Hot new idea from George Lucas: Let’s turn the Indiana Jones series over to Shia LaBoeuf
posted at 1:24 pm on May 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Sounds like a plan. Or better yet, let’s bring Short Round back and pair them up, Lethal Weapon style! I said in the post about AICN’s review that it sounds like LaBoeuf may be headed for Jar Jar status as someone whose appeal is lost on virtually everyone except Lucas himself. So, naturally, he’ll want to go ahead and make him the focus of the entire series:
Lucas had a lot to say about the new “Indy” and its future.
“I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this,” he said. “But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out.
“And it’s not like Harrison is even old. I mean, he’s 65 and he did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it’s not like he’s an old man. He’s incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me.”
More good news: “This movie is the exact same experience as the other three were.” Exit question: Lucas circa 2008 = McCartney circa 1984 (“Give My Regards to Broad Street”)? Both acclaimed as geniuses in their youth, their work popular on a scale few others have ever reached, and yet both caught in a bizarre, decades-long slide further and further into mediocrity and bad judgment. Exit question: What happened?
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Lucas is rich enough that he can make whatever kind of movie he wants…
And the public is gullible enough to keep going.
Canadian Imperialist Running Dog on May 16, 2008 at 1:28 PM
I like Shia.
MayBee on May 16, 2008 at 1:28 PM
George Lucas: The only man who single handedly destroyed two great Hollywood series.
Way to go.
Lance Murdock on May 16, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Somewhere, an angel is crying.
MadisonConservative on May 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Send him a copy of Sin City & Resevoir Dogs for some ideas.
The LeBouef idea gives me visions of young Luke Skywalker racing the hover cars. Killed the entire series right then and there.
Limerick on May 16, 2008 at 1:34 PM
> I like Shia.
I’m told he doesn’t get on with his brother, Sunni.
AlexG on May 16, 2008 at 1:34 PM
In the thread picture, is that Moulitsas, when he smiles?
Entelechy on May 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM
“Me-sah hates da snakes. Snakes muy muy terrrrrrrible.”
-Jar Jar Jones, The Crystal Menace.
James on May 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Lucas, is nothing sacred?
Spirit of 1776 on May 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM
It’s not like there is buch of anything else to compete with this movie this summer. This is the only movie I’ve looked forward to in a while. Even if it “sucks”, it’ll probably be better than the rest. How do you follow Indy 1 and 3?
JC in CA on May 16, 2008 at 1:36 PM
I like Shia too. He was fine in Transformers.
psychofilly on May 16, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Possible titles: Indiana LaBeouf and the Castle of the Ewoks; or
Jar-Jar Jones and the Not So Good, Very Bad Day (co-starring Mylie Cyrus); or
The Revenge of Howard the Duck!
Vote Sauron 08 on May 16, 2008 at 1:39 PM
They should have stopped at The Last Crusade and left the series at that.
What the hell is wrong with these guys Spielberg and Lucas anyway? Lucas took the Star Wars trilogy and practically destroyed it by releasing Episodes 1-3. Now it looks like Spielberg wants to do the same stupid concept with the Indiana Jones trilogy, and based on early reviews, it sounds like the movie is going to suck worse than Speed Racer!.
When are these two media moguls going to come to an understanding of the general concept of enough is enough? This overplaying of the series works better in books, which is why the Star Wars books have been more successful than the movies. But to keep shoving movies like these down our throats is what is going to keep film lovers away from the box office. I am not even looking forward to later on when the DVD of this next Indy film will come out.
pilamaye on May 16, 2008 at 1:39 PM
I think the McCartney/Lucas Effect (not a bad band name, come to think of it) is explained by how they handled success. Both became fabulously wealthy and buried themselves in palaces and surrounded by hundreds of “yes men” (and probably “oh yes!” women as well).
Spend a couple of decades with these flattering suck-ups and greedy hangers-on and you too will believe that every half-ass chord or plot twist is The Greatest One Ever!
Compare that to a workman like Dylan. I’m not a big fan, but I have to admire his ethic. He’s about 165 years old, yet does a gig ever other night in every beer-soaked roadhouse on the planet to make sure he keeps sharp. 99% of guys (me included) would be happy retiring to a vast mansion and enjoying the spoils of my success. Lucas and McCartney belong to that 99%.
Exurban Jon on May 16, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Hey, at least he isn’t considering bringing back the Young Indiana Jones series.
(Oh, crap…shhh! Don’t give him any ideas.)
James on May 16, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Now if only he could sing….
