Johnboy3434 said:
Wow. The polarization between the reaction here and the TFN boards is striking. Over there, they're saying their hope in the series is renewed and this will be better than the PT. Here, everyone says it's despicable and will be the worst thing since Plan 9. Does one group have unrealistic expectations and predetermined bias, or does the other simply have pitifully low standards and rabid fanboyism? Only time will tell, I suppose. Until then, I'm looking forward to it.
Wow. The polarization between the reaction here and the TFN boards is striking. Over there, they're saying their hope in the series is renewed and this will be better than the PT. Here, everyone says it's despicable and will be the worst thing since Plan 9. Does one group have unrealistic expectations and predetermined bias, or does the other simply have pitifully low standards and rabid fanboyism? Only time will tell, I suppose. Until then, I'm looking forward to it.
It not about being extreme, as I don't think it will be great nor do I think it will suck, it is simply a story that has already been told, and I honestly just dont' care about what happened before Episode IV anymore.
I mean Lucas had 3 movies to tell this story, and now we are getting Episode 2.1, or Episode 2.5, or whatever you want to call it. The problem with this story, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS! The allure of the Prequels was how Darth Vader came to be, and everything we already knew of everyone's fate, except Padme losing the will to live!
I don't begrudge anyone for anticipating the 'Clone Wars' movie/TV series, but at some point, this story gets real boring simply cause there is just no mystery. I have said it somewhere in an earlier post, if Lucas did 7,8,9, whether it be a live-action movie or cartoon, I would atleast be curious to see how it came out on screen, because the storyline is endless, how does Lukes kids turn out? How does Han & Leia's kids turn out? Who would be the new Villain? What happens to the republic/empire after Vader/Emperor are dead? I would actually go into the theater NOT knowing what is going to happen. With this ridiculous storyline, I know Anakin's Padwan dies somewhere along the storyline cause he doesn't have one at the beginning of Episode III!
Enjoy this new series, but I guarantee ObiWan, Mace, Anakin, Padme, and Yoda all live at the end! Sorry, I shouldn't have spilled the beans!
As for TFN, I don't listen to their opinions, because they are people that just blindly defend Lucas regardless of what they think of the movies. There is one poster, Cryogenic, who espouses how great Lucas is in every post, and how shakespearean the PT is on the Saga board, yet he PM'd me once that he finally got around to buying TPM DVD and didn't realize how much it sucked. But he only defends Lucas on that board because he is sick of bashers. Trust me, Lucas could have Anakin taking a shit during the Clone Wars, and those people will like it!