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chip75 · 10-01-2014, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

That's what's so galling about reading the scripts for I and II, a lot of it makes sense on the page but when Lucas got finished with the final product the dialogue scenes were pared down to the bare bones to make room for more farting CG animals and Mario Bros. droid foundry scenes.

The prequels hurt themselves as they're by-products of the reactions of the previous movies. The antagonists should have been threaded through each film, we should have heard about Count Dooku in TPM and General Grievous in Attack of the Clones. Star Wars seems to get the most mileage about throwaway lines, whether it's the Clone Wars mentioned in the originals or the Fallen Jedis in the prequels, our imaginations run wild with cool fantasies!

Aardvark_DK · 10-02-2014, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by stvn1974

Nothing wrong with that. People enjoy a film/TV show/band/novel and want to discuss it. People have been analyzing hidden meanings in the songs of The Beatles since 1964.

It just seems particularly weird to me because I think the prequels are almost Battlefield Earth-esque terrible. Of course, Roger Christian believes his film will one day be discovered as a minor masterpiece... Who knows?

Thomas Guycott · 10-02-2014, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Aardvark_DK

Of course, Roger Christian believes his film will one day be discovered as a minor masterpiece... Who knows?

Probably, but not for the same reason he hopes.

mulscul · 10-08-2014, 05:33 AM

Some nice Star Wars books coming out that would make great Xmas gifts.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Cost...ords=star+wars

The costumes book might be great for having a lot of stills of the actors in their costumes that might not have been seen before.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Art-...ords=star+wars

http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Vinta...r+wars+figures

Kryptonic · 10-08-2014, 08:24 AM

Yeah, I've had the Costumes book on pre-order for awhile now. Should go nicely with the Prequels Costumes book.

BluLobsta · 10-12-2014, 12:56 PM

This is a Deal of the Week at $80?? I'm not sure that Amazon is making a good effort on this one

Yes it's worth it, but deal may be a bit confusing for most people for a choice of words.

SethRex · 10-12-2014, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

Um.....okay. Moving swiftly along, I've always wondered why Padme thought it was Dooku in the first place. They know he's the leader of the Separatists, right, so why would he want to kill someone who opposes the Military Creation Act as Padme does (it's the reason why she returns to Coruscant at the beginning of the movie)? That act will permit the Republic to create an army to fight the Separatists, which surely wouldn't be in their best interests if they intend to secede? Typical Lucas nonsense.

[edit] The real reason is that the Trade Federation want her killed as a small favour for joining Dooku's Separatist movement (which Dooku duly obliges, dispatching Jango to take of it), but no-one knows that at the start of the movie so where Padme pulls it from I don't know. Perhaps there was some excised dialogue from that scene which made it clear that the Federation were being wooed by the Separatists, so she put two and two together after what happened between her and the Federation ten years earlier. Reminds me of the line in Ep I about "not condoning a course of action that will lead us to war", because no-one in that scene actually suggests fighting the Federation invasion in the final film, whereas in the script Sio Bibble says "we must prepare to defend ourselves" to which Padme replies with the above, which then makes perfect sense.

That's what's so galling about reading the scripts for I and II, a lot of it makes sense on the page but when Lucas got finished with the final product the dialogue scenes were pared down to the bare bones to make room for more farting CG animals and Mario Bros. droid foundry scenes. And he really should've included some of the stuff with Padme's family on Naboo in Ep II, there's a bit when she looks at Anakin that's got more feeling and emotion than everything else she did in the film put together.

I'm sorry...what? Mario Bros. droid foundry scenes? You're mentioning Mario Bros. here?

master gandhi · 10-12-2014, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BluLobsta

This is a Deal of the Week at $80?? I'm not sure that Amazon is making a good effort on this one

Yes it's worth it, but deal may be a bit confusing for most people for a choice of words.

Yeah, Amazon's real deals are usually just price matches of Best Buy, Target or Wal-Mart. Amazon would be lost without them as competition. We'd be getting a lot more "deals" like this one...

Lentulus Batiatus · 10-12-2014, 07:38 PM

Amazing the discussion that goes on here when no one can see the man behind the curtain pulling the strings. Just ends up turning into more irrational Lucas bashing. The answers are there. It's pretty evident. But I degrees. Haters gonna hate.

IndyMLVC · 10-12-2014, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lentulus Batiatus

Amazing the discussion that goes on here when no one can see the man behind the curtain pulling the strings. Just ends up turning into more irrational Lucas bashing. The answers are there. It's pretty evident. But I degrees. Haters gonna hate.

stvn1974 · 10-12-2014, 07:55 PM

The prequels are garbage. George Lucas wrote and directed them so who else are we supposed to hate?

Lentulus Batiatus · 10-12-2014, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by stvn1974

The prequels are garbage. George Lucas wrote and directed them so who else are we supposed to hate?

LOL OK. And Firefly was a garbage show and mediocre movie from a kiddie-tweener writer and director.

See, I can use hyperbole to.

Geoff D · 10-13-2014, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SethRex

I'm sorry...what? Mario Bros. droid foundry scenes? You're mentioning Mario Bros. here?