James on May 16, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Everyone has one or two good ideas during their life. Some people cash in. Many don’t.
lorien1973 on May 16, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Lucas is at that stage of his career where he’s too powerful for anyone to credibly check his artistic self-indulgence. always sad to see…
RightOFLeft on May 16, 2008 at 1:49 PM
So true. Francis Ford Coppala had 3 or 4 good movies in him. The rest are forgettable or pure crap. Lucas had two good ideas, Star Wars and Raiders. After that he just rehashes, remakes, and ruins everything he did so well 20 years earlier. And he’s not even the director or even the screenwriter or these.
As usual South Park was right all along.
Vote Sauron 08 on May 16, 2008 at 1:54 PM
If Indiana Jones 2 didn’t kill the franchise, nothing will.
MayBee on May 16, 2008 at 1:55 PM
I agree… and yet, he’s also the man who MADE two great Hollywood series. From his perspective, he doesn’t have to try very hard to put out a movie that will make him a few hundred million dollars. If you had that opportunity, would you turn it down? To him, it’s not even a matter of artistic integrity. It’s HIS story, after all. Fanfics don’t mean a hill of beans; George’s word is canon. If he wants to kill Indy off a la Magnum P.I., it’s his prerogative any nobody else’s. Do I think the new movie idea is dumb? Yeah. <SPOILER ALERT> Do I think handing the franchise to Indy’s son (played by that guy) is dumb? Yeah. Do I think that having an Indiana Jones movie with aliens is a retarded idea? Yeah. </SPOILER ALERT> But it’s his. Don’t fault the man for using his considerable past successes to earn him a few more bucks. Rock bands do it all the time.
Beo on May 16, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Free Hat
you mean this one? :)
DaveC on May 16, 2008 at 2:05 PM
I thought this was the plan from the get-go.
Meh. I’m open to the possibilities but not very hopeful. I guess we’ll see.
MikeZero on May 16, 2008 at 2:09 PM
I got the impression from an interview with Lucas a few years back, maybe around the launch of Phantom Menace, that he introduced story elements and characters because they would entertain his kids.
DrSteve on May 16, 2008 at 2:09 PM
To be totally fair, Harrison Ford was a bold and unusual choice for Han Solo, as well, having only played in small supporting roles up to that point.
PJ Emeritus on May 16, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Lucas’ motto: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Rip Ford on May 16, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Hasn’t Lucas learned about stupid sidekicks yet? They only work when they’re robots. Or Wookies.
piraticalbob on May 16, 2008 at 2:23 PM
No, he wasn’t.
SouthernDem on May 16, 2008 at 2:24 PM
THAT’S funny…
juanito on May 16, 2008 at 2:26 PM
I’m surprised you guys aren’t commenting on this entirely predictable plot line:
“Another newly revealed story point: Jones is facing a congressional probe similar to that era’s House Un-American Activities Committee, which in the movie is crushing the reputations of professors, scholars and teachers suspected of lacking patriotism.
“We’re in the ’50s now, there is a great deal of pressure on academia from people like Joe McCarthy,” Marshall says. “The educational system was under fire. It’s kind of interesting that Indiana falls prey to that. He comes under heavy government scrutiny.”
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-15-indiana-jones-cannes_N.htm
Mike Antonucci on May 16, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Yes, but McCartney actually staged a comeback with a couple really good albums over the last couple years. Lucas I fear is gone for good.
MarkJudge on May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Didn’t they try Indy as a young person with the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles?
Indy is a great protagonist because he is almost but not quite an anti-hero. He’s cynical, skeptical, and wily. Good qualities for an older guy, but in a young person those qualities just make the person a jerk.
Spc Steve on May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Mesah like jar jar binks.
Why you no mesah like jar jar binks?
Roger Waters on May 16, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Hey, he’s got a built-in whip with that tongue. Now all we need is a cantina band version of the IJ theme song and he can run screaming from Jabba rolling down head-over-tail from his throne.
James on May 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM
He needs to keep the vehicle going so he can continue to hock his toys and games to kids….
He just buys the best CGI he can and it gets built. Then, the kids want the merchandise crap because of the wow factor from the movie.
Nothing genius about that.
wildweasel on May 16, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Who didn’t see that one coming. Right when I first saw LeBoeuf in the trailer I figured he would be the “next Indiana Jones”. He is the one thing turning me away from it (but yeah, of course I will go see it.)
Grafted on May 16, 2008 at 2:54 PM
BWAHAHAHA!!
