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ILuvJarJar Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 12/21/08 5:42pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	No leve the OT alone! The saga is complete, over, and it dose not have to be tinkered with any longer. (unless Lucas wants to put in some deleted scenes). -----signature----- ROTJ < ESB < ATOC < ANH < ROTS < TPM < TCW Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadrons: Fall 2009 Proud President of the Salacious Crumb fanclub Star Wars>>>>>>>>My Social Life It is well worth it.....
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darthramza Registered: Jul '08	Date Posted: 12/21/08 10:29pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade?? - Date Edited: 12/21/08 11:14pm (1 edits total) Edited By: darthramza
	I think I'll reiterate and further the relentless pummeling of a deceased equine by saying that I think remaking the original trilogy would be a totally rotten idea. In my personal opinion, Lucas shouldn't even be tinkering with the originals, but that's another point entirely. You don't remake films that are truly classic, or you end up with poor comparisons to the original, regardless of how good or bad the execution is. And let's not forget how horrendous a truly bad remake can prove, such as... Godzilla (1998). Shudder That's not to say that all remakes are bad. If someone wants to try their hands at a new version of Dune, for example, I say full speed ahead. I just think a remade Star Wars would be a mess. -----signature----- "Six bullets. More than enough to kill anything that moves." - Revolver Ocelot GDG, GMG, CDG, D.E.N.T.A.L. VP Ever Lovin' DM of the Saga of the Nameless Lands Extremely Unofficial Caretaker of Jocasta Nu's
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jedimasterbac Title: CT and Fan Design Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 12/21/08 10:45pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	I have a feeling Dune fans would say never remake Dune, but Star Wars is fair game. -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (my fan fic) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/30225011/p1/?3
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darthramza Registered: Jul '08	Date Posted: 12/21/08 10:49pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	Speaking as a Dune fan, I still would like to see a new version. I liked David Lynch's interpretation, but it was nowhere near what I pictured. Granted, it was closer than the Sci-Fi miniseries... -----signature----- "Six bullets. More than enough to kill anything that moves." - Revolver Ocelot GDG, GMG, CDG, D.E.N.T.A.L. VP Ever Lovin' DM of the Saga of the Nameless Lands Extremely Unofficial Caretaker of Jocasta Nu's
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TaunTaunHerder Registered: Oct '07	Date Posted: 12/22/08 9:14am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	Star Wars should be remade as a Western. That would be tight.
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/22/08 12:36pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	How "remade"? Is there different dialogue? New production design? Does the Falcon look like the Falcon? Does Han Solo, as portrayed by, say, that kid from Smallville, wear the same outfit that Ford did? Or should all the costumes be re-designed with brighter colors and delightful fabrics? What about the action scenes? Are they shot from the same angles? Edited in the same sequence? Sound edited with the same sound effects? And who does the music? If John Williams, should he be expected to repeat the exact same score in certain scenes, or deliver an entirely new one throughout? If different, why get John Williams? If someone else, should they try to copy Williams' sound, so intrinsic to the STAR WARS experience? If yes, why not not get John Williams? Do the Tusken Raiders look the same? How about the Jawas? (If yes, why bother re-making the movie?) And the creatures in the Cantina -- will these be all new creatures? Or all the same creatures but in different poses, shot from different angles? Or a mixture of some familiar and some new creatures? Does Greedo shoot first? Is Walrus Man's hand a flipper or a claw? Does the actor portraying Obi-Wan Kenobi attempt an Ewan MacGregor impersonation, an Alec Guiness impersonation, or some new interpretation entirely his (or her?) own? What about the other actors? Should they imitate Hamill, Fisher and Ford? Is Darth Vader re-designed as a monstrous mechanical badass with huge shoulder plates, spiked armor and massive thighs? Or is he weak and pitiful, Tarkin's croney? Or is he exactly the same as in the original films? (If yes, why bother re-making the movie?) The unanswerable questions and absurd contradictions continue to pile up after a few moments of thought on this topic. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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Darth_Tusken Registered: Nov '08	Date Posted: 12/27/08 10:31am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	Absolutely not!! There is no possible way you could duplicate the what the OT is.
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eht13 Registered: Sep '07	Date Posted: 12/27/08 7:18pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	I may have said this already in this thread, but remaking the OT is just a very bad idea.
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jedimasterbac Title: CT and Fan Design Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 12/27/08 11:54pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	Since most of this thread is filled with posts that say "hell no" or "absolutely not", I think it would be interesting to see this discussion steered towards why people think remaking it would be a bad idea. I guess what I mainly want to know is how a remake of the classic trilogy would damage the films. -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (my fan fic) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/30225011/p1/?3
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/28/08 9:37am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	For an answer to those questions, please see my post immediately above. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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jedimasterbac Title: CT and Fan Design Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 12/28/08 9:45am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	Your post refers to things that would likely need to be changed in order to justify a remake, but it doesn't address the issue of how a remake would actually hurt the original films themselves. That's the main point I'm driving at. -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (my fan fic) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/30225011/p1/?3
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 12/28/08 11:21pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade?? - Date Edited: 12/28/08 11:22pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Merlin_Ambrosius69
	Well, the original films are special. Lightning struck, if you will, when those films were made; there was something serendipitous about their production, a marriage of creative arts that somehow proved greater than the sum of its parts. Any remake would almost certainly fall short of achieving the level of quality of the originals in the areas of writing, casting, performance, design, music, sound, visual effects, or editing. As with the vast majority of movies that are released every year, one or more of these elements of filmmaking would inevitably fail, and suddenly STAR WARS wouldn't seem so special anymore. Furthermore, in the mind of the public, remakes would further diminish the achievements -- artistic, commercial and critical -- of the original films. STAR WARS, already today in danger of oversaturating the market, would seem even more like just another product, just another cog in the LFL machine, if the company started churning out remakes. And BTW, my earlier post does not just "refer to things that would likely need to be changed to justify a remake". It points out how absurd even asking most of these questions -- which are nonetheless unavoidable, if remakes are to be considered -- is. The question as to the composer and the matter of the score alone should be enough to demonstrate how a remake will diminish the achievement of the originals. -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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princesleiaorgana7 Registered: Feb '07	Date Posted: 1/2 10:54am Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO. -----signature----- Yoda you seek Yoda The Official Princess Leia Fan Club Jesus loves you! Light reveals what was hidden in the darkness but first you must unlock the power of the light-Nancy Drew Stay Tuned For Danger
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JPorkins Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 1/3 3:04pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	NOO!!!! -----signature----- Wishes the PT was never made
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jedimasterbac Title: CT and Fan Design Manager Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 1/3 3:33pm Subject: RE: Should the OT be remade??
	princesleiaorgana7 posted: NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO. JPorkins posted: NOO!!!! I think we can go into a little more detail than this so we can actually have a discussion. -----signature----- Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One (my fan fic) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/30225011/p1/?3
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