Just watched Episode I again

[NikPreviousAcct]

I saw the first part that I missed in the theatre. My TV doesn't match up, but it's still quite entertaining.






Okay, I'm really hoping Lucas doesn't Fsck up the second and third too. These movies aren't supposed to be aimed at 12yr olds. EpisodeI wasn't serious enough --too playful. That damn JarJar still pisses me off!





Aw, hell, it's still a SW movie.

 

[yakko]

Death to JarJar.

 

[DesignDawg]

<< These movies aren't supposed to be aimed at 12yr olds. >>


WRONG. Star Wars movies have ALWAYS been children's movies. If they weren't meant for 12-yr. olds, that's because they were meant for YOUNGER people than that. Just because Star Wars fans are growing up doesn't mean the star wars movies should. Do the ewoks not screw up Return of the Jedi for you? TEDDY BEARS speaking jibberish is less of a sin than Jar-Jar? Why? They are the same thing. Live cartoon characters in space with swords and laser guns. KID MOVIES.

--And believe it or not, Star Wars wasn't a very big movie for adults when it came out. --Nor were the next two.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[PCAddict]

Damn Qui-Gon should have just turned him over to the Gungan bosses.

 

[DesignDawg]

That being said, let me say that I LOVE Star Wars, and I appreciate the significance. --But you CAN'T deny that Star Wars movies were always and always will be movies for children. Just accept them for what they are. If you don't like the live cartoon characters in the movies, maybe you have grown out of them.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[Farbio]

all i can say is good thing that the clone wars are episode 2 and therefore, jarjar should die a horrible death, hopefully at the beginning of the movie...or even better, before the credits even start!

 

[atom]

I'm hoping Jar Jar gets frozen in Carbonite by a rastafarian bounty hunter.

 

[DesignDawg]

Let's put it this way:

If Star Wars came out now, (assuming the trilogy didn't exist before now), all you Star Wars die-hards would be pissed off about Chewbacca. WTF? A big hairy teddy bear that is OBVIOUSLY retarded and annoys you through the whole movie with his castrated growls. You would be SERIOUSLY annoyed. --But kids would find it endearing. --As you did.

If Empire came out after it, all you Star Wars die-hards would be pissed off about Yoda. WTF? A little green muppet with Grover's voice who speaks words in backwards order?!?! HOW ANNOYING!!! --BUT KIDS WOLD LOVE HIM, AS YOU DID.

Then, Return of the Jedi.... Dear Lord. Lucas has REALLY done it this time! He has destroyed the whole series! A BIG SLUG with a laughing gremlin companion? THAT THING SHOULD NOT have been in the movie. --And don't even GET ME STARTED on the race of jibberish-speaking teddy bears! WHO ARE THESE MOVIES FOR ANYWAY?!?! KIDS? Hmmmmm.....

And let's just pause and think of the OTHER characters in the movies: Robots that do nothing but offer comic relief with their slapstick interaction, little desert-dwelling elves or munhkins who shout cute little sayings in kid voices, funny-looking aliens that remind us of muppets, and what about all the characters like storm-troopers and bounty-hunters that look LITERALLY JUST LIKE PLASTIC ACTION FIGURES? DO you think those figures look like that for any particular reason? Hmmmmmm......

Star Wars movies are children's movies. Jar-Jar is a children's character. No better, no worse than any other in the series.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

DD-
I don't agree with you at all. It was meant for the teen/young adult scene. At the time the first movie came out, the nation was in turmoil over VietNam, protest of too much government, not enough of &quot;the underdog,&quot; etc. StarWars brought a sort of &quot;escape&quot; much like the music of the times. The lesser-man was fighting against the evil greater-ruling power of the times, and the teens/young adults could identify with that. That's one of the main reasons that StarWars even made it to a second film. I studied this. It was NOT meant for children, nor were the other two.

The Ewoks were a bit more relistic. They didn't do relatively unrealistic things such as getting thrown onto a mechanized tank, flailing around like an idiot and &quot;accidentally&quot; killing the driver and disabling the tank. Nor did they act like complete asses when any sort of danger appeared. They also could hold a conversation above the level of a 12yr old. Even in their primative lifestyle, they were advanced in their mindframe. Besides... speeder bikes KICK ASS!

 

[beat mania]

Personally I thought the death star was kind of cute.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

sorry, one more thing. I will never agree that these movies were meant for people with half the brain-power that I do. You can't be 12 and pick up on everything in the movie. You just sit and laugh at stupid things happening.

 

[DesignDawg]

Denial is not just a river in Egypt. You have &quot;studied this.&quot; ROFL!

Any adults going to see Star Wars were taking their kids. Sorry you don't realize and accept this. We'll just agree to disagree.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[Gatsby]

Must kill... Must Kill... I hated the kid.. I could stand jar jar.. but I hated the kid.,.

Must Kill.. Must Kill....

Gatsby

 

[DesignDawg]

Now THAT'S a good point, Gatsby! THE KID sucks ASS. Children's movie or not, there is NO EXCUSE for hiring piss-poor actors. That was BAD.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[yakko]

My only real compliant about Episode 1 is that damn JarJar Stinks. I liked the Ewoks.

 

[Rankor]

&quot;...I liked the Ewoks...&quot;

You must mean the Earwax, right?

I like the ships and weapons from the Eps 4-6 better.

I also preferred the characters from the last 3 eps.

I hated the swarms of attack droids. I'd rather much prefer taking on a group Imperial stormtroopers.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

yeah, I think that was done on purpose. As sort of a &quot;politically correct&quot; form of non-killing (again, set for the YOUNGER crowd, which it shouldn't have been).

 

[The Wildcard]

Can't wait to see Natalie Portman again, lol...

 

[zippy]

Episode 1 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

It had almost no plot, the characters were friggin annoying, the acting was virtually nonexistant. Oh, and that queen spoke in a monotone voice the whole time.

 

[yakko]

<< Can't wait to see Natalie Portman again, lol... >>


I got the pics of her on the topless beach.