Even now, as long as Jackson says something about Womp Rat tasting like pumpkin pie, all is forgiven

[theweaselking]

George Lucas is still working hard to undermine all the good press Episode III has been getting.

"I describe it as a 'Titanic' in space. It's a real tearjerker, and it will be received in a way that none of us can expect,"

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[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

...I can't help but think of the Starship Titanic.

You know, the ship that could 100% positively absolutely never crash?

Yeah.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

I think we've seen the "this would never crash" thing play out with Ep. I, but let's see.

Your icon is appropriate for the situation in many and varied ways.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

Also, I now have a mental image of Hayden Christiansen perched on the front end of a Star Destroyer, hollering "I'M KING OF THE GALAXY!!"

Only not, because, you know, there's no sound in space.

[siksyko.livejournal.com]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=30633

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Holy hopping fuck.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

The first sentence is... no, I have no words. And pretty obviously, he has no Clue.

The second sentence adds up to a logical zero. If it'll be received in a way that no one can expect, how can you say that it's a tearjerker, or funny, or tense, or anything that pertains to how it will be received?

In conclusion: George, pretty please with lots of sugar on top, you've done your bit, now shut up. Let the movie speak.

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

I have this theory that Lucas is acting out some kind of bizarre artistic self-hatred and systematically destroying his own work out of self-loathing, like those artists who lose their minds and buy all their canvases back so they can burn them.

(Okay, okay, it's a desperate attempt to put an comprehensible face on it, more than a theory...)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I have a scarier thought:

Lucas is, just as he claims, finally getting to make the movies he ALWAYS WANTED to make. He wasn't satisfied with Star Wars - he was stuck with limits of technology and acting and budget, so even though it was resoundingly considered great, Lucas has always felt it could be BETTER if he could just get it the way he wanted it in his head. Now he's got money and Phenomenal Cosmic Power over the new ones, and he's able to make the movies he wishes the original three were.

You know, like how "Saturn Devouring His Children" would be even more awesome if Goya had been able to add an animated 3D hologram to it, and show the mad chewing-and-pooping action that you know has gotta follow that.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

....aand with that last paragraph, welcome again to metaquotes.

[larabeaton.livejournal.com]

I can believe it's a reall tearjerker. Already, I can visualize thousands of people walking out of the theater with tears streaming down their faces, saying, "I paid 8 bucks for that?"

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

Titanic in space, except with worse acting in dialog. Gee, I can't wait.

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

Acting AND dialog. Sigh.