So, Disney has bought Star Wars and there's going to be (at least) another movie. Now I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy. So big a fan that I refused to buy the trilogy on dvd until there was a set with the pre special editions of the films (I think the added cgi sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb).
As for the prequels, well, they were decent enough. Phantom Menace was a bit meh, but as they went on, they got better. Mainly because the successive films has less of that floppy eared pain the arse Jar Jar Binks. Now PM could have been good as well, except for the really irritating creation that was Jar Jar. I mean, lets face it. His reason for existing was to sell more action figures*
So, over to Disney. Will they screw up? I don't know. I hope not, and I doubt they will. I mean let's face it, how could they possibly come up with anything more cringeworthy than JJ Binks? Just as long as they don't dumb it down to the level of a kiddie movie, they should be fine.
(*the only reason I can think of that anyone would buy a Jar Jar figure, is so they could ritualistically burn it. Which would ironically possibly result in them becoming scarce, and hence highly collectable)
As for the prequels, well, they were decent enough. Phantom Menace was a bit meh, but as they went on, they got better. Mainly because the successive films has less of that floppy eared pain the arse Jar Jar Binks. Now PM could have been good as well, except for the really irritating creation that was Jar Jar. I mean, lets face it. His reason for existing was to sell more action figures*
So, over to Disney. Will they screw up? I don't know. I hope not, and I doubt they will. I mean let's face it, how could they possibly come up with anything more cringeworthy than JJ Binks? Just as long as they don't dumb it down to the level of a kiddie movie, they should be fine.
(*the only reason I can think of that anyone would buy a Jar Jar figure, is so they could ritualistically burn it. Which would ironically possibly result in them becoming scarce, and hence highly collectable)
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