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Watched the phantom menace for the first time in years
Posted on 10/23/15 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 10/23/15 at 8:16 pm
I was a young teen when I first saw it. Gosh what was Lucas thinking? I mean jar jar really is as bad as everyone makes him out to be.
Posted on 10/23/15 at 8:18 pm to Civildawg
As a movie, TPM works a lot better than Attack of the clones. I am one of the few that thinks 1 and 3 are both decent movies. Nowhere near as good as the original trilogy. But decent. 2 is absolute garbage though. And Dooku would have been an alright villain if they didnt kill him off immediately in 3 and replace him with a coughing robot. Him being Qui-Gon's master was kind of interesting but they never even delved into that.
ETA: The pod race is fricking awesome. Anyone that denies that needs to get over themself.
ETA: The pod race is fricking awesome. Anyone that denies that needs to get over themself.
This post was edited on 10/24/15 at 4:01 am
Posted on 10/23/15 at 8:23 pm to Civildawg
I saw Attack of the Clones 3 times in theaters.
Posted on 10/23/15 at 10:20 pm to Civildawg
I just watched episode 1 tonight and introduced it to my 5 year old goddaughter. I've seen it a million times but it has been a few years. I really enjoyed it once again, especially the ending fight scene. My goddaughter loved it too. We are going to watch all 6 episodes in order.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 1:15 am to Civildawg
still wasnt half as bad as attack of clones
Posted on 10/24/15 at 1:45 am to Civildawg
Does anyone appreciate seeing the base version of what the Galaxy was like before the empire took over?
Does anyone appreciate seeing Coruscant in its full glory for the first time ever after being completely absent from the Originals except for one quick shot at the end of ROTJ, what the Jedi council looked like before the Sith came to power, and others things we did not get the luxury of seeing in the originals?
Does anyone appreciate seeing Coruscant in its full glory for the first time ever after being completely absent from the Originals except for one quick shot at the end of ROTJ, what the Jedi council looked like before the Sith came to power, and others things we did not get the luxury of seeing in the originals?
Posted on 10/24/15 at 2:49 am to Civildawg
I absolutely fricking hate George Lucas. Hate.
He's a complete piece of shite who is arrogant and completely disassociates himself with anyone who challenges his creativity.
Not only did he create an abomination of a prequel trilogy, but he's done everything he can to destroy the original trilogy because he thinks certain additions make the movies better. The changes he's made are complete crap and fans are still waiting on a remastered theatrical version of the star wars trilogy all these years later. The ghost of Hayden Christiensen appearing in the end of RotJ is one of the dumbest decisions in film history, and Lucas should have been given a lobotomy afterwards.
Hate may sound like a strong word, especially for someone who is responsible for the Star Wars universe existing in the first place, but just because you create something doesn't mean you will have its best interests in mind for the future and Lucas clearly doesn't.
The Phantom Menace was absolutely awful, and I am still trying to pick my jaw up from the floor all these years later after the realization set in that he made an even worse film with Attack of the Clones.
The entire prequel trilogy is riddled with characters we don't care about, having conversations we don't care about, involving vomit-inducing dialogue, on 95% Bluescreen/Greenscreen sets with zero life and believably. Yoda from Empire Strikes Back is one of the best characters in cinema history, and he gets completely neutered in the prequel trilogy, while all of his Jedi pals sit around and have conversations while sitting in chairs twiddling their thumbs. It's a fricking soap opera.
Why did Lucas successfully direct a good film in the original episode IV? Who knows. Maybe because his ideas weren't rushed at that point like the entire prequel trilogy. Lucas was very hands off for episode V and that was easily the best movie in the series. He started meddling with the direction of episode VI, and there was a noticeable drop off in quality from episode V, but it was still a great movie. The prequel trilogy was just rushed crap, with a director who was largely out of the game for almost 20 years. This is probably just looking into it too much though as its likely Lucas is really just a massive sellout.
Fortunately the prequel trilogy can be ignored because Disney is pretty much pretending like it doesn't exist. I just hope they have the balls to release some re-mastered original theatrical versions so I can watch some untainted star wars someday.
He's a complete piece of shite who is arrogant and completely disassociates himself with anyone who challenges his creativity.
Not only did he create an abomination of a prequel trilogy, but he's done everything he can to destroy the original trilogy because he thinks certain additions make the movies better. The changes he's made are complete crap and fans are still waiting on a remastered theatrical version of the star wars trilogy all these years later. The ghost of Hayden Christiensen appearing in the end of RotJ is one of the dumbest decisions in film history, and Lucas should have been given a lobotomy afterwards.
Hate may sound like a strong word, especially for someone who is responsible for the Star Wars universe existing in the first place, but just because you create something doesn't mean you will have its best interests in mind for the future and Lucas clearly doesn't.
The Phantom Menace was absolutely awful, and I am still trying to pick my jaw up from the floor all these years later after the realization set in that he made an even worse film with Attack of the Clones.
The entire prequel trilogy is riddled with characters we don't care about, having conversations we don't care about, involving vomit-inducing dialogue, on 95% Bluescreen/Greenscreen sets with zero life and believably. Yoda from Empire Strikes Back is one of the best characters in cinema history, and he gets completely neutered in the prequel trilogy, while all of his Jedi pals sit around and have conversations while sitting in chairs twiddling their thumbs. It's a fricking soap opera.
Why did Lucas successfully direct a good film in the original episode IV? Who knows. Maybe because his ideas weren't rushed at that point like the entire prequel trilogy. Lucas was very hands off for episode V and that was easily the best movie in the series. He started meddling with the direction of episode VI, and there was a noticeable drop off in quality from episode V, but it was still a great movie. The prequel trilogy was just rushed crap, with a director who was largely out of the game for almost 20 years. This is probably just looking into it too much though as its likely Lucas is really just a massive sellout.
Fortunately the prequel trilogy can be ignored because Disney is pretty much pretending like it doesn't exist. I just hope they have the balls to release some re-mastered original theatrical versions so I can watch some untainted star wars someday.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 4:23 am to Civildawg
It's not all bad. There's some really bad dialogue here and there and Jar Jar is just unfathomable, but there's good stuff in there too. Attack of the Clones is much much worse.
At least Revenge of the Sith was better, still not on par with the OT, but it was a step in the right direction. The problem was Lucas. He needed to step away from the directors chair and screenplay chair. I think the prequels could be remade one day.
At least Revenge of the Sith was better, still not on par with the OT, but it was a step in the right direction. The problem was Lucas. He needed to step away from the directors chair and screenplay chair. I think the prequels could be remade one day.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 7:15 am to Civildawg
I'd love to see them wash away the prequel trilogy and totally redo it someday. Not sure if they'd ever do that but it would be great. Lucas made some of the worse decisions possible with them.
This post was edited on 10/24/15 at 10:39 am
Posted on 10/24/15 at 10:45 am to Civildawg
Lucas having zero say and giving zero input on how the new trilogy should be made is the primary reason I'm looking forward to it.
Posted on 10/24/15 at 7:52 pm to Civildawg
I haven't seen any of the originals (please don't hurt me) and saw the prequels so long ago I can't remember them. I'm planning on watching all of them before the new one comes out. Should I start with the prequels or originals?
Posted on 10/24/15 at 10:51 pm to Civildawg
Hopefully all of the people that liked those movies have the excuse of being kids when they saw them.
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