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[The Fallen Deity]

Indeed, the Phantom Menace does get a lot more slack then it deserves, the only things that really bother me about the film are jar jar binks (man is he annoying) and the quite severe wooden acting here and there, but darth maul more than makes up for both of those things so you know if only he had more screen time and didn't get such a measly death at the end of the film, I personally would have loved it if he lasted longer then just the one film. But anyway that my 2 cents on the film. At least it isn't as bad as the Star Wars Holiday Special, oh boy don't get me started on that!

[Monolithium]

Originally Posted by joliefan

What happend to starwarsagent ?? did he get suspended for good?

He was sent to the spice mines of Kessel.

[Nicolawicz]

The only reason The Phantom Menace is the best of the prequels is because it was shot on film, but the thing's still abysmal.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Forget about Phantom Menace being the one that violated your childhood, as it's a well-meaning retread of the original film, with the end battle(s) of Jedi tacked on for good measure. I love it. But Attack Of The Clones is a cynical, disjointed hatchet-job of a film, and after that one I'm amazed that Sith turned out as good as it did.

I couldn't agree more!

[Cook]

Its like this thread was reborn. Its nice.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

I couldn't agree more!

I could!

By the way, I love your signature.

[Agent Bond]

If I had a choice, I'd rather buy the prequel trilogy. It may be crap, but at least its unaltered crap (aside from Yoda CGI'ed in Ep. 1, but I approve that change.)

[JasonWard]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

If I had a choice, I'd rather buy the prequel trilogy. It may be crap, but at least its unaltered crap (aside from Yoda CGI'ed in Ep. 1, but I approve that change.)

The Pod Race has additions. Anakin telling Padme he killed the tuskens was also expanded. You might just want to skip the whole thing.

[JamesKurtovich]

Mick Foley, in his autobiography, said something about Star Wars fans convincing themselves that Phantom Menace was a good movie. If you're into pro wrestling or whatever, check it out. I thought it was funny.

[Spidey Blu]

Lol, noone convinced me into liking it. That's just silly.

[JasonWard]

That sounds awesome because I get most of my movie reviews from professional wrestlers. I actually haven't seen a movie since Macho Man passed away and I've felt lost.

[frogmort]

So what does George Lucas think of pro wrestling?

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by frogmort

So what does George Lucas think of pro wrestling?

I hear it's inspired much of his dramatic storytelling.

He liked the subtle nuances of Ric Flair's acting ability, it influenced his decision to pick Hayden Christensen.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Cook

Its like this thread was reborn. Its nice.

Not how it is going now

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by JasonWard

I think rejected idea is the wrong term. That implies that the idea was not as good as another idea when in fact, it is more about the appropriation of the idea in the bigger story of film in which it is placed.

That said, midi-chorlians are entirely appropriate to The Phantom Menace. One of the key themes is symbiosis and how all things are reliant upon one another. From the Gungas to the Naboo and so on all the way up top to the politics of the galaxy.

Great post!

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by JasonWard

The Pod Race has additions. Anakin telling Padme he killed the tuskens was also expanded. You might just want to skip the whole thing.

Yup, there are several additions to Phantom Menace. The extra bit showing off Coruscant I don't mind, but the changes to the pod race are useless. Actually, there is a touching little scene of Shmi telling Anakin to "be safe", but Lucas preceded it with a shot of an Opie doing a massive fart. Nice one, George.

The changes to Clones are fine, not least the one when Padme gets thrown from the gunship and the trooper asks her if she's okay. Her original reply, a robotic 'YES', is absolutely hilarious and it's been changed for the better. Adding in some of those deleted scenes with Padme's family would be a massive step in the right direction, but Lucas will probably stick with the Mario Bros. droid foundry sequence which was shoehorned in at the last minute.

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

I'm expecting to like them all a lot more than I did since I've had so long to "get over it". Even AOTC has some cool moments, it's just ruined by some of the really bad stuff.

I am definitely buying the whole Ultimate box set or whatever with both trilogies.

Funny, that people now seem to like/love at least two out of the three prequels.
That's not so bad, is it?

It's like ROTJ of the OT for many. Not for me though, as I love it just as much as the others, and it will always hold a very dear place in my heart!

Originally Posted by JasonWard

That sounds awesome because I get most of my movie reviews from professional wrestlers. I actually haven't seen a movie since Macho Man passed away and I've felt lost.

Lol Me too!

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Mick Foley, in his autobiography, said something about Star Wars fans convincing themselves that Phantom Menace was a good movie. If you're into pro wrestling or whatever, check it out. I thought it was funny.

Well, maybe...but then wrestling fans kind of set mankind back about 1000 years intellectually so we'll just call it even.

[Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Funny, that people now seem to like/love at least two out of the three prequels.
That's not so bad, is it?

It's like ROTJ of the OT for many. Not for me though, as I love it just as much as the others, and it will always hold a very dear place in my heart!

The only difference I believe is that AoTC was so bad it killed the entire series. Where as Star Wars and TESB were so great that even a 3 star ROTJ could not bring down the entire thing. It was just more of a let down than anything else. The bright spots of ROTS were not great enough to resuce the whole thing as it suffered from some of the same mistakes that Clones did. I was hopeful that it could but it just didn't quite do it. It's too bad too because TPM started off not so bad overall save a few key points that have been discussed.

[Gaius Marius]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Forget about Phantom Menace being the one that violated your childhood, as it's a well-meaning retread of the original film, with the end battle(s) of Jedi tacked on for good measure. I love it. But Attack Of The Clones is a cynical, disjointed hatchet-job of a film, and after that one I'm amazed that Sith turned out as good as it did.

I agree! I enjoy TPM actually It has it's weak points (they have been discussed ad nauseum), but I really loved seeing what Jedi were capable of before their destruction, the interactions between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were great, and the Darth Maul fight is the best lightsaber sequence in all six movies (Duel of the Fates is also my second favorite SW music track behind the Imperial March ).

AotC can be shortened to less than 40 minutes and still convey the necessary information. I actually prefer the Clone Wars series to AotC (I really enjoy the series )