tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post935724818335513638..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: An Addendum on Star Wars from AVIGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-19800509206908750662015-11-17T11:06:08.032-05:002015-11-17T11:06:08.032-05:00Lucas was lead writer, lead creative director, dir...Lucas was lead writer, lead creative director, director, and production manager (a lot of hats) in the films.<br /><br />People like him need a realist or pragmatist, like a banker or lawyer, to ride herd on them. Otherwise they tend to go decadent and come up with very illogical and unconnected bits and pieces.<br /><br />The 'big ideas' person usually should be paired with an engineering minded practical realist, if people expect things to get done, within a reasonable limit of the budget.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91554505985487532992015-11-16T08:40:55.713-05:002015-11-16T08:40:55.713-05:00The music, cinematography, lighting, costuming, an...The music, cinematography, lighting, costuming, and dialog are all supposed to lead you the conclusion that the Jedi and Rebels are good. The problem is, the films fail to make them so. The Republic Senate in the prequels <b>is</b> corrupt and ineffective. The Jedi lie to the government they are supposedly beholden to. The Jedi operate in a manner that could best be described as "cavalier" (and not in the good sense) in those films. And the Rebels, while perhaps sympathetic operate in pretty questionable ways as well.<br /><br />Basically, my point is while the deck is stacked to present the Rebels and Jedi in the best light possible, they still fail to come off as truly "good". And that can be laid at the feet of Lucas (in my opinion). The man can't write his way out of a wet paper bag.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-3500664686020942352015-11-14T09:45:00.374-05:002015-11-14T09:45:00.374-05:00And maybe he did, but the Muslims burned all of it...And maybe he did, but the Muslims burned all of it at Alexandria.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53939098301515017442015-11-14T09:44:36.132-05:002015-11-14T09:44:36.132-05:00Plato should have written the Star Wars chronology...Plato should have written the Star Wars chronology and lore. He would have done a better job than the moderns.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.com