Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Just watch a marathon of the prequels again. It gets better every time.

I agree!

[rollinwith26s]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Padmé: Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo; so long ago when there was nothing but our love. No politics, no plotting, no war.


Gold.

There's so much more to the Prequels than dialogue.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by rollinwith26s

There's so much more to the Prequels than dialogue.

To be fair, there's not THAT much to the prequel in general. I enjoy them, but they are seriously flawed films. Ewan Mcgregor was fantastic in the trilogy though. Easily the highlight.

[rollinwith26s]

Originally Posted by robgmun

Either way it works spectacularly well, at least with me and all those who have felt their franchise has been destroyed. We might not agree, but the Prequel stuff wasn't real Star Wars and never will be, it was a joke, a travesty and i don't care if it's cannon or not.

Well. Back when I used to watch Lost (which is highly influenced by the OT), I would notice the parallels between it and the Prequels. So thematically, The Prequels are real Star Wars. But, yes, We're Home does what it is supposed to do on the right target audience by playing into their nasty biases. For me, I will just pretend "We're Home" means it is nice to see Luke, Leia, and Han again. Nothing more. But sadly in the back of the mind I know what is designed to really mean.

[rollinwith26s]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

To be fair, there's not THAT much to the prequel in general. I enjoy them, but they are seriously flawed films. Ewan Mcgregor was fantastic in the trilogy though. Easily the highlight.

Go read Star Wars Ring Theory and then get back to me. http://www.starwarsringtheory.com/

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Just watch a marathon of the prequels again. It gets better every time.

Said no sane person ever.

[StingingVelvet]

Well, they get better over time in the sense that removed from the massive feeling of disappointment you can appreciate them more for what they do well. Same for Crystal Skull.

[Randall Flagg]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Just watch a marathon of the prequels again. It gets better every time.

I disagree, I can't sit through the Phantom Menace anymore.

[dgoswald]

I like how McGregor's Obi says, "democracy" in Episode III. It's very grand and overblown.

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

I disagree, I can't sit through the Phantom Menace anymore.

Of course, not everyone agree. I respect your opinion.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by rollinwith26s

There's so much more to the Prequels than dialogue.

I agree - they have an entertainment factor but I was just responding to someone praising the dialogue from Revenge of the Sith:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by greg_achen
Say what you want about Episode III, there are some goldmine quotable moments from that film like the best of the Star Wars films. That being one of them."

[robgmun]

Originally Posted by rollinwith26s

Well. Back when I used to watch Lost (which is highly influenced by the OT), I would notice the parallels between it and the Prequels. So thematically, The Prequels are real Star Wars. But, yes, We're Home does what it is supposed to do on the right target audience by playing into their nasty biases. For me, I will just pretend "We're Home" means it is nice to see Luke, Leia, and Han again. Nothing more. But sadly in the back of the mind I know what is designed to really mean.

And this is why you don't post while drunk people....

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by rollinwith26s

Go read Star Wars Ring Theory and then get back to me. http://www.starwarsringtheory.com/

I'm trying to figure out how this "ring theory" has become so important or earth-shattering to some people when a blind person could see Lucas repeating events and themes from the OT. Gungans = Ewoks, yeah -- everybody got that. In Clones, Anakin has a vision of beloved person in pain like Luke in Empire Strikes Back. Yup, we got it. Observation room in Grievous's ship looks like the throne room on the Death Star in ROTJ, Anakin does what Luke would not. Yeah. We get it. EVERYBODY got it. Now people are crowd-sourcing a documentary to explain the obvious. Next up on the news, Dog Chases Tail.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

I agree - they have an entertainment factor but I was just responding to someone praising the dialogue from Revenge of the Sith:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by greg_achen
Say what you want about Episode III, there are some goldmine quotable moments from that film like the best of the Star Wars films. That being one of them."

"So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause" is one of my favourite lines from the entire saga.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I'm trying to figure out how this "ring theory" has become so important or earth-shattering to some people when a blind person could see Lucas repeating events and themes from the OT. Gungans = Ewoks, yeah -- everybody got that. In Clones, Anakin has a vision of beloved person in pain like Luke in Empire Strikes Back. Yup, we got it. Observation room in Grievous's ship looks like the throne room on the Death Star in ROTJ, Anakin does what Luke would not. Yeah. We get it. EVERYBODY got it. Now people are crowd-sourcing a documentary to explain the obvious. Next up on the news, Dog Chases Tail.

And Lucas never ever hid this fact. In the documentaries on the prequel dvds it come up a few times at least. When he was developing the Prequels Lucas thought of the saga as a poem and wanted some things to mirror events in the OT and some things to repeat. This doesn't make the Prequels any less flawed than they are.

[Blu Warrior]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I'm trying to figure out how this "ring theory" has become so important or earth-shattering to some people when a blind person could see Lucas repeating events and themes from the OT. Gungans = Ewoks, yeah -- everybody got that. In Clones, Anakin has a vision of beloved person in pain like Luke in Empire Strikes Back. Yup, we got it. Observation room in Grievous's ship looks like the throne room on the Death Star in ROTJ, Anakin does what Luke would not. Yeah. We get it. EVERYBODY got it. Now people are crowd-sourcing a documentary to explain the obvious. Next up on the news, Dog Chases Tail.

Maybe because we're hoping to show the non believers that there are more to the prequels than meets the eye. Although, its probably too long for them to get through.

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by Blu Warrior

Maybe because we're hoping to show the non believers that there are more to the prequels than meets the eye. Although, its probably too long for them to get through.

Why do you care? All that matters is that you like them.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Blu Warrior

Maybe because we're hoping to show the non believers that there are more to the prequels than meets the eye. Although, its probably too long for them to get through.

It already does meet the eye. Oedipus Rex could see the parallels. Are you assuming the "non-believers" are simply not intelligent enough to see such obvious things? Trust me, we all saw it. It doesn't come close to compensating for a whole slew of other issues, but this isn't the thread for this.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

I agree - they have an entertainment factor but I was just responding to someone praising the dialogue from Revenge of the Sith:

"Quote:
Originally Posted by greg_achen
Say what you want about Episode III, there are some goldmine quotable moments from that film like the best of the Star Wars films. That being one of them."

I forgot I am posting in a forum where things are taken way too seriously. Ahem. I said there are some great quotable moments. That's hardly a ringing endorsement for the film's dialogue overall.

[metalsonic]

oh episode 3... I always laugh at the anakin obi-wan exchanges:
Obi-Wan: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic! To democracy!!
Anakin: If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!