From: YourName@YourISP.com
In article , Cyber kNight
wrote:
> Your Name wrote on Tue, 09 August 2016 17:17
> In article
> , Cyber kNight
> > wrote:
> > > Your Name wrote on Sun, 07 August 2016 18:41
> > > In article
> > > , Mr. Man-wai
> > > Chang
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> On 7/08/16 15:28, Your Name wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> We don't need a supposedly "better" story ... we
> already have a
> > >>>> perfectly good story. Unfortunately Disney is far
> too egotistical
> > >>>> to
> > >>>> use it and has to make something themselves.
> > >>>
> > >>> Not everyone read them! So...
> > >>
> > >> So what. Go and read them now. Even if in the unlikely event that you
> > >> can't get the real books / comic books secondhand on eBay, etc., they
> > >> will be pirated PDF versions somewhere on the Internet.
> > >>
> > >> Not everyone was around when the Hindenberg crashed (or infinite other
> > >> things) ... that doesn't mean we have to create a new version of it
> > >> now in a completely different way.
> > >
> > > Except that the Hindenburg disaster really happened whereas Han Solo
> > > is a fictional character. I've never read the stories either so it will
> > > all be new to me. I don't have any reason to believe Disney can't do a
> > > better story anyway.
> >
> > We don't want nor need a supposedly "better" story ... we already have
> > the story. Making a new one is simply Disney being egotistical and
> > making a confused mess of the franchise. :-\
>
> That already happened with episodes I-III.
No it didn't. The Prequel Trilogy is what George Lucas had
(semi)planned all along ... he said virtually from the start that he
started in the middle (with Episode IV) because he knew people would
find the start of the story less interesting.
Even if it had done, George Lucas had every right to do whatever he
wanted with *HIS* creation.
> > > I don't much care about whether or not they pay attention to the
> > > various and assorted written accounts out there as long as they don't
> > > start remaking the original movies or doingalternate timelines like
> > > Star Trek.
> >
> > It's too late ... JJ Abrams so-called "Episode VII" *IS* simply a lazy
> > reboot of the original movies. The talentless idiot simply copied most
> > of his movie from the Original Trilogy (plus a bit of the Rebels
> > animated show with an orphaned main character), and then, similar to
> > his Star Drek mess, tried to disguise such stupidity by making it seem
> > like part of the same franchise. The reason so many people like Episode
> > VII is because it basically is the Original movie again. :-(
>
> The problem with continuing a franchise years later is that you have to
> introduce new viewers in addition to appeasing the existing fans.
The existing fans have already introduced their kids to the Saga via
the various theatrical and DVD releases (as well as occasional TV
broadcasts) over the years.
> I think Episode VII worked well as a sequel AND an introduction but it
> really depends on where the series goes from here. Episode VII was a
> lot like the original movies but I don't expect Episode VIII to
> follow along the same lines. Time will tell.
Jar Jar Abrams has already bulldozed his way through much of the
Original Trilogy in his one silly "reboot" movie, so of course it can't
follow the same lines. There's very little left to follow ... although,
it's certainly possible that psuedo-Vader survived, and the pseudo-Yoda
(Luke) could train the psuedo-Luke (who of course "had" to be female
this time) and then psuedo-Emperor in his psuedo-Death Star II, while
also redeeming her brother / cousin from the Dark Side.
Yawn!! Been there, done that, got the 50 T-shirts and 20 caps. Even the
ridiculous Clone Emperor and invading aliens from the novels would have
been better than Jar Jar Abrams' talentless copy-cat drivel. :-(
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