That didn't stop him from making Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
SW blu-rays have changes to the films again
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That didn't stop him from making Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Why would Spielberg have more power on Indiana Jones than Irvin Kershner or Richard Marquand have on Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi? Sure, Marquand died in 1987, but Kershner only died November 2010.
Exactly what I was thinking. Lucas knows he got incredibly lucky with the original film, and was able to spin it so that everything that made the first great was his and only his "vision". He's a great business man, and a special effects artists, but has milked his one and only good film for the past 35 years.Howard the Duck? Willow?
But Lucas could easily have made other good films between Jedi and TPM. That was a good 16 years!
I guess I should have phrased that as a question.
Because he's Steven Spielberg and they're, like, incredibly not?
Hm, yeah, but how does that look like in a contract:
Spielberg's: "Nobody fucks with it!"
Kershner's: "You may fuck with it."
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That's the question. Is Lucas by contract not allowed to change anything in the Indiana Jones movies or does he like Indiana Jones better than Star Wars?
Spielberg's: You and I own this franchise together and we make decisions together.
Kershner's: When you say "jump", I say "how high".
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The cynic in me disagrees. This thing will sell like gangbusters because of the completists, the whiners who want to pick it all apart (all over again) and the people who don't know any better but still want the "better" editions on Blu-Ray.
More power to 'em. As someone above said, all this does is wane my interest in Star Wars even more. Oh well.
I'm willing to bet that in pretty much ALL of Spielberg's contracts he gets final cut. (And really why wouldn't you give it to him?) AND, Lucas and Spielberg ARE Indiana Jones. They probably co-own the material. So, Lucas really couldn't do much without Spielberg.
The guys that directed Empire and Jedi, totally hired guns. They were Lucas's movies, even if he didn't directly direct them.
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It probably has a lot to do with the fact that Spielberg, not Lucas, directed all four films.
It probably helps that there's probably not much about the Indy Trilogy that NEEDS fixing. The special effects are few and far between, and those that do look outdated can be much more readily accepted as being in the spirit of the 1930s serials Indy is based on.
With SW, I think it's only the story and tone that Lucas ever wanted to reflect that 30s spirit. The effects were always meant to stand on their own and look as modern and high-tech as possible.
With SW, I think it's only the story and tone that Lucas ever wanted to reflect that 30s spirit. The effects were always meant to stand on their own and look as modern and high-tech as possible.
The one Indy change in the DVD release that I can think of is that the cobra reflections were removed from the Well of Souls scene.
DAMMIT. DAMN YOU SPIELBERG, YOU HAVE FUCKED MY CHILDHOOD...
...oh, wait... we're not supposed to rage about that?
Sorry.
The deleted scenes that were included in the 2 disc prequel releases are not included in this set.
There's some nice gems in there - not seen all yet - but the quality varies. Some are near mute or have the wrong voices.
The Arc of the Covenant is going to be replaced by a trunk/coffee table from Pottery Barn.
Hello marketing tie-in! Cha-CHING!
Hello marketing tie-in! Cha-CHING!
From what I'm seeing the big docu from the TPM DVD isn't on there either. If so, that's a shame. It was great.
You would've had something in all that if you hadn't started by dissing TESB....
This talking point gets brought up quite a bit, but at least in the case of the first movie, there's a salt mine in Kansas that holds a master of it.
I've also heard that Spielberg also has a master of ANH. It might be difficult getting him to let go of his copy though...
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