Celebration V Guest List: Gary Kurtz Is Showing Up?

[lazypadawan]

Let's see, a few days ago we found out that Anthony Daniels will be taking a break from Star Wars In Concert to drop by Celebration; I couldn't imagine the guy missing it.

Then Official Pix jumped the gun by announcing Gary Kurtz as a guest before he formally signed on the dotted line; the announcement was quickly pulled but Philip Wise posted on Rebelscum's forum that for all intents and purposes, Kurtz will be there. Plus he promised a forthcoming announcement on an "oh, cool, he's signing??!" kind of guest. Uh, who could that be?

Kurtz did appear at Celebration IV and he's appeared at cons in Europe for years but I think this is the first time he'll be in the same building as Papa George at like the same time in ages :O. Interesting.

Comments

[sabreman64.livejournal.com]

I pretty much agree with everything you said there.

You know the anti-Lucas fanboys who disliked Indy IV? As far as they're concerned, Lucas is to blame for the film's "failure". Er, remind me who the director of the film was. Someone by the name of Spielberg, wasn't it? If the film were a failure, wouldn't a lot of the blame fall on Spielberg's shoulders? Stupid fanboys.

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Yep...if Lucas is even marginally involved in a project, it's his fault if it fails. (Conversely, he's given little to no credit if a project he's involved in succeeds.) He was more than marginally involved Indy IV, and it was NOT a failure, but still, the irate, bitchy, whiny bedwetters focus their ire on him. When Frank Darabont's rejected Indy IV script, aka The Best Movie Script Ever Written (that's sarcasm), was leaked and "Vanity Fair" did a story about it, all the blame for Indy IV's supposed "failure" was placed on Lucas; the writer dragged in a Jar Jar dis to prove it.

When Shia "Drunk-Driving Moron" LeBoeuf (sp?) decided to kiss up to the bedwetters by voicing his "disapproval" of Indy IV at Cannes, he never once mentioned Lucas, but the bedwetters, and Darth Media, immediately added Lucas's name or substituted it for Spielberg's when circulating/discussing the story.

[sabreman64.livejournal.com]

Seeing as you mentioned Frank Darabont, were you aware that Darabont had positive things to say about The Phantom Menace and its script back in 2000? Here's a link:

http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/index.php?categoryid=26&p2_articleid=168

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was aware, but thanks for the link. :-)

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Wow, I don't think I've seen that before or I plum forgot! I'll link to it at SWPAS. Thanks!

[may-child.livejournal.com]

In case you were thinking that I was snarking at Darabont, I wasn't. I was snarking at the bedwetters and their representatives in Darth Media who treated his Indy IV script like the greatest script ever written.