loki41872 posted:Let's have the live action series be more like the OT, with more realism and less mysticism
Captain_Kazan posted:loki41872 posted:Let's have the live action series be more like the OT, with more realism and less mysticism Realism?!? No offense, but I'd hardly call X-wings and TIE fighters realism.
Maybe that's the problem, admirable heroes are hard to find now so let's settle for those who shoot thing and blow stuff up posted:
Jamiebacca posted:Darth_Morder posted: However, I think that if a series like that would ever be produced, it should be "loyal" to the styles of the original trilogy, 'cuz that's where the magic of star wars is... simple scenarios, real... i don't know. The thing im sure of is that if it follows the style of BSG, the series would REALLY suck... How about it being loyal to something fresh and new?
Darth_Morder posted: However, I think that if a series like that would ever be produced, it should be "loyal" to the styles of the original trilogy, 'cuz that's where the magic of star wars is... simple scenarios, real... i don't know. The thing im sure of is that if it follows the style of BSG, the series would REALLY suck...
Jedi-Queen posted:I agree D_M SW is what it is and I love the original concepts, it is magical and losing some of it's most important original elements
Jedi-Queen posted:I agree D_M SW is what it is and I love the original concepts, it is magical and losing some of it's most important original elements (SUCH AS JEDI)
Jamiebacca posted:Um, the whole one was kind of crappy, too. It's all SW knock-off. Bah, Humbug! There's only room for one sci-fi series in my poor little head. (well Stargate is watchable - sometimes, I guess).
Jamiebacca posted:Captain_Kazan posted:loki41872 posted:Let's have the live action series be more like the OT, with more realism and less mysticism Realism?!? No offense, but I'd hardly call X-wings and TIE fighters realism. Smartass. I think he/she meant higher on the plausibiltymeter.
Jedi-Queen posted:"I think he/she meant higher on the plausibiltymeter." Who cares about how plausible it is, this is sci-fi, anything goes.
Jamiebacca posted:... so what's wrong with the show taking a new direction for the small screen? Focus on the grey areas - bounty hunters, mercenaries, the alliance, dangerously out-of-touch galactic government employees...
Jedi-Queen posted:So were the rest of the rebels, Leia, Han etc..., but it was the mysticism and power of the Jedi that was so captivating. They have to remain balanced while fighting evil, no easy task yet they have dedicated their lives to doing so which is admirable.
DARTH_VRUC posted:Jedi-Queen posted:So were the rest of the rebels, Leia, Han etc..., but it was the mysticism and power of the Jedi that was so captivating. They have to remain balanced while fighting evil, no easy task yet they have dedicated their lives to doing so which is admirable. Sure, I actually agree with you. Jedi were an essential part of the OT. When I watched ANH at the humble age of 3 I ran behind the couch at the sight of Darth Vader. I almost cried when Obi died. Jedi were incredible, mystical warrior-philosophers, and it was a beauty to watch them fight. There was something incredible captivating in the lightsabre, when the humble, wise man was pushed too far and was forced to fight his opponent... I look back to the days of the OT with a nostalgia and a deep sense of something lost, and those are the them. Wondering why I'm talking in past tense? The Jedi, at least what they originally were, died. Not only in the movie itself, but as a concept. Now we've got blatant, flat, non-caring Jedi-action hero characters running all over the place, drawing their weapons and killing people for this-and-that! I'm not sure when did the mystic, shadowy figure of the Jedi-philosopher, who is much as an artist and an intellectual as a warrior (warrior, mind you, not a thug they're) disappeard. Jedi nowdays are so popular especially because they are now unstoppable, mindless killing-machines. And the mass viewer/player loves exactly that. God's sake, there are fewer "normal" people in the PT than Jedi, not to mention main characters! How many potential subplots, which wouldn't have hurt at all the "space fairy tail" feeling of the Saga, were wasted to add more pointless saberfights!? A longer, deeper and more beliavable love story, the usage of a cloned army (leave the Mando stuff aside, I'm talking about human rights perspective), a more detailed look into the Confederacy and its "cause" (which in the movie simply didn't exist; then how did half the Galaxy join it, free cookies?!)... If the TV show is about something, let it be of the ordinary men. Not about a killer for hire (as much as I love Boba Fett), not about action-heroes with shiny weapons, not politics(!). Let us know, feel, understand why did the Galaxy change? How did the population of the GFFA percieve the Empire and the New Order, why did the people fight for one side or the other? Doesn't mean you have to turn it into a drama. But I don't want another set of "arena battles". Han Solo, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan were all truely deep and powerfull characters without loosing any of their charm, be it a funny, grumpy pirate or an evil lord...
