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PostSat Oct 22, 2005 9:57 am    George Lucas donates $1m to Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

Click here for the news item.

It's nice when a billionaire does something like that. Millionaires and billionaires get a lot of flak, with people calling them selfish, remote and uncaring. Yet, people like Lucas and Bill Gates have proven over time that being very, very rich can be a good thing, if you're a humanitarian.


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PostMon Oct 24, 2005 11:14 am    

Very nice. Go George!


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PostTue Oct 25, 2005 5:06 am    

He oughta have invested it in making original movies.

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PostTue Oct 25, 2005 2:59 pm    

He did make six original movies (not counting his non-SW movies).

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PostFri Oct 28, 2005 5:13 am    

Plus the remakes? And part, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, seeing the lack of creativity yet?

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PostFri Oct 28, 2005 5:24 am    

What remakes?

He was Executive Procucer on Howard the Duck (1986).


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PostFri Oct 28, 2005 6:21 am    

The digitally remastered things

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PostFri Oct 28, 2005 6:23 am    

Oh I see. Wouldn't class them as remakes, myself, but I get your point.

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PostFri Oct 28, 2005 11:03 am    

Dirt wrote:
Plus the remakes? And part, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, seeing the lack of creativity yet?


He may have used much of history and religion as a guideline, yes, but it was all original. And the Special Editions were NOT remakes. They just had added content and tied up some loose ends, adding some things Lucas wasn't able to add in the original. Trust me, they are FAR from remakes.



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PostFri Oct 28, 2005 1:02 pm    

In my opinion, George Lucas was kind of a one hit wonder.

I loved the Indiana Jones movies, but everything else he did never quite floated my boat. I'll never quite forgive him for creating Howard the Duck, who went on to become Vermont Governor.

Ach, American Grafitti was kinda cheesy, but it wasn't so bad.


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