If George Lucas is such a bad screenwriter, then why is A New Hope so good? - Quora

Answer: I think one of the best descriptions I've heard of George Lucas came f.​.​.​ Your Reading Digest Top Stories For You If George Lucas is such a bad screenwriter, then why is A New Hope so good? Jeremy Glenesk, Watches a whole lot of movies. Written Sun I think one of the best descriptions I've heard of George Lucas came from a good friend of mine, who is an extremely avid reader and writer: "George Lucas is fantastic at '... Read More » What is the square root of 288? James Brust, M.S. Mathematics, California State University, San Marcos (2009) Written Jul 12 Haven't you heard? We don't talk about…that number. The one you want to find the square root of. Why? Because it's two gross. ... Read More » What's it like working for a company that is going out of business? Tim Ventura, BA Business & Mass Media, Communications Written Jul 8 Today I'm going to teach you how to identify the warning signs and leave a company before they go out of business. I learned these lessons very painfully 15 years ago, and ... Read More » Do the people who make action movies know how many bullets are in a gun? They seem to think it is unlimited. Mike King, BS from South Dakota State University (1976) Written Sun Can I throw out a somewhat different answer? When these scenes are filmed (avoiding the word shot here) the guns are loaded to the same number of rounds (all blanks, but the... Read More » Why do people say HIV is "hard to catch" when all it takes is one exposure? Jen Gronroos, Surgery junkie. Med school survivor. Written Sat Because people are rubbish at statistics, especially when it comes to personal risk. The chances of catching HIV from HIV positive male partner during receptive anal sex wit... Read More » Is there another formula for this equation [math]x^2+bx+c=0[/math] non [math]\frac {-b \mp \sqrt {b^2-4c}} {2}[/math]? Dean Rubine, I can do complex number problems with i or j. Written Mon You've created a new quadratic formula; very cool. There's a slight mistake; we need [math]-b[/math] at the end, not [math]-a.[/math] [math]x = \dfrac{2c}{b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4c}} - b[/math] Also the division by [math]x[/math] means this probably won't work when [math]x=0.[/math] Let's check ... Read More » What would Einstein think of programming? Al Klein, 45 years of earning a living developing systems. Written Jun 26 I spoke to Einstein (yes, I'm that old), but didn't know about computers, so I never asked him for his opinion of them. But I'd hazard a guess that he'd find the concept in... Read More » In Star Trek, what would happen if the Borg assimilated the Ferengi? Brian Collins, I have watched Star Trek since I was four. I haven't read most of the non-canon ... Written Jul 13 The Borg did assimilate some Ferengi, and fairly early on, before they even assimilated humans. You can tell by the low designation of the Ferengi species as 180. The bit ab... Read More » For how long can one person be strong, when fighting cancer? Mike Neville, lives in Canada Written Jul 12 In the case of my wife? 18 months from diagnosis to death. She soldiered on through all the chemo and radiation never complaining. Her concerns towards the end were all abou... Read More » What's the minimum value of [math]\frac{3(2x^3 + \frac{2}{x^3} + 3x + \frac{3}{x})}{2x^2 + \frac{2}{x^2} + 1}[/math]? Nathan Smith, B.A. Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis (2021) Written Jul 12 When dealing with expressions of the form [math]x^n+\frac{1}{x^n}[/math], it is often helpful to make the substitution [math]u=x+\frac{1}{x}[/math]. With this substitution, we can rewrite each term of the form [math]x^n+\frac{1}{x^n}[/math] as a polynomial in [math]u[/math].... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.