[OT] More George Lucas bashing.

[PvK]

It, and other satire, are still legal, though I wouldn't put it past a corporate mentality to consider buying laws to change that.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Hmm...Not up on those laws. Was unsure if satire could be sold.

[HoneyBadger]

The problem with Star Wars 1, 2, 3 is that Lucas thought he could direct people, and he can't, atleast as well as others. He's very good at what he does, but when he made the original Star Wars movies, he had partners who knew how to get good, strong (if a bit hammy) performances out of the actors, and who could write decent script. It also doesn't help the rest of us that he basically made the prequils for his children, not for the viewing public. Lucas always wanted to be an 'artsy' film director-Star Wars took him by surprise as much as the rest of the world, and it's not what he wanted to do with his life. He kindof in a way IS Darth Vader if you think about it, with Lucas Arts and their lawyers the evil empire. I'm sure there's a dark, shadowy Emperor Palpatine in there somewhere that's directing all the evilness, but I don't see George Lucas as master manipulator here. I'm sure he clings to Star Wars a bit as his own intellectual property, but he's not the devil incarnate, just maybe can be viewed as the devil's figurehead in some ways, occasionally, but then power and money can be expected to corrupt us fragile humans.

[HoneyBadger]

You know, really, if you think about it, the original Star Wars was like Lucas taking us all on a two-week all-expenses-paid vacation to Hawaii, and it's fantastic, and then the prequils are like him inviting us all over to his house 20 years later and we're all like "this is kinda skanky compared to last time, George...".

It's not like he had to give us what we wanted-he did the first time and the second time he capitalized on it. I'm sure at this point he's more interested in his kids' future wealth and property than he is in his own, not to mention the employees of Lucas Arts. It's not like he's burning babies. We just have all decided that Star Wars belongs to the world, and legally (unfortunately) it doesn't...but it will someday.

[Suicide Junkie]

Only if your politicians stop stealing from the public by extending copyright indefinitely.

[PvK]

Hmm I wonder how the animated ASCII version of Episode IV is coming along...