Icons Unearthed

"The Vice Channel" has once again made another excellent gem type series as this one "Icons Unearthed" is fantastic and all pro like as it looks at the behind the scenes making of some of Hollywood's biggest movie franchises. Each episode is so revealing and informative as it features vintage historic behind the scenes footage(some even early movie making moments!) and interviews with cast and crew are given where they give their own takes and thoughts. And the many pop culture experts tell about the secret history of each franchise and how it impacted movie cinema and American pop culture. So far the series has had many seasons as it most popular and most watched and well like one's by me have been the seasons of "Star Wars,", "Batman", and "Marvel". Overall this is one series that film buffs and film and pop culture historians should not miss.

Watched the ones on The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter which were fascinating... then started the on on James Bond but had to cease half way through the first episode as the narrator was seriously the most irritating presenter you could (never) want to listen to.

I had to see if she was anyone famous as I thought I recognised her voice... and can't for the life of me imagine why she was selected... A big fat no from me.

Besides the ones I've already mentioned that I enjoyed are there any others worth my time and attention? Definitley give the James Bond one a very wide berth is my recommendation.

Why is nobody reviewing this?

What a wonderful account of the making of Star Wars. In-depth, with humour and lots of character. It's a fun ride, go with it people.

There's a brilliant YouTube vid called "How Star Wars was saved in the edit" - well worth a watch. Here we get all that, meaning how Marcia Lucas single-handedly saved everyone's arses and created a the legend, and so much more...

It's fascinating how this epic could have so easily been a flop without the skill, bravery, balls and raw talent of everyone involved. The film industry used to be an incredible place to be. I miss those days so much.

A fan since the beginning. Read the Marvel Comics adaption, the first two issues before the movie came out.

So glad to see Marcia Lucas getting the attention and credit she deserves. She was short-changed by George. She should have received a percentage of the franchise due to her contributions. The same for Ralph McQuarrie, John Williams, Ben Burtt, John Dykstra, and others. Without their contributions, each integral, there would have been no Star Wars.

I love almost all the content regarding the making of star wars. I have read the books on it and have seen multiple documentaries, interviews, and more regarding it.

So when I saw a new series came out on the making of star wars, I watched it immediately! I was so excited!

Instead, I could barely get through the 2nd episode. The documentary is a disjointed biased mess. They have random writers and people describing things that happened while making of star wars, even though these people weren't even involved with it. There are a couple people interviewed that were actually involved in the making of Star Wars, with the big one being Marcia Lucas, which the documentary seems to be heavily biased towards, as if to appease her cooperation. I also felt like the documentary is trying to force a bunch of drama on the viewer that wasn't necessarily there.

I couldn't help but feel that this documentary is telling me a much worse version about the making of Star Wars than the more official documentary - Empire of Dreams. Instead of a random writer telling you George Lucas felt ill from the stress of making star wars, you can hear George Lucas say it himself in Empire of Dreams. Instead of random people telling you what Fox thought, you can hear Alan Ladd Jr. And a board member themselves tell you what the situation was. This occurs throughout the whole thing! Empire of dreams has interviews with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Gary Kurtz, and much more! To put the icing on the cake, in episode 2 they even take a clip from Empire of Dreams where Steven Spielberg is interviewed and they use it here! I'm just baffled that Vice thought it was worth their time and the viewers time to retell a story that's already been told in a much better way.

If you want to watch the making of star wars, skip this show/documentary and watch Empire of Dreams instead.