RaiderMitch
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featofstrength said:
I have heard he has a great singing voice. As Alvin the Chipmunk said "Dont hate the player hate the game."
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McCallum interview
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I have heard he has a great singing voice. As Alvin the Chipmunk said "Dont hate the player hate the game."
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Montana Smith
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Rocket Surgeon said:
You mean that together, they're forging the universe anew...
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RaiderMitch said:
How fitting.
Well, lets see unless Spielberg stood up to him Indy wouldn't have shot the swordsman in Cairo FIRST.
Unless his wife named her dog Indiana we would have had Montana Smith, (no offence Tana).
Since I know how you can't get along without Star Wars consider Darth Vader in ESB living in a castle on a lava planet surrounded by pet gargoyles.
Frogman pirate Han Solo, sleazy car salesman C3PO...
Your boy Rikki, (don't lose that number George!), helped bring us Indiana Jones goes to Mars, Jar Jar Binks, Greedo shooting first and Boba Fett flirting with alien broads.
You keep laping it up boy-o, or in term you'll appreciate:
As Alvin, Simon, Theodore sang,
"Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to gray
They tell me your passion’s gone away"
HI-YA!
Nah, forging connotes work...Montana Smith said:
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Rocket Surgeon said:
Then fiddling with each other while cheap foreign labour burns down the universe so they can knock together something cheap and cheerful instead?
Disney must be rubbing their hands in anticipation of the glorious day.
http://collider.com/rick-mccallum-red-tails-star-wars-tv-series-interview
Indy 5 news-worthy, yay or nay?
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Moedred said:
More anxiety than "hope" these days.
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Rocket Surgeon said:
Ow, that's a little harsh, don't you think?
First of all, while it might be "admirable" for someone in McCallum's position to say "no" to George's more objectionable ideas, the fact is George hired Rick to realize his (George's) vision. It's his job. If he didn't want to work with George Lucas bring George Lucas' ideas to the screen, he wouldn't have taken the job in the first place.
Secondly, you're presupposing Rick does disagree with George's creative decisions and goes along with them anyway because he's a spineless yes-man. Putting aside whether that really makes him a spineless yes-man or not, we don't know that he actually does have a difference of opinion - after all, might it not make sense that George and Rick teamed up in the first place because they found certain creative common ground? I do know there were other factors that George has cited in why he brought Rick onto the LFL team, but if the two really found their ideas and creative approaches and whatnot so dissimilar when they first met, why'd they get together at all? For that matter, for all we know Rick has suggested to George from time to time that maybe "idea X" isn't so great, or that this story would be better with "idea Y." Perhaps Rick has swayed George's intentions on various occasions we don't know about.
And finally, while this long-suffering Star Wars fan does have plenty of issues concerning both the prequel trilogy and the modifications to the original trilogy from 1997 onward, I should point out that those issues are in fact with Star Wars, not Indiana Jones (which presumably remains the franchise this forum exists to discuss - yes, I do realize there's enough overlap between the two that it's reasonable to talk about SW here as well, but still)... and McCallum's involvement with Indy is all about The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles / The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, which frankly doesn't serve anyone's argument here that Rick is supposedly some sort of simpering toad helping George ruin his beloved creations in the most base way; very much the opposite - Young Indy is daring, vital, and creative, and all the more so for being part of an existing franchise but being so different in tone and style and goal from everything else in that franchise. I'd agree that those Star Wars productions with McCallum's involvement have generally been lesser than those without (thought how much of that can really be laid at his door, I don't know, but I doubt it's much), but I'm personally quite adamant the same isn't remotely true for Indy.
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Montana Smith said:
Did you read the article at the link?
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Crack that whip said:
It's not relevant to any anxiety about George touching Indiana Jones inappropriately again.
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Wow...THATS FUNNY.Montana Smith said:
Not a Rape joke and not a pedophile joke, but a defensless action hero nontheless...hmmm.
...I'll get back to you later Cracky.
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Where's Rick now that your prediction came true?Montana Smith said:
He's gone...
I mean WOW!
Montana Smith said:
That's a good nine months oh prophetic one...what other buns are in the oven?
Almost done...Rocket Surgeon said:
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Rocket Surgeon said:
I said that?
Wow. That's before Violet, but after Stoo!
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No, its a reasonable reaction to Lucasfilm Disinformation Minister Baghdad Bob who shamelessly puts out gems like:Crack that whip said:
FYI, finally caught Red Tails on HBO last night and to Rick's credit I was thinking Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge on the River Kwai because I was wondering if they were on another station...
Lucas' idea was sell more toys, and Rick brought that vision to life.Crack that whip said:
The fact is there is a creative aspect to the job Cracky, as well as other facets, but public statements like:
...go distastefully beyond propaganda.
When your product is crap you prime the pump WITH crap to capitalize on established good will, instead of waiting on the inevitable reviews and public sentiment, (in the form of ticket sales)to sink your ship.
Red Tails just didn't have the established base and goodwill Star Wars had to make the outlandish claims inviolate, and even Star Wars has since tarnished.
No, I'm considering what he says and reacting to that. Its possible he disagrees but there is zero evidence of that. To be so detatched from reality that you can promote Red Tails as a peer to a David Lean bowel movement would be proof enough.Crack that whip said:
I don't have to presuppose Rick disagrees with ANYTHING. I can suppose he inhales Lucas farts while singing "Everything's Coming Up Roses"...and I do.
You think it makes sense that they got together over common ground, and I think that creative common ground was inflating Lucas' ego.Crack that whip said:
All we know is what they tell us and the product they churn out...from my vantage point Lucas picked an enabler who sold toys, and removed the creative efforts of those who disagreed with him, employed their talents elsewhere or demanded he think things through...for the sake of the FILM.