I think it is a side effect of mega success. The critique of the new Indy movie seems oddly familiar as if I have heard it before… Die Hard 4 comes to mind. The character is lareger than life and the script writes itself, but the audience is in no way as engrossed as they once were. And it just lacks the same, something that the first 3 had.
Some things are better left alone, or completely reinvented. Indy 4 starring someone else would keep the audience in suspense. Who thinks Indy is going to die? The outcome is never in doubt and all the highs are predictable and exacerbated.
Theworldisnotenough on May 16, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Don’ you talk dat way ’bout my Jar-Jar…
gridlock2 on May 16, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Easy, you must turn to that great philosopher Mel Brooks, he got it right when he said, “We’ll all meet back here in Spaceballs 2, the quest for more money.”
dentalque on May 16, 2008 at 3:12 PM
I read somewhere that Burt Reynolds was actually considered for that role. That would have been funny. Utterly unwatchable, but funny.
CurtZHP on May 16, 2008 at 3:18 PM
I completely agree. Without the possibility of a tragic end, the suspense, and with it the tension and enjoyment, are lessened dramatically.
Spirit of 1776 on May 16, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Uhhh…did you forget about EWOKS? Try TWO good movies out of six. Jedi was complete garbage.
I liked Shia in the movie Holes. Transformers sucked, too.
robblefarian on May 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM
The sad thing is success breeds apathy and mediocrity. Lucas original Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies appealed to everyone because (without turning to smut for entertainment value) they treated even their youngest audience like intelligent semi-adult people.
Lucas (and by extension Speilberg when he works with Lucas) started to crap out when he started trying to appeal to little kids (having them googling over some “cute” critter).
I saw the images of the original storyboards for Jedi and the Ewoks were supposed to be very much like the Wookies in Revenge instead of waddling Chia-pets.
Don’t even get me started on Willow.
Unless you are making some animated creation, trying to appeal to toddlers and adults in the same movie is crap. It makes for vapid story-breaking sequences that ruin the flow of your movie.
Jar-Jar Binks, all of the kids around Anakin and Anakin himself (who could have easily have been a gifted teenager instead of a living wooden muppet) are all examples of Lucas’s continued mismanagement.
Lucas has a little people fetish and just can’t resist playing to the Spongebob Squarepants crowd even in situations where playing to the more young adult ideal would make for a much more enjoying experience.
Little people worked in Lord of the Rings BECAUSE they were small adults and while quirky in a quaint British/Irish sort of way, you never doubted the maturity inside.
BSG is better (a bit too character driven sometimes to the point of losing the storyline) and Babylon 5 was mostly awesome.
Exploring new universes would be a vast improvement and developing something like David Weber’s “Honor Harrington”, Terry Pratchets “Disc World”, or even Edger Rice Burroughs “Warlord of Barsoom” would be really excellent and certainly possible with todays tech.
babylonandon on May 16, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Who the hell is Shia LaBoeuf?
Jungliszt on May 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
I like Shia, too. I didn’t used to but he’s growing on me. When he explained his drunken arrest of a couple months ago on Letterman the other night, he was pretty frickin’ hilarious.
marykatharine on May 16, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Are you guys friggin nuts? ALL the star wars movies rocked except II and VI.
Yes, Phantom Menace rocked as well.
Roger Waters on May 16, 2008 at 3:57 PM
First, I give Lucas his due. He was an innovator before Star Wars. American Graffiti was perhaps the first film to use a wall-to-wall rock soundtrack and among the first (certainly among hit films) to intertwine several narratives, as opposed to linear story-telling. Star Wars — for better and worse — issued in the effects-driven blockbuster (Spielberg’s shark fas the forerunner, but no cigar). He has used his fortune to fund dozens of advancements in filmmaking (Pixar being the best-known).
That being said, his later films suffer from his tech fixation. He believes he can direct in the editing room when he clearly cannot (ex-wife Marcia edited Star Wars brilliantly; Kirshner’s direction makes TESB). Indeed, the Indy franchise might have faired far worse had Lucas directed instead of Spielberg.
Casting Harrison Ford as Han Solo was not particularly bold. Lucas wanted unknowns for the main roles, with Guinness, Cushing, etc. in secondary roles. His thought was he did not want to have people’s recogintion of stars interfering with getting into the story. It worked for Graffiti and the original trilogy, but the prequels… not so much.
Karl on May 16, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Agreed. I hope they don’t make Die Hard 5, Indy 5, or Rambo 5, etc. Leave them alone for crying out loud.
emmaline1138 on May 16, 2008 at 4:00 PM
You are objectively an idiot if you think Phantom Menace “rocked”. BTW, only losers listen to Pink Floyd.
