George Lucas calls it quits!

if it's true, then my prayers have been answered

PS, i can't tell you that i may know someone who saw a pre screening of his "final" movie, and that they may have signed an agreement not to talk about it, and that their response to seeing that film was simply..... wow.............

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Such a load of BS.

I really doubt the studio execs ignored the arguably most 'successful' (in terms of marketing and profit) filmmaker of all time. Sounds like the perfect PR spin to give George Lucas an underdog persona... something he isn't. That guy has more professional relationships, and deeper pockets than almost anyone in Hollywood. He could vomit in a shoe and the studio execs would at least take a look at it.

I understand how an all black cast of a film can have disadvantages to foriegn distribution and some domestic, but to pretend that studio execs are ignoring George Lucas is ridiculous.

This reeks of george lucas trying to create a public relations story. Think about it. An underdog group of pilots who were victims of prejudice, in a film that is an underdog film which seems to be experiencing prejudice from studios.
 
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imdjay said:
if it's true, then my prayers have been answered

PS, i can't tell you that i may know someone who saw a pre screening of his "final" movie, and that they may have signed an agreement not to talk about it, and that their response to seeing that film was simply..... wow.............

and a little more ...................
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Good thing you don't use a real name... or your friend would already be dead. Oh wait your name is at the bottom...
 
Ryan Patrick O'Hara said:
Such a load of BS.

I really doubt the studio execs ignored the arguably most 'successful' (in terms of marketing and profit) filmmaker of all time. Sounds like the perfect PR spin to give George Lucas an underdog persona... something he isn't. That guy has more professional relationships, and deeper pockets than almost anyone in Hollywood. He could vomit in a shoe and the studio execs would at least take a look at it. .
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LOL, I questioned that too.

-Nate
 
I wish him, and the film well.

I can take the occassional innocence, and just a bit of naivete, but if he throws corn in here (or even worse, corn syrup), he'll lose me.

And it figures he'd make the middle episode, fighting the evil empire, and not deal with all the ugliness back home...
 
I hope he goes the way of FF Coppola and does good on his word and makes "small" movies. I mean at least if he makes crap, it can at least be interesting crap. I loved the first hour of Tetro, and despite alot of his new horror flick looking like cheese I'm sure there's a good idea or two in there.
 
With how much he and the reporter are talking this movie up, it better be the best thing since... well, since Han shot first. Gotta be honest, though, I'm kind of curious to see it. Might catch a matinee on Friday or Saturday.
 
I could understand if execs are unwilling to put money on this. Starwars and Indiana Jones are George Lucas' safe zone. He can make awful crap there and still make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.

But that's Starwars and Indiana Jones making the money, not George Lucas. He's the ugly side of that coin, the one part that's actually disliked by the fans. The videogames and expanded universe stuff have always benefited from his non-involvement, right?

So now he's making a blockbuster-size movie completely out of his safe zone, and I bet a lot of the execs he's talking about grew up on the old Starwars movies, right?
 
Jawa Ex Machina said:
I could understand if execs are unwilling to put money on this. Starwars and Indiana Jones are George Lucas' safe zone. He can make awful crap there and still make hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.

But that's Starwars and Indiana Jones making the money, not George Lucas. He's the ugly side of that coin, the one part that's actually disliked by the fans. The videogames and expanded universe stuff have always benefited from his non-involvement, right?

So now he's making a blockbuster-size movie completely out of his safe zone, and I bet a lot of the execs he's talking about grew up on the old Starwars movies, right?
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I don't understand what's wrong with leaving your safe zone...
 
Braedon said:
I don't understand what's wrong with leaving your safe zone...
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Nothing's wrong with it, but when Tyler Perry decides to make a $150mil fantasy epic in the vein of The Lord of the Rings, you can bet studios execs would show him the latest urban comedy spec in their slush pile and say "How about we make this instead?"
 
Ryan Patrick O'Hara said:
Such a load of BS.

I really doubt the studio execs ignored the arguably most 'successful' (in terms of marketing and profit) filmmaker of all time. Sounds like the perfect PR spin to give George Lucas an underdog persona...
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I'm not sure why the story is so difficult to believe. The article says he SHOWED it to them, and they said no. That's not really ignoring. One studio didn't send their executives to watch it, which rankled George, but that doesn't mean the studios underlings weren't there.
 
