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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 11:50:43 GMT -5
Really, I've never been a big Star Wars fan. I never got into the extended universe or anything, it could be that I never saw the originals until after I saw Phantom Menace, but I never saw what was so much better about the originals than the prequels. The originals opened up a world of wonder and joy. A galaxy far, far away where little cuddly things save an entire planet. A man was frozen today. Slave outfits. A giant worm. Weird things with 8 titties. Etc. The prequels opened up a word where the thought of suicide seemed like a better option at the time. That's the difference for me, anyway. I like the Ewoks. I like them ah-lawt.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 12:24:03 GMT -5
I saw New Hope Before Phantom Menace I'm not contaminated.
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Post by punksnotdead on Nov 7, 2014 13:16:33 GMT -5
Eh, the prequels do have some good parts in them in terms of characters and imagery but none of the films worked on an individual basis imo. George Lucas is ing junkie when it comes to cgi. He doesn't care how bad it looks, he just wants to use it. It made the prequels look like trash imo. Star Wars, and a ton of quality 80s movies in general, is special because of the set pieces and the environments. He created that world and made it feel real. The prequels had absolutely none of that atmosphere.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 14:51:41 GMT -5
Carrie Fisher looks so bad these days she could be recast as the emperor. for sure..... She was hot stuff Imo....Ackroyd was nailin that in its prime....Blues Brothers/Empire Strikes Back era Fisher. Damn.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 14:56:02 GMT -5
Carrie Fisher looks so bad these days she could be recast as the emperor. for sure..... She was hot stuff Imo....Ackroyd was nailin that in its prime....Blues Brothers/Empire Strikes Back era Fisher. Damn. I wonder what she thought of his weird ass webbed feet.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 14:56:19 GMT -5
Eh, the prequels do have some good parts in them in terms of characters and imagery but none of the films worked on an individual basis imo. George Lucas is ing junkie when it comes to cgi. He doesn't care how bad it looks, he just wants to use it. It made the prequels look like trash imo. Star Wars, and a ton of quality 80s movies in general, is special because of the set pieces and the environments. He created that world and made it feel real. The prequels had absolutely none of that atmosphere. We also have to be grateful J.J is directing this film and not Lucas or God Forbid Michael Bay.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 15:08:31 GMT -5
Eh, the prequels do have some good parts in them in terms of characters and imagery but none of the films worked on an individual basis imo. George Lucas is ing junkie when it comes to cgi. He doesn't care how bad it looks, he just wants to use it. It made the prequels look like trash imo. Star Wars, and a ton of quality 80s movies in general, is special because of the set pieces and the environments. He created that world and made it feel real. The prequels had absolutely none of that atmosphere. We also have to be grateful J.J is directing this film and not Lucas or God Forbid Michael Bay. If Lost Season 1 is anything to go by, this Star Wars film will be amazing. If Lost Season 6 is anything to go by, this Star Wars film will make you want to rethink your life.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2014 15:11:39 GMT -5
We also have to be grateful J.J is directing this film and not Lucas or God Forbid Michael Bay. If Lost Season 1 is anything to go by, this Star Wars film will be amazing. If Lost Season 6 is anything to go by, this Star Wars film will make you want to rethink your life. Dear God..
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Post by johnnyb on Nov 7, 2014 22:01:47 GMT -5
Eh, the prequels do have some good parts in them in terms of characters and imagery but none of the films worked on an individual basis imo. George Lucas is ing junkie when it comes to cgi. He doesn't care how bad it looks, he just wants to use it. It made the prequels look like trash imo. Star Wars, and a ton of quality 80s movies in general, is special because of the set pieces and the environments. He created that world and made it feel real. The prequels had absolutely none of that atmosphere. There is not one interesting character in any of the prequels.
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Post by Mr. McCluer on Nov 7, 2014 23:26:07 GMT -5
Uhmmmm QUI GON JINN!
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Post by Word™ on Nov 8, 2014 1:44:42 GMT -5
Darth Maul, Qui Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, General Grievous, Jango Fett..
Don't let Jar Jar Binks cloud your judgement.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 5:16:32 GMT -5
Eh, the prequels do have some good parts in them in terms of characters and imagery but none of the films worked on an individual basis imo. George Lucas is ing junkie when it comes to cgi. He doesn't care how bad it looks, he just wants to use it. It made the prequels look like trash imo. Star Wars, and a ton of quality 80s movies in general, is special because of the set pieces and the environments. He created that world and made it feel real. The prequels had absolutely none of that atmosphere. There is not one interesting character in any of the prequels.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 6:50:47 GMT -5
Star Wars Episode VII: George Lucas Raped My Childhood Ya see......I don't get these types of statements. Even if I didn't enjoy the prequels they wouldn't have effected my childhood memories of SW and DEFO wouldn't ruin my appreciation of the originals. I see people saying this all the time about Bays TF movies and the new TMNT movie too....very weird to me.
