The Prequels Strike Back: A Fan's Journey

Meh. I didn’t watch that trailer, but I doubt it can make me feel any different about the project than I already do. I’m sure they’re well meaning fans, so as long as they don’t bash the OT or TFA, I really don’t care. Suggesting that he may be the “Champion of a Singular Vision” is ridiculous though.

I already ripped this up with Tobar, but yeah, it’s the usual sheepish “ring theory” “poetry” “It’s not that bad” stuff. It’s okay to admit they were bad movies, but some people just won’t hear it, they just can’t live in a world where something Lucas created isn’t amazing, so they’ve convinced themselves that it is.

Yeah, let’s not give the guy who came up with the Ring Theory any more credit beyond, “wow, he was able to snatch the starwarsringtheory domain for his shitty theory.”

I’m sick of the ring theory shit. It’s not even a theory, just blatantly obvious. The interviews with Kevin Smith and BelatedMedia will be worth a watch but The People vs. George Lucas will probably never be topped.

I immediately lost interest when they brought up miniature effects and the ring theory. “The prequels used more sets and miniatures than the originals”, gee no kidding. You can easily tell just by looking at TPM especially that on-location shooting, sets and miniature effects are being used, but that doesn’t mean jack shit in the long run. The only thing I think of when I see these well crafted miniatures is “Gee, if only the rest of the movie was this consistent in quality”. Granted, there were shots in all of the prequels I never knew were miniatures, but so what? Good looking effects are not what will automatically make me forgive the terrible writing. And then of cause the ring theory, the “get out of a sticky situation with OT fans for free ticket”. Not everything needs to be connected as part of some kind of master plan, if anything this only makes everything become more watered-down and predictable. Revenge of The Sith in particular is always given a pass by fans for some reason, and I think I have the answer. It’s not because the characters are likable, charismatic or you want them to accomplish their goals, neither is it because the story itself is engaging. They like it because there’s 5 lightsaber duels (Only 2 of which are important to the plot), a good score and a dark, edgy plot. ROTS is a predictable mess of a movie and the only reason I feel as if the plot was made as serious as it was, was as a response to the negative reception of the bumbling, childish tone of TPM and the romantic, political tone of ATOC. If anything it tried to do what ROTJ did by mixing dark, emotional, comedic and adventurous elements into one story, and as with ROTJ, it failed miserably at it.

Earl said:

I immediately lost interest when they brought up miniature effects and the ring theory. “The prequels used more sets and miniatures than the originals”, gee no kidding. You can easily tell just by looking at TPM especially that on-location shooting, sets and miniature effects are being used, but that doesn’t mean jack shit in the long run. The only thing I think of when I see these well crafted miniatures is “Gee, if only the rest of the movie was this consistent in quality”. Granted, there were shots in all of the prequels I never knew were miniatures, but so what? Good looking effects are not what will automatically make me forgive the terrible writing. And then of cause the ring theory, the “get out of a sticky situation with OT fans for free ticket”. Not everything needs to be connected as part of some kind of master plan, if anything this only makes everything become more watered-down and predictable. Revenge of The Sith in particular is always given a pass by fans for some reason, and I think I have the answer. It’s not because the characters are likable, charismatic or you want them to accomplish their goals, neither is it because the story itself is engaging. They like it because there’s 5 lightsaber duels (Only 2 of which are important to the plot), a good score and a dark, edgy plot. ROTS is a predictable mess of a movie and the only reason I feel as if the plot was made as serious as it was, was as a response to the negative reception of the bumbling, childish tone of TPM and the romantic, political tone of ATOC. If anything it tried to do what ROTJ did by mixing dark, emotional, comedic and adventurous elements into one story, and as with ROTJ, it failed miserably at it.

Oh yeah, I meant to bring that one up. I hate when someone says they used “more miniatures on the Prequels than the OT,” as if that makes the PT somehow good movies. I love physical effects and props, but that’s not the decider of the quality of the movie.

There may be a ton of miniatures, but they’re so CGI’d over that they just look like full CG shots anyway.

Here’s a nice quote about that Ring Theory stuff:

“Any time someone tells you that a work was secretly brilliant, and needs many thousands of words to explain why, you should be suspicious.”

Full article can be found here: http://mythcreants.com/blog/five-terrible-defenses-of-the-star-wars-prequels/

Lord Haseo said:

If we’re being honest here ROTS is predictable by nature. Even if it were a good film it still wouldn’t change the fact that we already know how it’s going to end. The same thing applied to Rogue One

That is pretty irrelevant. I know what will happen at the end of OT and yet I enjoy it every time I watch it. Only shitty films rely on suspense and plot twists.

TV’s Frink said:

Anime is predictable despite the fact I’ve never finished one.

So you lied about seeing them all?

TV’s Frink said:

imperialscum said:

TV’s Frink said:

Anime is predictable despite the fact I’ve never finished one.

So you lied about seeing them all?

I never said I watched every minute of every anime. Other than reading your posts, I’m not really into self-torture.

Then you technically haven’t seen them all, as you tried to claim it. In fact, if you have never finished one, you technically haven’t seen any.