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TK-421-  51 posts
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Date Posted: 2/19/08 11:24am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
shhh

In all seriousness though it's not that hard to see.The whole series is a make it up as you go along patchwork of ideas.

 

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xx_Anakin_xx  1820 posts
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Date Posted: 2/19/08 12:32pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade?? - Date Edited: 2/19/08 12:39pm (3 edits total) Edited By: xx_Anakin_xx
xx_Anakin_xx posted:
r8hitman posted:
I dont think I'm familiar with that version....

Can you post the dialogue?


I have it on CD, it basically goes like this: Anakin cries out when Sidious is attacking Luke, "my son" in an anguished voice, then lifts Sidious up; Sidious says 'put me down!'; then directs the arc of electricity at Vader. Anakin says, 'I will put you down, down the core shaft' (Lmao - I love that line). But the next part is wicked with the dramatic music, voices and sound effects and all, Sidious says (with heightened anxiety as his dark force is not serving to combat Vader): 'I command you to put me down, I am your Master!' and Anakin answers, 'the Master of Darth Vader...but not of Anakin Skywalker!' and then Sidious goes flying down the shaft howling. Good stuff. Since it is declared G canon, it could go in an updated version of the movie.

 

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Grand_Moff_Jawa  4745 posts
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Date Posted: 2/19/08 2:46pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade?? - Date Edited: 2/19/08 2:47pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Grand_Moff_Jawa
TK-421- posted:
shhh

In all seriousness though it's not that hard to see.The whole series is a make it up as you go along patchwork of ideas.



Nah. The OT moves along pretty seamlessly. Star Wars ANH was made to work as a stand-alone movie, so it has an actual ending, but TESB needs ROTJ to complete the story. That doesn't mean they aren't seamless though. The characters were completely consistent movie to movie. New ships, locations and ideas were implemented fairly flawlessly. Sure, George made some up as he went along, even if he won't admit it, but it still worked out okay. Luke and Leia kissing was a little bizarre, but that's about it. The only issues that have arisen with the OT came into being when the PT was finished. George contradicted himself a lot with the PT. But that's not the fault of the OT at all. They've been completed for 25 years.

 

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AnakinBrego  867 posts
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Date Posted: 2/20/08 2:07pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade?? - Date Edited: 2/20/08 2:08pm (1 edits total) Edited By: AnakinBrego
Yeah the Original Trilogy should remade with bad acting, bad dialogue and hit and miss visual effects...oops that was the Prequel trilogy.

 

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The_Jesstar  2940 posts
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Date Posted: 2/20/08 8:42pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
There is no way any other cast would be as good. thatsall.

 

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Grievous  976 posts
Registered: Oct '03
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Date Posted: 2/21/08 9:32am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
I like it the way it is. I don't think a remake would be able to compete.

 

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jake_skywalker 
Registered: Feb '08
Date Posted: 2/24/08 2:11am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
Well it is a very good idel that means the PT can have something in flow together with and O-OT can stand by its self, a remake will be very good for younger fans like me but it will be bad for older fans in someways because people will lose interrest in the O-OT and for my last words i think yes they should it will be 6 moves in order

 

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TK-421-  51 posts
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Date Posted: 2/24/08 1:55pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
Grand_Moff_Jawa posted:
TK-421- posted:
shhh

In all seriousness though it's not that hard to see.The whole series is a make it up as you go along patchwork of ideas.



Nah. The OT moves along pretty seamlessly. Star Wars ANH was made to work as a stand-alone movie, so it has an actual ending, but TESB needs ROTJ to complete the story. That doesn't mean they aren't seamless though. The characters were completely consistent movie to movie. New ships, locations and ideas were implemented fairly flawlessly. Sure, George made some up as he went along, even if he won't admit it, but it still worked out okay. Luke and Leia kissing was a little bizarre, but that's about it. The only issues that have arisen with the OT came into being when the PT was finished. George contradicted himself a lot with the PT. But that's not the fault of the OT at all. They've been completed for 25 years.


Come on;seamless and flawless?The directing,acting,visuals,lightsaber combat for crying out loud,the Icon of Star Wars Darth Vader wasn't
even consistent,etc etc etc.It's fish in a barrel."The only issues that have arisen with the OT came into being when the PT was finished",I can't believe a 43 year old fan could say that.


Grand_Moff_Jawa posted:
[Star Wars ANH was made to work as a stand-alone movie, so it has an actual ending, but TESB needs ROTJ to complete the story. That doesn't mean they aren't seamless though.


That's exactly what it means.



AnakinBrego posted:
Yeah the Original Trilogy should be remade with bad acting, bad dialogue and hit and miss visual effects...oops that was the Prequel trilogy.
LOL,but don't ruin Empire and Star Wars good names though,Jedi was made in the same poor fashion that alot of the PT was made with.

 

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MasterEric  97 posts
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Date Posted: 2/24/08 7:53pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
Any interesting idea... sure. It would be better than having the originals "mixed" with modern technology, breeding a weird hybrid. One would have the originals, prequels and an updated version of the originals. Afterall, if it came out and I didn't care for it I could simply not watch it and pretend it doesn't exist. No harm, no foul.

