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Star Wars: Visions – Episode Ranking

There were many elements that inspired George Lucas in Star Wars, from westerns to gangster flicks to Flash Gordon. Of course, what truly inspired Lucas was Japanese cinema, most notably citing Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo as influences. Jedi, essentially being Samurai with lasers, his universe was built for anime. Independent animators have delved into this possibility before but never had any major backing from any studio, until now. What amazes me about this series is that is does a great job treading the line from canon and non canon, as many of their stories cleverly tie into the overall history

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Dreamcast Live-Action Adaptation TV and Film

Forbidden Remake: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes the gratuitous usage of the word “gypsy”. Before keyboard warrior-ing a history of the Romani people, be so kind as to actually read this article past the 3rd paragraph where we address this. – Dirk Hortensius, Editor and Armed SJW @ Crude-Mirror.com What is a “Forbidden Remake”? With Disney cashing in on live action versions of their “renaissance”-era catalogue, more and more people have discussed on the internet on “what will they needlessly re-hash next?”. However, there are some property’s that in all honesty Disney should probably not remake whether the themes are too heavy,

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Media Pitch Meeting Star Wars

Darth Plagueis: Episode Synopsis

You’re reading part 3 of our Darth Plagueis adaptation series. Read part 1 here! Now that we have the format and the cast laid down it is now time for an to discuss the events in the book that will take place in each episode. This consists of ten ~40m episodes selectively covering a roughly 40-year period. However, since this is an adaptation some changes ought to be made for the sake of simplicity and dramatic brevity. Changes One minor change revolves around Naboo’s reformist king Bon Tapalo and his ambassador/successor Veruna – I decided to merge them into one

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Darth Plagueis: The Miniseries

Ever since Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith was released in 2005, one scene has stuck out from all the rest. Palpatine telling an old Sith legend, a legend that motivated Anakin to move to the Dark side: “The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise”. The Story of a Sith Lord who achieved immortality with the power to create and preserve life only to be killed in his sleep by his apprentice. What Palpatine never told Anakin was that he was that very apprentice. In 2012 Lucasbooks released what many fans believed to be one of the greatest of

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The Irishman – Our Editor’s Cut

Spoilers. (Duh) In November 2019, Martin Scorsese returned to the gangster flick with The Irishman. Based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt, this Netflix original chronicles the nearly 50 year timespan of Frank Sheeran’s time in the Bufalino crime family and his alleged role in Jimmy Hoffa’s Disappearance. The film reunites Scorsese with Robert De Niro as hitman Frank Sheeran. This was also a first time collaboration with Al Pacino as famed union president turned racketeer, Jimmy Hoffa. The biggest standout was Joe Pesci who came out of a 20-year retirement to play the reclusive

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