Crack that whip said:
I used to fall into the camp that The Young Indiana Jones Chonicles were silly because of the Forrest Gump elbow rubbing, but its a conceit I've come to terms with. Compounded with the direction Lucas was taking reestablishing characters and events in his other franchise, it was enough to keep me at arms length...and not bother with them.
Comparing The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles to the films is like comparing Star Wars films to Robot Chicken. They might both have episodes with Stormtroopers but they're coming from a different place entirely.
I can't comment on Rick's contributions to Indy much more especially since I haven't watched all the episodes. But they aren't without their charms and crossovers I would have desired to see more of.
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Rocket Surgeon said:
Exactly.
Was Indy Rick rolled?
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Rick McCallum Exits Lucasfilm, Plans Independent Film Future
Lucasfilm has confirmed that Rick McCallum has left the company after working on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronices," Star Wars movies and most recently Red Tails. The company, which is being bought by The Walt Disney Company for $4.05 billion, posted the following at StarWars.com featuring quotes from McCallum and George Lucas about both McCallum and Lucasfilm's past and future:
As Lucasfilm embarks on a new future filled with more Star Wars movies, Rick McCallum, one of the key talents responsible for the past 20 years of Lucasfilm productions, has embarked on an exciting future filled with his own films. Coming from a background of independent film production, McCallum is readying films that bring him back to his roots, but now with the wealth of experience that comes from his two decades of collaboration with George Lucas.
McCallum's professional association with Lucas began with The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) and Radioland Murders (1994), and continued through the Special Edition release of the Star Wars Trilogy (1997), the prequel trilogy (Episodes I, II, and III, 1999-2005), and most recently Red Tails (2012).
"It's a producer's job to make possible a director's vision, whatever that may be," says McCallum. "George never let the limits of reality constrain his vision, so the challenge to production was always to find ways to make anything possible, while being respectful to the fact that he was financing his own movies. To do that, we needed to keep that independent filmmaking mentality that requires you to innovate and improvise, while making movies of enormous scale."
"Rick is a close friend as well as an extremely talented producer. No matter how impossible I made the task, Rick was able to overcome the challenges," says George Lucas. "In addition to putting together great crews and working miracles with the budget, he was instrumental in helping push filmmaking into the 21st century. He has a larger-than-life personality and made this amazing 20-year journey with him a fun one."
The partnership between Lucas and McCallum resulted in innovations that continue to shape the industry today. To deliver feature film quality production values on a weekly television schedule, McCallum's crew on Young Indiana Jones blazed new trails in digital postproduction that expanded crowd scenes, modified settings, and seamlessly blended scenes shot in wildly different conditions, all while traveling to over 35 countries around the world on the longest sustained location shoot in film history. These innovations were refined and expanded to create the amazing visual scale of the Star Wars prequels.
"We had hit the limit of production technology, and I needed someone with conviction and passion to help us into the digital realm," says Lucas. "Rick became an evangelist for the endless possibilities digital technology offered filmmakers. Rick and I fought many battles side-by-side, constantly facing nay-sayers who were convinced we could never make the lasting changes in the movie business that we set out to make. I cannot be more proud of what Rick accomplished. We worked with over 60 companies and hundreds of amazing engineers and artists over a 10-year period to bring about overdue changes: now digital cameras routinely capture images, films are released digitally, and the entire production pipeline maintains unprecedented quality by being digital. As I go off to make my own experimental films -- and I hope to be able to collaborate with Rick again on one of these projects -- I wish him the best and look forward to seeing his new films."
Since completing Red Tails, McCallum has relocated to Prague, his wife's native country, and he is now in development of a slate of smaller, independent films that more closely resemble the projects he was involved with prior to his association with Lucasfilm. "I have a Russian film about the Babi Yar Massacre in development that is being directed by Sergei Loznitsa. I am also working with Tom�s Mas�n on a Czech story about two brothers who escaped Czechoslovakia during the Cold War while being chased by 28,000 Soviet soldiers in what is still the largest manhunt in history. I'm also working on a film with David Oyelowo and developing a film with Laurence Bowen about the Boy Soldiers of Sierra Leone."
McCallum looks forward to the new Star Wars films under the stewardship of Kathleen Kennedy. "There's only person in the world who could do this, and that's Kathleen Kennedy," he says. "There's no one more suited who is able to bridge the worlds of elite filmmaking within a studio context. The Star Wars saga will always be taken care of under her leadership. She is truly one of the greatest producers in America as well as being a great friend."
McCallum leaves behind a history of being extremely accessible to Star Wars fans during production, appearing at Celebration conventions, discussing behind-the-scenes developments with Star Wars Insider magazine, and engaging in online chats. During one such chat in 2005, a fan club member asked if there was any chance he could attend the scoring sessions of Episode III, and McCallum immediately invited him to the recording studio the next day.
"Thank you for being so welcoming, supportive, and so good to me," says McCallum to Star Wars fans everywhere. "You all made it the most worthwhile and amazing experience. I have nothing but the biggest faith and trust that where Kathleen is going to take Star Wars will be a bold, exciting, and daring future that will be worthy of all your incredible passion and loyalty for all these years. It will be awesome."
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Variety
Ankles?
Rick McCallum ankles Lucasfilm
Lingering? I didn't see a single printed word until after Sansweet dropped the comment on The Forcecast...not for a long while afterwards.
Ankles? is that like hobbling?
Ankles?
Rick McCallum ankles Lucasfilm
Lingering? I didn't see a single printed word until after Sansweet dropped the comment on The Forcecast...not for a long while afterwards.
Ankles? is that like hobbling?