Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Of course I can't. In this case, I see the whole picture. Seeing TPM then ANH made me accept all six as one story, rather than looking at them from an OT purist point of view. I guess you could say seeing TPM and then ANH forced me to accept it all. No, I'll probably never understand your point of view, because when I saw TPM, star wars was all new to me, just as you'll never see mine because when you saw ANH, star wars was new to you. The thing was, I saw I, IV, V, VI in a short amont of time, while you saw IV,V,VI, and had to wait 20 years for I, which involved building up incredible expectations like reading the thrawn trilogy and wanting to see Vader in the suit running around killing jedi for the entire PT, whuile that would lack a decent story, which is exactly what the OT has. Ironic.
Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Being that TPM was the first Star Wars movie you ever saw, by your own account, you simply don't, won't and can't understand.
Being that TPM was the first Star Wars movie you ever saw, by your own account, you simply don't, won't and can't understand.
Of course I can't. In this case, I see the whole picture. Seeing TPM then ANH made me accept all six as one story, rather than looking at them from an OT purist point of view. I guess you could say seeing TPM and then ANH forced me to accept it all. No, I'll probably never understand your point of view, because when I saw TPM, star wars was all new to me, just as you'll never see mine because when you saw ANH, star wars was new to you. The thing was, I saw I, IV, V, VI in a short amont of time, while you saw IV,V,VI, and had to wait 20 years for I, which involved building up incredible expectations like reading the thrawn trilogy and wanting to see Vader in the suit running around killing jedi for the entire PT, whuile that would lack a decent story, which is exactly what the OT has. Ironic.
I gave the movie every chance, I personally think its crap and a wasted opportunity, that is not because of the Thrawn Trilogy, waiting 16 years, or wanting to see Darth Vader run round with a lightsaber its the question of the quality and it is not there for me.
The irony for me is the fan-editors on here have made the film better and more entertaining in my opinion than Lucas' Thetarical/DVD version by changing elements, the pace of the film by cutting out the junk without the resources available to Lucas.
I couldnt wait for Prequels to start, I was so excited and wanted to be as good if not better than the Classic Trilogy, and this film appeared, i waited all this time, and thought what a load of rubbish!!! after seeing it, and nostalgia/Classic Trilogy bias has nothing to do with it by that account I wouldnt like Revenge of the Sith