Reluctant Habits » Lucas, George http://www.edrants.com a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:42:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why George Lucas Should Be Punched in the Face http://www.edrants.com/why-george-lucas-should-be-punched-in-the-face/ http://www.edrants.com/why-george-lucas-should-be-punched-in-the-face/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:12:34 +0000 Edward Champion http://www.edrants.com/?p=7643 Get it while you can before Lucasfilm shuts the site down: Frank Darabont’s 2003 draft (PDF) of Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods. I’ve read the first 50 pages (when I should be doing other things) and it appears that David Koepp and George Lucas dumbed Darabont’s draft down big time, diluting many of Darabont’s ideas for the final cinematic product. Henry Jones is in the draft. Marion has dialogue that matches her Raiders incarnation, complete with many Casablanca homages, and she’s married! Indy gets drunk and sings. Indy mutters “Damn kids” when he sees the hot rodders and kicks ass in a car chase.

Yeah, there’s still the bullshit about the four waterfalls and the lead fridge. But if we had to deal with Lucas’s contrived story, Darabont’s version is the Indy 4 film that should have been made. Spielberg and Ford both loved it. It was Lucas who got his talentless knickers in a bunch over the idea of presenting “his” hero as even remotely flawed. (via Vulture)

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You and me both, George. And you won’t have my DVD money or my respect until you release the Star Wars films I remember. Let’s face the facts: Han Solo blew Greedo away without simultaneous fire or a second thought.

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