NY Observer > George Lucas http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/36255/feed Articles from Observer.com en South Park 'Rape' Episode Causes Controversy; Real Life Scarier Than Cartoon http://www.observer.com/2008/media/i-south-park-i-rape-episode-causes-controversy-real-life-scarier-cartoon

Gawker's Richard Lawson points us towards a controversy brewing over this week's 12th season premiere of Comedy Central's South Park.

According to a post by Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke and one by Los Angeles Times Show Tracker blogger Todd Martens, some people—especially at Paramount—feel that South Park auteurs Matt Parker and Trey Stone went too far in calling Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull a "rape" of a beloved movie franchise. The "joke" was compounded later in the episode by depicting George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as rapists—both of the Indiana Jones movies and of Stars Wars.

What no one seems to remember is that Mr. Spielberg was once the victim of a real-life stalker who may have threatened to rape him. Literally.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/media/i-south-park-i-rape-episode-causes-controversy-real-life-scarier-cartoon#comments George Lucas Nikki Finke South Park Steven Spielberg Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:23:07 -0400 Matt Haber 76756 at http://www.observer.com Star Wars Coming in 3-D? http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/star-wars-coming-3-d

George Lucas is seeing dollar signs for his next project: turning all six Star Wars episodes into 3-D masterpieces. Cha-ching! Acccording to ComingSoon.net, DreamWorks Animations CEO Jeffery Katzenberg said Mr. Lucas floated the project in the past with no results. The team reportedly now has “the technical resources to pull it off.”

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that any amount of technical wizardry will be enough to transform Hayden Christensen’s prequel performances into anything that could be described as lifelike.

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