And I agree with the threads starter that seeing the Vader/Ben fight with modern technology would be most interesting; instead of european fighting styles we would get eastern ones, further linking it with the prequels.

 

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Grand_Moff_Jawa  4745 posts
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Date Posted: 2/24/08 8:02pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade?? - Date Edited: 2/24/08 8:05pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Grand_Moff_Jawa
TK-421- posted:
Grand_Moff_Jawa posted:
TK-421- posted:
shhh

In all seriousness though it's not that hard to see.The whole series is a make it up as you go along patchwork of ideas.



Nah. The OT moves along pretty seamlessly. Star Wars ANH was made to work as a stand-alone movie, so it has an actual ending, but TESB needs ROTJ to complete the story. That doesn't mean they aren't seamless though. The characters were completely consistent movie to movie. New ships, locations and ideas were implemented fairly flawlessly. Sure, George made some up as he went along, even if he won't admit it, but it still worked out okay. Luke and Leia kissing was a little bizarre, but that's about it. The only issues that have arisen with the OT came into being when the PT was finished. George contradicted himself a lot with the PT. But that's not the fault of the OT at all. They've been completed for 25 years.


Come on;seamless and flawless?The directing,acting,visuals,lightsaber combat for crying out loud,the Icon of Star Wars Darth Vader wasn't
even consistent,etc etc etc.It's fish in a barrel."The only issues that have arisen with the OT came into being when the PT was finished",I can't believe a 43 year old fan could say that.


Grand_Moff_Jawa posted:
[Star Wars ANH was made to work as a stand-alone movie, so it has an actual ending, but TESB needs ROTJ to complete the story. That doesn't mean they aren't seamless though.


That's exactly what it means.



AnakinBrego posted:
Yeah the Original Trilogy should be remade with bad acting, bad dialogue and hit and miss visual effects...oops that was the Prequel trilogy.
LOL,but don't ruin Empire and Star Wars good names though,Jedi was made in the same poor fashion that alot of the PT was made with.





Get off me dude. You are entitled to your opinion and so am I. Sheesh.

The OT moves along fine. Sorry if you find fault in it.

What I find fault in is a PT that has Anakin as 9 years old the first time we see him and the next time we see him he's 10 years older and we completely MISSED the formative years of training from Obi-Wan that made him into the troubled youth that eventually becomes Darth Vader. Talk about a big OOPS.

 

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TK-421-  51 posts
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Date Posted: 2/25/08 12:29pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
I'm just killing time on the interweb talking about Star Wars man.Of course your entitled to your opinion,I'm just replying to what you said.No need to get salty peace .



Grand_Moff_Jawa posted:
What I find fault in is a PT that has Anakin as 9 years old the first time we see him and the next time we see him he's 10 years older and we completely MISSED the formative years of training from Obi-Wan that made him into the troubled youth that eventually becomes Darth Vader. Talk about a big OOPS



Indeed,that was one of the biggest mistakes with PT,along with the portrayal of the Jedi characters and the miss matching visuals with the OT.

 

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TaunTaunHerder  448 posts
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Date Posted: 2/26/08 4:07pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??

Instead of remaking the original trilogy, just combine Star Wars with Planet Of The Apes where a big climactic battle takes place on top of the Starue Of Liberty that's buried in sand.

The hero, a human, discovers his father, his adoptive father, is the leader of the Gorilla Army and they have a pro wrestling match instead of a lightsaber duel.

Combine the Princess Leia character with the Nova character from Planet Of The Apes,but this time, she isn't the hero's sister. That's as far as I'm going with that idea.

Marky Mark should not be in the movie. Carmen Electra can be in the movie. The leader of the Ape Army is played by, you guessed it, George Lucas.

Anyone else feeling this ?

 

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clee94  345 posts
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Date Posted: 2/28/08 10:20pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
No. I think the what Lucas has done by releasing the Special Edition and the OT on the same DVD was a great idea because you get both.

r8hitman posted:
Would you go back and add CGI scenes to The Godfather or Rocky or Superman or even the Wizard Of Oz???


Actually I would laugh

 

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Luke_SW  459 posts
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Date Posted: 2/29/08 9:34am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
You could never make them any better than they already are so why bother?

the Prequels, and many other modern CGI movies have proven time and again that all the technology in the world can't in and of itself make a good movie

and all this talk about more PT-like saber duels, well, there are many of us who prefer the saber fighting of the OT better, it's more coherent, suspenseful, menacing, realistic, etc.

the PT duels are WAAAAAYYY too choreographed.

The actors look like they're focusing too much on making the right steps and getting down their moves correctly, while Mark and Alec's acting and emotion and facial expressions and dialogue stand out more than the swings they're making with their blades.

 

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Vortigern99  6130 posts
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Date Posted: 2/29/08 10:31am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
Just for the sake of the cast alone, a remake would be ridiculous. Can you imagine any actors other than Hammil, Fisher and Ford saying world-famous and culturally ingrained lines such as "Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?"; "No reward is worth this!"; "I want to come with you to Alderaan and learn the ways of the Force like my father."???

OT remakes would be laughed off the screen if they weren't ouright despised by 98% of the film-going public.

 

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