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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Ok, here we go, what was needed to change on TPM:
* No C3PO, no R2D2. Anakin built c3po?! I mean, small universe, isn't it?
* Anakin should be a lonely, sad, quiet kid. Not a freaking hyperactive kid filled with cheesy one-liners.
* Less gungans. Jar Jar proved to be necessary, but he could have about 5 minutes of screen time.
* It should blend with the 70s/80s look of the original trilogy. Clumsy robots with little people inside, wireframe CGI on screens...
* Darth Maul survives the battle and is killed by Palpatine.
* Clearly show Palpatine is Sidious, I mean, who is the antagonist on that film? Who's the "bad" guy?
Oh, and for AOTC:
* Anakin a little bit more serious, quiet, and challenging Obi-Wan a little bit more.
* More Qui-Gon references.
* No "Yoda teaching kids" scene. Obi-Wan figures it out by himself.
* Better paced action sequences, a better space fight between Obi-Wan and Jango.
* Again, NO C3PO. It would be ok to have R2D2, but with no flying around.
On both:
* Acting, for God's sake! Oh, and only featuring GOOD unknown actors.
* Less CGI, more real stuff.
First of all C3P0 and R2D2 belong in the Star Wars universe from the beginning. The droids in the original trilogy were junk because they were not designed for physical activity. R2D2 for example is a space droid designed to aid a one man fighter no need for him to have great monuverability on the ground. C3PO is a protical droid designed for communication no need for a good physical body. Surely in a universe with space travel that great they oviously could invent such advanced droids. It was excellent to not show clearly that Palpatine was Sideous. These are meant to be watched sequencally and its cool to keep the villian hidden until the right moment. Hence the title The Phantom Menace. The arguement about Darth Maul getting killed by Palpatine had to be a joke. Thats just stupid. Like I said before Anakin being the way that he was a way to start him off completly innocent and slowly mold him to evil. In The Phantom Menace George wanted to have no clue whatsoever if you haven't seen the originals that Anakin would be evil. In Attack of the Clones Anakin is just well horny. Who can blame him? While five minutes is a bit low I agree Jar Jar should have had less screen time in The Phantom Menace. Still The Phantom Menace is a happy time in Star Wars. Before the Clone Wars before the Empire. Jar Jar in some ways aided that happy go lucky feel George was shooting for. I think all the actors have talent and did a good job in there roles. Except Natalie Portman who did an excellent job other then being gorgous. Also the shiny look of the prequals is symbolic to the happy before Empire time of Star Wars. The grimmy 1970s look of the originals symbolizes the dark times of the Empire. Also there is no such thing as to much CGI. CGI is the ultimate filmmaking tool. It allows a filmmaker to visuallize anything in his head and bring it to life in photorealism. CGI has freed filmmaking from multiple constrants.