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I still remember how much I adored Episode I ßelals Girl Send a noteboard - 25/08/2011 08:05:02 PM
And how suprised I was that everyone else thought it was a steaming pile of manure. I could understand not liking it as much as the original movies, but I never understood how it and the other two deserve the utter loathing they constantly get.

Then again, I never put the original series on a pedestal like so many others. I liked those movies, but they weren't the be all and end all of cinema for me :P

1. Ewan McGregor


I agree here. I liked his character and I really could believe he was the Obi-Wan in the originals.

2. Ian McDiarmid


I thought he was fine, but wasn't blown away.

3. The Music


Totally agree. Loved the music.

4. The Ships in Episode III


Meh. Maybe it's just that I'm no longer really impressed by special effects anymore, because they're used too often they aren't really "special" anymore :P

Dopn't get me wrong, there's nothing WRONG with that, but it does make it hard for any particular special effect to stand out from the crowd.

5. The Subtle Vader-like Qualities of Anakin


Hahahaha! No.

The prequels were never able to convince me, not even for a moment, that this guy was Darth Vader. He was too young, whiny, awkward...his entire character just felt completely different from the regal and menacing character from the originals. And I really did try and see wha tthey were going for, but he just never came across like Darth Vader. That was one thing I agree with the nay-sayers about.

5 Dumb Things in The Classic Films

As a disclaimer: these movies rock. They are structured well, with mostly great internal plots backed up by simple themes, which get slightly more complex as the series progresses. However, what we forget about the classic movies is how sloppy they were in a lot of areas, and how lazy some of the storytelling really is. Here’s what I mean.

1. The Love Triangle/Leia Being Luke’s Sister


This never bothered me. In fact, I was one of the ones who WANTED Luke to get the girl, so having her be his sister was a good way of making it palatable that he didn't.

The other problems mentioned by this don't really seem to be cause by Luke and Leia being siblings, but rather, are just general plot problems that are independent of the sibling relationship.


2. The Second Death Star

True. I always thought having another Death Star was redundant.


3. Vader’s Lameness in A New Hope/Why Tarkin?


He never came across as lame to me. The dymanics between the two characters always came across as a bit of a power struggle to me (the guy in charge of the Death Star and the henchman the emperor sent would obviously clash, and maybe Vader is deferring to keep the peace for because the Emperor told him to so he didn't jeapordize the mission or something)

4. Why is Luke Suddenly a Badass? /Luke’s Weird Ethics


Does this guy really not know the difference between killing people in battle and murdering a bunch of defenseless children? }<img class=' />

5. Confusing Amount of Time Passing in The Empire Strikes Back


Guess I never noticed :P


Anyway, I do recognize that the prequels are flawed films (one of the only GOOD negative reviews of them I've ever seen is Confused Mathew's, where he actually dissects the plot instead of screaming about Jar Jar Binks and/or how a particular random scene in one of them contradicts Expanded Universe Novel #2254C), but they had many enjoyable moments and I've never really understood why people consider them to be SO bad. They were fun popcorn movies. Just like how I've always viewed the original trilogy.
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Star Wars: The Prequels Strike Back - 23/08/2011 05:22:54 PM 1627 Views
Heh, Anakin = Mark Zuckerberg *NM* - 23/08/2011 05:53:16 PM 474 Views
The music - 23/08/2011 11:00:13 PM 773 Views
point 4 of the "bad things about the original movies" is kind of weak - 24/08/2011 01:07:01 AM 760 Views
They'll have to refer to these notes when they remake all of them in 10 years - 24/08/2011 04:31:39 AM 854 Views
Re: Vader and Tarkin - 24/08/2011 04:20:43 PM 1215 Views
I like that take. *NM* - 24/08/2011 05:18:21 PM 444 Views
That's kind of how I saw it. *NM* - 24/08/2011 11:00:32 PM 493 Views
Also, it makes the military guys feel better if they see the chain of command at work. - 25/08/2011 01:53:02 AM 937 Views
On that last statement... - 25/08/2011 09:27:01 AM 781 Views
Yeah, I've seen that theory before - 25/08/2011 02:27:29 PM 795 Views
Yes - 25/08/2011 07:31:25 PM 775 Views
Nice theories *NM* - 26/08/2011 08:26:20 AM 894 Views
Good stuff. And there are many more. I like the PT better than the OT. - 24/08/2011 07:48:19 PM 791 Views
I don't want to alarm you, but you might be a monster. - 24/08/2011 07:54:17 PM 733 Views
Most people I know under age 22 or so prefer the PT. *NM* - 24/08/2011 09:07:10 PM 442 Views
So the real question is ... - 24/08/2011 09:19:51 PM 857 Views
I'm 26, but it's pretty close. - 24/08/2011 11:46:39 PM 803 Views
No offense - 25/08/2011 12:10:17 AM 856 Views
I'm 38, and I do love the PT - 25/08/2011 12:45:11 AM 754 Views
I agreed with so much of what you said, then I cried. - 25/08/2011 01:39:45 AM 906 Views
Traviss's Mandalorian fan-fiction makes Kevin J Anderson almost tolerable by comparison - 25/08/2011 02:11:41 AM 992 Views
Ugh Zahn was so boring. *NM* - 25/08/2011 04:00:28 AM 433 Views
Four of his five books are among my favourite Star Wars entries. - 26/08/2011 01:42:29 PM 745 Views
I, too, loved the Thrawn trilogy *NM* - 26/08/2011 02:15:18 PM 382 Views
He actually wrote at least eight. - 12/09/2011 07:33:28 PM 772 Views
Thankyouverymuchindeed. - 24/08/2011 09:04:54 PM 787 Views
I'm not even going there. - 24/08/2011 09:26:11 PM 823 Views
my biggest complaint about the prequels is - 25/08/2011 12:48:13 AM 732 Views
I mostly agree - 25/08/2011 01:37:28 AM 897 Views
I tend to consider the prequels to be inferior - 26/08/2011 08:41:46 AM 1025 Views
I still think that James Franco would have been awesome as Anakin - 26/08/2011 09:05:48 AM 934 Views
I'd never really thought about it before, but I agree! *NM* - 26/08/2011 02:22:00 PM 489 Views
I'd have to agree as well *NM* - 28/08/2011 12:01:18 AM 471 Views
I've said that before. And they look almost exactly the same. *NM* - 28/08/2011 12:26:29 AM 574 Views
except, imo, Franco looks like a MAN *NM* - 28/08/2011 08:01:03 AM 529 Views
Re: I tend to consider the prequels to be inferior - 26/08/2011 10:26:15 PM 1093 Views
Re: I tend to consider the prequels to be inferior - 27/08/2011 08:25:45 AM 834 Views
It's the Force, stupid. - 25/08/2011 02:46:38 AM 1073 Views
Woah, woah. - 25/08/2011 03:26:02 AM 794 Views
Oops. Sorry. Will fix soonest. - 25/08/2011 07:32:37 PM 903 Views
I still remember how much I adored Episode I - 25/08/2011 08:05:02 PM 999 Views
The one thing about the PT that I could never get over is..... - 26/08/2011 05:24:12 AM 971 Views
That issue is over four hundred years old. - 26/08/2011 06:09:37 PM 861 Views

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