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Lisa Fary's earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She's angry that it's 2011 and she still doesn't have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram. 6 Comments
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…well, maybe George was right, before he had whatever weird experience it was that turned him into a creature entirely made of suck.
That is possibly the most truthful short article I’ve ever read in my life. I’m always glad when I find I’m not alone in thinking that Lucas has become something of a whiner. Think his prequel Anakin rubbed off on him?
And, of course, this is all to prevent him from actually having a NEW idea….tinkering with francises that already exist (and have for over 20 years) is MUCH easier than keeping your finger on the pulse and figuring out a new story to write.
Oh, I think Anakin is George Lucas, from the Lucas perspective: he’s the most talented, but his contemporaries doubt his vision. Anakin’s downfall is everyone’s fault but his own and he not only refuses to admit when he’s made a mistake, he refuses to take responsibility for his actions.
Nice article, Lisa, and totally true. I’m with Alpha-Girl on this one. Yes, Mr Lucas made us all geeks, and yes, we’re grateful but enough with the belly-button-picking. Have the courage to know when you were producing things people wanted to watch and the wisdom to know that that time is past.
Ok, as an ‘artist’ he could find himself in the position of the famous band that can’t bear to play the hits that made them famous because they’ve done it so many times. In that case, branch out and do something new, fresh and creative. Don’t rehash old stuff in then get irritated when everyone complains. Have the courage to do something completely new. Start a fresh franchise. Form a band. Branch out into sculpture. Knitting. Anything that will get the creative juices flowing. Just stop looking at your back catalogue and for goodness sake, throw away the glitter.
I’m nowhere near the first to say this, but Luke was the star of the original trilogy, and hee was totally against the establishment, a rebel, having to fight like hell to get things done. Anikin is the star of the second trilogy, and he’s a totally self-absorbed whining idiot who completely sells out to power and becomes their willing ass-slave, and not coincidentally, the very thing that Luke fights against. More plainly: Lucas himself has become a total anathema to what he was thirty years ago, so how could the movies not suck?
So.
Anyone else boycotting this crappy-looking new “Clone Wars” film? I know I am!