Originally posted by: The Bizzle
That's the thing--even if I DIDN'T like The Prequels, I wouldn't consider them having "brought down" the first three (or two, really) in the same way I don't consider remakes "bringing down" original versions of movies. They're separate entities. I don't consider "Batman and Robin" to have brought down "Batman" or "Superman IV" to have brought down "Superman," or "Alien Resurrection" to have brought down "Alien." Not at all. It's a lot more effort to actually CONNECT those movies and make them fit into each other, if I don't like one of them, than it is to just write the crappy movie off.
There's no tainting or pungent aroma listing around the ones I like because of the ones I don't like. I won't be watching a scene and suddenly go "Oh wow, this is shit, because 10 years later some dude made another movie about some of the same stuff." that doesn't make any sense, to me.
That's the thing--even if I DIDN'T like The Prequels, I wouldn't consider them having "brought down" the first three (or two, really) in the same way I don't consider remakes "bringing down" original versions of movies. They're separate entities. I don't consider "Batman and Robin" to have brought down "Batman" or "Superman IV" to have brought down "Superman," or "Alien Resurrection" to have brought down "Alien." Not at all. It's a lot more effort to actually CONNECT those movies and make them fit into each other, if I don't like one of them, than it is to just write the crappy movie off.
There's no tainting or pungent aroma listing around the ones I like because of the ones I don't like. I won't be watching a scene and suddenly go "Oh wow, this is shit, because 10 years later some dude made another movie about some of the same stuff." that doesn't make any sense, to me.
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I agree with you on those points, because no matter how bad the prequels are, Star Wars & ESB to me are still classics, and nothing will ever change that. I think when people say the PT brought down the OT, they are just saying on how the public looks at the movies. Back in 97 when the SE came out, George Lucas was still untouchable to the public and fans, and could do no wrong. Fast forward to each prequel movie, and now people are pointing out that he can't do anything right, and will this one be as bad as TPM. Even ROTS, who seem to be the consesus as the best prequel, now that isn't saying its great though, it was still given the usually ribbings: Bad acting, bad dialogue, stilted performances, overuse of CG.
As I said it isn't really for us , I guess it is an ego thing that SW was always the best trilogy out there, and nothing ever came close, then Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix, and even Spiderman were made during the Prequels, and were either better received by the public or outgrossed Star Wars, so it wasn't the 800 lb. gorilla anymore. From 1977-1983, Star Wars was the king of the world, and I think many of us feel that the PT has cheapened that.