The prequels' influence on pop-culture? — Page 3

twooffour said:

Ah, many thanks for that!

Watched "China Problem" so far, pretty hilarious :D

No problem!

Definitely check out "Free Hat" too, if you haven't seen that one yet. That episode might as well be about OT.com, as the kids get frustrated nobody else seems to care about films being altered and suppressed. The fact that it exists is almost too good to be true; that episode is a perfect example of why I love that show so much.

Couldn't find it so far (south park studios isn't viewable outside of America), but won't be a problem :)

The "free hats" scene was pretty brilliant, though.
Especially loved how the activists with the much more serious cause were like..."ah, ok". LOL!

The Free Hat episode really hit the ball on the OT problem; although it makes Spielberg the villain instead of Lucas, when it is clearly the opposite.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

TV's Frink said:

I've certainly seen a lot more Clone Troopers at Halloween than Jar Jars.

You mean Storm Troopers, right?  I'm trying to remove the neurons in my brain that refer to them as LA LA LA LA LA DA DA DA DA LA LA LA....

Stormtroopers don't have blue and yellow on their armor.

*stabs self in eye*

CP3S said:

twooffour said:

Ah, many thanks for that!

Watched "China Problem" so far, pretty hilarious :D

No problem!

Definitely check out "Free Hat" too, if you haven't seen that one yet. That episode might as well be about OT.com, as the kids get frustrated nobody else seems to care about films being altered and suppressed. The fact that it exists is almost too good to be true; that episode is a perfect example of why I love that show so much.

Awesome!
Wouldn't be South Park if it didn't poke fun at Lucas, the upset fans, the actual movies, and themselves all at once!

Not a very significant contribution, I know, but I wonder whether this short clip from the Walker brothers may be the only "favorable" prequel parody I've ever seen.

It might be because the Vader scene in ROTS is actually a pretty damn good (up until the NOOOO, that is - all drama and impact flushed down the toilet in one moment), imo.

I'm guessing that many Emperor parodies will have some lines from the prequels, as well, seeing as he was fairly memorable and well-received (even by Plinkett).


EDIT: Oh SNAP, just remembered this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkQ2mnn-ZE
Has quotes from both ROTJ and ROTS all mixed up, and it's pretty awesome :D

Heh, yea, seems like Palps had no problems to "transpire" all the way :)

twooffour said:

It might be because the Vader scene in ROTS is actually a pretty damn good (up until the NOOOO, that is - all drama and impact flushed down the toilet in one moment), imo.

I thought that scene was ridiculous and campy from the start to finish. The guy is practically still smouldering from being burned in lava, and we slap a leather suit and helmet on him and in a matter of minutes he is as good as new and walking around again. Stupid.

Contrast that to much more realistic, far better paced, and less clumsy OT scenes such as Luke in the bacta tank after being rescued on Hoth, or the scene where the medical droid is calibrating Luke's prosthetic hand. But 20 years prior a triple amputee with life threatening burns just has to have a bunch of robots pop a suit on him in an overly campy scene, and he is all better. That scene is an excellent example of everything that is wrong with those horrible films. That said, in all of its ridiculousness, it is one of the better scenes in the entirety of the PT.

generalfrevious said:

The Free Hat episode really hit the ball on the OT problem; although it makes Spielberg the villain instead of Lucas, when it is clearly the opposite.

To be fair the episode came out shortly after, and mostly in response, to the E.T. Special Edition which had some changes just as offensive and nonsensical as the Star Wars SEs.

^ Trust him. Look at his username.

CP3S said:

twooffour said:

It might be because the Vader scene in ROTS is actually a pretty damn good (up until the NOOOO, that is - all drama and impact flushed down the toilet in one moment), imo.

I thought that scene was ridiculous and campy from the start to finish. The guy is practically still smouldering from being burned in lava, and we slap a leather suit and helmet on him and in a matter of minutes he is as good as new and walking around again. Stupid.

Contrast that to much more realistic, far better paced, and less clumsy OT scenes such as Luke in the bacta tank after being rescued on Hoth, or the scene where the medical droid is calibrating Luke's prosthetic hand. But 20 years prior a triple amputee with life threatening burns just has to have a bunch of robots pop a suit on him in an overly campy scene, and he is all better. That scene is an excellent example of everything that is wrong with those horrible films. That said, in all of its ridiculousness, it is one of the better scenes in the entirety of the PT.

 

Oh, oh, I totally agree how little sense it makes logically, but just the execution of it is beautiful.

The only thing that got on my nerves was the parallel birth scene (not so much the idea of it, but just how "sweet" it all looked).
Then maybe it sounds kinda narmy when Vader starts grunting and moaning while destroying everything (that's the cool part).

But I couldn't find any "camp" in any of that.
There's lots of camp in EpIII, imo, especially with Grievous, but not here (not in my perception, that is).


That aside, there does seem to be some mix between parody and affection in that NC parody...

xhonzi said:

CP3S said:

Ric Olie said:

The Matrix would have had more of an influence on pop-culture than the prequels, except for one small* thing:

They sucked.

Totally agreed, Olie. Totally agreed.

 Pronoun fail?

And why is everyone getting along with 2/4 so well in this thread?  Actually, I don't care why, JUST STOP IT.

It's weirding me out.

It's to balance out the off-topic moronathon - otherwise the forum would implode in on itself and take us all with it.

xhonzi said:

CP3S said:

Ric Olie said:

The Matrix would have had more of an influence on pop-culture than the prequels, except for one small* thing:

They sucked.

Totally agreed, Olie. Totally agreed.

 Pronoun fail?

And why is everyone getting along with 2/4 so well in this thread?  Actually, I don't care why, JUST STOP IT.

It's weirding me out.

That would happen if everyone on this board were 14.

xhonzi said:

Actually, I don't care why, JUST STOP IT.

 

What is up with everyone using "stop" instead of "stob" all of a sudden?

It's weirding me out.

TV's Frink said:

It's to balance out the off-topic moronathon - otherwise the forum would implode in on itself and take us all with it.

That would happen if everyone on this board were 14. But fortunately, only some of us are 14, while others are 19... Which means rather than implode in on itself, the forum would asplode around itself... and yeah, it would still take us all with it.

xhonzi said:

CP3S said:

Ric Olie said:

The Matrix would have had more of an influence on pop-culture than the prequels, except for one small* thing:

They sucked.

Totally agreed, Olie. Totally agreed.

 Pronoun fail?

Pronoun fail? Pronoun fail!

Erm, I mean, we do what we want...

Thank God the rabbit wasn't in a dress or I'd have to wash my pans most vigorously.

I doubt they will fade away like many of us would like, but while they made money when they were released, I think that Jackson's Lord of the Rings and especially the Harry Potter movies will have a much more lasting influence on pop culture.

Bah, can't believe I hadn't thought of that before!

One or two may be familiar with the successful German spoof film "Traumschiff Surprise" (a successor of this Winnetou parody), a parody of Star Trek TOS and Star Wars, along with dozens of other unrelated targets.

Curiously, the Star Wars part is mostly influenced by TPM: a Naboo-like (or maybe Coruscant) conference room with a "queen" as a main character, general prequels look, some ship that looks like a racepod, and a villain called "Maul" taking orders from a Sidious cartoon - he even rides around on a speederbike and flies down a scrap in the desert!
With a Vader helmet and an "I'm your father" spoof mixed inbetween, of course...


An interesting example, because this movie has as many rather hilarious gags and performances in it, as rather lame and flat OTT and slapstick humor (comparable to the Ali G movie, I'd say), providing its relation to the Phantom Menace with multiple levels of irony at once :D