lucas has won an oscar though.
3. Director/Writer/Producer.
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 02:06 AM
I have to ask.. Does this matter?
Kicker_of_Elves
03-01-04, 02:53 AM
Originally posted by Jackskeleton
I have to ask.. Does this matter?
Nope!
groovrbaby
03-01-04, 02:53 AM
Well, I sure as hell wouldn't give Lucas an Oscar. I'd give him an ice cream cone and a beating with the "stick of creativity".
And sure, it matters. I mean, why not?
JBurns24
03-01-04, 02:57 AM
Just so I'm sure...
was this thread created just so people could bash Lucas?
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:01 AM
Originally posted by JBurns24
Just so I'm sure...
was this thread created just so people could bash Lucas?
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Rivero
03-01-04, 03:02 AM
Um, I'm sorry I'm going to need more information, please. Who is this Lucas you guys are talking about?
Original Desmond
03-01-04, 03:02 AM
Originally posted by Jackskeleton
I have to ask.. Does this matter?
Jackieboy Jackieboy Jackieboy, does 99.9% of stuff posted on dvdtalk really matter ?
the answer is NO
but hey that's why we post it isn't it
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:04 AM
Well when you start a thread that is sounding totally like a Lucas bash for the sake of only having a lucas bash.. it should matter.
Just because you can post something, doesn't mean you should. the wording is going to lead for a flame war. Instigating a flame war for the sake of having one seems pointless.
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:08 AM
Mind you, I'm not telling you what you can't and can not post. Not being a dictator here or actin' da mod or nothing like that. But the Lucas bashing already happens plenty in star wars threads. Lets enjoy this night for LOTR's awards and not have to go through a Lucas Vs Jackson silly debate.
Original Desmond
03-01-04, 03:08 AM
Originally posted by JBurns24
Just so I'm sure...
was this thread created just so people could bash Lucas?
Actually no, i genuinely didn't know how many Oscars Lucas has won and i was intrigued about the answer
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:11 AM
'Star Wars' (1977) won six Oscars.
'The Empire Strikes Back' (1980) won an Oscar for Best Sound.
Then again if you really want to go all out.. How many awards has ILM won? ;) since that is a branch of lucas' creation.. 14. Lucasfilm's feature films have won 17 Oscars and received 56 Academy Award nominations, and its television projects have won 12 Emmy Awards.
So could that be some expansion to what you were looking for?
Original Desmond
03-01-04, 03:36 AM
How many did the Twin towers and Fellowship get ?
thanks for the info jackieboy
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:41 AM
Fellowship won:
Best make-up
Best cinematography
Best visual effects
Best original score
Two Towers:
Best visual effects
Best Sound editing
anyone want to jump in on that list?
Rivero
03-01-04, 03:59 AM
Originally posted by Jackskeleton
anyone want to jump in on that list?
Sure, ROTK just won 11 oscars out of 11 nominations.
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 04:35 AM
Thanks for stating the obvious. :p
jaeufraser
03-01-04, 05:11 AM
Originally posted by Original Desmond
Actually no, i genuinely didn't know how many Oscars Lucas has won and i was intrigued about the answer
Ok, it's just that so many are out to just bash Lucas. So you can see why many of us find the question to be nothing more than fishing for flames.
But since you say otherwise, I do believe you. Lucas and Jackson do, in fact, have much in common, from making worldwide, much loved genre trilogies (that both garnered academy notice, Jackson receiving far more) to running and owning their respective technical companies behind those and (I assume with WETA in the future) other films. Fortunately Lucas forgot to rape my childhood, so I can still enjoy his work, even though some of it isn't necessarily great.
DarthVong
03-01-04, 07:21 AM
YAWN....
El-Kabong
03-01-04, 11:50 AM
Originally posted by Original Desmond
Just wondering, how many oscars has George Lucas won ?
is it more than 11 ?
Blah, blah, blah, Lucas raped my childhood, blah, blah, blah, Jar-Jar must die, blah, blah, blah, Episode one sucks, blah, blah, blah, no OT no sale, blah, blah, blah.
There, does that cover all the bases of this thread? Good - now lets move on.
DaveNinja
03-01-04, 11:53 AM
Luca$ is only in it for the money. He ebayed all his oscars (and special edition oscars) years ago.
Kal-El
03-01-04, 12:08 PM
Originally posted by Original Desmond
Actually no, i genuinely didn't know how many Oscars Lucas has won and i was intrigued about the answer
Sure. And you decided to post the question the night that ROTK swept the Oscars? Pretty convenient wouldn't you say? This was flame bait from the get go.
randy1320
03-01-04, 12:27 PM
Here is a link to the various awards and nominations if anyone is interested.
