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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil since Empire wasn't it? Millions of reasons not to feel sorry for him
Ever since day one of filming of New Hope i think you mean..
I recall the urban legend conversation where he told George Lucas how shitty the dialogue was. Sir Alec Guiness was reputedly irritated that after such a storied career SW was what most people remembered him from
Yet HF was happy to inflict a horrific 4th Indiana Jones movie on us.
As for Alec Guiness not much sympathy there. He said all that and still came back for two fucken sequels!
Money talks
Yep. I read at the time that he was on a percentage.
That would do it.
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@catogrande said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil since Empire wasn't it? Millions of reasons not to feel sorry for him
Ever since day one of filming of New Hope i think you mean..
I recall the urban legend conversation where he told George Lucas how shitty the dialogue was. Sir Alec Guiness was reputedly irritated that after such a storied career SW was what most people remembered him from
Yet HF was happy to inflict a horrific 4th Indiana Jones movie on us.
As for Alec Guiness not much sympathy there. He said all that and still came back for two fucken sequels!
Money talks
Yep. I read at the time that he was on a percentage.
That would do it.
Percentage. For essentially being a hologram. Chaching
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@canefan certainly for ANH, not sure about the rest. Also Peter Whathisname that played Moff Tarkin
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@catogrande Cushing
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@catogrande Cushing
He didn't like SW either?
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@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@catogrande Cushing
He didn't like SW either?
Classical actor wasn't he?
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@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@catogrande Cushing
He didn't like SW either?
Nope, on a percentage.
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@catogrande Cushing
He didn't like SW either?
Classical actor wasn't he?
If you count numerous Hammer Horror films and Sherlock Holmes as classical. Though I suppose he must have done some stage work before all that.
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@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Well a generation remembered them for their work in Star Wars. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is.
Well back then they weren’t the massive cultural experiences they are considered to be now. I can imagine back in 1977 those making Star Wars only saw it as a silly sci fi film that might make a few bucks.
Even Lucas didn’t think it would come to much. Only guy who did was Steven Speilberg. Could be wrong but think I read somewhere he made a bet with Lucas over its success or not. His prize was a couple percent of the box office Star Wars (New Hope) made. -
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil Lucas took a substantially smaller cut to make the film. The stroke of genius was getting all the merchandising rights solely IIRC.
Cha ching
Yup, but he thought Speilbergs close encounters of the third kind which was being made at the same time would do better. So he wagered a 2.5% cut of the box office on his film against Speilbergs, thinking Star Wars would flop and close encounters would do better. -
@virgil said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil Lucas took a substantially smaller cut to make the film. The stroke of genius was getting all the merchandising rights solely IIRC.
Cha ching
Yup, but he thought Speilbergs close encounters of the third kind which was being made at the same time would do better. So he wagered a 2.5% cut of the box office on his film against Speilbergs, thinking Star Wars would flop and close encounters would do better.Much like what happened with Han and Luke
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Just watching Empire Strikes Back. What an absolute cracker of a film.
With reference to an early discussion, I would note that Wedge brought down a walker. So the guy saved Luke's life in 4, downed a walker in 5 and along with Lando destroyed the Death Star in 6. Impressive resume. Crazy there was never a Wedge toy. Even the farking Rancor keeper had a toy.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just watching Empire Strikes Back. What an absolute cracker of a film.
With reference to an early discussion, I would note that Wedge brought down a walker. So the guy saved Luke's life in 4, downed a walker in 5 and along with Lando destroyed the Death Star in 6. Impressive resume. Crazy there was never a Wedge toy. Even the farking Rancor keeper had a toy.
It's an absolute cracker of a flick. Probably the best of the lot which says a lot.
Wedge achieved more in the movies than this bunch here combined....so yeah, why no toy?
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Heres your Wedge dolls;
http://jedibusiness.com/star-wars-figures.aspx?type=name&typeName=Wedge Antilles
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@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Heres your Wedge dolls;
http://jedibusiness.com/star-wars-figures.aspx?type=name&typeName=Wedge Antilles
Dont spoil it for him, he was on another SW moan.
BTW, I watched ESB a few weeks ago and although I love the movie, some of the dialogue and acting is as painful to watch as the ones derided.
Han and Leia in the ice tunnels looks like they did one take, decided it was too cold and left it at that.
As for Luke the whiny little bitch with Yoda.....Point is, it's a great watch despite all that yet any recent movie gets picked apart so much to find fault.
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@crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@kirwan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Heres your Wedge dolls;
http://jedibusiness.com/star-wars-figures.aspx?type=name&typeName=Wedge Antilles
Dont spoil it for him, he was on another SW moan.
BTW, I watched ESB a few weeks ago and although I love the movie, some of the dialogue and acting is as painful to watch as the ones derided.
Han and Leia in the ice tunnels looks like they did one take, decided it was too cold and left it at that.
As for Luke the whiny little bitch with Yoda.....Point is, it's a great watch despite all that yet any recent movie gets picked apart so much to find fault.
All Star Wars is absolutely great. You can eat a massive bag of cocks if you dont agree with that statement 100% but every single episode without exception has some hammy acting and dialogue. People do tend to forget episodes 4-6 are just as guilty as any for this.
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@mn5 I was 5 for SW, and about 10 by the time ROTJ rocked up. They were awesome, shitty dialogue, ploy holes, ewoks and all. And they had no competition compared to sci fi movies these days. It was the franchise that started it all. I'm sure kids of that age seeing the new stuff for the first time think it's cool too
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