Jungliszt on May 16, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Till this very day I wish Tom Selleck would have taken the role as Indie. I’m a massive Magnum p.i. fan and I think Selleck would have been an awesome Indie. Most of you probably don’t agree, but oh well.
robblefarian on May 16, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Interesting isn’t it?
I have found the majority people commenting at HotAir.com only care about blatant attacks in the mass media against their traditionalist/conservative beliefs only when the attacker serves in some sort of “official” capacity as an activist for the Left.
As far as I can tell, the trigger for HotAir commenter outrage against a movie/TV show/video game/pop music song or personality is only warranted if the following criteria are met:
-Self-identified Democrat Party voter
-Directly insulted Ronald Reagan by name
-Not George Lucas (pass granted via Star Wars)
-Not Steven Spielberg (pass granted via Schindler’s List)
-Not Harrison Ford (pass granted via association with Lucas/Spielberg)
-Not Battlestar Galactica
-Not movies about comic book characters (”In the original comic book back in the 60s, the main character was a Republican” or “At least the movie has a strong good versus evil storyline”)
-Not Japanimation
-Not attractive platinum-selling musicians who gained popularity from 1975-present (”I know [insert name here] is a liberal, but I can look past that person’s political views and enjoy their music”)
-Not popular video games (”So what if the game is 40 hours of gameplay that hammers a ‘no blood for oil’ and ‘Christians are all latently homosexual and psychopatically violent hypocritical cretins’ mantra? I’m advanced enough in my thinking that my political views do not get in the way of good entertainment”)
-Windows PC user
In other words, you’ll hear a lot of “I know it’s liberal crap but I’ll still pay money for it” here, but you can count on plenty of outrage and boycott threats for the following:
-Stewart
-Colbert
-Olby
-Babs
-Cher
-Madge
-The entire cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
-Tom Cruise
-Sean Penn
-Alec Baldwin
-Anyone associated with Air America
-Obama Girl
-Bill Gates
You know, the really tough targets that nobody ever goes after…
ScottMcC on May 16, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Look at the bright side. We have finally found the correct image for the next Obama in ‘08 T-Shirt.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on May 16, 2008 at 4:20 PM
I heard it was going to be called, ‘Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2′.
speaking of Disc World, someone did make ‘The Hogfather’ and it’s out on DVD now.. it was pretty good.. Also, ‘The Color of Magic’ ‘The Light Fantastic’ has just been made into a mini-series for the BBC as well.. should be on DVD here soon..
DaveC on May 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Not complete garbage. The first half with Jabba was good, and Luke was an appropriately creepy badass in those sequences. Good way to wrap-up Empire Strikes Back. And the Emperor was awesome. The Ewoks were really the only bad thing about it. Unfortunately they were in half of the movie.
I do maintain that when the first Ewok was seen was when the franchise veered off into kiddie-land and never recovered. Jar-Jar was only the continuation of a trend that had started with the Ewoks.
crazy_legs on May 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
You know.. if I had to rule out everything I watch because of some political meter, there wouldn’t be anything worth watching.. sorry I don’t adhere to your strict standards but then, I’m not here to please you..
DaveC on May 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM
If I pay to see an action adventure movie, I don’t want to see a puppet show!!
If I turn on Sesame Street, I don’t want to see an action adventure movie!
The puppets are stupid and make the whole thing seem like a puppet parody of a real movie.
landlines on May 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Did any of you see the Rear Window remake, “Disturbia”? He was great. Let’s reserve judgment until we actually get to see the picture. You can’t judge a book by its cover and you can’t judge a movie by its trailer. Take that “Vantage Point” movie–the trailer had me dying to see it, then it sucked.
malan89 on May 16, 2008 at 5:05 PM
I have to say it…
“Ex-squeeze me?”
Viewtifulgare on May 16, 2008 at 5:12 PM
You totally forgot Rosie.
SouthernDem on May 16, 2008 at 5:18 PM
The original Star Wars trilogy was great because it focused on an adventure from the point of view of the few core characters. The new trilogy missed the boat on this and became tedious because it did no focus on any specific adventure but on a wide range of what was happening….fictional politics. Put as many battles and starships as you want that just isn’t as fun a plot. It sounds like the new Indy movie is set to do the same thing.
Also I don’t think Shia is a good actor at all. He looks confused, clueless and dumbfounded - always. That can work for a sidekick type character who is taking instructions from the hero. but as a lead or main characer? never. They should have gone with a peer with some actual talent for a range of acting like Frankie Muniz.
