The People vs George Lucas Documentary Trailer
It’s the oldest trick in the book. If you want to get your movie noticed, just associate it with something that has a pre-existing fanbase… preferably Star Wars! Alexandre O. Philippe’s upcoming documentary The People vs George Lucas is already attracting plenty of attention by playing on the collective disdain that’s been felt for George Lucas ever since Star Wars: Episode I was released. The movie promises to give the man the trial he never received for his disappointing Star Wars prequels (and, I assume, Indiana Jones 4). But is there actually an interesting movie beyond that? Well, judging by the trailer, I’d have to say… no.
While I’d love to see a documentary delve into the influence of George Lucas on pop culture and his creative process, I’m not really interested in the cinematic equivalent of fanboy griping on message boards. And unfortunately, that’s what this looks like it will be, despite having interviews with a few well-known names such as producer Gary Kurtz. It’s too bad, because Philippe’s previously film, the Klingon documentary Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water looks pretty decent. What do you think, is this a movie worth making? Should George Lucas be forced to answer to his fans? For more info, visit The People vs George Lucas MySpace page or the movie’s official website.
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“I’m not really interested in the cinematic equivalent of fanboy griping on message boards”
I can’t watch the trailer at work so I can’t judge for myself, but if this is what it looks like then I’m out. Didn’t we all endure enough the first time round listening to disgruntled fanboys crying about how George Lucas was raping their childhoods? Do we need an entire movie to remind us about it? Ugh. (I secretly enjoy the prequels, so maybe I’d be disowned by the fandom.)
Should George Lucas answer to his fans? Hell no. It’s his creation and, as painful as it might be to the rest of us, he’s entitled to do whatever he wants with it (even if it means wrecking it). It’s not like anyone suddenly enjoys the original trilogy LESS because of Jar Jar Binks (and if they do, that’s their own problem, not George Lucas’).
In short: fans seriously need to check their entitlement at the door instead of making documentary films about it.
Posted by Liz on February 17th, 2009I think I just hate “raped my childhood” as a phrase. It’s mostly used by internet fanboys to pretentiously expound why George Lucas’ new popcorn fluff is vastly inferior to his old popcorn fluff.
This particularly bothered me in regards to Indiana Jones 4, which I thought was thoroughly okay. Immediately “South Park” railed out the phrase in the most ham-fistedly literal and repetitive way they could and “George Lucas raped my childhood” became a phenomenon.
Jay’s mentioned this a few times on the podcast, but how are the original films in any way degraded by the new work? Those films are still sitting in my library, and while I may not purchase Crystal Skulls, I didn’t hate it and it certainly didn’t sour any memories I had of the franchise.
If this is seriously an hour and a half devoted to fans complaining about Star Wars and Indiana Jones, you can count me out. I didn’t care for the prequel trilogy, but the inclination of internet fanboys to label everything to the absolute extreme (Indiana Jones 4 is the worst movie ever!; The Dark Knight is the greatest film of all time!) is unbelievably immature.
Can’t we just move on and label these new films what they ultimately are, forgettable?
Posted by Colin on February 17th, 2009“raped my childhood” is a loser only emo loser fanboys in my school use. gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Posted by Barkley on February 17th, 2009There was NOTHING wrong with the prequels except for a few minor details. I really do not understand the hatred for Episode I (unless its to do with Jar-Jar).
Posted by Tomas on February 21st, 2009Leave a Reply