No Fucking Way, Disney Buys Lucasfilms
The only good thing about Revenge of the Sith, was that when the credits rolled, the raping of our great Star Wars franchise was over. Or so we thought. The merchandise followed, the "updating" of the originals happened, an amazing cartoon that was otherwise ignored by George happened, and all of us Star Wars fans just shook our heads as the lashes kept coming. Oh, also, George Lucas sold his soul for 4 billion dollars, and 40 million shares of Disney stock. Whaaaaaaaat the fuck.
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| Half of this fucking movie was animated |
So, as I started cry-puking after hearing the initial news, there's more, minutes after buying George out, Disney announces movie 7. Episode 7? Really? How much more torture cane we take? I paid 12$ bucks to see Phantom and I was treated to a 3 hour Nascar race, I plopped more money down to see Clones, and was dissapointed again with the CG bullshit, and then Sith, was a whiny, melodramatic teen drama with the deconstruction and trivialization of Darth Vader. Fuck you George Lucas, and your money grubbing, shitty writing face.
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| Nascar in space |
So what can we expect from episode 7? Well, for one, Harrison Ford won't be participating, so Han Solo will be re-cast. It's now a Disney movie, so expect to see some teeny bopping Disney Channel star to wear the vest this time. More CG shoved down our throats, maybe this time we can have a villian wielding four lightsabers! Oh, wait...fuck. Star Wars is a joke now anyways, but Im upset because as an original fan, I have no choice but to see this in theaters in the off chance that it might be good. (It wont)
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| My reaction to the news |
The original series was great because most of the writing wasn't done by George, and I think our only hope is that the writer at Disney that gets this movie dumped on him has some sort of altruistic spine, and writes something dynamic and worthy of the greatest trilogy ever. He won't though, and another slap will strike our nerd faces, and do you think your kids are safe? My son will never hear the word prequel come out of my mouth, but Disney has already shown him Jar Jar on tv, and in the toy aisle, and we will never be able to stop episode 7 from infiltrating our houses.
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| Stay the fuck away from my son |
We. Are. Fucked.
I don't see why this would necessarily be a bad thing. Disney is a great company and has many things that are not completely geared towards young kids. Disney owns Pixar and Marvel and those properties have very high quality products that cater to both young and older audiences at the same time.
ReplyDeleteIf anything it may be a good thing, evident by the direction the prequels and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull were taking. Give someone else a chance to turn the franchises around and maybe capture some element of the original that fans will like.
I understand your point, but you're assuming that an episode 7 has to be made. If we HAD to have an episode 7, then yes, Disney should take a crack at it. But the truth is that we don't have to have an episode 7, and we shouldn't have one at all. The franchise is beyond milked at this point, and needs desperately to be left alone.
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