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RocShemp 03-07-23 09:02 PM

Re: The General Star Wars Discussion Thread
 

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 14244159)
There's just no vision for anything at Lucasfilm. They're still hiring directors and hoping they can come up with something, then letting them go when things, for whatever reason, don't pan out. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Is Disney secretly run by Warner Bros? Cos that sounds like the typical DC strategy.

Josh-da-man 03-07-23 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 14244182)
A bit of a tangent, but maybe instead of watching the full seasons 10 & 11 of The X-Files, just watch the good episodes (which aren't the arc ones). I recommend "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster", "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat", and "".

The tenth and eleventh seasons of The X-Files are really weird. Most of the episodes are just flat-out awful, but "The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat," could easily be in the top 5 episodes of the entire series. And the Were-Monster one is pretty good, too.

I either don't remember "Rm9sbG93ZXJz" or missed it. (Even googled it for a plot summary.)

Were-Monster and Lost Art are the only episodes I really remember, except for the awful macro-arc that seemed to retcon the macro-arc of the first nine seasons.

I often wonder if the unsatisfying nature of the conspiracy macro-arc of The X-Files comes down to bad writing and making shit up as they go along, or if they're attempting to capture the mercurial nature of conspiracy theories. I tend to believe the former, though.

Michael Corvin 03-09-23 07:28 PM

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Wow, Patty Jenkins is having a rough few months.

DJariya 03-09-23 08:23 PM

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Patty Jenkins went from having Wonder Woman 3, Cleopatra, and Rogue Squadron in the works to nothing. She has nothing in development. Sucks to be her. And she hasn't worked in almost 5 years. WW2 was filmed in 2018.

Rob V 03-10-23 01:22 PM

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She really, really shit the bed with WW2... and Waititi shit the bed with Thor... I don't know if I want to see my favorite franchise touched by either of them despite a record of SOME success.

I love Christopher Nolan's work - all of it. I wonder if he would ever get a chance to make a trilogy.

stvn1974 03-10-23 01:37 PM

Re: The General Star Wars Discussion Thread
 

Originally Posted by Rob V (Post 14245444)
She really, really shit the bed with WW2... and Waititi shit the bed with Thor... I don't know if I want to see my favorite franchise touched by either of them despite a record of SOME success.

I love Christopher Nolan's work - all of it. I wonder if he would ever get a chance to make a trilogy.

Hasn't the franchise suffered enough since 1997?

kefrank 03-10-23 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob V (Post 14245444)
I love Christopher Nolan's work - all of it. I wonder if he would ever get a chance to make a trilogy.

I'm a big fan of pretty much all of Nolan's catalog too, but I don't think he'd be a very good fit for the Star Wars universe.

devilshalo 03-10-23 06:04 PM

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I'd rather see Neill Blomkamp direct a Star Wars film than Nolan.

RocShemp 03-10-23 06:44 PM

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I'm a huge fan of Nolan's work, but given his increased obsession with violently aggressive audio, the opening fanfare alone is liable to murder 90% of the audience.

Thank goodness he hasn't decided to revive the Deep Note (though I do miss it).



Or make THUD a reality.


DJariya 03-20-23 11:38 PM

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Surprise, Surprise another Star Wars project in limbo. Says they are getting a new writer.


RocShemp 03-20-23 11:57 PM

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It's weird how they can't seem to get any film projects up and running. How hard is it to map out a three-movie arc and sign on all the required talent? Heck, how hard is it to just make one movie in a franchise that practically sells itself?

Rob V 03-21-23 08:46 AM

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At what point does the Disney Board of Directors look at the leadership and say 'this just isn't working'?

milo bloom 03-21-23 10:34 AM

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Even though they de-canonized them all, it wouldn't be a stretch to look at the DECADES of comics and novels (even some of the games) and just adapt something, literally anything.

At this point it's got to be the leadership at Disney trying to meddle with the story (like they did with Finn) and the directors are pushing back. They're not going to get anything if they don't just try to do something.

GoldenJCJ 03-21-23 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 14249811)
Even though they de-canonized them all, it wouldn't be a stretch to look at the DECADES of comics and novels (even some of the games) and just adapt something, literally anything.

They had the perfect opportunity to honor the legacy characters AND transition away from the Skywalker Saga with the prequel trilogy but instead of going in a new direction they chose to double down with the “Rey Skywalker” bullshit at the end of RoS.

Now if they want to go in a new direction away from the Skywalkers, they’ll have to go about it completely cold. I’m not sure they’ve got the balls to take the franchise in a completely new direction like that.

Artman 03-21-23 11:22 AM

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Good, I don't want any new movies until leadership and direction is solid - maybe have something for the 50th anniversary in 2027.

Josh-da-man 03-21-23 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 14249710)
Surprise, Surprise another Star Wars project in limbo. Says they are getting a new writer.

https://twitter.com/theinsneider/sta...ROaaX6I5S_8l2Q

Are Lucasfilm, its lackies, and its apologists, going to blame the "toxic fans" again?

stvn1974 03-21-23 04:43 PM

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At this rate my cat's agent is waiting for a call.

milo bloom 03-22-23 11:03 AM

Re: The General Star Wars Discussion Thread
 

Originally Posted by stvn1974 (Post 14249975)
At this rate my cat's agent is waiting for a call.

There's a guy on TikTok that taught his cat to play Cards Against Humanity, I say we find this cat and ask her to choose some comic or novel and Lucasfilm has to make that story next.

DJariya 03-22-23 07:08 PM

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The creator of Peaky Binders was hired to write the new Star Wars movie.

I hope he makes it very British ;)


GoldenJCJ 03-22-23 07:35 PM

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I guess it’ll just be that much more disappointing when it gets cancelled again.

Josh-da-man 03-23-23 11:00 AM

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Are we going to start a pool to bet on when this guy is off the project?

I'll take September.

dex14 03-23-23 05:57 PM

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TGM 03-23-23 08:33 PM

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and 6 months later THREE subsequent cancellations.

Josh-da-man 03-23-23 09:35 PM

Re: The General Star Wars Discussion Thread
 

Originally Posted by dex14 (Post 14250906)

The Rian Johnson Trilogy lives! :banana::banana::banana:

TGM 03-24-23 06:22 AM

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that prick's name best not be attached to any of them.


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