George Lucas retires from filmmaking

This argument is silly. Implausibility isn't a zero sum game - if the audience believes it, that's all that matters, and the nuked fridge failed in that regard for what I'm sure could be any number of reasons.

 

So? I'm sure he ate when he got to shore.

 

It's not really all that silly. Just because other things aren't as flashy as a nuclear explosion or a well-established movie cliche doesn't make it any less stupid for the audience to believe them. The better way to put it is "suspending their disbelief," really, although I'm sure there are plenty of mouthbreathers who genuinely believe they can survive falling out of a plane as long as they have a raft.

 

Thank you George for everything you have done with this entire franchise. You have helped inspire many people these past couple of decades, and I don't know where any of us would be without you do thank you.

 

Again the lack of realism isn't really the problem. If people didn't buy the fridge but found the raft believable I guess that's up to them. But I have to stress that it appears that George Lucas himself is defending the fridge stunt with "But it is realistic, scientists said so."

A highly amusing defence of a film franchise where the action is stylised in a manner similar to that from a comic book, no?

 

He only (stupidly) brought it up because people were already whining about how it was unrealistic or whatever.

 

I'd call it more unrealistic that he survived without a single broken bone given how said fridge was portrayed slamming into the ground.

 

But wouldn't the better defence have been to point out that realism isn't the point of the franchise, as you have quite easily done, instead of going "But science says!"

 

You can thank Steven Spielberg for it not sucking. Remember, George Lucas wanted to have the movie take place in a haunted castle in Scotland.


You know why there were aliens in Crystal Skull? George Lucas. Originally it was Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars, but Spielberg and Ford were able to minimize that as much as possible.

 

Sure. I'm not about to defend Lucas and many of his choices.

 

Just saw Warhorse this weekend, and it was a good movie.

 

And let us all remember that it was Spielberg who digitally changed the police guns to walkie talkies in E.T.....and then apologized and will them back for the Blu-Ray after fans scolded him for revisionism.

We never got an apology from Lucas. It seems that his response to criticism is to digitally alter the original trilogy even more out of spite.
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"That will teach YOU to criticize ME!"

 

As much as I have to groan and complain about what Lucas has done with Star Wars lately with the prequels and the later TCW seasons, I still have to (somewhat grudgingly) say that gave us far more than he took away for having created Star Wars in the first place.

 

Lucas has input on TCW? Really?

 

He pretty much outline each episode for the first two seasons.

 

Retirements are for people who work 30 years at a company and then quit. Or for athletes who can't compete at a high level anymore.

I think it's dumb to announce your retirement when you work project to project. What if he has a good idea next month??

Just go away.

 

Thanks George for the bright vision of the future you gave us with the crew of the Enterprise

 

Realism isn't a big problem for me if something is good. I've seen footage of Red Tails were the heroes are fighting in air combat against waht looks like an M-262 Nazi Jet Fighter. It's ridiculous to think a propeller plane even the Mustang could outfly and outgun a Jet aircraft which could travel at least 120mph faster. The Nazis never made the M-262 until too late in the war so only about 300 ever saw serious combat and they had bugs (fotunately for the allies).

Still, Red Tails at least looks like it has more character development than the Prequels.

 

Yippee! I hope they do spinning. That's a good trick.

 

I thought he was already retired *shrugs*

 

What's he going to do now, adopt more kids? He'll get bored sooner or later.

 

Mayne he'll be the dude on the next season of The Bachelor!

 

The "You raped my childhood" edition?

Sounds like good watching.

 

I am comfortable seconding this.

Thank you, Mr Lucas.