Originally posted by Rivero
Um, I'm sorry I'm going to need more information, please. Who is this Lucas you guys are talking about?
He lives on the second floor, yes I think you've seen him before. If you hear something late at night, just don't ask him what it was.
resinrats
03-01-04, 01:08 PM
Originally posted by groovrbaby
Well, I sure as hell wouldn't give Lucas an Oscar. I'd give him an ice cream cone and a beating with the "stick of creativity".
Shouldn't Peter Jackson get worse of a beating then? Lucas at least made up his movies. Jackson didn't make up LOTR, he converted a series of books to film. Tolkien was the one that made up all the LOTR stories, Jackson was just copied them to another medium.
Terrell
03-01-04, 01:11 PM
Actually no, i genuinely didn't know how many Oscars Lucas has won and i was intrigued about the answer
Yeah, and I'm Sammy Davis Jr. You're a liar and bad one to boot, not to mention an idiot as well.
the man made Howard the Duck
Another clueless statement. Lucas did not make Howard the Duck. He didn't create it. He didn't write the story or the screenplay. He didn't direct. He doesn't own it either. It's not his film at all.
Howard the Duck was directed by Willard Huyck. It was written by Steve Gerber, Willard Huyck, and Gloria Katz. These people are friends of Lucas from USC film school. They made the film. At the time, they were having trouble getting the film distributed. So Lucas allowed them to use his name as executive producer in or to get the film distributed. He wasn't even the executive producer. He just let them use his name so the studio would be happy.
So there's the facts. Howard the Duck is not a Lucas film. Now, maybe we can end this completely inaccurate assumption.
Groucho
03-01-04, 01:17 PM
Hell hath no fury like a Star Wars fan scorned.
talemyn
03-01-04, 01:57 PM
Originally posted by Groucho
Hell hath no fury like a Star Wars fan scorned. :lol:
milo bloom
03-01-04, 02:14 PM
Originally posted by majorjoe23
He lives on the second floor, yes I think you've seen him before. If you hear something late at night, just don't ask him what it was.
:lol:
I can't believe I'm the first to catch that.
covenant
03-01-04, 02:22 PM
Originally posted by Terrell
Yeah, and I'm Sammy Davis Jr. You're a liar and bad one to boot, not to mention an idiot as well.
The difference is that Star Wars lost to a masterpiece like Annie Hall. FOTR lost to A Beautiful Mind (yawn) and TTT lost to Chicago (puke).
Oscars mean very little about the quality of a film.
Rivero
03-01-04, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by Terrell
You're a liar and bad one to boot, not to mention an idiot as well.
Someone suspend this guy.
Fanboy
03-01-04, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by majorjoe23
If you hear something late at night...
Some kind of trouble? Some kind of fight?
Not to add fuel to the flames, but I think if you add up the many awards that Lucasfilm, Skywalker Sound, THx and Pixar have won over the years, then Lucas<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> would be well ahead of Mr. Jackson.
Not to denigrate Pete's achievements, LOTR was fantastic!
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:27 PM
Originally posted by Rivero
Someone suspend this guy.
why? Though spoken otherwise, it's pretty clear a lot of folks saw this thread as a flame from the get go. Some expressed there views in a subtle tone, while he expressed his views the way this thread started. If they weren't looking for a flame war why did he put on his flame suit? ;)
either way.. To judge a film on the amount of awards it recieved from a political system such as Hollywood is silly. Lost in Translation and mystic river both lost to LOTR. does that make them any less worthy of being good films or the film creators any less worthy of being called great film makers?
Dr. DVD
03-01-04, 03:46 PM
GL didn't make Howard the Duck, but he did make Radioland Murders (wrote it at least), and that was tripe!
Sad fact: people called me an idiot and pathetic all the time in one of my infamous threads in the Mature forum, and nobody got banned. In fact, my thread got closed!!!
Jackskeleton
03-01-04, 03:54 PM
Well you can't really call a personal attack when it's true..
OOOOOOoooooooH SNAP! ;)
ckolchak
03-01-04, 04:00 PM
SW won 7.
not sure if one of those was a 'special' non-categorized award or not, but i remember seeing the large white 7 in the newspaper ads for the movie afterwards in the summer of 78
n0fear88
03-01-04, 04:49 PM
'78? ouch! long-time ago :o
fumanstan
03-01-04, 05:06 PM
Who cares what bad movies Lucas has been involved in... i don't recall a lot of people praising how great all of Jackson's movies were before LOTR.
Blake
03-01-04, 07:05 PM
Closing thread - gotten way out of hand and the question has been answered. Let's not start flame wars between Star Wars & LOTR.
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