There are animals that when threatened will rear up and knock the shit out of you. Look at bears, lions and snakes for examples. Some animals will even vomit in their mouth and then spit said vomit into your face. See Llamas. Then there are the others, the ones that will act cowardly to save themselves. The Red Bark Spider will bend its legs up and roll over to appear dead, waiting until the threat has left the corpse for something better. Only then will it come alive and continue its hunt for beetles. The Potato Bug will curl into a ball to protect itself when frightened. Turtles even! Look at turtles!
What I'm getting at here with the animal talk is that surviving doesn't mean destroying. It's simply securing the continuation of your life. Like this round's study. He showed how vital and important he could be to the film industry, and then took it away. It wasn't until he thought hte state of cinema could sustain his vision that he chose to return. This is the man behind the most successful franchise of all time. He is part of the Three Musketeers of Film (more on this later)! Please welcome to the stage, George Lucas!
Now if you live on the Planet Naboo (Get it! Get it! Jar Jar Binks motherfuckers!), you may not have heard of the legend George Lucas, or his baby, Star Wars.
Mr. Who?So here comes the history lesson. Mr. George Lucas was born in 1944 in California (Duh. Survive). His dad owned his own business and blah-blah-blah...Georgie wanted to be a pro racecar driver in his late teens! Professional fucking raceCAR DRIVER! Then he had a little car accident in high school and decided maybe life in the fast lane wasn't for him. The end. Whatever. Quitter. Maybe?
He instead decided to go to film school. While succeeding in the science fiction genre he won the opportunity to hang out with Frank Coppola. They became friends and all the kids called them teh Dynamic Duo. They even formed a company together called American Zoetrope, being a company that bred envy in all other filmmakers.
Dynamic Duo
The envy wasn't surprising because Coppola was making some of history's greatest flicks (see: The Godfather, Apocalypse Now). Lucas, on the other hand, didn't want to make boring movies. He had a different style in mind. He made the masterful THX-1138, a jarring look at sci-fi (I haven't actually seen this movie), and then went on to make the silly Ron Howard romp, American Graffiti (nor this one). AG was a huge hit and won Lucas a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Awards and whatever. He didn't care! He had his eyes on the prize! STAR WARS! He used his newly gained clout to make the 1977 classic. After this first installment he passed the director's chair onto Irvin Kershner for The Empire Strikes Back and Richard Marquand for Return of the Jedi. Why? Hold on to your horses! I'm getting there!
So he makes the first movie in '77, then twenty years later comes back and says PREQUEL TIME! in '99. He goes on to make all three, thus completing the perfect duet of trilogies.
Also, he became friends with Steve Spielberg at some point and founded the Three Musketeers of film! with Coppola. And that is what one would call a hell of a career.
For one film, and for all!
Now, I've shown you what an amazing career this man has had, but why does he belong on the list more important than any? Why does he belong on here more so than his two companions in the Musketeers?
Because Lucas is not a bully like the Weinsteins. No, he has much more class and tact. There is a reason he took twenty years to vacation. He didn't want to get big headed for one. Two, because he's modest. Three, and the most important, he cares about all the human beings in the world. He knew Earth wouldn't be able to handle his potential, his power would be too great for all of us. Only Micheal Jordan would be able to withstand the amount of energy Lucas embodies.
Once someone sees true perfection the mind will self-destruct the body, and Lucas is a people person, so he doesn't want that. He wants man to continue to thrive. The fat guy thing is just an act. Sure, he might grow the majority of his beard on his second chin (but that's because he has enough mind power to tell his hair where to grow) and his face looks like he either spent too much time scouting in the sun or he walked up too many stairs, but it's all an act, people. He wants to appear weak so we don't pressure him into showing us his true potential. He likes us, so he has been Prestiging us for our own protection.
"You have no idea. Heh heh."
Remember a few years ago when Marty Scorsese won an Oscar for best director? The Three Musketeers were the ones to present the trophy to him. Some people said that Lucas didn't deserve to be up there because he hasn't won an Oscar, but maybe he was the most deserving because of that fact.
Think about it this way. George Lucas has made the most successful six movie series in the history of everything, AND HE DIDN'T MAKE TWO OF THEM. This is lapping everyone on the track of life, and still, he is not showing us his full potential. Mr. Lucas not so much survives as he coasts. Thank you, Mr. Lucas for showing us some of your shine.
Now for a word from this round's Natural Selection:
"I am simply trying to struggle through life, trying to do God's bidding."
And thank you for "struggling."
May the Force be with you.
