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#161571
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hardcore haters only
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Originally posted by: Seiji So I'm curious, do you at least like new music by John Williams, is it the only thing good about them? I don't really watch the first two, nothing really motivates me, but I did like the tune in PT where they fight Darth Maul.



I agree. John Williams does a wonderful job. It is the only thing really that I can stand (which is why I own all 3 soundtracks). I hate Episode II, but I adore the Love Theme. In fact the book is 100 times better. Oh, the book is good. I really enjoyed it. You really feel for Anakin. No seriously! You can just feel his heart break when his mother dies, and he is denyed love from the woman of his dreams. The dialogue is passionate and you respect the characters. The love is real you can almost touch it. Ohh, the book is good. And that is so sad, because the movie sucks a whole lotta' ass.
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#161563
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ROTS: Best actor?
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
No way Hayden would win. He is one of the worst actors ever. Even nominating him is a joke.

No kidding. Now if the Oscars fell on April 1st and Hayden won, that would be the best April Fools Joke ever.

But we don't even have to worry that he'd win anything other than a Raspberry award.

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Episode 3 doesn't deserve any oscars for anything - not even effects.


It deserves one for best original score, but that's it. John Williams did some excellent work in this film.


I pretty much worship the ground John Williams walks on, but I have to say that this movie's music was kind of a hack job in some parts. I mean, I bought and listened to the soundtrack before I saw the movie and it sounds like he just threw in some old music of his from Empire Strikes Back, and not even appropriate music at that.

Like during the scene with the Emperor and Yoda you can here the music from ESB when Vader is hurling things at Luke at Bespin tyring to knock him over. But the scene that it is used in during ROTS, Yoda is unconscious on the floor and the Emperor is just walking towards him. Oookay.... I never thought that music fit well with that scene.

Of course Williams makes up for that in the next few shots where the Emperor and Yoda fight on the platform as it rises through the empty senate chamber. Now that scene gave me goosebumps. Both visually and musically. ...sad that is the only truely subtle piece of artwork in that film. This is the final Star-motherloving-Wars movie! The whole film should have been FILLED with stuff like that.
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#161556
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When did you give up with the Prequels, TPM, AOTC, or ROTS?
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I gave up at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith. As soon as the word "War!" came across the screen I knew it was over. I'm usually very quiet during movies but the whole time while watching ROTS I kept shouting out at the screen like I was a cast member of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The one part that made me panic that Lucas had lost his mind was when Obi-Wan said, "Wait a minute. Were smarter than this. How did this happen?" I thought for sure he had broken the 4th wall and was going to comment that this was totally out of character for him as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and that they needed to start over. I thought that they were in some training program, like a Holodeck or something, running through the motions to try and get Palpatine back.
I. Shit. You. Not. I remember thinking, "Oh my god...whoa, whoa, whoa. What the hell is going on here?! Is Obi-Wan going to look at the camera and go "Sorry folks, we're starting the movie over." I can't believe how much I panicked at that scene. Writing should never be the poor to envoke that kind of reaction.
Most of the time I just kept shouting, "Who wrote this crap!?" knowing full well who did.

I covered my eyes and went "Oh my goddddd...." during the balcony scene.

I was DIEING of laughter when the Emperor was all frog like and going "No! No! Unlimited Power!"

And the prize for worse scene ever was Vader's infamous Frankenstein "NOOOOOOOOO!!" scene. Some guy next to me started saying (in a Frankenstein voice), "Rrrr! Vader Smash! Rwar!"

Of course I counter acted that with my earlier line when Palpatine turns to Anakin and says, "Oh Anakin, I have good news." I shouted out "I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance!" The whole row cracked up.

When Obi-Wan says "The Sith are evil!" and Anakin retorts with "From my point of view the Jedi are evil!" I just had to sarcastically shout out "Oooo! Obi-Wan got buuurned!"

When Palpatine says that he's giving Anakin a new title of head-whatever-of the Jedi councel Anakin woodenly says, "I'm overwhelmed." I just said to myself, "Yeah, I can tell..."

