Benioff and Weiss off Star Wars!...and more

[abulafia]

just a general question.
why go with all the hassle of recalculating inflation (which can be faulty) if you can just go with tickets sold?

seems to be an us-american thing again, cause in europe i notice only the amount of visitors stated to measure the success of a movie.
which makes a lot more sense imho, cause who knows what contracts say about splitting revenue on distribution, marketing, etc?

[Moon Ronin]

just a general question.
why go with all the hassle of recalculating inflation (which can be faulty) if you can just go with tickets sold?

seems to be an us-american thing again, cause in europe i notice only the amount of visitors stated to measure the success of a movie.
which makes a lot more sense imho, cause who knows what contracts say about splitting revenue on distribution, marketing, etc?

I'm not sure if they keep track of tickets sold back in 1977 and such, never seen any numbers on it. So the best way would be to look at total office box income with inflation needed for comparison without those numbers.

[abulafia]

I'm not sure if they keep track of tickets sold back in 1977 and such, never seen any numbers on it. So the best way would be to look at total office box income with inflation needed for comparison without those numbers.

how would they have based their calculations back then if not on sold tickets as multiplier? how is that rocket science?

[WebLurker]

I think part of the reason it was better received (although it didn't make as much money as the first four Bay films) is that, despite taking place in the continuity of the Bay series it was much closer to the cartoon's/toys designs, something that's been a major issue with most of the fans.

Could be; the classic designs were praised (and, frankly, the former movies had some really ugly stuff in it), although I did notice that people seemed to really like the characters more this time around (seen more then one "Sam Whitwickey is a awful person" essay floating around.

In terms of continuity, it's now a reboot, although they flipped-flopped on that so much, it's kinda hard to take anything at face value (heck, the DVD came with bonus features tying it to the original movies, despite the "reboot" ruling and the fact that the movie pretty much destroyed the already-inconsistent Bay-verse series).

It also considerably toned down the juvenile humor of the Bay films too.

Yeah, see a few clips that have made me question A.) what was in the water when they were made and B.) question why I got a dirt-cheap DVD set of all five of them.

[Valentis]

It was reported that Benioff and Weiss left the project as they could not agree with Disney on the right direction to take Star Wars. Whose side should we be on? Both Disney and Benioff/Weiss are clueless.

[Sacred Knight]

Its impossible for me to gauge with any certainty without having an idea of what the pitch was. If I'm guessing, I think after TFA and TLJ, Disney now leans towards the safe, more formulaic approach of the former picture. I'm imagining Benioff and Weiss were pitching something outside that, more TLJ-like territory. In that scenario, I probably would lean toward Disney. I like different stories don't get me wrong, but I would still prefer something closer to the original feel. But all of that is just guesswork.

[WebLurker]

It was reported that Benioff and Weiss left the project as they could not agree with Disney on the right direction to take Star Wars. Whose side should we be on? Both Disney and Benioff/Weiss are clueless.

LucasFilm has a good track record overall.

[Immortal Weapon]

I really doubt that, the films have made them a crap ton of money so I doubt they'd shelve them for very long. If we go longer than two-three years with out a new film I'd be really surprised.

It doesn't surprise me. It seems like Lucas knows what it wants to do with TV and the movies got as much direction as a headless chicken.

[ChrisIII]

Could be; the classic designs were praised (and, frankly, the former movies had some really ugly stuff in it), although I did notice that people seemed to really like the characters more this time around (seen more then one "Sam Whitwickey is a awful person" essay floating around.

In terms of continuity, it's now a reboot, although they flipped-flopped on that so much, it's kinda hard to take anything at face value (heck, the DVD came with bonus features tying it to the original movies, despite the "reboot" ruling and the fact that the movie pretty much destroyed the already-inconsistent Bay-verse series).



Yeah, see a few clips that have made me question A.) what was in the water when they were made and B.) question why I got a dirt-cheap DVD set of all five of them.

The continuity was never really that solid in the first place I think. It seemed every film had an alternate origin of some kind for the Transformers, or how long they had been on Earth etc.

[Valentis]

LucasFilm has a good track record overall.

Lucasfilm is a subsidiary of Disney (2012–present).

[MASTER-OF-SUPRISE]

So is there any info on what Benioff and Weiss's ideas were?

[WebLurker]

The continuity was never really that solid in the first place I think. It seemed every film had an alternate origin of some kind for the Transformers, or how long they had been on Earth etc.

True (in fact, I recall Travis Knight recalling in an interview that it was impossible to be completely consistent with the Bay movies due to the number of continuity errors). That said, there is a difference between "sort of works in very broad strokes" and "erases the entire backstory."

Lucasfilm is a subsidiary of Disney (2012–present).

And...?

[Xero Kaiser]

Its impossible for me to gauge with any certainty without having an idea of what the pitch was. If I'm guessing, I think after TFA and TLJ, Disney now leans towards the safe, more formulaic approach of the former picture. I'm imagining Benioff and Weiss were pitching something outside that, more TLJ-like territory. In that scenario, I probably would lean toward Disney. I like different stories don't get me wrong, but I would still prefer something closer to the original feel. But all of that is just guesswork.

Yeah. It seems like, "different" these days just means, "throw as many curveballs into the story as you possibly can".

I think I've had my fill of this trend.

[H-E-D]

The rumors I've seen have said that Benioff and Weiss wanted to do an origin story for the Jedi Order, which isn't something I'd be interested in.


The Last Jedi was good, so I wouldn't mind Rian coming back for me.

[MASTER-OF-SUPRISE]

The rumors I've seen have said that Benioff and Weiss wanted to do an origin story for the Jedi Order, which isn't something I'd be interested in.


The Last Jedi was good, so I wouldn't mind Rian coming back for me.

Personally I think the founding of the Jedi Order be interesting if done right. Of course it's easier said then done since the Jedi were around for thousands of years. Then again I'm don't like TLJ. So take what you will from that.