You do remember Attack of the Clones, right? When Padme's doing the leaping and the jumping on the conveyor during the droid foundry scene? It's like something from a video game, hence the offhand Mario Bros. reference, and I'm particularly sore about it because it's one of Lucas' additions in the reshoots. He felt that more action was needed at that point, but it's running time that could've been given over to that pesky character/plot stuff instead. As much as I defend the man, he's also made some extremely daft decisions over the years.

SethRex · 10-13-2014, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

You do remember Attack of the Clones, right? When Padme's doing the leaping and the jumping on the conveyor during the droid foundry scene? It's like something from a video game, hence the offhand Mario Bros. reference, and I'm particularly sore about it because it's one of Lucas' additions in the reshoots. He felt that more action was needed at that point, but it's running time that could've been given over to that pesky character/plot stuff instead. As much as I defend the man, he's also made some extremely daft decisions over the years.

Ahh okay. Gotcha

GaragePoet · 10-23-2014, 12:05 AM

saw this article & thought it looked interesting... i'd like to check it out but i'm in full-on horror mode now until Halloween. hopefully it stays available for a while...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...usaolp00000592

Petey Parker · 10-23-2014, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by GaragePoet

saw this article & thought it looked interesting... i'd like to check it out but i'm in full-on horror mode now until Halloween. hopefully it stays available for a while...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...usaolp00000592

"Sorry This video does not exist"

GaragePoet · 10-23-2014, 01:25 AM

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"Sorry This video does not exist"

well, bummer... it was certainly there when i posted it!

BillieCassin · 10-23-2014, 05:14 PM

While it isn't anything concrete, I'm shocked that folks haven't been talking about this - everyone else has been.

Again, it isn't solid info on anything, but it's leading some to believe that any issue between Fox and Disney has been addressed - for Disney to be advertising digital versions of the OT.

Gold Ranger · 10-23-2014, 05:18 PM

No, it is just Disney's way of getting one over/around Fox.

IndyMLVC · 10-23-2014, 05:37 PM

Going to this on Saturday at BAM as part of their Puppets on Film series.

http://www.bam.org/film/2014/return-of-the-jedi

Considering it's being billed as The 2011 Star Wars: The Complete Saga edition, I don't expect anything different than a DLP of the Blu-ray version. But...I put the information out there.

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10-08-2014, 05:33 AM	#49784
mulscul Power Member Member since:Aug 2010 Location:California 4K collection:311 Blu-ray collection:1396 Trading Score:19	Some nice Star Wars books coming out that would make great Xmas gifts. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Cost...ords=star+wars The costumes book might be great for having a lot of stills of the actors in their costumes that might not have been seen before. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Art-...ords=star+wars http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Vinta...r+wars+figures

10-08-2014, 08:24 AM	#49785
Kryptonic Suspended Member since:Jul 2009 Trading Score:45	Yeah, I've had the Costumes book on pre-order for awhile now. Should go nicely with the Prequels Costumes book.

10-12-2014, 12:56 PM	#49786
BluLobsta Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Rhode Island Home Theater Gallery:86 4K collection:81 Blu-ray collection:420 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:2	This is a Deal of the Week at $80?? I'm not sure that Amazon is making a good effort on this one Yes it's worth it, but deal may be a bit confusing for most people for a choice of words.

10-12-2014, 07:38 PM	#49789
Lentulus Batiatus Banned Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Capua	Amazing the discussion that goes on here when no one can see the man behind the curtain pulling the strings. Just ends up turning into more irrational Lucas bashing. The answers are there. It's pretty evident. But I degrees. Haters gonna hate.

10-12-2014, 07:55 PM	#49791
stvn1974 Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Earth Trading Score:18	The prequels are garbage. George Lucas wrote and directed them so who else are we supposed to hate?

10-23-2014, 12:05 AM	#49795
GaragePoet Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2011 Location:San Diego 4K collection:434 Blu-ray collection:1713 DVD collection:168 Trading Score:84	saw this article & thought it looked interesting... i'd like to check it out but i'm in full-on horror mode now until Halloween. hopefully it stays available for a while... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...usaolp00000592

10-23-2014, 05:14 PM	#49798
BillieCassin Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2009 Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:34	While it isn't anything concrete, I'm shocked that folks haven't been talking about this - everyone else has been. Again, it isn't solid info on anything, but it's leading some to believe that any issue between Fox and Disney has been addressed - for Disney to be advertising digital versions of the OT.

10-23-2014, 05:18 PM	#49799
Gold Ranger Banned Member since:Jan 2011 Location:NY, TX, CA, IL, HI, NC, PA, WV, MO 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:65 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:133	No, it is just Disney's way of getting one over/around Fox.

10-23-2014, 05:37 PM	#49800
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	Going to this on Saturday at BAM as part of their Puppets on Film series. http://www.bam.org/film/2014/return-of-the-jedi Considering it's being billed as The 2011 Star Wars: The Complete Saga edition, I don't expect anything different than a DLP of the Blu-ray version. But...I put the information out there.

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