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oldschoolfool on 18 December 2011
kowenicki said:
oldschoolfool said:
star wars doesn't deserve this treatment.


wtf does that even mean

I'm talking about the brand in general. It's deserves a better game,then what this appears to be. 



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Carl on 18 December 2011

no, but well played.

I just don't buy crap things.



                            

Khuutra on 18 December 2011
coolbeans said:
Khuutra said:


I think it's interesting to see how Lucas's ideas of acceptable characterization and storytelling change as he ages, though. The Han vs. Greedo scene is probably the best in the franchise for that; thirty-some years ago, Han shooting Greedo in the guts was daring and radical, a way to establish that even if he was a joking rogue, Han Solo was someone that you did not mess with. He had that air of potential ruthlessness to him, and it was established in that first scene.

The revision just shows that Lucas no longer finds that characterization acceptable, which is an interesting change - more interesting in Lucas than in Solo, though.

Certainly, but I don't consider this flucuation surprising given how the character changes like a heartbeat moniter in Empire to Return.  Even when looking at the scene now, it's not like the change isn't in his character: from shoot first, pay bartender to charging weapon for split-second self-defence. 

I'm not saying criticism can't be handed to some of Lucas' divisive moves with the series especially when considering how prominent a figure he was for 'keeping with the original motion picture' back in the 80's (I think).  But can any SW fan honestly say that Lucas' changes have gone so far as to even deficate the series as a whole?  He's just as much a fan of his own work as we are, and I think we can all agree we enjoy tinkering with some of our own ideas.


There's no question that some of this feeling comes down to the question of ownership of Star Wars, and that to many fans they feel that the viewers own the work, rather than Lucas. Lucas, of course, holds the opposite stance.

I don't think the whole thing would be that big of a deal, except that Lucas has repeatedly gone out of his way to make it harder to obtain the theatrical cuts of the films, especially in higher-end formats like DVD and blu-ray. It's definitely his series, but I can't blame fans for being angry when they don't get what they want.



thismeintiel on 18 December 2011
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
kowenicki said:
Dr.Grass said:
Porcupine_I said:
Carl2291 said:
Nice to see its a serious take on Star Wars.

yup, sounds like George Lucas is personally involved in a big way.

It's a shame we have to be subtle when making fun of kinect these days. What a turn of events.


At least kinect is relevant and popular enough to warrant making fun of....

I prefer to make fun of geeks that get all defensive about a third rate sci-fi series called star wars, luckily there arent any here.  Didnt star wars have a scene in a bar, where people wearing funny, poorly made, masks drink, belch and generally act in a b-movie like way?

serious? star wars?  do me a favour.



People aren't really making fun of Kinect, we all know how fun it is to wave your arms around, they make fun of the games using Kinect. Anyway. The original Star Wars, which you're talking about here, WAS a B-Movie kowen. That's why this is stupid. Star Wars deserves at least a B rated game... Not an F rated game.


You havent played the game, you dont know what the game is and neither does anyone else.  Every kinect game = auto piss take.

We know f-all about the last of us, but thats already the second coming of christ for some...  I read with my mouth wide open a very melodramatic thread earlier... I cringed.  

But its my fault... I keep forgetting that playing games on a computer is a very, very serious business.  Fun is not what it is about at all... silly me.

I have a very strong feeling that if MS had announced that game as one of their exclusives for 2012, and hyped it just like Sony did, you'd be in those very threads giving it praise. 

@ OP

Kinect has some good games, but this doesn't look like it will end up as one.  It also seems that they just shoved one more mini-game in their just because dancing games are hot right now.  Which is never a good sign.



 

thismeintiel on 18 December 2011
Khuutra said:
coolbeans said:
Khuutra said:


I think it's interesting to see how Lucas's ideas of acceptable characterization and storytelling change as he ages, though. The Han vs. Greedo scene is probably the best in the franchise for that; thirty-some years ago, Han shooting Greedo in the guts was daring and radical, a way to establish that even if he was a joking rogue, Han Solo was someone that you did not mess with. He had that air of potential ruthlessness to him, and it was established in that first scene.

The revision just shows that Lucas no longer finds that characterization acceptable, which is an interesting change - more interesting in Lucas than in Solo, though.

Certainly, but I don't consider this flucuation surprising given how the character changes like a heartbeat moniter in Empire to Return.  Even when looking at the scene now, it's not like the change isn't in his character: from shoot first, pay bartender to charging weapon for split-second self-defence. 

I'm not saying criticism can't be handed to some of Lucas' divisive moves with the series especially when considering how prominent a figure he was for 'keeping with the original motion picture' back in the 80's (I think).  But can any SW fan honestly say that Lucas' changes have gone so far as to even deficate the series as a whole?  He's just as much a fan of his own work as we are, and I think we can all agree we enjoy tinkering with some of our own ideas.


There's no question that some of this feeling comes down to the question of ownership of Star Wars, and that to many fans they feel that the viewers own the work, rather than Lucas. Lucas, of course, holds the opposite stance.

I don't think the whole thing would be that big of a deal, except that Lucas has repeatedly gone out of his way to make it harder to obtain the theatrical cuts of the films, especially in higher-end formats like DVD and blu-ray. It's definitely his series, but I can't blame fans for being angry when they don't get what they want.

Exactly.  I was going to buy the original trilogy on Blu-ray.  That is, until I found out it was not only the Special Editions, but Lucas had gone in and screwed with it even more.  It's like he can't come up with anything new, so he revisits his masterpieces and plays around with them.  Which doesn't make sense, because if there is any trilogy that needs changes, it's the new trilogy.



 

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Rath on 18 December 2011

Star Wars: Bollywood Edition



thismeintiel on 18 December 2011
Rath said:
Star Wars: Bollywood Edition

Now, THAT would be interesting.



 

Alby_da_Wolf on 18 December 2011
thismeintiel said:
Rath said:
Star Wars: Bollywood Edition

Now, THAT would be interesting.

QFT!!!    



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smroadkill15 on 18 December 2011

Ugh. I was maybe considering to get this game, but now.... 



Reasonable on 18 December 2011

I have only one thing to say to that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...