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Darth Bizarro said:


xhonzi said:
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We read the Jedi Prince series when we were kids and I guess we just never quite fully recovered.

You're saying Jedi Prince made you daffy and unable to judge correctly?

You know, I don't take issue with skyjedi or Puggo coming over here and sharing their distaste for the prequels because all they are doing is sharing their opinions of the movies.  I don't hear either of them calling our opinions wrong though.

Sorry, I thought I was riffing off of your comment about the Jedi Prince series. Perhaps I mistook your meaning. What did you mean by bringing up Jedi Prince?

I'm sorry but I didn't take too kindly to being told that I'm unable to judge correctly because I like the prequels.  I don't think it's anybody's right to say who's judgement is correct but you may have just been being sarcastic and if that's the case than I misread your sarcasm and may have over reacted.  If so then I apologize.  My Jedi Prince comment was intended as a sarcastic response to your initial comment because I really didn't want this thread to turn into a argument about the prequels.

Many apologies. As I said, I thought I was more or less repeating what you said. I certainly wasn't trying to offend you. I thought you said something funny and I was just restating it.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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But I really don't think you have much to worry about as far as OT.com becoming more Saga oriented.  We're still pretty much a minority here.  

Depending on what you mean by "pretty much a minority" I don't agree. Unless by "pretty much" you actually mean "Not really, but sort of close. From a certain point of view." If you compare the list of disavowers here against the list of saga folks here then you'll see it's about equal. In fact, you'll see that both lists even both have a TV's Frink. Wait, what? (He voted against the PT before he voted for it.)

Anyways, it's probably gone from <10% to closer to 50% in recent years. Yes, maybe you're still a 49% minority... but that doesn't really matter much to me. That change has occured as older members have dropped off and newer younger members have joined the site. It's also happened as long time members have given up the fight. I know you haven't been here that long so you haven't observed that first hand. I have. It disappoints me. That's all I'm trying to say.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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xhonzi said:

Darth Bizarro said:

 
But I really don't think you have much to worry about as far as OT.com becoming more Saga oriented.  We're still pretty much a minority here.  

Depending on what you mean by "pretty much a minority" I don't agree. Unless by "pretty much" you actually mean "Not really, but sort of close. From a certain point of view." If you compare the list of disavowers here against the list of saga folks here then you'll see it's about equal. In fact, you'll see that both lists even both have a TV's Frink. Wait, what? (He voted against the PT before he voted for it.)

I'm not sure why there's confusion about my place on the lists.  I can't be on your "hate" list so I have to go on the "everything else" list.

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because they are still Star Wars films.

Unless you have other reasons to like them (as I do) apart from their brand association to a good movie series, I'm making use of my right to call your judgment incorrect and fallacious. Thanks.

Sorry, but the backlash that would inevitably follow my list of reasons isn't worth it.  So you may continue to think whatever you wish.  

"George, we hate you for making more Star Wars movies.  Please make more Star Wars movies."

-The Internet

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Darth Bizarro said:

twooffour said:

Darth Bizarro said:

because they are still Star Wars films.

Unless you have other reasons to like them (as I do) apart from their brand association to a good movie series, I'm making use of my right to call your judgment incorrect and fallacious. Thanks.

Sorry, but the backlash that would inevitably follow my list of reasons isn't worth it.  So you may continue to think whatever you wish.  

I've actually posted 3 pages with a list of things I liked in the prequels, but I can't for the love of God who is in Space find the thread... :(
I poured out my whole heart in it :((

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xhonzi said:

If you compare the list of disavowers here against the list of saga folks here 

 

I must protest. I am not "saga folk". I don't hate the prequels (once properly fanedited, still below par, blah blah...) but I disavow the "saga", the "tragedy of Darth Vader" and showing the movies to others in episode order. I realise that without completely disavowing them you will get some PT in your OT, but I do my best to ignore that. It's not black and white for most of us (and I find it hard to believe it ever really was).

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doubleKO said:

xhonzi said:

If you compare the list of disavowers here against the list of saga folks here 

 

I must protest. I am not "saga folk". I don't hate the prequels (once properly fanedited, still below par, blah blah...) but I disavow the "saga", the "tragedy of Darth Vader" and showing the movies to others in episode order. I realise that without completely disavowing them you will get some PT in your OT, but I do my best to ignore that. It's not black and white for most of us (and I find it hard to believe it ever really was).

 Hey, I'm not the one that volunteered to be on that list.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Just as I can't hate them I can't like them either.

I like bits of them, a few ideas (like Palpatine creating a Paper Tiger threat to start a war and gather more power to himself), some of the design work is very nice indeed but as films they are just a mess.

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They're okay if you ignore the bad stuff and take the premise.

Also not bad as mindless action romps.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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