Nov-02-2012, 01:01 PM (UTC)
On Star Wars I'm with Valarya on George Lucas already having done to it what many people are afraid Disney doing to it:
Making movies just for kids and to make merchandise and games from.
For me that would have been forgivabe if he had not negated all the hints about the prequels story we had had from the OT.
Like Owen being Obi-Wan's brother for example and Anakin and him meeting during the Clone Wars...
And don't get me started on Midichlorians and virgin birth....
Yes, I was a big SW-Fan before the prequels came out.
For me they already have done what others are afraid further movies by Disney will do.
Pre-prequels (what a word) I would have been ectatic to here of Episodes 7-9 being made, now I don't really care and my big expectation is that they might be entertaining.
As for Wheel of Time I loved the 1-6 I read in nearly one go in 1995 and then the story started to slow until you waited years for a book where virtually nothing happened.
The last one by Jordan did pick up again but Sanderson is wrapping up the story (I think he was even chosen by Jordan himself that he should finish in case he couldn't) and does so very good but he has his own style and interpretations and I think that they show.
But there are worse things than having a fan who grew up with the books and was inspired by them in his own (very good) writing finishing that vast saga.
Making movies just for kids and to make merchandise and games from.
For me that would have been forgivabe if he had not negated all the hints about the prequels story we had had from the OT.
Like Owen being Obi-Wan's brother for example and Anakin and him meeting during the Clone Wars...
And don't get me started on Midichlorians and virgin birth....
Yes, I was a big SW-Fan before the prequels came out.
For me they already have done what others are afraid further movies by Disney will do.
Pre-prequels (what a word) I would have been ectatic to here of Episodes 7-9 being made, now I don't really care and my big expectation is that they might be entertaining.
As for Wheel of Time I loved the 1-6 I read in nearly one go in 1995 and then the story started to slow until you waited years for a book where virtually nothing happened.
The last one by Jordan did pick up again but Sanderson is wrapping up the story (I think he was even chosen by Jordan himself that he should finish in case he couldn't) and does so very good but he has his own style and interpretations and I think that they show.
But there are worse things than having a fan who grew up with the books and was inspired by them in his own (very good) writing finishing that vast saga.
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