Winnie the Pimp
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Sure i agree, but certainly the movie as much as the comic have Sci-Fi elements to them right?
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Disney acquiring LucasFilm for 4.05 billion dollars
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Sure i agree, but certainly the movie as much as the comic have Sci-Fi elements to them right?
BattleMonkey
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No matter who they get to do these movies, they have to keep it true to the originals and not turn into some random fanboys personal dream. Folks wanting some kind of serious sci fi or dark and gritty film series..... *shakes head*. Anyone they get to work on Star Wars has to keep with the feel of the originals and understand it's a space opera with heavy pulp influences and it's fantasy, not Sci Fi. Star Wars was never sci-fi and even the original treatments of it called it a space fantasy.
Monkeylord
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Well, yeah... all of the listed movies do. I'm not sure where this is going?
HammerOfThor
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Am I the only one who is excited for this?
I think after the success they had with Marvel, Disney knows pleasing the core audience will print more cash than what Lucas has been doing lately. Also, it really can't get worse at this rate.
Also, I'm more confident than ever my young self will finally see the original unedited trilogy.
I think after the success they had with Marvel, Disney knows pleasing the core audience will print more cash than what Lucas has been doing lately. Also, it really can't get worse at this rate.
Also, I'm more confident than ever my young self will finally see the original unedited trilogy.
Winnie the Pimp
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nevermind, i might have misread what you wanted to say, thought you were saying that those 2 would be comic movies but NOT Sci Fi movies
Kung Fu Grip
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I wonder what red letter media thinks about this???? Ha. Did lucas go to disney or vice versa?
Oh, avengers is not that great. It's ok. I don't know why people act like it's amazing.
Oh, avengers is not that great. It's ok. I don't know why people act like it's amazing.
Salvor.Hardin
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A lot of folk are writing this, but let's remember that Disney didn't have too much to do with how the Marvel movies turned out. Those were planned and packaged by Marvel Studios before Disney bought Marvel.
Fine Ham Abounds
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This reminds me, I still have the original cut movies in an unopened VHS three pack. Might be worth something now... well, except no one owns a VHS anymore.
I think to get the most out of Serenity you have to watch the tv show. I didn't watch the tv show and thought the movie was great but not the most awesome thing ever.
Winnie the Pimp
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I may be alone in this, but surprisingly enough, i was a little disappointed by the movie after having enjoyed the show so much.
I suppose it's understandable though since most post beloved show movies in that style end up the same why, they are condensed into one quick mess because they need to fit everything fans wanted in there and simultaneously attract or please an audience which does NOT know the IP! (See Farscape and Star Trek TNG movies for a similar effect where the shows were far superior)
Box Sets Just Got Complicated: Rights For 'Star Wars: A New Hope' Still Held By Fox
So Fox has home video rights to A New Hope until 2020? Ouch. First X-Men and Fantastic Four, now Star Wars. Fox is always cockblocking Disney.
So Fox has home video rights to A New Hope until 2020? Ouch. First X-Men and Fantastic Four, now Star Wars. Fox is always cockblocking Disney.
BattleMonkey
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Time for Disney to buy Fox
Escape Goat
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At his age he may as well sign it away. Hes like 70 or something so 5 million or 4 billion - he has more money than he knows what to do with or could possibly spend in his remaining years.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Home alone reboot confirmed.
Anticitizen One
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George Lucas is using Fox to hold the OT hostage to make sure Disney plays ball.
He will NEVER allow the original versions to be released
FlyingTeacup
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why? why? why?
Actually, ANH is the only SW film which was financed by Fox, since Lucas was an unknown at the time, unlike the other films, which were independently financed by Lucasfilm. This is why Fox controls the home video rights for Episode IV. This is out of Lucas' control.
Pride is crazy sometimes.
HammerOfThor
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Well I guess we don't have to worry about that anymore(I hope Disney finds a way).
Actually, it would be worth it for Fox to release it since it would be a cash cow. Right?
Anticitizen One
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If that were true then how come Fox never released the original version of ANH?
Probably because they still wished to be in business with Lucas, who didn't want it to see the light of day?
Mitsurux
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This article shed some interesting perspective on the whole Star Wars, lucafil/Fox issues:
http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/buyingstarwars.html
An interesting exerpt
It has never been reported, but I believe that Lucasfilm offered Fox distribution rights only if they would hand over the rights to the original Star Wars. Fox obviously agreed to this at some point--when the SE was released in 1997, the prints, posters and video boxes said that Empire and Jedi were copyright Lucasfilm but that Star Wars was copyright Fox. The next time the films were released was in 2000 on VHS, where Empire and Jedi were copyright Lucasfilm--but now Star Wars was copyright Lucasfilm as well. Its no coincidence that between that time a deal was hammered out between the two mega-corporations to give Fox distribution of Lucasfilm's prequels.
