But you CAN blame Lucas for having a character whose EVERY SINGLE LINE is a cabbage line (Yes, that is every line of his in the video)
teehee Funny thing is I'd wholly forgotten about Olie before he turned up on screen. The humour is clearly buried deep within me.
I like that they added in the announcement of the competing racers & also showed the whole second lap of the race. There also seems to be a scene on Coruscant added which I don't remember where Anakin goes with the Queen and Palpatine on a speeder to the Senate building (maybe thatw as always there and I never noticed). Were those on the Blu-Ray? Because they aren't on the DVD/VHS editions.
I went to the FDA multimedia screening last week at the Empire in Leicester Square (oooh, fancy). I hadn't seen Menace for a good few years and it was actually really good seeing it again on the big screen and I really rather enjoyed it but mainly for the wrong reasons (cynical audience). However, the 3D was just awful. Seriously, do you guys think that the 3D was good? I admit I was watching it on the dolby 3D system which I haven't seen before, but I can't imagine Real-D being any better. All it did was darken the image rather badly and make my head hurt. So in my conclusion; great seeing it again on the big screen but only for old times' sake. 3D utterly pointless.
I thought the extended podrace and taxi ride WERE on the DVD. I may be wrong, not seen the DVD for a long time.
Maybe they are, I'd have to check. Not watched TPM on DVD for a while and I don't own the Blu Ray set. I know the Coruscant Taxi Scene, Podrace Lap 2 & Full Starting Grid were on the deleted scenes list on the second disc, but I can't remember if they were all in the cut of the film as they were in the 3D re-release. I think more of the deleted scenes should be included. The one with Anakin fighting Greedo was good as it featured Greedo and showed a darker side to young Anakin which would tie in to later films. Plus the scene where Qui-Goin attacks one of Maul's probe droids could have been useful if it was featured in the film.