The Making of "LOTR by George Lucas"

Interview footage was conducted for the upcoming documentary, "People vs. George Lucas" (NOT directed by me, but director Alexandre O. Phillipe. See link below). Creator Frankie Frain provides some insight to the two internet popular Lucas satires, "Lord of the Rings by George Lucas" and "How George Lucas Might Fuck Up Indiana Jones 4."

http://www.peoplevsgeorge.com/

Lord of the Rings by George Lucas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4Potdpjhw

How George Lucas Might Fuck Up Indiana Jones 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPzDjaA03ts

People vs. George Lucas Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoc3roT81nU

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[DMWolFGurL]

Do you think you could have done better making star wars. The thing about you people is you guys make fun of him or whatever but in actuality he wrote star wars and thought it up you guys who make fun of him didn't. As far as I'm concerned you are still a loser he isn't.

[JVCFelix]

@DMWolFGurL Could I make a better film than the original 3? Never, not on your life. There's no argument there - they're the best films of our time. But the prequels are so dramatically, bafflingly bad in comparison, the contrast just has to be examined. And yes, made fun of. You're missing the point entirely. Lucas was so instrumental in expanding film technique, that when we examine Lucas, we examine media culture, which is ripe for parody. This isn't bullying. But it's worth looking at.

[fearguis]

@JVCFelix IMO, you're giving Lucas too much credit there. I think the people that were instrumental in expanding film technique were Frank Oz, Stan Winston, the crew behind him, and the actors.

If you read the scripts of the original trilogy, the dialogue was pretty... well... stupid... as many of the actors have pointed out over the years. But great actors, coupled with a master puppeteer, and a special effects crew that told George that "shiny" spaceships are unrealistic, made the movies.

[JVCFelix]

@fearguis Hey man, you're spot on, and I'm sorry if this doesn't represent that point. I'm the biggest champion of that very sentiment. I think when I was a kid, I fell victim to the ways in which we critique films, which is to attribute all of its successes and failures to the director/author. But the reason I continue to pick on Lucas is precisely because he failed to remember just how many people contributed to the OT. The prequels prove just how small a role he played in the those films.

[NoirMage]

@fearguis Why do so many prequel apologists have to resort to the "Well the dialogue in the OT was awful too"? Because that isn't the case at all, thinking hard about it, any bad dialogue in the OT is so minimal, so fleeting that it really didn't matter. I mean I think the only bad dialogue in the OT might have been regarding Luke's whining to his uncle, and arguing with Han in a later scene. I'm not saying the dialogue was the best ever, but it's not remotely bad or awful by any stretch.

[JVCFelix]

@NoirMage I also like how the two scenes you referred to in the OT were from A New Hope - the only one Lucas wrote.

And hey, some whiny dialogue here and there still doesn't even compare to "I only love you because you're so beautiful - so love is blind?" crap crap crap.

[leatherfaze03]

Get Real Peter Jackson is way better than Lucas, Get back in reality, LOTR is way better than Star Wars. Goodbye.

[kelenloth]

Well, I'm one of your 3/5. I totally agree!! LOTR was, as you said, rather perfect. Even if they did stray from the books, what they brought outweighed what they didnt by 1000%. Star Wars, on the other had, as you said, went down hill pretty fast. Han Solo was good. Obi and Qui are pretty good. But not anikin... And Indiana Jones? I still consider it a trilogy. The fourth one just dosent count at all. Or at least it shouldn't.

[Fenristheman]

What a stupid LOTR fanboy. I bet this same person is making excuses for Jackson's flop The Lovely Bones and that now he's shooting The Hobbit in 3D. LMAO

[murlocslavemaster]

Lol you're hilarious and totally right

[FCWPM]

@JVCFelix I could think of one even crappier than that from ATTACK OF THE CLONES: "The thought of not being with you -- I can't breath. I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating . . . hoping that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me . . . what can I do? I will do anything you ask." I saw that movie when I was 11 years old, and I knew something was off, but I never really thought deeply about it. But now I do!

[themovieguy364]

I can sort of understand where Lucas was coming from and how he doesn't want it turning into something else like with any movie that turns into a series these days simply to make money and/or a film where the studio restricts the director too much, but your absolutely right that he should still consider everyone else who contributed to it's success particularly the audience. Artists should be able to be satisfied with their work, but they should also be open to others thoughts at times.

[TheRandomGrabber]

damn I took your advice I watched Sex and the city and I legitimately enjoyed it better than Indie 4 and all the prequels lmaaooo

[NoirMage]

@JVCFelix That's true. I can't really think of any bad dialogue at all from Empire Strikes Back, which is a masterpiece of science fiction, and even in Return of the Jedi(the weakest of the OT) I can't think of any bad dialogue at all.

[garamonde]

There are too many people in my opinion who just don't get it. They don't WANT to see how bad the prequels are. People still say they find them "entertaining" or they "enjoyed" them. See my problem is those films aren't just a violation of the original concept in so many ways, but the fall of Anakin as RLM said isn't even a story that needed to be told, it's just something that needed to be said in one sentence... AND IT WAS! The prequels are so terribly written, they just need to go away, NOW.

[zwierend]

@fearguis What he just had random ideas and got others tob make it??? He didn1t just have ideas he wrote thhe story treatments for all 3 of the originsl SW films, servedas excecutive proucer and was studio supervisor for all 3, served as directotr andscreenwriter on A New Hope, and as co-screenwrirer co-director andsecond unit director on V and VI, co-wrote the stort ans cio-ececutivew produced andsecond unit sirected and supervised Raiders, fully wrote the story for Doom etc