Monthly Archives: January 2018

Mark Hamill Doubles Down That Disney Did Not Pressure Him Into Apologizing For His LAST JEDI Comments

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mark_hamill.jpgMark Hamill is a national treasure. He is the best Joker, he has lent his voice to so many other great characters, and of course, he’s Luke Skywalker. Over the past couple weeks, there has been quite the controversy revolving around Hamill though and some comments he made. It all started with an interview where Hamill mentioned that he didn’t care for Rian Johnson’s portrayal of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This was followed up by a tweet days later where he apologized for making his thoughts on the matter public which fans saw as Disney and Lucasfilm pressuring Hamill to back off. Well, Hamill has taken to Twitter again to clarify that he has not received any such pressure to back off and that it was of his own accord that he sent out the apology. I actually really liked the way Luke was handled in The Last Jedi. I felt like it worked very well with the messages of the movie. I know many of you don’t agree, but let us know your thoughts on Luke in this latest film.

 

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 I’m really enjoying the conversations about both Pro AND Con. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion-but let me make one thing perfectly clear: Neither @Disney or has complained or told me what to say- EVER. ??-mh

Jodie Foster Says Superhero Movies are Ruining Audiences, But I Have to Disagree

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It’s not hard to ignore that fact that superhero and comic book films are currently dominating the box office. Audiences love them! They are fun and entertaining films with good stories that the fans love to talk about with each other.

However, actor and director Jodie Foster thinks that these films are having a negative effect on audiences. During an interview with Radio Times, Foster discussed these superhero films and likened this current movie trend to “fracking”, saying:

“Going to the movies has become like a theme park. Studios making bad content in order to appeal to the masses and shareholders is like fracking — you get the best return right now but you wreck the earth.

“It’s ruining the viewing habits of the American population and then ultimately the rest of the world. I don’t want to make $200 million movies about superheroes.”

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Ridley Scott Says There’s No Reason ALIEN Shouldn’t Be As Popular As STAR WARS

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After watching his franchise go on a steady decline over the years, Ridley Scott sounds beside himself. The good news is it doesn’t appear as though he’s ready to give up on the Alien franchise so we might see him working on another film in the near future. The bad news? He may have some delusions of grandeur in regards to the property:

“There’s no reason why Alien should now not be on the same level for fans as Star Trek and Star Wars. I think the next as to where we go is, do we sustain the Alien [franchise] with the evolution of the beast or do we reinvent something else? I think you need to have an evolution on this famous beast, because he’s the best monster ever, really.”

That quote (via Gamespot) is a bold proclamation by any stretch, and I’m not sure how you put Alien in the same discussion as Star Trek or Star Wars unless you’re talking about number of films that have been released. I would LOVE for Alien to reach that type of success, but I’m gonna sit here and flat out say there are plenty of reasons why Alien has not reached that level of success.

Regardless, I like that Scott still has that fire in him to continue and try to make the franchise better because he does have a really good monster…he just needs better stories surrounding it. I honestly thought Prometheus was a step in the right direction, but it appears they’ve all but abandoned that strategy, so where do you go now? What do you think would drastically improve this franchise?

Alec Guinness Charmingly Talks About How Much He Hated Working on STAR WARS in 1976 Letter

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Most Star Wars fans already know that Alec Guinness wasn’t a big fan of his work on Star Wars: A New Hope. But, a new letter has surfaced that he sent to a friend of his in which he shares his thoughts about the film while he was working on it and how he wasn’t really a big fan of the experience. However, he’s very eloquent and charming in his wording.

The letter was posted on Reddit and you can read it below:

My dear Anne,

I have returned to London this evening for my stint at the studio for the rest of the week. Can’t say I’m enjoying the film — new rubbish dialogue reaches me every other day on wages of pink paper — and none of it makes my character clear or even bearable. I just think, thankfully, of the lovely bread, which will help me keep going until next April even if ‘Yahoo’ collapses in a week.

I must off to studio and work with a dwarf (very sweet, — and he has to wash in a bidet) and your fellow countrymen Mark Hamill and Tennyson (that can’t be right) Ford — Ellison (? — No!*) — well, a rangy, languid young man who is probably intelligent and amusing. But Oh, God, God, they make me feel ninety — and treat me as if I was 106.

Love,
Alec

*Harrison Ford — ever heard of him?

I just thought that was a fun read and that some of you would enjoy it. He sure seems like a very pleasant person. Even though Star Wars wasn’t the best experience for him, everyone says that he was fantastic to work with on set.

Rian Johnson Says Rey’s True Parentage is Still Open For STAR WARS: EPISODE IX

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If you weren’t a fan of the way director Rian Johnson handled the answer to Rey’s origin in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, you’ll be happy to know that that’s not the final word. In a recent interview with HuffPost, the director talks about why he took this aspect of the story in the direction that he did and also says the real truth behind Rey’s parentage is still open.

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