PT How have people who troll the prequels affected your love of the movies?

HC is a good actor. He was great in his other films, and he was good in Star Wars. The thing with the PT isn't the acting, it's the directing. In BTS videos, George doesn't really do a good job getting across what he wants for the scenes, and even in some instances, there are better takes than the ones used in the films. Now, are the PT films terrible because of it? No. Far from it. But the actor portrayal wasn't necessarily the fault of the actor.

I like Agents of Shield

 

double post

 

i watch Agents of Shield, i'm just saying it isn't great. It's mostly people standing around in dark rooms talking.

 

I'd rather watch actual trade disputes. Which, note, TPM never delivered.

 

No. In fact, Lucas didn't shy away from showing his characters doing bad things, which we were supposed to see as bad things, not as "kewl."

Many people complained that in the PT, it's not clear who is a good guy and who is a bad guy, specifically when it comes to the clones. Also, the Jedi aren't flawless heroes but distant and unemotional and often uncaring. That's the point. The Jedi brought their downfall on themselves, at least in part, because of their arrogance and so forth. And the clones aren't meant to be good or bad, they're simply obedient to whoever is commanding them, which was what they were created for.

And I've watched the PT many times, but I have yet to see the excessive "political talk" that we're supposed to think permeates it. There's some but it hardly dominates the trilogy. TPM isn't "all about a trade dispute." The trade dispute is simply the vehicle from which some of the conflict arises.

 

Yeah, the microchip stuff in TCW was really damn weird and makes no sense.

It's also really Stone Age tech, when you think about it. Order 66 microchips, seriously? Why not just have the clones being genetically hardwired for unthinking loyalty?

Oh, wait, Star Wars is for babies. I guess "genetics" is a bit too advanced for TCW's audience

 

Well, yes. Especially if they've experienced a thousand years of peace, with only minor skirmishes here and there.

 

Indeed. One of the most satisfying themes to see played out between the two trilogies, in my opinion, is hubris. See how the Jedi are first brought down, then the Sith.

Hubris is obviously a classical literary and/or dramatic theme and informs a number of character arcs in the prequel trilogy in particular -- Obi-Wan and Anakin's, most assuredly. It is also a theme well-depicted in the various lightsaber battles, with Dooku in particular goading his opponents to make quick work of him.

I like this theme because it is an important reminder that nothing lasts forever; or as the saying goes, the only constant is change. Star Wars provides a pretty good (and entertaining) lesson on this front. People and institutions are often undone from within. Pride and indolence become toxic to the host.

The comedy characters (Jar Jar, Artoo, Threepio, and to some extent, Yoda) all poke at the (often-times concealed) arrogance of the regular flesh-and-blood humans. This, for me, is amusing to watch, and gives the series a luminous quality sometimes lacking in other movie series, in my opinion.

 

Pride goeth before destruction + exaltivit humiles = Star Wars

 

"Twice the pride, double the fall!"

 

Again, my reasoning for the hate on the prequels. Yeah, it's standing and talking, but if you actually listen, there's a pretty good story.

 

just watched ROTS. both my thumbs up

 

Or Qui-Gon intervening with a chance-cube

Me too!
First time i watch the BR version. It had some differences from the DVD version, i'm pretty sure from what i remember.

 

i have never seen the blu rays

 

Me neither. Just clips of the new changes.

 

well i just found a youtube clip on the changes and you guessed it.....it's captioned "lucas --rewed Star Wars again"

 

I havent either, but really want to, they go for like 100 bucks now. Id still love to see the Complete Saga on blu ray, but not for 100 bucks.

 

So last week I was watching the Hype for Battlefront from IGN, and the idiot gamer guys says this..."star wars battlefront will be a great game because it doesnt feature anything from those CRAPPY PREQUELS....." i immediately lost interest in IGN. Battlefront is a war sim, its a videogame where you can play as various types of soldiers in the Star Wars universe. His praise for the new game was based on the fact that Republic Clone Troopers and Separatist Battle Droids were excluded from the game. The fact there were no battle fields for Naboo, Geonosis, Coruscant and Utapah was celebrated as a positive. ThEse are the types of folks I dont get them as Star Wars fans. As of now there are 3 Star Wars eras and 6 different factions, but this guy act as if you picking up a game controller and playing as an Imperial Stormtrooper or Alliance Rebel Soldier is superior to Clones and Battle Droids.

 

People can't have their own opinions?

 

like i've said, it's literally anything Star Wars you look at or hear about these days, people chiming in with that stuff.

 

He doesn't have to play as the Republic or CIS if he doesn't want to, so his opinion seems a bit unnecessary because it is extreme to me

 

I'm a little confused about this.

 

To be honest, people saying bad things about the PT has affected me a little. However, now I don't really care what people think of my opinion. If they have a issue with my opinion, well that's problem and there problem alone as it won't bother me. One thing I have noticed about the internet is people are almost afraid of different opinions, its like having variety is a bad thing.