Sure I can. And while I would agree that we’re lucky the OT even got off the ground, much less turned out as mind blowingly epic as it did, many of the biggest movie productions over the years have been utter chaos during the process. That’s nothing new. A lot of times the final edit barely even resembles the vision of the filmmakers when they started out. That’s just the biz. It’s part of the creative process. Why knock TLJ for common in the industry?
Agreed completely about the editing on Star Wars and ESB. Have no idea about the editing on TLJ but I’d love to have all the footage they cut out on Blu-ray someday. I for one love 3 hour moves. However, I do very much enjoy what we got as a theatrical cut.
I agree about long movies; the extended LOTR versions are some of my favorite things ever.
Same here! I haven’t watched the theatrical cuts since the extended editions came out. they could make those movies 5 hours each and i’d probably love every second of them.
I think that we will need to see IX before knowing which parts of TLJ are relevant or not? Do you think we’ve seen the last of DJ? Do you not think Finn and Rose’s relationship will have any bearing on the choices they make in the next movie? Their time together already seems to have impacted Rose’s actions in TLJ. Do you not think that Poe learned any lessons from sending them on their side mission and then starting a mutiny all of which resulted in massive loss of life? Imho, these things will have important implications to not only their character arcs but also the overall story. Of course, I’m not a Jedi or the son of one, so I’ll just have to wait and see like everyone else.
Same here! I haven’t watched the theatrical cuts since the extended editions came out. they could make those movies 5 hours each and i’d probably love every second of them.
I think you're slipping into blind hatred here. I have to imagine having over 50 minutes of extra footage shot for a movie that was already three hours and 20 minutes in theaters is a pretty unusual situation (Return of the King). Good bless the studio for even giving Peter Jackson that long of a leash. Extended editions are not that common in the industry, so there's really nothing we can infer by the absence of one for any particular film. Maybe the director just didn't film a lot of things that didn't already end up on screen. Maybe they liked cutting what they cut.
My dream is for Uni to get the theme park rights (now that chris is out of the picture) and build Middle Earth. Then I can spend the rest of my life going back and forth between there and Batuu.
They even allowed Peter to finish the effects on many of those scenes for the extended editions which is amazing and wonderful. It was practically a love letter to the fans of the movies (I say the movies because obviously not all the book fans love it).
My dream is for Uni to get the theme park rights (now that chris is out of the picture) and build Middle Earth. Then I can spend the rest of my life going back and forth between there and Batuu.
That is the name of planet that Disney is building at DHS.
Eh, I forget my own name sometimes. No worries.
