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baggles Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 9/5 3:38pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Yes.. the condensed Art book! How could I forget?? I remember selling my film strip on Ebay for around $7. I should have kept it! -----signature----- "It will be a surprise to be sure...but a welcome one."
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Corruptor Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 9/7 5:27pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Anyone remember when the soundtrack was leaked online? I was up all night listening to that, especially duel of the fates and the ending credits.
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Adali-Kiri Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 9/9 5:17am Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Ah, yes. The soundtrack is a nice memory. I was spoiled by the tracklisting, but oh my how there is none as brilliant as John Williams. Here's an article I published this week, celebrating the stylistic aspects of the Star Wars prequels: http://news.planetorigo.com/article.php?poarticle_id=464& For those who might be interested, my regular column is here: http://news.planetorigo.com/topics.php?poarticletopic_id=21& -----signature----- "Don't give in to hate...that leads to the Dark Side."
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VladTheImpaler Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 9/9 10:37am Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Loved the article. Harp on the other flaws all you want, but the visual storytelling in the prequel trilogy is matched by few other films.
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Go-Mer-Tonic Registered: Aug '99	Date Posted: 9/9 11:20am Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	When a corrupt government controls all media, critics tend to ignore anything that might tip the people off to their impending tyranny. -----signature----- "...that’s not my job, to make people like my movies. They either like them or they don’t. That’s completely out of my hands.” -Lucas "At least I will have finished what I set out to do, and at least they will have been good to me." -Lucas
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 9/9 11:36am Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Did people not like the prequels in China and North Korea either? -----signature----- Personally if treating homosexuals with respect and dignity is the definition of 'anti-Christian' then I hope that Obama is the friggin' anti-Christ. - FIDo
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G-FETT Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 9/9 12:57pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Adali-Kiri posted: Ah, yes. The soundtrack is a nice memory. I was spoiled by the tracklisting, but oh my how there is none as brilliant as John Williams. Here's an article I published this week, celebrating the stylistic aspects of the Star Wars prequels: http://news.planetorigo.com/article.php?poarticle_id=464& For those who might be interested, my regular column is here: http://news.planetorigo.com/topics.php?poarticletopic_id=21& That was a great piece. I'll be keeping an eye on your blog in future for sure. About the music of TPM, I personally never liked the soundtrack that much. Yes Duel of the Fates was great, but otherwise I thought it was a pretty banal soundtrack, really. -----signature----- I felt a great disturbance in the force. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror. Then were suddenly silenced.
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tuskinraiderfromhell Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 9/9 4:31pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era - Date Edited: 9/9 4:36pm (1 edits total) Edited By: tuskinraiderfromhell
	Adali-Kiri posted: Ah, yes. The soundtrack is a nice memory. I was spoiled by the tracklisting, but oh my how there is none as brilliant as John Williams. Here's an article I published this week, celebrating the stylistic aspects of the Star Wars prequels: http://news.planetorigo.com/article.php?poarticle_id=464& For those who might be interested, my regular column is here: http://news.planetorigo.com/topics.php?poarticletopic_id=21& Great article! The soundtrack, I bought it on tape and wore it out before the end of the summer of 99. I had to re-buy on CD. GREAT, great soundtrack! I LOVE IT! I still listen to it constantly. -----signature----- Lucas is Star Wars....period! Thank You George! ONE SAGA TO RULE THEM ALL!
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mmart23 Registered: Sep '09	Date Posted: 9/9 7:48pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	It was an awesome experience and a great film that's gotten better with age and while watched in accordance with the entire saga. At first there was the awe of it first hitting the screen, then of course the critics. But I would not change a thing about it as it was supposed to be a story of innocence in a lighter time. Lucas set the stage, captured our imagination and humanized Darth Vader aka Anakin as a boy. He has my applause time and time again. Matt M
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 9/9 8:19pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era - Date Edited: 9/9 8:20pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Arawn_Fenn
	It has more of an "OT feel" ( which IMO diminishes as the PT goes on ). It's similar to ANH in some ways, ROTJ in others. -----signature----- "James T. Kirk was a great man... but that was another life."
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baggles Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 9/10 5:39pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	Looking back , it was such a bold and risky film. At the time of the film's release, I was shocked at how the film was labeled as George's "Hollywood sell out " film. It was anything but... -----signature----- "It will be a surprise to be sure...but a welcome one."
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MissPadme Registered: Jul '98	Date Posted: 9/10 6:05pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	baggles posted: Looking back , it was such a bold and risky film. At the time of the film's release, I was shocked at how the film was labeled as George's "Hollywood sell out " film. It was anything but... I feel the same way. Hollywood in the 1990s would have gone for something along the lines of "Independence Day." --MissPadme -----signature----- http://lazypadawan.livejournal.com The Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Society http://starwarsprequelappreciationsociety.wordpress.com/ Eat my flame of justice!
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tuskinraiderfromhell Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 9/10 6:28pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	MissPadme posted: baggles posted: Looking back , it was such a bold and risky film. At the time of the film's release, I was shocked at how the film was labeled as George's "Hollywood sell out " film. It was anything but... I feel the same way. Hollywood in the 1990s would have gone for something along the lines of "Independence Day." --MissPadme I TOTALLY agree! The Phantom Menace is a bold and beautiful film. I'm VERY glad Lucas has the balls to follow his own heart, and imagination, and didn't give in to what some of the fans thought it should be. If so, the PT would have been nothing more than a rehash of the OT, and not the underrated brilliant films they are. -----signature----- Lucas is Star Wars....period! Thank You George! ONE SAGA TO RULE THEM ALL!
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obi-rob-kenobi4 Registered: Apr '07	Date Posted: 9/10 8:25pm Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era
	tuskinraiderfromhell posted: MissPadme posted: baggles posted: Looking back , it was such a bold and risky film. At the time of the film's release, I was shocked at how the film was labeled as George's "Hollywood sell out " film. It was anything but... I feel the same way. Hollywood in the 1990s would have gone for something along the lines of "Independence Day." --MissPadme I TOTALLY agree! The Phantom Menace is a bold and beautiful film. I'm VERY glad Lucas has the balls to follow his own heart, and imagination, and didn't give in to what some of the fans thought it should be. If so, the PT would have been nothing more than a rehash of the OT, and not the underrated brilliant films they are. Exactly. I wish i could go back and re-live the summer of 99 all over again. -----signature----- "You call THIS a diplomatic solution?" "No, I call it aggressive negotiations." so this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause..... who am I, where am I going? -Tony Soprano
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Adali-Kiri Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 9/29 8:19am Subject: The Phantom Menace 10 years - revisiting the beginning of the prequel era - Date Edited: 9/29 8:22am (1 edits total) Edited By: Adali-Kiri
	I get all warm and fuzzy here now... I think it's a very good point how TPM is more "OT-like" than the other prequel films. But at the same time, it's radically different in its central conflict. It's good to look back on TPM ten years on, having initially loved it, then become unsure as the criticism set in (did I intend to love it, no matter what it was?), and then realizing that I do love the film. I think I just didn't have the level of expectations that some people did, so I wasn't let down. I was just genuinely curious about what a new Star Wars would be like, after all those years. And thanks for positive comments about my article! It hasn't gone down that well on other forums. It's been called stuff like "over-analyzing" (which, in my opinion, people only say about analysis they disagree with anyway...), and the more straight forward "hard blowcrap"... Which I don't even know what means, but it sounds really fun! So, thanks for the kind words, people! -----signature----- "Don't give in to hate...that leads to the Dark Side."
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