Recent content by Flatron W2241S

Aliens Vs Predator 1 is my favorite in this category. Playing as a marine was especially entertaining, the aliens were fragile but you're dead if they reach you so you had to be on your toes and spray those alien bastards as quickly as possible. Playing as an alien was also fun, you had to sneak...

Well, my post was a response to Movie Bob saying that all the Expanded Universe material was bad, and therefore the new Star Wars movies wouldn't/shouldn't be adapted from EU material. The Thrawn trilogy (haven't read it myself yet) sold well, piqued the interest of the public in Star Wars, so...

Yeah, I don't think Lucas understands the flaws of the studio system and the benefits of the independent way of making films. He essentially created his own studio system with Lucasfilm, it's a matter of size, an independent film maker has a small and flexible organization, doesn't risk as much...

Re: the Expanded Universe being garbage, didn't the Thrawn trilogy sell pretty well and wasn't it well regarded? "The Secret History of Star Wars" credits it with rekindling interest in the Star Wars franchise in the 90s (don't know how reliable that book is though). On the other hand this led...