George Lucas Throwback: Difference between revisions

{{trope}}

 

Well, if you're in Hollywood and you have a high enough profile, you can. And you can do it ''better'' with a brand-new franchise, better special effects, better actors, a better budget and (it is hoped) better writing. If the old form of entertainment has been [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]], then this work will probably feature a lot of [[Reconstruction]].

Named for [[George Lucas]], who has done this twice and very successfully both times. You may know the results as ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'', both throwbacks to [[The Thirties|1930s]] Republic serials. His other big feature hit was ''[[American Graffiti]]'', which, while not a throwback to any particular genre, is loaded with [[Nostalgia Filter|nostalgia]] for [[The Fifties|Fifties]] youth culture.

 

 

If done especially well, it can hide the fact that it ''is'' a throwback. It is only upon reviewing its similarity to past incarnations that the connection is made. Compare [[Older Than They Think]].

Note this should ''not'' cover instances of a specific ''franchise'' [[Continuity Reboot|being brought back]], e.g., the later incarnations of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' or ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', or the ''[[Flash Gordon (Film)|Flash Gordon]]'' movie. This trope is much closer to a [[Spiritual Successor]] than an actual reboot.

 

 

Compare [[Retraux]]

 

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

** His ''[[Yawara]]'' is largely a throwback to classic sports manga like ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' or ''[[Kyojin No Hoshi]]''.

* ''[[Cannon God Exaxxion]]'' (Early 70s [[Super Robot]] anime, only with much more realistic politics between the humans & alien invaders.)

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** The original three ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' adventures (''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (Film)|Temple of Doom]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (Film)|The Last Crusade]]'') were based on 1930s pulp adventures, with [[Those Wacky Nazis]] or an [[Religion of Evil|evil cult]] as the villains, and supernatural, often [[The Bible (Literature)|Biblical]] forces. ''[[Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull]]'', meanwhile, was rooted in '50s pulp sci-fi, with the atomic bomb and the [[Cold War]] featuring prominently, [[Dirty Communists|the Soviets]] replacing the Nazis, and a plot based around aliens from outer space.

** ''[[Star Wars]]'': '30s sci-fi serials, especially ''[[Flash Gordon Serial (Film)|Flash Gordon]]''.

* ''[[Inglourious Basterds (Film)|Inglourious Basterds]]'' is an Exploitation [[Spaghetti Western]] set during [[World War II]] [[In the Style Of]] films like ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]''.

* ''[[Grindhouse (Film)|Grindhouse]]'', a double-feature tribute to '70s exploitation flicks, and the general experience of seeing them in a sleazy theater on the [[Wrong Side of the Tracks|wrong side of town]], complete with trashy previews between flicks.

* ''[[Super 8]]'': late '70s and early '80s Amblin films

* ''[[House of 1000 Corpses (Film)|House of 1000 Corpses]]'' and its sequel, ''[[The Devils Rejects (Film)|The Devils Rejects]]'': '70s [[Hillbilly Horrors|redneck-sploitation]] horror movies, like ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' and ''[[The Hills Have Eyes (Film)|The Hills Have Eyes]]''.

* ''[[Inception (Film)|Inception]]'': '90's [[Cyberspace]] or [[Cyberpunk]] movies, or the [[Platonic Cave]] idea in general.

* ''[[Drive (Film)|Drive]]'': '80's crime films

* ''[[Louis CK|LuckyLouie]]'' ('80s domestic sitcoms.)

* ''[[The Good Guys (TV)|The Good Guys]]'' ([[Buddy Cop Show|Buddy cop shows]] from the '70s and '80s.)

 

== [[Music]] ==

* Wolfmother for '70s stoner rock and [[Heavy Metal (Music)|Heavy Metal]].

* Brian Setzer did one for rockabilly with [[The Stray Cats]], and later one for swing music with the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

* Sweden’s Änglagård play a pastiche of early 70s prog rock that is surprisingly convincing, thanks in part to an almost slavish use of vintage 1970s musical instruments.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'' -- Turn-based RPGs of the late 80s/early 90s. (helps that the main driving forces behind the game worked on the original ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games)

* ''[[God Hand]]'' -- Arcade beat-em-ups.

* [[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]] is a George Lucas Throwback to [[The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]].

* The ''[[Emo Game (Video Game)|Emo Game]]'' series is a throwback to old-school, 16-bit side-scrollers, while their final levels (especially in the second one) are throwbacks to [[Metroidvania]]-style games. The average [[Super NES]] game probably wasn't chock full of [[Dead Baby Comedy]] and [[Refuge in Audacity|audacious]], [[Crosses the Line Twice|twice-line-crossing]] humor, and certainly didn't allow you to kill the final boss by {{spoiler|[[Squick|skull-fucking him]]}}.

* ''[[Rally Trophy]]'' is a heavily retro (60s and 70s) take on the [[Driving Game|rally racing sims genre]], with lots of [[Played for Laughs]] [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] and [[Stylistic Suck]].

* ''[[Obs Cure]]'': [[Post Modernism|Post-modern]], [[Genre Savvy]] [[Teen Drama]] [[Horror]] movies from the [[The Nineties|mid-late '90s]], of the type made by [[Scream (Film)|Kevin]] [[The Faculty|Williamson]].