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Post #697868

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OBI-WAN37
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What we like about the Prequels
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28-Mar-2014, 5:23 PM

RicOlie_2 said:

OBI-WAN37 said:

Almost everything.

The cinematography.

Some of it was good, but it didn't look like Star Wars.

It just took a different route, and a better one, in my opinion.

The dialogue. ("Hello There")

I love how you used an example of dialogue that they borrowed from the OT. Name some original dialogue in the PT that is good.

How about the story of Darth Plageuis the Wise, or 

Obi-Wan Kenobi:[anguished]You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness![picks up Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber]Darth Vader:I HATE YOU!!!Obi-Wan: You were my brother, Anakin! I loved you.

Darth Vader: You've turned her against me!
Obi-Wan Kenobi: You have done that yourself!Vader: YOU WILL NOT TAKE HER FROM ME!
Obi-Wan: Your anger and your lust for power have already done that. You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind, until now...until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.
Vader: Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan! I see through the lies of the Jedi! I do not fear the Dark Side as you do! I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire!
Obi-Wan:[incredulously]Your newEmpire?
Vader: Don't make me kill you.
Obi-Wan: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic! Todemocracy!!
Vader: If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!
Obi-Wan: Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.
Vader: You will try.[They duel]
Lord Vader, can you hear me?
Darth Vader:[In mechanical voice]Yes, Master. Where is Padmé? Is she safe? Is she alright?
Palpatine: It seems, in your anger, you killed her.
Darth Vader: I... I couldn't have. She was alive! I felt it![damages several surrounding objects and droids through the Force. He then breaks the clamps that have been holding him down and takes a few steps forward. Palpatine watches, grinning cruelly.]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Until the time is right, disappear we will.
 [Senator Organa and Obi-Wan bow and start to leave]
Master Kenobi, wait a moment. In your solitude on Tatooine, training, I have for you.
Obi-Wan: Training?
Yoda: An old friend has learned the path to immortality. One who has returned from the netherworld of the Force... Your old master.
Obi-Wan:[surprised]Qui-Gon?!
Yoda: How to commune with him, I will teach you.
"So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause."
"Good. Twice the pride, double the fall."

The MUSIC.

I can't argue about that, though some of the best music is from the OT.

I'm not sure about that, you might be right for all I know, I do like the OT, but I think if I were to place money I'd put it on the PT's music.

The lightsaber duels.

There was no emotion in them, but some of them are entertaining to watch. They could have been done far better though.

I don't think they could have been done better. They were fantastic. And that duel on Mustafar was full of emotion.

The vehicles with their sleek looks (Naboo Starfighter, Royal Naboo cruiser, Eta-2 class interceptor, venator, so many more).

To be honest, I like many vehicle designs in the PT, except for the fact that they all looked shiny and new ("all" is an exaggeration, but for the most part, they did). One of the things Star Wars was best known for was the fact that everything looked used and not sleek and shiny. Watch almost any other sci-fi film if you want sleek and shiny.

I guess that's just preference.

The tragedy.

There was no tragedy. The story had a happy ending. Anakin turned into an amazing character, the awful Jedi were destroyed, and the silly politicians were killed.

...I do, in actual fact, agree it is a tragedy, but certainly not a good tragedy. It wasn't about good people and a good republic going bad, but bad people and a bad republic getting worse.

Well I think there was tragedy. Again, just a matter of opinion, I suppose.

The characters.

Some of the characters that are from the OT (Obi-Wan, Palpatine) as well as Qui-Gon and the physical appearances of Darth Maul and General Grievous were good, but the rest (Jar Jar, Anakin, Padmé, Count Dooku, etc.) were pretty terrible.

What about Palpatine, and Mace Windu.

The huge amount of models, life-size props, and miniatures.

The percentage of models and real sets compared to the OT is very low.

ActuallY i've heard people who prefer the OT admit to the seemingly well know fact that there were more models and miniatures in each singular PT film than in the entire OT. I'm pretty sure I've heard people claim, "it's all fake, and it looks totally fake", on a scene that did in fact have two prominent models (the main jedi starfighters in Episode III)

The CGI.

 Some of it is actually OK, but too much of it was used for the characters to deliver a convincing performance.

Again, I guess it's opinion.

You know, you are a very entertaining troll/spammer/whatever you are.