Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

CPY = "creepy puppet yoda" (I just invented that acronym). The reason I like him/it, and jar jar, and midichlorians, is that the only way I can stand to watch the prequels is as train wrecks. Removing the poorly-done elements just leaves boringness. At least with all the hilarity, they're good in a "Plan 9 from Outer Space" sort of way.

I like the prequels, but I can see what you're saying. I read the 'Transformers 2' review from this hilarious critic, OutlawVern.com, and he said that he prefers that to the first one in the same way he prefers 'Batman & Robin' to 'Batman Forever' ("both are terrible so you go for the more spectacularly terrible one"). Although I actually like the first Transformers, also.

I'm able to accept the prequels as both inferior to the OT and contaminated by all the lies in the retcons....but still enjoy them. Actually, I flat-out loved ROTS. I believe that if that had been the only prequel released, there would be no stigma of any sort attached to the prequels.