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Apologies to slashdotters who have already seen this, but here is a link to an article written by a Star Wars virgin who lost his cherry watching all six episodes in *narrative order* I through VI.
The article raises some interesting points about the assumptions made in episodes I-III affect the plot structure (i.e. "we won't bother explaining all this force business 'cause you know it already"). Another thing, and one that had never occured to me, is that the "prequels" are a pretty hefty spoiler for the original trilogy.
Does this raise issuse for future generations of Star Wars viewers?
::Spoiler (?)::
Knowing from the outset that Darth Vader is Luke's Dad will change your perception of the whoel thing.
And you'll know that luke is kissing his Sister too
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Darth Vader is Luke's dad? Dude! Could you at least slap a spoiler warning on this? You just ruined Star Wars for me!
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I apologise for ruining the surprise Noemon, and have duly amended the title.
As for Yoda being a pet, nothing could be further from the truth. He secretly manipulates the entire universe from his boggy lair. Scheming and plotting the downfall of his arch-enemy; Big-Bird.
"Seek for the duck that was broken; In Imladris it dwells..."
I shall say no more in this perilous hour.
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Can someone link me to all of the pages of the article, separately? The wonderful, lovely work content filter broke the JS links and I can't figure out the article syntax.
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quote:Originally posted by anti_maven: I apologise for ruining the surprise Noemon, and have duly amended the title.
That was nice of you, but I was actually joking. Not knowing that Vader is Luke's father is like not knowing that the ape takes a nosedive at the end of King Kong, or that Norman Bates is actually insane, dressing up as his dead mother and killing the women who stay in his motel. I'm sure that there are scattered pockets of people who don't know these things, but they're few and far between, and have no right to complain if they hear those key details mentioned.
quote:As for Yoda being a pet, nothing could be further from the truth. He secretly manipulates the entire universe from his boggy lair. Scheming and plotting the downfall of his arch-enemy; Big-Bird.
I thought Elmo was his nemesis. Tell me that little guy doesn't have "sith lord" written all over him.
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Hi Noemon, - I sort of figured you were pulling my leg - but you had a point. You never know. I certainly don't...
As for Elmo. Hmm the image of a "Tickle-Me Sith Lord" just doesn't ring true, but maybe that is just the devilish cunning of a true evil genius.
The truth is, that for me Yoda will always be Fozzie Bear: "The comedian wearing a necktie is. Mmm. Wacka wacka wacka!"
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quote: It was only a couple of minutes before my first Jar Jar Binks sighting, and I found myself wondering: Why does he sound like a Jamaican Elmo?
quote: For the newer Episodes, you can practically see George sitting at his Mac on top of his pile of money and giggling as he types lines line ''Whoa, that's tense'' and ''How rude!'' I looked it up and he was never a writer for Full House, which means he came up with those ditties all on his own.
I have to say, that was quite enjoyable. But I can understand what he means about there being no twists and turns in the plot, seeing it in narrative order. Still, I think one day I really need to do that. 14 hours of Star Wars in a row would be absolutely amazing!
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I did it last year. Great fun. The movies altogether were pretty seamless. Some slight inconsistancies (even with the special edition dialog edits). But over all, a lot of fun. Gonna do it again probably in the next 6 mo.
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I've only heard "breaking the duck" as a sports term. When a team first scores, it no longer has 0, or a duck's (or goose's, more commonly used here in the US) egg.
I suppose it could be stretched to include doing anything for the first time.
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When I hear "virgin" and "breaking the duck" in the same sentence, I gotta figure somebody was clamping down.
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quote:Originally posted by anti_maven: As for Elmo. Hmm the image of a "Tickle-Me Sith Lord" just doesn't ring true, but maybe that is just the devilish cunning of a true evil genius.
Yep the sickeningly sweet, perpetually 3 year old thing is just a ruse. It's like when Palpatine was pretending to be a kindly, wise leader of the republic. Those "dolls" are actually clones of Elmo, held in stasis until his plans for world dominion are ripe. Then millions of households will discover that what they actually own are "Force Choke" Elmos.
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I read "Star Wars Virgin" and thought of someone was really INTO star wars... not someone who had never seen it.. Posts: 9912 | Registered: Nov 2005
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