And of course Grevous sounds just like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. I can't STAND it. Everything he said I swore he was going to end with "For me to poop on!"

God ROTS sucked ass. It is the ONLY Star Wars movie that I actually fast forward though. Even TPM I can sit through the whole thing... But ROTS.... nope. When I walked out of the theater I thought it was the best of the 3 (which isn't saying much) but now that I've seen it 3 times, I hate it more than I hate the other two movies. And that is painfuly sad.
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#160672
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Favorite SW theme
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In no particular order:

1) Binary Sunset
2) Love Theme, Ep. II
3) Luke and Leia's Theme
4) Award Ceremony
5) Emperial March
6) Dual between Father and Son, ROTJ <--- this is some of the most emotional powerful music and it is only like 32 seconds long. You can almost feel the music swell in your chest as Luke attacks his father in pure fury in order to protect his sister from the Dark Side.
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#160668
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Found this quote from Lucas about the Fans from May '05
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I'm only 22 and I was an uber fan before the Prequals came out. When TPM came out I was so excited that I saw it twice, but then when it came out on video and I began to see it more and more, the more I found it to be...off slightly. The uphoria of seeing something new wore off and I saw the movie for what it really was. Poorly writen crap slathered with CGI. And the next to movies were just as painful, if not more so.
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#154219
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Sometimes do you feel like you should give up on the cause?
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I will never give up. True fans, honostly true fans of Star Wars would want nothing but the original version. The orginal version has been around for 20 years. The so called "special edition" has only been around for 8. I think that the original version wins in this round.

For those who want to give up. Fine. Go join the dark side. See what we care. For the rest of us, we are going to contunue to fight the good fight. We will settle for nothing less than the best: The original original trilogy.
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#154216
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This 2007 Archival Edition - For Real Or Not ???
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I saw in a yahoo poll that 60% of the people who responded wanted the O-OT on DVD. Last time I checked, 51+% is a majority. I think we have the upper hand.

And of course the reviews for the DVD were high. This is what we had been waiting for. Until we realized what was really on it. The cleaned up film version was so sparkly that we were blinded by the fact that Lucas altered EVEN MORE to the original trilogy. Now the hype is starting to wind down and people are starting to take notice that, "Maybe this isn't as good as I thought it was going to be."

Look at the hype around this issue on TV. Have you guys ever seen that South Park episode where they try to stop GL and Steven S. from ruining Indiana Jones next?
Or that Robot Chicken episode where Steven remakes Jaws "because it wasn't his original vision?" Or how Vader tells Luke all the stuff that doesn't make sense in the Prequels?
Or the American Dad episode where Stan escapes by focusing the mobs attention on "The man who convinced George Lucas not to release the original theatrical version of Star Wars on DVD?"

This isn't some underground movement here people. The media is starting to take notice.
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#153986
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Return of the Jedi + Revenge of the Sith = one amazing movie!
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005 Plus obi wan was supposed to make a stop over at dagobah to confer with yoda, and having the new born luke with him this is how luke says later on in empire "there's something familiar about this place".



Yeah, I was watching ESB the other day with my aunt and she asked "So how does Luke feel that Dagobah is familar since he's never been there." I told her to ignore the prequals because they only raise more questions than they answer. Lucas could have easily film a scene where Obi-Wan and baby Luke are making a quick stop off at the planet for Yoda. But no, not Lucas. That wouldn't fit in with his "vision" or whatever the hell that really is.
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#153984
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Changes you want (or don't want) to the 2007 archival editions
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I don't want any more changes. I'm with CO on this one. I will buy whatever form I can in order to get the original- original trilogy on DVD. If that means I fork over $100 for a 6 box set to where I have the option of watching the original theatrical releases, then so be it. I'll just sell back the other 3 movies for a couple of bucks and keep IV, V, and VI.

George Lucas can turn Luke Skywalker into a pink bunny for all I care, as long as I am given the option to watch the ones I grew up with. Until then, f*ck you GL.