It was never announced anywhere. But, quietly, Lucasfilm was given the rights to the original film by Fox. To the studio, it must have looked like a good deal, even if it was a hard bargain--they lost their number one property but they gained theatrical and video distribution to three more properties that potentially were all going to all be more popular.
http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/buyingstarwars.html
An interesting exerpt
It has never been reported, but I believe that Lucasfilm offered Fox distribution rights only if they would hand over the rights to the original Star Wars. Fox obviously agreed to this at some point--when the SE was released in 1997, the prints, posters and video boxes said that Empire and Jedi were copyright Lucasfilm but that Star Wars was copyright Fox. The next time the films were released was in 2000 on VHS, where Empire and Jedi were copyright Lucasfilm--but now Star Wars was copyright Lucasfilm as well. Its no coincidence that between that time a deal was hammered out between the two mega-corporations to give Fox distribution of Lucasfilm's prequels.
It was never announced anywhere. But, quietly, Lucasfilm was given the rights to the original film by Fox. To the studio, it must have looked like a good deal, even if it was a hard bargain--they lost their number one property but they gained theatrical and video distribution to three more properties that potentially were all going to all be more popular.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Ah Internet, so predictable you are...
Clay Davis
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I'm sure this has been mentioned, but with this sale, that means that ILM is now owned by disney right? if that's right, that means that after iron man 3, they will probably be put to work on all future marvel movies as well as the next avengers.
in the long term, just based on the marvel movies, disney must be looking at a substantial saving by buying lucasart and ILM. or am I missing something?
in the long term, just based on the marvel movies, disney must be looking at a substantial saving by buying lucasart and ILM. or am I missing something?
AgentChris
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I think Disney would still have to pay ILM for their services; for tax reasons. SPE does the same thing for Sony Imageworks.
PhoncipleBone
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Just as Lucas did when he used ILM. He just got great pricing on their services.
Clay Davis
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oh right, thanks.
so will owning them provides other benefits? like not having to pay too much or having to put out a bidding process like they did with iron man 3.
I would have thought owning one of the best fx companies would be a massive boon for them in terms of long term costs and such, but then I've never been good at business and how it works.
AgentChris
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Hopefully they get great discounts and won't have another Iron Man 3 situation.
Takamura-San
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This means that the SW movies are going into the vault too?
infinityBCRT
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Oh woah. ILM is included in this deal too eh? For some reason I thought ILM was spun off to be an independent company. I wonder if Disney did this deal partially because they wanted ILM to do all of their comic book movies from now on? There was negative response on the CG in the Iron Man 3 trailer due to ILM not handling it.
DrForester
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Ah Internet, so predictable you are...
I can't think of one of those that I would not watch a film version of...
RobbieNick
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Ah Internet, so predictable you are...
They DO know Disney's already been selling Disney/Star Wars mash-up merchandise in their stores for years now right? With stuff like Star Tours and Jedi Academy being at Disneyland for years, seeing Disney/Star Wars mashups is no big deal. (The creepiest being a poster of Minnie Mouse as Slave Leia.) Hell, I own a Boba Fett/Pete figure.
So Disney can't release the original until 2020? That will probably be when Episode 9 goes to home release anyway, so why not wait until then anyway for the uber-boxset release?
This means that the SW movies are going into the vault too?
They've been in the vault since 2006 =(
Oh Jesus...
Never said they didn't. But an old show like that hardly has anything to do with current Marvel now does it?
Though to be fair, I guess Ultimate Spider-Man could just be Marvel's own fault with Loeb and all. But I wouldn't be surprised if Disney had a hand in it as well since it fits in so well with every other crappy show they push on Disney XD, P&F aside.
Messofanego
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Even though I'm not a fan of Duncan Jones' work so far, it's pretty awesome to see how much of a geek he is.
Femmeworth
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I'm going to pretend that Sculli was banned for badmouthing Serenity.
Nemesis121
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After episode 9 i want Stars Knights of the OLD republic, take it back 5000 years before the empire where Sith and Jedi battles were a norm....
TAJ
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No, thanks. Pre-Luke Jedi suck. They're like Mormon accountants with lightsabers, except not nearly as cool.
Unless we're removing the prequels from canon... Then you might as well just redo the prequels from scratch instead.
Nope. With greater literacy, more people will understand why the prequels aren't as good, and Indy 4 was middling.
AgentChris
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