xhonzi said:
TV's Frink said:
Carp. Speed read fail.
Well, that's something that doesn't really bother me about the prequels. All we see in the OT is an old man, a newbie, and a machine. Doesn't it at least sort of make sense to have different styles, even if that wasn't the real reason it was done?
No, this argument stinks to high heaven.
As was already said in this thread, how much older is Christopher Lee than Obi-Wan? How much more robotic is Grevious than Vader? How much more newb is *any lightsabre kid that we see twirling* than RotJ Luke?
I must say, this whole issue of speedier fighting styles is probably one of the least thing that "bothers" me about the prequels, if at all.
Why? Because we all know, if the characters and the movies were good, no one would've minded some fast twirling moves. It's only because those things fell so flat, that everyone starts noticing how the fast moves compensate for characters.
Had the OT had hack plot and characters exchanging clichéd hammy lines during the duels, everyone would've laughed the awkward slow fencing out of the cinema. Certainly ANH.
As for the "technicalities", I guess I don't see a problem, either. I agree it was probably more of an excuse to have speedy cool battles than anything else, but it kinda works.
Ben was out of practice, Dooku in the middle of his thing. He also didn't look as old as Ben.
Vader vs. Grievous is the same as C-3PO vs. battle droids. Will I really bring C's clumsiness to "debunk" cool fighting robots set in an earlier time? Nah. Vader still had his torso, or it was worse technology, who cares.
Luke wasn't as properly trained as the kids at the Temple, in fact where did we ever see him training with a lightsaber? So I don't care about that.
It's worthy to note, however, that the Windu vs. Palpatine duel had next to no acrobatics (only one short frame of CG Palps doing some frog flip against a desk), and it was one of the most tense, intense duels in the prequels.