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Post by johnnyb on Nov 8, 2014 9:25:13 GMT -5
I was really excited to see Liam Neeson get cast as a Jedi in like 1997 or whenever it was announced. He had just come off of Schindler's List, he's a big dude, and he's an exceptional actor. But he looks totally bored in Episode 1. He just doesn't get anything interesting to work with. I mean seriously, what is the defining scene that Qui Gon is in that really shows off his uniqueness as a character? There isn't one. Darth Maul, Qui Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, General Grievous, Jango Fett.. Don't let Jar Jar Binks cloud your judgement. Darth Maul would have been great had his scenes not been needlessly overchoreographed, and had his character actually been defined in any way except "double-bladed lightsaber that he uses once". Looking at a picture of him (and he does have a really cool look) is more interesting than any of the scenes he's actually in in the movie. Qui Gon, see above. Boring. Mace Windu... like Liam Neeson, I was excited to see Samuel L Jackson cast in Star Wars, but why in the world did they make him a boring old Jedi that sits around all stoically the whole time? He has one cool line in the entire trilogy and that's at the end of another hopelessly overchoreographed fight scene. And the scene where he says "We must hurry if the Jedi order is to survive," followed by like three minutes of really slow, aimless walking is just terrible. Grievous was cooler and more menacing in the Clone Wars cartoon shorts than he was in the movie. And the CGI effects are so unconvincing (the real actors obviously were given little direction as to what he looked like or what he was doing) took me completely out of the scenes he was in. And Jango Fett? Are you serious? He's blue Boba Fett but doesn't have a single cool scene... and he's a way to pointlessly shoehorn another dumb little kid into the movie. Seriously, think about the actual character moments in the classic trilogy (Han shooting Greedo, Luke staring longingly into the suns of Tattooine, Lando betraying Han and Leia, Vader dominating Luke in the first lightsaber duel) and tell me which of the characters had any sort of moments like that in the prequels. There isn't a shred of character development to be found in the prequels (outside of Anakin Skywalker, performed so terribly by Hayden Christensen and written so much worse than that, that you don't understand or care why he decided to go to the dark side).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 10:26:25 GMT -5
Star Wars Episode VII: George Lucas Raped My Childhood Ya see......I don't get these types of statements. Even if I didn't enjoy the prequels they wouldn't have effected my childhood memories of SW and DEFO wouldn't ruin my appreciation of the originals. I see people saying this all the time about Bays TF movies and the new TMNT movie too....very weird to me. I know man. I don't necessairly feel that way. I just threw it in there because people say it all the time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 14:07:39 GMT -5
Ya see......I don't get these types of statements. Even if I didn't enjoy the prequels they wouldn't have effected my childhood memories of SW and DEFO wouldn't ruin my appreciation of the originals. I see people saying this all the time about Bays TF movies and the new TMNT movie too....very weird to me. I know man. I don't necessairly feel that way. I just threw it in there because people say it all the time. Oh I knew that Bash,we talked about it before and I should've made that clearer. Im awaiting "JJ raped my childhood's" next year!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 14:09:11 GMT -5
I know man. I don't necessairly feel that way. I just threw it in there because people say it all the time. Oh I knew that Bash,we talked about it before and I should've made that clearer. Im awaiting "JJ raped my childhood's" next year!! Yeah, when the new Batman vs. Superman movie hits it'll be the same sentiment there too, I'm sure.
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Post by tg11 on Nov 9, 2014 13:54:54 GMT -5
I wonder if we will get a cameo from Yoda or Anakin as Force ghosts
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2014 7:19:08 GMT -5
Star Wars Episode VII: George Lucas Raped My Childhood Ya see......I don't get these types of statements. Even if I didn't enjoy the prequels they wouldn't have effected my childhood memories of SW and DEFO wouldn't ruin my appreciation of the originals. I see people saying this all the time about Bays TF movies and the new TMNT movie too....very weird to me. I'm surprised at how much I disliked Bay's TMNT movie. But it'll never make me dislike the Turtles. I thought it was going to suck, and even though it was worse than I thought, it doesn't really bother me as I had low expectations heading in. That awesome Punk Frogs episode of the show more than made up for the movie disappointment lol.
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