Resolute on May 16, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Yes-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s! Awesome…
Darn, if only this post by a political conservative with the indignant and self-absorbed justification of funding his habit for self-loathing leftist entertainment would’ve been a minute sooner, the “in 15 minutes or less” rule would’ve been in effect to earn a free pizza.
ScottMcC on May 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Oy. Fanboys.
TheUnrepentantGeek on May 16, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Rock and Roll Blasphemy!! What are you? 12? Green day much?
Guardian on May 16, 2008 at 8:07 PM
heh… it’s hard to guess what will set HA readers off.
Hog Wild on May 16, 2008 at 8:10 PM
That Disney kid that was in transformers? Heck no!
Use Megan Fox as the main character! >:D
Chakra Hammer on May 16, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Have Megan Fox as the main character Harrison Ford as her dad.
Have it set on the Border India and Pakistan and call it.
Indiana Jones and Temple of Punjab!
Chakra Hammer on May 16, 2008 at 9:10 PM
When I saw that photo of Jar Jar I started laughing out loud… but to read some of these comments, I’m ROTF LMAO. Thanks for the laughs. Now I’ve got to go, I just ordered a pizza, and going to watch Hunt for Red October for the 20th time.
gxpgxp on May 16, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Thats an AWESOME idea, she looks like she could beat the sh*t out of someone if she wanted to. Unlike Shia, who looks like couldn’t handle my younger sister…
Conservative Gunman on May 16, 2008 at 9:42 PM
Hogfather freaking rocked. Color of Magic…I don’t know. I actually liked Rincewind a lot more in Interesting Times; Cohen and the Silver Horde would be good for the fight scenes but I don’t know if they could carry the whole movie…I tell you if they really wanted a Pratchett book that would translate well to the big screen, they’d take one of the Sam Vimes books; only bad thing about his stories though is they all build on each other. The pacing though is good; they’re action packed, lots of great characters. Course, I don’t know how big he is over here. A few years ago they had Discworld meet ups; basically, readers would get together, have coffee and talk Pratchett. There were 3 of us registered in Austin. There had to be 4…it never happened. Sigh.
As to Lucas, he’s a giant tool when it comes to stories and casting (how you could cast that giant blonde douchebag as Darth Vader is completely beyond me)but he does some pretty wicked special effects. And even 30 years later, I still have fun watchin the old movies. He’s not completely beyond redemption.
austinnelly on May 17, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Junglezitz,
Phantom Menace ROOOOOOCKED!!!
and you suck.
FLOYD ROOOOOOOOOOOOCKS!!!!!
and you suck.
got it?
If you would like to discuss this in person, let me know. I feel like kicking somebody’s ass.
Roger Waters on May 17, 2008 at 1:30 AM
I was just thinking the other day that Lucas intended to have Shia be the “new” Indiana Jones. I have no angst against him. I liked him in “Constantine”. I’ll see how he is in this movie, whether he is a Jar Jar or not. The kid in the second movie was a Jar Jar.
Hmm, I think “Jar Jar” should become a knew adjective - to describe a character so annoying and doesn’t belong in the film.
hadsil on May 17, 2008 at 2:14 AM
That they have made this Jones movie yet another cowardly Hollywood attack-by-lying on America and Bush only shows that Lucas/Spielberg have forgotten the reason for the massive success of their neo-B movies in the first place:
Movies as entertainment.
Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters, were all about entertainment. None of them were reminding us of what kind of bizarre lefty schmucks Hollywood culture produces. None of them were trying to make Americans feel rotten about being Americans. They were simply telling exciting stories well.
Now these nuveau riche aging artists, sitting on their $billions are out to teach us, not entertain us.
And unlike the “Narnia” series, what they are trying to teach us is dark, negative, demeaning and self-serving to the producers, and not very entertaining.
I guess the good news of this is that it will end up driving more people to “Prince Caspian”, an entertaining story told well.
hunter on May 17, 2008 at 7:22 AM
LUCAS: Secretary, make yet another entry on the computer and file it in the “What the hell was I thinking?” folder.
The man has clearly lost it. But for you cinema and home theater junkies out there, let’s give the guy his due.
He was the one (along with Tomlinson Holman) who forced theater owners to start showing movies in something other than a badly lit, noisy, cramped shoe box on a tiny screen with a pair of blown out speakers for a sound system. It was his influence on the THX Certification that has led to some pretty darn awesome sound and visuals in our cinemas and in our own living rooms.
