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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Forbidden Remake: Anastasia
Hey, kids! Do you want to see a movie about the murder of the Romanovs get turned into a whimsical musical adventure?
Forbidden Remake: Disney’s Pocohantas
Picking up from our “Hunchback” (un)proposal – we’re exploring another film in Disney’s back-catalogue that they may be considering for a poorly conceived live-action remake: Pocohantas.
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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Bad Batch – Season 1 [REVIEW]
Despite the potential presented by the setting, characters, and ideas in-play, this season is a an overall padded experience and needs improvement.
Hamilton 2.0: Adapting Stage for Screen
A limited-run miniseries seems the only way to address all the sub-plots and character arcs of Hamilton faithfully without rushing or dragging the pacing. Another added bonus from this platform is there is more time to fully explore our characters as historical figures.
Worst Movie Duels
#5: The Viper vs The Mountain – Game of Thrones In its 4th season, of Game of Thrones introduced us to the charismatic, savvy, and sexy Oberyn Martell (aka “The Viper”) in a breakout performance by Mandalorian and Narcos star, Pedro Pascal. At the same time, we get the return of Gregor Clegane (aka “The Mountain”), played this time by Iclandic bodybuilder demigod Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who at the time held the record of world’s strongest man. Everything was lining up well with this fight scene, with a small agile man with a poisoned spear against a massive hulk with