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wwdarth wrote: My biggest problem with TPM (besides the obvious objections mentioned above), is that the characters were impossible to relate to.
I always thought this was on purpose. To show how the Republic got corrupt by having those in charge being relatively stoic and unable to relate to the problems right in front of them. Much like how people react to real world politicians. They are often seen as saying one thing to get in power then doing another. Where I think the PT lacked is there's no sense of the 'General Public'. Everything is warrior/army/police types up against politicos. There's no common man represented. But having this dynamic between the PT and OT builds the story.
Non Sense.
It's okay if you've got a few boring politicians in a few political scenes (even though a good chunk of real politicians actually have personality and entertainment value - so don't overdo it with the "stoic" part) - but having EVERY SINGLE MAIN CHARACTER behave in that way?
Padme is supposed to be a proactive, caring person - how come she's probably the most boring and emotionless out of all the main characters?
The government at Naboo is probably the most stoic, uptight group of people ever put on cinema, certainly out the Prequel Politicians... does THEIR apathy lead to the Empire, as well? What's up with this uptight, tradition-hugging Geisha nonsense?
It's interesting to note that, in the OT, while the obvious intention was to portray the rebels as human and diverse, and the Imperials as uniform and bland, NONE OF THE NAZI OFFICERS IN THOSE MOVIES WAS BORING, or the same, in the slightest.
I like me some stoic empty blanket characters in some genres - the old Mission: Impossible series comes to mind. The single agents were somewhat memorable, but they were basically just doing their job the whole episode, and the less actual emotions, inter-character relationships or ironic smirks after fooling another enemy pawn, the usually better.
In this case? Nah.