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I mostly agree Cannoli Send a noteboard - 25/08/2011 01:37:28 AM
See, they already lose me when they say the prequels are "poorly structured movies, with crumby internal plots", because I just don't see that.
I am fine with complaints about JarJar, midichlorians, wooden acting by Christensen, lousy love scene dialogs. That's it. Every complaint beyond that is a load of bull. Palpatine's plot to take over and make Anakin his lap dog is smart and very cleverly spread over the three films. Just as an example. This list adds five more. People's expectations were over the top and based on films they watched as kids. The prequels are near-perfect eye candy entertainment with outstanding effects and wonderful world-building. That's all I expected.

The old films are such huge parts of my childhood, youth and life even up until now that I can't find a single bad thing to say about them.

Maybe I replied a little too seriously, but it was good to get that off my chest, considering how often the prequels and me are topic on our site. ;)


I think Lucas was just trying to do something different which is why acting and dialogue and plotting suffer in the films. You look at some of the weird-ass oriental movies, and the explanation is that they are "stylized" and there is symbolism and whatnot. We are locked into this mindset of the audience experience in a movie to be "spying on events" but I don't really think that's what Lucas was trying to do. It seems like his emphasis was more on the visuals and the scope, and putting familiar archetypes and tropes in a different setting. It's more like a fairy tale in space, and who gives the Brothers Grimm kudos for their characterization, motivations and dialogue?
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Star Wars: The Prequels Strike Back Nate - 23/08/2011 05:22:54 PM 1918 Views
Heh, Anakin = Mark Zuckerberg *NM* beetnemesis - 23/08/2011 05:53:16 PM 602 Views
The music Roland00 - 23/08/2011 11:00:13 PM 1031 Views
point 4 of the "bad things about the original movies" is kind of weak LadyLorraine - 24/08/2011 01:07:01 AM 1004 Views
They'll have to refer to these notes when they remake all of them in 10 years HousealThor - 24/08/2011 04:31:39 AM 1110 Views
Re: Vader and Tarkin Watcher - 24/08/2011 04:20:43 PM 1468 Views
I like that take. *NM* Nate - 24/08/2011 05:18:21 PM 551 Views
That's kind of how I saw it. *NM* Gher - 24/08/2011 11:00:32 PM 624 Views
Also, it makes the military guys feel better if they see the chain of command at work. Cannoli - 25/08/2011 01:53:02 AM 1221 Views
On that last statement... LadyLorraine - 25/08/2011 09:27:01 AM 1044 Views
Yeah, I've seen that theory before imlad - 25/08/2011 02:27:29 PM 1066 Views
Yes Cannoli - 25/08/2011 07:31:25 PM 1051 Views
Nice theories *NM* Sidious - 26/08/2011 08:26:20 AM 1209 Views
Good stuff. And there are many more. I like the PT better than the OT. Kotagg - 24/08/2011 07:48:19 PM 1047 Views
I don't want to alarm you, but you might be a monster. Nate - 24/08/2011 07:54:17 PM 1001 Views
Most people I know under age 22 or so prefer the PT. *NM* ironclad - 24/08/2011 09:07:10 PM 562 Views
So the real question is ... Nate - 24/08/2011 09:19:51 PM 1113 Views
I'm 26, but it's pretty close. Kotagg - 24/08/2011 11:46:39 PM 1091 Views
No offense ironclad - 25/08/2011 12:10:17 AM 1108 Views
LOL I don't like Whedon either, and hate Firefly. My nerd friends do not love me. *NM* Kotagg - 25/08/2011 01:37:51 AM 449 Views
I'm 38, and I do love the PT imlad - 25/08/2011 12:45:11 AM 1005 Views
I agreed with so much of what you said, then I cried. Kotagg - 25/08/2011 01:39:45 AM 1153 Views
Traviss's Mandalorian fan-fiction makes Kevin J Anderson almost tolerable by comparison Cannoli - 25/08/2011 02:11:41 AM 1247 Views
Ugh Zahn was so boring. *NM* Kotagg - 25/08/2011 04:00:28 AM 547 Views
Four of his five books are among my favourite Star Wars entries. Nate - 26/08/2011 01:42:29 PM 1006 Views
I, too, loved the Thrawn trilogy *NM* ironclad - 26/08/2011 02:15:18 PM 506 Views
He actually wrote at least eight. Cannoli - 12/09/2011 07:33:28 PM 1024 Views
Thankyouverymuchindeed. ironclad - 24/08/2011 09:04:54 PM 1025 Views
I'm not even going there. Nate - 24/08/2011 09:26:11 PM 1097 Views
my biggest complaint about the prequels is imlad - 25/08/2011 12:48:13 AM 960 Views
I mostly agree Cannoli - 25/08/2011 01:37:28 AM 1158 Views
I tend to consider the prequels to be inferior Sidious - 26/08/2011 08:41:46 AM 1274 Views
I still think that James Franco would have been awesome as Anakin ironclad - 26/08/2011 09:05:48 AM 1167 Views
I'd never really thought about it before, but I agree! *NM* LadyLorraine - 26/08/2011 02:22:00 PM 615 Views
I'd have to agree as well *NM* imlad - 28/08/2011 12:01:18 AM 601 Views
I've said that before. And they look almost exactly the same. *NM* Gher - 28/08/2011 12:26:29 AM 716 Views
except, imo, Franco looks like a MAN *NM* LadyLorraine - 28/08/2011 08:01:03 AM 652 Views
Re: I tend to consider the prequels to be inferior Fanatic-Templar - 26/08/2011 10:26:15 PM 1379 Views
Re: I tend to consider the prequels to be inferior Sidious - 27/08/2011 08:25:45 AM 1083 Views
It's the Force, stupid. Cannoli - 25/08/2011 02:46:38 AM 1466 Views
Woah, woah. Nate - 25/08/2011 03:26:02 AM 1042 Views
Yeah Cannoli has trouble letting petty things like reading get in the way of his nerdrage. *NM* Kotagg - 25/08/2011 04:03:56 AM 599 Views
You realize if I'd actually sucumbed to nerdrage, he wouldn't have complained? Cannoli - 25/08/2011 07:41:50 PM 994 Views
Whose panties are in a bunch? It's all in good fun anyway *NM* Kotagg - 26/08/2011 04:24:46 AM 570 Views
Oops. Sorry. Will fix soonest. Cannoli - 25/08/2011 07:32:37 PM 1161 Views
I still remember how much I adored Episode I ßelals Girl - 25/08/2011 08:05:02 PM 1234 Views
Probably because the bad guys were analogues of the OTHER Axis powers. Cannoli - 26/08/2011 06:11:07 PM 1023 Views
The one thing about the PT that I could never get over is..... trzaska2000 - 26/08/2011 05:24:12 AM 1306 Views
That issue is over four hundred years old. Cannoli - 26/08/2011 06:09:37 PM 1125 Views
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