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Guy Caballero

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#247484
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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I think Luke's plan in Jedi is to get everyone inside the palace and then roll with it. If Han can be spirited away by any one of the gang, great. If not, hopefully Jabba will follow tradition and take them out in the open to be killed. He does. If they have to fight their way out a la Death Star detention block, so be it. The Rancor was a rookie mistake. There was even a cut line about getting Han "in the open". I don't think Jedi needed more money, it needed a better Endor battle and a better part for Han and Lando. And better looping (seriously, it was the first movie they looped and mixed themselves and it made some of the performance seem worse than they are.) Endor needed a Spielberg-type who was good with "live" action scenes. Just look at Raiders, and imagine the forest battle like that, with Han actually involved in it.

Back to Anakin: Seeing Anakin say "what have I done?" in one scene, and slaughter children in the next threw people a little. I think we're meant to infer that once he got a taste of the dark side he liked it, and that was all she wrote. He merely uses Padme and the Republic as justification for everything after that. I'd love to see the first version of "the turn" just to compare.
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#247299
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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Anakin's turn is understandable IF you keep in my mind that Anakin really respects Palpatine, as a leader and a father figure, and is SO desperate to keep Amidala from dying like his mother, he won't ask a lot of questions. I just wish II had made a bigger deal out of Anakin's search for his mother, and Anakin's weird desire for a dictatorship. As it stands, those things actually amounted to very little screen time. I had friends who barely remembered Anakin's mother death 3 years later, and they REALLY didn't remember Anakin's comment about dictatorship and that lone scene beteween Palp and Anakin. It was up to II, not III to lay that foundation. I actually really like Episode III, come to think of it.
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#247130
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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Well, I'm probably in the minority on this, but I would have loved to see the prequels done by 3 different directors. Seeing the new dvds reminded me how different the 3 originals are from each other, in tone and look, and it's one of my favorite things about the 1st trilogy. The whole consistency thing does nothing for me. The prequels had so much story and explaining to do, a little cinematic variety might have been good.
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#246755
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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It's not that it's hard to understand, it's just maybe it could have been more fun TO understand. There's a lot of people entering and exiting rooms, people walking slowly and talking, ships slowly landing, ships taking off. People frowning. People telling Natalie Portman she's not like sand. But Mcregor and McDiarmid are great and have enhanced those 2 characters, so that alone is worth a lot.
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#246614
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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I have a certain appreciation for Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith, but I just can't stop comparing Attack of the Clones to Empire. I just don't think the romance works, and it MUST work to be successful. I don't feel anything the way I did with Han and Leia, I don't care if they get together or not. I keep remembering the unintentional laughter in the movie theater. I would LOVE to see Lucas rebuild that relationship from scratch next year, into something more simple. Swapping some scenes with the deleted ones might be a good start, only because meeting a girls parents is simple, human and relatable. Just look at the care taken in Empire of Dreams when the Han/Leia bespin scene was re-shot with a completely different tone.
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#246028
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Waiting for Episode VII during the lean years (1984-1998)
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Critics are one thing. People who write on the internet is one thing. The other 99% of humans is the main thing. The audience cheering repeatedly during Jedi is burned into my memory. They cheered at Lando revealing himself. They went insane when Darth dumped the emperor down the shaft. This was a regular weekday audience at a neighborhood theater long after opening day. I've not seen that since. It was a lot for the prequels to live up to, and probably impossible. There is a LOT of good stuff in the new movies, including II. It's not like Jaws 4, where you can just completely write it off.
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#245783
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Waiting for Episode VII during the lean years (1984-1998)
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Who knows, time may be kind to the prequels, we'll have to see. It will be interesting to see if Lucas does anything to I-III next year, beyond digital Yoda. His frustration at the rough cut of Phantom Menace on the dvd doc was pretty clear, and the issues raised by Lucas and Ben Burtt (i.e. the "cluttered ending") didn't seem to be solved. I personally think Attack of the Clones is a train wreck, but the other 2 might have a shot at "clicking" better.
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#244975
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POLL: So Who Bought Them & Who Didn't? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
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Yeah, I'm that way too, Gaffer. Also, one of the most striking things about seeing these original versions after all these years is how distinct the 3 movies are from each other, in look and tone. Different directors, different cinematographers, writers etc.. Each movie has it's own personality, and I fucking love that. I will never understand this compulsive need for consistency and continuity above all things. "Wow, these six movies sure are consistent!" Yeah, that's awesome.
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#242061
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Poll: Do You Think the OUT will be Released Again in '07?
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I can picture a sort of half-ass presentation of the originals to shut us up. The 2007 versions could include a seamless branching option, buried in the special features, to watch each movie with the original versions of the "main" special edition offenders. Like: Star Wars=watch with original Death Star battle and Original Mos Eisley/Cantina. Empire=watch with original Emperor, Wampa, Cloud City hallways. Jedi=watch with original Lapti Nek, sarlaac fight, and ending. That should be able to fit on the disc, since each movie would only need like 3-5 branching points, with about 20 minutes "extra" running time added to Star Wars. But, the cartoon colors and buried music would still be with us.