Like the “Star Wars” prequels or hate em, we can all pretty much agree that one sticking point was the writing. And the story lines. And the acting. Basically all the things George Lucas was responsible for.

Taking that into account, read the story below about how Frank Darabont worked his keester off to make a faithful, fun and exciting fourth installment of Indiana Jones (one that Spielberg loved) only to have George Lucas give it a “meh, I don’t think so.” You better be seated with a cool alcoholic beverage when you read the article below:

GEORGE LUCAS’S INFINITE WISDOM HAS KILLED INDY 4

If you wanna blame anyone for the tardiness of the fourth “Indiana Jones” film – a film many predict may never happen, if only because its been off and on more times than a kettle – you can probably take aim at George Lucas.

According to Screenwriter Frank Darabont (“The Green Mile”), the fourth film was ready to go two years ago – until Lucas decided he didn’t like his script. Considering Steven Spielberg thought the script was the best Jaunt Indy had had since ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, it sounds like Uncle George needs his head read.

“That was terrifically frustrating”, Darabont said in an exclusive interview with CHUD. “I worked for over a year on that; I worked very close with Steven Spielberg. He was ecstatic with the result and was ready to shoot it two years ago. He was very, very happy with the script and said it was the best draft of anything since Raiders of the Lost Ark. That’s really high praise and gave me a real sense of accomplishment, especially when you love the material you’re working on as much as I love the Indiana Jones films.”

Lucas then came to Darabont and stuck a stake through his script.

“Lucas read it and said, ‘Yeah, I don’t think so, I don’t like it.’ And then he resets it to zero when Spielberg is ready to shoot it that coming year, [which] is a real kick to the nuts. You can only waste so much time and so many years of your life on experiences like that, you can only get so emotionally invested and have the rug pulled out from under you before you say enough of that.”

The proof’s in “The Phantom Menace”, I believe. Throw away the key.

articles courtesy of Film Threat & Moviehole

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My little sister has been recording music, playing piano and violin, for years now. She is in her second year at college and recently went into a recording studio to produce one of her songs, including singing the lead vocals.

In the interests of making Kimi rich and famous (so she can take care of her indigent brother in his advancing age), here is her song from her high school graduation.

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Just a quick note that I’ve been fighting this virus the last couple of days and that’s why I haven’t been updating the blog. Check back with me tomorrow to hear an original song from my own little sister and some more fun stuff!

Everyone loves our Becky, the 8 year old prank caller from Dublin, Ireland. Becky is quite the little Irish charmer and my first article on her is currently getting over 90,000 hits per week!

Well, I did a little looking around — and I’m here to share some more fun Becky goodness. Enjoy!

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