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Uggh ... That definately does nothing for me. :-(

Why be a superhero when I can be a supervillain. >:-) 

I believe my name is self-explanatory.

I read it and disliked it. It felt rushed, with nagging plot holes, poorly-developed characters, and the unnecessary addition of Han and Chewie.

And frankly, I'm not too fond of the whole "zombie plague" trope; not only has it been done to death, but it doesn't mesh well with Star Wars; I think Lovecraftian horror would suit the SW Universe much better IMHO.

On the plus side, there were almost no PT references; one tiny mention of the Intergalactic Banking Clan, and that was it. 

Darth Id said:

Very interesting title for that "Splinter."  What is the phrase's significance in the book?

 

There's some speculation that the Vader that Luke & Leia battle near the end of the novel wasn't meant to be the real Darth Vader but some sort of supernatural manifestation created by the Kaiburr crystal, and that the title is meant to touch upon an impaired ability to perceive reality.

TV's Frink said:

But I thought an incredible ass is a good thing?

 Incredibly filthy with festering sores.

I'm unemployed, live with my parents, and the film & music industries both suck incredible ass. >:-(

Poltergeist III. >:-(

There's no way in Hell that that third-rate Freddy Kruger is the Beast from the first movie; no @#$%ing way.

TV's Frink said:

 If Season 10+ hadn't ruined The Simpsons for me, this surely would have. ;-)

TheBoost said:

For starters, even though I love it, "Smallville" has some of the worst writing I've ever seen on television.

 

But if you're talking a character who is a yelling, angry, hate-spewing talk radio guy, there aren't a lot of liberal types in that genre. Also, the dude was poccessed by Darkseid. 

Now they introduced Darkseid on the show!?

I am so glad I stopped watching after the fifth season.

Star Wars stopped being fun for me shortly before-or-after I saw ROTS, when the EU writers started kissing Lucas' ass in earnest and turning out piles and piles of poorly-written shit; reading the early EU and ignoring the PT & SE helped lots in keeping me from losing all interest in the franchise.  

I expected a one-on-one duel between Anakin and Windu and the extermination of the Jedi Council; I never thought we'd get to see the entire Order exterminated in one episode, or exterminated so poorly.

I have a shitload of scary sound effect mp3's on my computer that sound better then this piece of vomit.

I find that if you consider the talent of the ysalamiri to be the ability to nullify one's ability to perceive and manipulate the Force rather than the outright nullification of the Force itself, then it's easier to stomach the little critters.

I'd have to go with the Thrawn trilogy.

C3PX said:

What? Because they don't make good exports? Ridiculous! Every other culture is allowed to do its own thing in its television, but American television must remain neutral, is that it? And fail? Seriously? Those shows are extremely successful. 

 I claim they fail because the humour relies 100% on pop culture references to succeed; if someone fails to recognize the reference then the joke falls flat and dies.

Ziz said:

One thing you should take into consideration is that FG, and Robot Chicken to a degree, are as much about pop culture references as they are about the characters, sometimes even moreso.  If you're outside the US, unless you know a lot about American pop culture over the past 30 to 40 years, you'll miss half the jokes.

 Which is why these kind of shows fail.

Octorox said:

You must cast based on the scripts written by George Lucas, for example, if you cast an older actor as Anakin he will have to utter the same dialogue that Hayden does and may seem miscast.

Where's the fun in that?

...

Anyways ... I would have casted Keira Knightley as Padmé and Leo DiCaprio as Anakin (or kept Hayden but have someone else do his dialogue).  

If they didn't feature or mention any of the characters or events in the PT ... maybe.

What I liked :

Ewan McGregor

Liam Neeson (for the most part)

Ian McDiarmid (until his transformation scene in ROTS, anyway ...)

John William's score

The idea that the Jedi order isn't an order of perfect, pristine monks but an order of corrupt, dogmatic fools.

Darth Maul

Darth Maul's lightsaber

The duel in TPM (though it does get a bit too flashy after Qui-Gon leaves the fray)

Mace Windu's lightsaber (his purple blade almost makes up for the monotony of the other lightsabers)

That's about it, unfortunately.   

I hate the prequels because - all technical/asthetic issues aside - they're forced on us as canon, and because the OT & EU have been defiled to accomodate them.

I last watched TPM back in April, and AOTC & ROTS back in 2006-07.

Watched Blade Runner last night. They kept taking commercial breaks right in the middle of scenes, and I'd bet they cut some parts out (having never seen the movie before, though, I don't know that for certain). 

MS Paint FTW!

Bingowings said:

With the inferior sequels out there it inspired a surprising watchable television series

The horrible quickening effects notwithstanding, of course. ;)