I wish! Since it is Disney, I am guessing never...unless LLL gets their hands on it and does a three or four disc spectacular 20 to 30 years from now.Paul MacLean wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:49 am I wonder if the soundtrack release will contain all of John Williams' music for the various iterations of this movie.
But the trailer not so much...
Even the 1950s setting of Crystal Skull seemed at odds with the 1930s setting of the OT. Removing Spielberg & Lucas and only retaining Ford is kind of like those lousy spoof movies from the 90s that had Leslie Nielsen dutifully mugging away, but none of the madcap inventiveness that the ZAZ team brought to their best films. At the very least Crystal Skull had Spielberg's visual eye and shot framing keeping it within shouting distance of the first three. James Mangold's a talented filmmaker, but he's obviously between a rock and a hard place trying to ape Spielberg's style AND kowtowing to the Disney Overlords in delivering what THEY think modern audiences want, i.e. a fuddy-duddy old while male being put in his place by a much-younger, "progressive" female replacement.AndyDursin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:01 pm
Disney looks at this series and thinks you can remove all of that...Spielberg and Lucas too...and so long as Ford is there that it doesn't matter about the aesthetics, the storytelling, etc. as the era is so far divorced from what it was that it doesn't even resemble what came before.
I just watched CRYSTAL SKULL again in its entirety last Saturday. To be objective, it is missing the heart and soul of the first three movies that provided the proper emotional balance. CRYSTAL SKULL certainly had Speilberg's visual skill (The opening sequence with reflective shots against hubcaps of the other vehicles were pretty neat). The lighting and "Januscz-tradecraft" reminded me that I was watching a 50's B-movie of the likes of the "The Blob" or something - namely the opening 10 minutes of CRYSTAL SKULL. But that became very tiresome on my eyes and brain very quickly. Perhaps that style worked well in scenes like "A Whirl Through Academia," but it was hard on my senses. Overall, I liked the premise of the movie - if this movie was made in 1994 or so. But it did not seem to click in the year 2008.Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:50 pmEven the 1950s setting of Crystal Skull seemed at odds with the 1930s setting of the OT. Removing Spielberg & Lucas and only retaining Ford is kind of like those lousy spoof movies from the 90s that had Leslie Nielsen dutifully mugging away, but none of the madcap inventiveness that the ZAZ team brought to their best films. At the very least Crystal Skull had Spielberg's visual eye and shot framing keeping it within shouting distance of the first three. James Mangold's a talented filmmaker, but he's obviously between a rock and a hard place trying to ape Spielberg's style AND kowtowing to the Disney Overlords in delivering what THEY think modern audiences want, i.e. a fuddy-duddy old while male being put in his place by a much-younger, "progressive" female replacement.AndyDursin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:01 pm
Disney looks at this series and thinks you can remove all of that...Spielberg and Lucas too...and so long as Ford is there that it doesn't matter about the aesthetics, the storytelling, etc. as the era is so far divorced from what it was that it doesn't even resemble what came before.