Still, Shia?
Et tu Brute on May 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM
VOTE SAURON 08-
LOL!
Most are exaggerating for effect when they say this, but I literally sprayed a laugh of spit all over my laptop screen when I read:
“INDIANA LeBOUEF AND THE CASTLE OF EWOKS”.
Christ!
Thanks for making me go get the Bounty!
Lucas should just move on and make the movie about the Tuskeegee Airmen he always talks about in interviews and stop ruining his past ideas.
“Indiana Binks and the Time Portal of Tattooine“
profitsbeard on May 17, 2008 at 8:59 AM
100% correct!
ScottMcC on May 17, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Some people mange to keep Lucas in check; he wanted to make “Crystal Skull” about Indy actually fighting space aliens! But Spielberg and Ford managed to talk him out of it.
Wait and see how this movie does with critics and the box office, before worrying about what he might try with the next one.
Frozen Tex on May 17, 2008 at 1:03 PM
So what epic project is keeping Ahmed Best from taking the role, anyway?
James on May 17, 2008 at 1:26 PM
I’d be delighted to discuss this with you on a one-on-one basis. Of course you would have to contractually agree that you would not seek litigation against me after I roundhouse kick you in the face.
Since only rednecks listen to Pink Floyd, please don’t give in to the temptation to bring the shotgun on your truck rack.
Jungliszt on May 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM
ScottMcC
wow… The last person I heard use that term was 60 years old.
I take it you’re not a fan of Anime such as Naruto
Jones Zemkophill on May 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Junglezits,
I promise not to seek litigation since there would be no point as you cannot sue a dead man.
I realize that in your world, Justin Timberlake and the BackStreet Boys is all the rave, but please dont use that as an excuse to put down hetero music.
Thanks. Ta.
Roger Waters on May 17, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Incidentally, you are the second hillbilly to threaten me with death this week. All of that aside, your beloved Phantom Menace actually stars a Backstreet Boy.
So let me see if I have this right: you listen to straight music but watch gay movies? Does that make you bisexual?
Tell you what–why don’t you jump on your Pink Floyd “Vote Obama” pig and fly away. I promise I won’t tell anyone.
Jungliszt on May 17, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Yeah, I grew out of liking Japanamation when everyone kept telling me my first year in film school that I had to sit through the laughably bad Japanese-language version of that old Space Crusier Yamato series to “get it,” that Hayao Miyazaki was the greatest artist of the 20th century, and that Akira would eventually win the Academy Award for “Best Film Ever Made.”
They were all high–I was not.
My friend has made plenty of money directing voice overs for translated Japanimated content for a company in Ft. Worth but after a few beers away from work he admits the writers of even the “more mature” original Japanimated content are not the greatest; it’s convoluted, illogical, lazy, and hard to swallow storytelling covered by a sugary coating of gimmicky animated tricks.
Which, of course, circles right back around and brings us back to George Lucas’ content output for the past ten years.
ScottMcC on May 17, 2008 at 6:14 PM
JungleZits,
Really? Phantom Menace had a Backstreet Boy in it? I didnt know that.
You seem to be quite the authority on Backstreet Boys. So, what is that Backstreet Boy’s favorite foods? What does that Backstreet Boy like to do for fun? Since you have an encyclodpedic knowledge of them, I thought you might want to gush to us heteros what your fantasy boys do in their spare time and what their favorite colors are and stuff.
BTW, I live in Orange County, California. I havent seen any hillbillies here. However, I have seen a few pigs on the wing.
You wouldnt understand. You are still shaking with excitement over the recent news that your favorite band is reuniting.
Roger Waters on May 17, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Ha ha, touché.
Perhaps I was a little harsh on you. The dual combination of your music and movie taste made my head spin. I apologize.
For the record, I listen to classical, drum and bass, and underground hip-hop.
Jungliszt on May 17, 2008 at 6:50 PM
HA HA!!
Good stuff, dude. Good stuff. :)
Roger Waters on May 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Shia LaBoeuf? Who’s she? Is she some new Hollywood hottie?
abcurtis on May 17, 2008 at 8:38 PM
La la la…can’t hear you, Georgie!!!
tickleddragon on May 17, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Is there a website that is chronicaling the list of movies that attack America / conservatives / traditional values?
I would love to see the running list of actors, directors, screewriters, studios .. that have been putting this cinema crap out over all these years.
BTW, my vote for movie title would be:
JAR JAR LUCAS AND THE TEMPLE OF POON
Shawn92101 on May 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM