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Could Christopher Nolan save this franchise?

posted 7 years ago by TheUltimateHippo (2250)
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I mean he saved Batman from Joel Schumacher and made 3 amazing Batman films, could he do the same for Star Wars?

[–] Tulsanoodles (150) 7 years ago

Doesn't he have his own Justice League franchise that he is producer on to save first?

[–] TheUltimateHippo (2250) 7 years ago

Nolan didn't write or direct any of those sh!tty movies, that was a really pathetic argument on your part.

[–] Tulsanoodles (150) 7 years ago

He is a producer so why would he abandon that franchise to take on someone else's. I'm not blaming him for the quality of the Justice League films. Not all observations are an attack unless you're a Lucas cultist or a Nolan cultist.

[–] prayformojo (101) 7 years ago

Nolan (or someone like him) is exactly what Star Wars needs. Both the bad Batman films and the bad Star Wars films have a common thread of being aimed at kids and being used a vehicle to sell toys and merchandise rather than a vehicle for filmmaking (think porgs, BB-8, Jar-Jar, child actors, lame jokes, the list goes on and on).

What Nolan did with Batman is that was he was able to wrestle it away from the corporate zombies, who had lost faith in their ability to sell toys off the brand, and make actual films. But the corporates won't give up Star Wars until the same thing happens and people stop buying toys. Lucas could have authorized some real films to be made, but instead he chose a giant payday.

We are at least a decade away from this moment for Star Wars.