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George Lucas

question of the day: What could Fox have possibly done to the remastered Chariots of Fire that would warrant a review embargo?

Tue, May 01, 2012
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Does Nick Fury show up in a new postcredits tag scene attempting to recruit Olympic runners Harry Abrahams and Eric Liddell for his Avengers Initiative: Time Tunnel?

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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D movie review: escape to the past

Mon, Feb 13, 2012
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It’s still a not very good movie. But… it’s still Star Wars.

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George Lucas says Greedo always shot first (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Feb 11, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: What is Hollywood’s problem with Red Tails?

Mon, Jan 16, 2012
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Is it “merely” racism trumping easy profit? Is it just the typical Hollywood bigotry that keeps anyone who isn’t white and male and straight from dominating the screen?

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question of the day: What is so genuinely special about ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ and ‘Back to the Future’?

Fri, Sep 16, 2011
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Tim Walker at The Independent made me cry yesterday, for reminding me how the movies of my childhood made me fall in love with movies, and for suggesting that such movies may never come again…

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question of the day: What changes would you actually like to see in the ‘Star Wars’ saga?

Tue, Sep 13, 2011
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Perhaps little Anakin could be de-whined somehow?

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question of the day: How much can George Lucas alter ‘Star Wars’ before it’s no longer ‘Star Wars’?

Thu, Sep 01, 2011
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I think we can agree that Star Wars is Lucas’s property to do whatever he wants with. But there must come a point at which Star Wars no longer feels like something the fans want to embrace.

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Red Tails (trailer)

Wed, Aug 03, 2011
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Aw, crap. This is gonna be some tearjerking cornball shit from George Lucas (who cowrote the script), isn’t it?

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watch it: “George Lucas Strikes Back”

Tue, Jun 07, 2011
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It’s not a real trailer, but it should be. It should be.

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Rooney Mara is the American girl with the dragon tattoo; Net neutrality’s swan song; is George Lucas an asshole?; more: leftover links

Sun, Aug 22, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…

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