evan1975 said:
I think the kids that grew up with the PT will have an easier time dealing with it than those of us that were adults during The Great Disappointment of '99.
I was 7 when Jedi came out, so the Ewoks never really bothered me. At that age, you could have had Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear in the Lapti Nek scene and I would have accepted it. When I came out of the theater in 83, I probably would have told you it was the best of the three.
When I got older, I realized that it was actually the worst of the three and that those criticisms that my parents and other adults had about the film were totally correct. (I remember my mother groaning about how stupid "Leia is my sister" was.)
Even though I know the Ewoks were a calculated marketing scheme, they still don't bother me. I don't love them, I don't hate them. Perhaps they've even grown on me a bit more now that I see how much worse it can get. I'd rather watch an Ewok than a Gungan any day.
But I didn't grow up with the PT, I grew up with the OOT on old VHS tapes.
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Regarding the quality of the 3D, picture, and background, I thought that even in scenes where it wasn't obvious, the depth was still there for sure. Yes, I too lifted my glasses every now and then to see the difference, but upon lowering them again the 3D effect was quite clear. My eyes just needed a "refresh". The picture itself seemed very, very clear to me, certainly not like an upscaled DVD. And things in the background were not blurred at all (I even noticed things I'd never seen before, like a Gungan and droid wrestling over a blaster during the battle on the Naboo Plains). Maybe I just saw it in a really good theater. *shrugs*
I am NOT saying TPM is a theatrical masterpiece, none of the prequels are legendary. I'm just not going to say they're awful pieces of crap, either, because I appreciate them for what they are (films on their own, not films to be compared and dissected with the O(O)T). I won't deny I rolled my eyes a few times at Jar Jar's antics or Anakin's "yippee!!", but I also won't deny that it was fun being in the galaxy far, far away in a theater, story and characters aside.