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#524866
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Okay, who actually LIKES the Prequels
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These films are unsalvagable. They have no narrative drive, no sympathetic characters, atrocious to mediocore acting, wooden dialogue, inauthentic (and increasingly obsolete) special effects,  and no apparent character motivation for actions (characters do things because it is written in the script).

Only the soundtracks are in the same league, although still not as good as, those of the OT.

There were only two scenes in the entire PT that I found entertaining; both of the lightsaber duels from TPM.

How anyone can like these movies is beyond me.

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#524481
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Scott working on Blade Runner Sequel?
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Ziggy Stardust said:

theprequelsrule said:

TV's Frink said:

Maybe it won't be boring this time!  Yay!

 

 

 

(I'm only half kidding - I should have said "maybe it won't be meh this time)

No, you were right. The movie was boring. Scott is very hit and miss IMHO. When he misses it's never terrible, but almost always bland-city. Alien is one of my favourite movies, but Blade Runner and Robin Hood were snorefests.

How..............................dare you.

Only Sith deal in unabashed Ridley Scott praise!

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#524471
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Scott working on Blade Runner Sequel?
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TV's Frink said:

Maybe it won't be boring this time!  Yay!

 

 

 

(I'm only half kidding - I should have said "maybe it won't be meh this time)

No, you were right. The movie was boring. Scott is very hit and miss IMHO. When he misses it's never terrible, but almost always bland-city. Alien is one of my favourite movies, but Blade Runner and Robin Hood were snorefests.

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#523941
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Midichlorians versus Life Day: which is worse (with compliments to Puggo Jar Jar's Yoda) + (you can't say this is just another anti-prequel thread because Life Day is OT material...sort of)
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TV's Frink said:

theprequelsrule said:

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

Which I'd rather sit down and watch:

TPM (I guess...)  Or TRM if I can choose a not-yet-existant fan edit.

I'M WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN!!!

*sob*

No tears please.

You're the one who forces stuff on us like "pick from midichlorians and Life Day."

 

Your pain is my pleasure.

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#523928
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Midichlorians versus Life Day: which is worse (with compliments to Puggo Jar Jar's Yoda) + (you can't say this is just another anti-prequel thread because Life Day is OT material...sort of)
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TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

Which I'd rather sit down and watch:

TPM (I guess...)  Or TRM if I can choose a not-yet-existant fan edit.

I'M WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN!!!

*sob*

No tears please. It's a waste of good suffering.

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#523917
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Midichlorians versus Life Day: which is worse (with compliments to Puggo Jar Jar's Yoda) + (you can't say this is just another anti-prequel thread because Life Day is OT material...sort of)
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Think of it this way folks; which of these two ideas is more damaging to, or contributed more to the ruination of, Star Wars? Then the correct answer becomes clear.

Remember, this thread is not "Holiday Special versus TPM", but Midichlorians versus Life Day.

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#523827
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Which Batman film is your favorite?
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ferris209 said:

CP3S said:

She looks okay enough in the picture Bingo posted, but she looks pretty awful throughout the entire movie of TDK. I seem to recall when the movie first came out many other members expressed similar feelings regarding her looks.

She'd be pain enough, if it weren't for the very protrusive cheek bones and the droopy eyes thing she has going on.

She is the type of actress who I can only assume gave absolutely fantastic head on the casting couch.

Agreed. She was ugly to me during the entire movie. Katie Holmes was 10x better than whatever that thing was they picked to replace her.

I told my wife that and she said "She isn't that unattractive."

I told her that was evidence that I was going to be the one who would get the select that third lady if she ever allowed me to.

I think Katie was pretty hot back in the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM_OWaItNJM

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#523822
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Which Batman film is your favorite?
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darth_ender said:

skyjedi2005 said:

Without the Spirit or the Shadow, Batman the comic probably would not exist, and Bob Kane gets all the credit for it when he was not the only creative hand in it.

Its like Stan Lee taking all the credit for Marvel, and Jack Kirby is forgotten.

 

Xhonzi i think the public opinion on comics goes back to the creation of the comics code and the censoreship which shut down EC comics because they would not do censored books.

Also they claimed the comics had a bad influence on children and it was Communists influencing kids, commie propaganda.

 

Politicians especially the Religious right violated the sovereign rights of Americans freedom of speech, with this censorship its just like pre code Hollywood before they came in and cleaned up all the sex and nudity to appease hard right Christians.

Too bad in time even liberals got in on censorship like AL Gore's Ex wife.

I remember at my old university newspaper, a black comic author wrote a comic that had the 'N' word in it.  I have never see such an outrage!  There were demands for resignations and sensitivity training.  Never mind how many statements about Christians, Israelis (because you can be anti-Israel and yet not antisemitic somehow), your mother sleeping with the mailman, etc. were stated in the paper.  Liberals are interestingly selective in what they censor: if it's vulgar, it's okay; if it's offensive towards certain minorities (and not all minorities, mind you, only special cases), then off with their heads!

WARNING: I am about to make a sweeping generalization.

Liberals tend to want to censor things that they see as inspiring hatred, whereas conservatives tend to want to censor things that are "offensive". I can handle being offended, but hate leads to suffering...

There is also a difference between being liberal and being far-left and between being conservative and being far-right.

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#523753
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Okay, who actually HATES the Prequels
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Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

For me, the fan edits prove how bad the prequels are.  In my opinion, none of the ones I've seen (and I've seen several) actually make any of the movies good. They might make them suck less, but that also makes them more boring. Strip away all the worst moments and the basic movies you're left with are just bland-city.  If I'm going to watch a prequel, I'd just as soon see Jar Jar bouncing all over the place - at least I can shake my head, i.e., at least it engages me on some level.

My thoughts exactly.