I think “George Lucas” should be a verb, but unfortunately, there are so few opportunities to use it. To George Lucas something is to take a beloved property and screw it up so thoroughly that you actually make people retroactively lose affection for the original work. Lucas did this with Star Wars for me. I used to love the Original Trilogy, like most guys my age. But after his endless tinkering with the Special Editions and the dreadful prequels, I find that I can’t even summon much enthusiasm for the original movies any more. Now writer Dan Slott has George Lucased Spider-Man.
(I’m going to spoil the last few issues of Amazing Spider-Man, so if you haven’t read it or heard about it, be forewarned.)
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