Selling the soul of Star Wars

[Karma]

Selling the Soul of Star Wars


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It's already been brand-extended to exhaustion & now that it's in Disney's control? It's sure to be run into the ground. Personally, the only Stars Wars movies that matter to me are the original three.

This one paragraph of the story stood out to me:

Today the word “blockbuster” invokes visions of CGI-ridden films—Transformers, superhero movies, and the like—skating on brand recognition rather than on novel characters or storytelling. Which, in turn, makes Star Wars a particularly compelling touchstone. A big part of its appeal lay in how it created a scum-caked, tactile landscape of diverse planets and people. This was a franchise where the robots were humans encased in metallic costumes, not computer-generated death-machines that transform into Porsches. The speeders and snow-walkers and lightspeed-equipped ships all were models assembled by human hands, not digital rendering. It was a blockbuster with soul, in the sense that its most impressive effects had a direct line to an engineer, puppeteer, or actor.

The original films were equal parts extravaganza AND storytelling. The creatures & robots, as well as the vast array of planets & ppl seemed believable. It wasnt all about how "fantastic" & over the top CGI they could get.

 

[Lord Ravena]

They do this now. Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers are two of the best written and acted movies of recent memory.

I agree about the original trilogy being very good but that spirit is still there in some forms. Marvel is actually doing some very good storytelling even though they are now with Disney.

 

[Prophet]

I agree! I absolutely LOVED Guardians of The Galaxy...it was just a lot of fun and had a lot of heart.

And the Avengers was just frickin' kick ass. I think Marvel is doing some great stuff. And I do like JJ Abrams so I think he is going to do a good job. It's a lot of pressure, but I think he will pull it out.