From what I've heard about George Lucas from interviews is that he gets big time anxiety/sickness when he directs movies which is why he rarely directs them and has focused more on producing.
 
In regards to Star Wars, I think it will be a good thing for George to step away from it for a bit and work on other films, whether that be just producing or directing as well. But to say, I will never direct any more theatrical Star Wars films seems like he is just venting. We've all been there, feeling a bit defeated and like the world is stacked up against us. I bet he'll see that these 3D re-releases of the Star Wars films will make a bunch of money, and will show that people still want the Force to be with them again. As for the prequels, yeah they were divisive amongst fans, but that is because they could have been so much better. Add to that twenty years of anticipation and hype, to then only be assaulted with The Phantom Menace, which felt like a straight up kids flick, and no wonder some of the fans didn't dig it.

Now with Red Tails, I am certainly going to see this. First of all, I am a huge fan of World War II movies. Second, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen is a good one that hasn't been told much in cinema. It isn't like D-Day or something that is burned into everyone's minds as sort of the big iconic moment of WWII. I don't see the problem with releasing a movie like this, but you know the studios, they are scared of just about any movie that doesn't perfectly fit into their proven formulas for box office success. They didn't believe in Avatar either. Supposedly 20th Century Fox bought James Cameron's blue alien-cat opus only because they didn't want to let another studio have it. I don't know why they'd do that, but I guess they wanted to have it on their roster just in case it was somewhat successful and they'd make a little profit or break even at worst?

I suppose if Lucas wanted to make Red Tails a big giant event movie, he could have convinced his buddy Spielberg to direct it. Mr. Spielberg plus WWII is not a bad combo at all. Although, their last collaboration also irked some of the fans, not of Star Wars, but those of Indiana Jones. So perhaps a Lucas/Spielberg Red Tails might have brought some unnecessary baggage along with it?

Oh well. I am going to see it. If people want to waste their time this weekend with Underworld 4, then that is their (poor) choice to make.
 
Nektonic said:
In regards to Star Wars, I think it will be a good thing for George to step away from it for a bit and work on other films, whether that be just producing or directing as well. But to say, I will never direct any more theatrical Star Wars films seems like he is just venting. We've all been there, feeling a bit defeated and like the world is stacked up against us. I bet he'll see that these 3D re-releases of the Star Wars films will make a bunch of money, and will show that people still want the Force to be with them again. As for the prequels, yeah they were divisive amongst fans, but that is because they could have been so much better. Add to that twenty years of anticipation and hype, to then only be assaulted with The Phantom Menace, which felt like a straight up kids flick, and no wonder some of the fans didn't dig it.

Now with Red Tails, I am certainly going to see this. First of all, I am a huge fan of World War II movies. Second, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen is a good one that hasn't been told much in cinema. It isn't like D-Day or something that is burned into everyone's minds as sort of the big iconic moment of WWII. I don't see the problem with releasing a movie like this, but you know the studios, they are scared of just about any movie that doesn't perfectly fit into their proven formulas for box office success. They didn't believe in Avatar either. Supposedly 20th Century Fox bought James Cameron's blue alien-cat opus only because they didn't want to let another studio have it. I don't know why they'd do that, but I guess they wanted to have it on their roster just in case it was somewhat successful and they'd make a little profit or break even at worst?

I suppose if Lucas wanted to make Red Tails a big giant event movie, he could have convinced his buddy Spielberg to direct it. Mr. Spielberg plus WWII is not a bad combo at all. Although, their last collaboration also irked some of the fans, not of Star Wars, but those of Indiana Jones. So perhaps a Lucas/Spielberg Red Tails might have brought some unnecessary baggage along with it?

Oh well. I am going to see it. If people want to waste their time this weekend with Underworld 4, then that is their (poor) choice to make.
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Lucas is BS.

I read many years ago his declaration about making art house flicks. He opined about how that's who he truly is/was. I call BS. With all the money and time he kept on with the Star Wars crap for years and years after that statement. Lucas fell victim to what a lot of people do - they get a rep and are too chickenshyte to do something different because they think it might damage their cred.

Lucas wants to think of himself a certain way, not be it. There's a difference. I wish he would just stfu.
 
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