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Yeah? Well, wait 'til you see MY movie, "Fight Scene: The Revenge," which is a two-hour fight scene between Tall Man, Shorter Man, Man With Hammer, Man with Gun He Never Uses, and Man Who Knows Karate.
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Some students in my high school did a short "film" called "Fight Like a Girl Club." I have a feeling it was mostly only funny if you knew the people involved.
Sorry, I'm feeling very random tonight.
On the topic of Star Wars, the first two have killed almost any hopes I once held for the third.
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I don't care how long the dang fight scene is, after Eps. I and II, I'm sure as heck not watching III.
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I hope MST4k or something else MST3k-esque will be made in thirty or forty years, so we can watch a full satirical commentary on Episode 1 and 2.
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quote:I hope MST4k or something else MST3k-esque will be made in thirty or forty years, so we can watch a full satirical commentary on Episode 1 and 2.
Have you watched Episode IV recently? I really think that if someone were to see it for the first time, they'd rate it about equal to Episode I.
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<- Has a sudden, inexplicable urge to watch the Phantom Menace again. Dunno why, maybe it's just because I haven't seen it in 3 years. I'm sure that watching the movie again will only serve to remind me of WHY I disliked it the first time. Bah, this urge can wait until the third movie comes out.
Yeah, Episode I had problems. It had good parts and bad parts. I think going back to a series twenty years later is not a good idea. It's too hard to make them flow together, and it's just too hard to write a detailed, seamless backstory when you've already made three movies.
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quote:Jon Boy: Have you watched Episode IV recently? I really think that if someone were to see it for the first time, they'd rate it about equal to Episode I.
Probably, but all that proves is that Episode I was only up to 1979's standards.
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Am I the only one who thinks Alec Guiness looked more than 20-25 years older than Ewan McGregor?
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quote:On the topic of Star Wars, the first two have killed almost any hopes I once held for the third
Same here.
I will, however, see the film when it opens, just for closure. And on a more positive note, there is continuity. Anakin Skywalker has been consistently annoying from childhood on.
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quote:On the topic of Star Wars, the first two have killed almost any hopes I once held for the third
Same here.
I will, however, see the film when it opens, just for closure. And on a more positive note, there is continuity. Anakin Skywalker has been consistently annoying from childhood on.
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quote:On the topic of Star Wars, the first two have killed almost any hopes I once held for the third
Same here.
I will, however, see the film when it opens, just for closure. And on a more positive note, there is continuity. Anakin Skywalker has been consistently annoying from childhood on.
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quote:The major focus is the breakdown in friendship between Obi-Wan and Anakin.
Okay-- when were they EVER friends? For like 2 seconds in the elevator on the way to meet Padme in Ep II?
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I'll watch it because I like seeing Ewan McGregor in jeopardy... you know, tied up or fighting or whatever. He's sooo... something.
I only hope that these movies have not completely ruined Hayden Christensen's carreer, because he really ISN'T as bad an actor as the "kiss-become-a-scar" scene (WTF?) would make him look.
And I have to agree that Lucas never made any friendship between Anakin and Obi-Wan at ALL believable.
I saw a spoiler pic of Ankakin all crispy-looking, though I don't know if it is an actual spoiler or a fan-produced hoax. Actually, Star Wars fans are now producing better stuff in that universe than Lucas is. Which is sad.
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quote: anakin's "demise" is that obi-one shoves him into lava. That's why vader wheres a mechanical suit.
I had heard acid, but yeah, that's about the same.
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Lucas is supposivly also planning on remaking episodes IV, V, and VI completely in cgi.
I doubt this very much.
quote: afterwords he plans to eventually make episodes VII, IIX, and IX.
The original plan was to make nine movies, but when episode I was released, he said over and over again that he would not make the final three. Personally, I hope he does change his mind, even as bad as episode one was. But I haven't heard that he has, and in light of your other rumors, I'm suspicious.
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Which is also, unfortunately, not particularly good news. Harrison Ford's practically geriatric.
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Bah... grisly? Heck, I couldn't eat macaroni for a month after Han cut open the Taun-taun on Hoth during The Empire Strikes Back. Of course, I was a squeamish kid back then.
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After having watched the extras on the Indiana Jones DVD collection, I can state without a doubt the George Lucas is the reason that Temple of Doom sucked, and that The Last Crusade wasn't as good as Raiders. During Temple of Doom, Lucas was going through a divorce and as a result, the film was too dark. Spielberg even said in an interview that the only reason redeeming aspect of Temple of Doom was that's where he met Kate Capshaw (whom he later married). The things that made Raiders a great movie had very little if anything to do with Lucas himself.
Indy 4, supposedly, deals with Atlantis and a much older (obviously) Indy. However, production was delayed after Spielberg greenlighted it because Lucas wasn't happy with the script. So he went back to rewrite it himself.
*sigh*
I had hopes for this one. It still could be good, [insert broken clock cliche here].
As far as Episode 3 goes... I don't think that there's anything that can be done for it. I'll see it a few days after it comes out, at a matinee. I want to see the end. But it's a lost cause.
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You know, I actually LIKED "Temple of Doom." Considerably more than "The Last Crusade," in fact.
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I liked it too. Not better, just different. Complete unashamed tongue-in-cheek gorefest. It was cool.
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Yeah, I like Temple of Doom also. It's very much an adventure comic book depicted on the silver screen, and I think they did a great job with it. Raiders of the Lost Ark is by far my favorite, but Temple of Doom is a clear second.
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MEC, the Roman numeral for eight is not IIX, it is VIII.
I thought I had heard that Lucas had decided not to do episodes VII, VIII, and IX. There have been so many novels written about the time period following episode VI, that anything Lucas did would conflict with them, or at least wind up being compared unfavorably to writing by superior writers. Of course, Lucas may just feel that he's tired of the series.
Continuing the Star Wars saga would be too much like beating a dead horse. In this case, the horse is not only dead, it's carcass has long since been rendered into glue.
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He should just go live his "happily ever after" and leave effing movies ALONE, because he's lost it. HelllOOOOoooo rocking chair.
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Temple of Doom isn't the worst thing in the world. Far from it. But of the 3, I enjoy it the least, and it is both Kate Capshaw and Lucas' faults. I just can't find compassion in my heart for Willie. Every time she opens her mouth, she whines. And that is both George's fault for writing her that way, and her fault for doing such a good job at it. But characters like that have always gotten under my skin, and I can't help it. I could probably do with a trout-thrashing for letting that ruin the movie for me. But only under protest.
After taking a moment to think about the movie without Willie, I do admit that it is probably better than I've let on. I'll have to watch it again.
(Shortround is cool, btw).
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STARWARS TOTALLY RAWKED MAN AND IF YOU DON'T THINKSO THEN UR JUST STOOPID. ANAKIN WAS SUCH A GOOD ACTOR AND THE FIGHT WHERE HE LOSES HIS HAND IS JUST AWESOME AND YODA JUMPS AROUND LOL.
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