After two incredible trailers which were then followed up by two horrid movies, I really should know better than to put any faith in George Lucas anymore. But then I watch the trailer for Episode III…and, while I hate myself for saying it, damn that looks cool.
I’m fairly certain he’ll screw it up again. But just for a few moments, I’d like to try to believe that it will actually be worth watching.
Update: Jason’s in the same boat (though he put it better than I did…):
> Once every three years, the first trailer for yet another crappy George Lucas Star Wars movie is released somewhere to great fanfare. And each time, I watch said trailer and get all excited. It looks great, I’ll say. Maybe it’ll actually be good. My hopes start to rise. And then the movie comes out, Natalie Portman is transformed by Lucas’ awful direction into the worst actress ever, and I leave the theatre disappointed that a cherished childhood institution has been handled in such a piss-poor manner. With the impending release of Episode III and the trailer during last night’s episode of The OC, I have vowed not to get my hopes up. Never again, George Lucas, will you disappoint me. > > However. > > OMFG THE TRAILER FOR THE NEW STAR WARS MOVIE IS SOOO GREAT AND EXCITING AND THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO KICK SO MUCH ASS!!!
Meanwhile, the other Sci-Fi franchise that heavily influenced my growing years has just announced that sometime in 2007, yet another Star Trek film will land in the theaters.
Again, after the last few films, I really shouldn’t be excited about this.
But I want to be.
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“Ask Why” by Candyflip from the album Madstock…the Continuing Adventures of Bubblecar Fish (1990, 4:16).
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New Star Trek movie in 2007?
I was chatting to Gi last night as we caught the tail end of Star Trek: Nemesis about the possibility of a further Star Trek movie given the cancellation of Enterprise and how bad Nemesis was. It turns out there may well be a further Star Trek movie i…
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I was listening to some talk radio this morning on a local station and they were playing sound bites from an interview with Lucas about how “dark” this movie was going to be … granted I won’t be bringing my daughter to this one, but I’m hoping that it’s REALLY DARK, and REALLY BETTER than the last two! (This movie should be called “Last Hope”, because that’s honestly what it is … )
I’ve seen some mentions of that here and there, apparently this is going to be the first PG-13 rating on a Star Wars film. I’m still trying not to get my hopes up, but maybe, if we’re really lucky….