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Post #346330

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Vaderisnothayden
Parent topic
The Prequels: I seriously cannot watch Star Wars anymore.
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Date created
21-Feb-2009, 10:45 PM
TheBoost said:
 

 I think I tend to agree that the PT hate is a viscous cycle. It seems to me that more people didn't totally hate the PT until a while after it came out. Partly this could be personal reflection, as the "OHMYGOD ITS STARWARS!" vibe wore off, and part of it might be the cycle of internet bitching honing disapointment of the films into a bitter dagger of snark filled hate.

A lot of people hated the PT films right after they came out. No need for a "cycle of internet bitching". Personally I didn't hate TPM when it first came out and I still don't, but I was pretty thoroughly bothered by how awful AOTC was when I first saw it. I was like "Oh fuck, the prequel trilogy is screwed." I knew that a second Hayden prequel wasn't likely to be any better than the first, which was really bad news for Star Wars. As it turned out, the second Hayden prequel was markedly worse than the first. I couldn't believe it when watching ROTS -it was just SO bad. I also had trouble staying awake during my first watching of ROTS, because it was so uninvolving. The prequels turned a lot of people right off right there in the movie theater.

I think the LucasBashing really stems from how he kind of pisses on the fans with his issues over the real versions of the OT. I know it's his personal philosphy of film, but it's kind of a douche bag philosophy. I think the personal distaste fans have garnered for Lucas over the SE/DVD fiasco has also colored their perceptions of the PT, whereas instead of being flawed films by a filmamker we like, they become a slap in the face by someone with 'no respect for the fans.'

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but my views on the PT haven't been shaped by OT dvd issues in the slightest. And remember, the first two prequels came out years before the OT dvds became a big issues in 2004. My issues with Lucas are a result of various things he's done or said, including the SE, the PT, the OOT dvds situation and his attitude to the OOT and remarks he's made that have pissed me right off.

 

Btw, good post C3PX.