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<blockquote data-quote="pete lashmar" data-source="post: 327625" data-attributes="member: 606">Disney &amp; Dallas are a match made in hell as far as I&#039;m concerned - the house of mouse own far too much of today&#039;s mainline cinema and TV franchises and it&#039;s simply running them all down to the point where people haven&#039;t got a damn clue what goes where, when, before what and after that.Dallas is a character lead TV drama about a wealthy family, their family, friends, enemies and the oil/gas/renewable energy business. It needs someone with a love for it in order to bring it back to TV screens, not a multi-billion franchise killer that cares not one jot about it&#039;s legacy.That said, what they&#039;ve done with Star Wars cannot really be compared to a show like Dallas. Star Wars is set in it&#039;s own entire universe where they can create and do anything they want to - therefore it can be expanded beyond what we already had before they bought Lucas Film out.As a huge fan of the original trilogy I was saddened and disappointed at the prequel trilogy - it was tedious, dull and really didn&#039;t build on what had come before. Far far too much green screen, cgi etc, it was dreadful.....but that wasn&#039;t Disney, that was purely George Lucas.Then the sequels came via Disney and the 1st film was received pretty well but went downhill rapidly.But with Disney+ they have been able to create whole new spin offs that have been very well received. I&#039;ve not watched any of them personally but the impact on social media has been overwhelmingly positive so maybe Star Wars is better suited to TV serials than big sweeping movies?I will watch Obi One simply because it&#039;s a direct intro to episode 4 and I&#039;ll be very interested to see what Disney does with it after Lucas&#039;s bizarre prequels.But Star Wars to Disney is just a huge cash cow - as is the MCU - Galaxy&#039;s Edge is wonderous when you first stand next to the Millennium Falcon or when experiencing Rise of the resistance (incredible ride) but then you suddenly realise it&#039;s ALL about merchandise, it&#039;s all about sales, marketing and cash. If Disney had brought in characters from the original trilogy it would have been a brilliant move....retro merch always sells better anyway but I for one wanted to see Vader and other original trilogy characters, I wanted to be in THAT Star Wars universe, not the one that&#039;s a bit shit.Disney are also attracting a huge amount of negativity at the moment&nbsp; and a CEO change is just around the corner when contracts expire - but Disney should never touch Dallas....Dallas doesn&#039;t need that kind of negativity....and certainly not after the TNT debacle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pete lashmar, post: 327625, member: 606"] Disney & Dallas are a match made in hell as far as I'm concerned - the house of mouse own far too much of today's mainline cinema and TV franchises and it's simply running them all down to the point where people haven't got a damn clue what goes where, when, before what and after that. Dallas is a character lead TV drama about a wealthy family, their family, friends, enemies and the oil/gas/renewable energy business. It needs someone with a love for it in order to bring it back to TV screens, not a multi-billion franchise killer that cares not one jot about it's legacy. That said, what they've done with Star Wars cannot really be compared to a show like Dallas. Star Wars is set in it's own entire universe where they can create and do anything they want to - therefore it can be expanded beyond what we already had before they bought Lucas Film out. As a huge fan of the original trilogy I was saddened and disappointed at the prequel trilogy - it was tedious, dull and really didn't build on what had come before. Far far too much green screen, cgi etc, it was dreadful.....but that wasn't Disney, that was purely George Lucas. Then the sequels came via Disney and the 1st film was received pretty well but went downhill rapidly. But with Disney+ they have been able to create whole new spin offs that have been very well received. I've not watched any of them personally but the impact on social media has been overwhelmingly positive so maybe Star Wars is better suited to TV serials than big sweeping movies? I will watch Obi One simply because it's a direct intro to episode 4 and I'll be very interested to see what Disney does with it after Lucas's bizarre prequels. But Star Wars to Disney is just a huge cash cow - as is the MCU - Galaxy's Edge is wonderous when you first stand next to the Millennium Falcon or when experiencing Rise of the resistance (incredible ride) but then you suddenly realise it's ALL about merchandise, it's all about sales, marketing and cash. If Disney had brought in characters from the original trilogy it would have been a brilliant move....retro merch always sells better anyway but I for one wanted to see Vader and other original trilogy characters, I wanted to be in THAT Star Wars universe, not the one that's a bit shit. Disney are also attracting a huge amount of negativity at the moment and a CEO change is just around the corner when contracts expire - but Disney should never touch Dallas....Dallas doesn't need that kind of negativity....and certainly not after the TNT debacle. [/QUOTE]

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