TV Discussion Light & Magic - ILM DocuSeries (directed by Lawrence Kasdan & Joe Johnston)

Lawrence Kasdan Is Directing a 6-Part Docuseries on George Lucas and ILM

https://collider.com/george-lucas-docuseries-ilm-lawrence-kasdan/

 

Really looking forward to this.

 

Yeah, that’s pretty awesome! Can’t wait to watch it!

 

Should be good.

 

Wow, this is pretty cool, and rather unexpected. I wonder if Lucasfilm will decide to participate?

 

So, so very in on this.

 

This is very very exciting.

I would have preferred for the focus to be on Lucas more than on ILM, but I will take what I can get I guess.

 

Really looking forward to this, although I'm mainly anticipating the latter episodes, because the stories of ILM's founding and advances into the digital era have been documented endlessly over the decades. Really surprised to see Barry Jenkins in there.

 

This looks really cool! It's crazy how many classic movies ILM worked on.

 

Preview seemed to focus on Disney/Lucasfilm properties like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Pixar, and Marvel. A documentary about ILM would be remiss if they didn't go into Star Trek, Terminator, Jurassic Park and Forrest Gump. Hopefully it's not just a glorified Disney ad.

 

Yes. I know when this was announced, I really got excited about seeing ILM’s work on Forrest Gump…

 

Yes, if it was a documentary solely about GL , I wouldn't need to say that I would have preffered a documentary focused on his work, would I?

As it should.
And as I said, I will take whatever I can get, even if I have to skip/fast-forward parts that I don't care about.

 

omg I'm in heaven , I'm just loving this.

 

On episode 3, this is fantastic stuff, these guys deserve the spotlight on them like this. I was surprised to see some shots were matte paintings that I never realised were.

 

Great to see Rose Duignan , I'm not even sure I've ever seen her interviewed before.

 

Four episodes in and I'm really enjoying it so far. As I expected, there isn't a ton of new insight into the actual history of the company or the making of the films, but hearing personal stories from those involved adds another layer to the overall storytelling. And of course, all the newly revealed archival footage is incredible.

In particular, hearing George talk about his near death experience was surprisingly moving. You rarely ever see that emotional side of him. It makes you think about just how close we came to never seeing ANY of this.