View Full Version : STAR WARS!
DeadKennedys
Apr 20th, 2005, 09:06 PM
I got my tickets for the May 18th/19th midnight premiere. How 'bout you?
Rongi
Apr 20th, 2005, 10:36 PM
nah
sports
Apr 20th, 2005, 10:51 PM
I'll go see it the 2nd or 3rd week, too crowded.
Rob
Apr 21st, 2005, 12:16 AM
I just downloaded the new song called Battle of the Heroes and it sounds like the trailer music from Harry Potter. :|
Bell E. Laffs
Apr 21st, 2005, 02:49 AM
Is Chewy going to be in this one, I like him he's so unpredictable like kramer from seinfield.
Dole
Apr 21st, 2005, 11:27 AM
Its the same day here too, cool. I have tickets - mainly because I have seen every star wars film at the cinema, and I will be forever cursed if I dont follow the pattern. I am sure its going to have the same problems as the last two though, ie massive bits of rubbishness amongst some cool action bits.
Dynamic Dustin M.
Apr 22nd, 2005, 11:14 AM
I'll go see it the 2nd or 3rd week, too crowded.
I'm with you, I'd rather go see it when I don't have to sit next to a guy who hasn't showered in a week as he camped outside the theatre. :puke
sports
Apr 22nd, 2005, 04:34 PM
At our theater, nobody has ever camped outside of it :(. I just don't like watching a star wars movie, with a bunch of star wars nerds is all.
timrpgland
Apr 22nd, 2005, 07:03 PM
I have some higher hopes for this one compared to the first two. There was a reason the first two were the way they were. For the most part I think III will make up for it.
I liked the first two enough though unlike alot of people.
Rez
Apr 22nd, 2005, 07:06 PM
There was a reason the first two were the way they were. For the most part I think III will make up for it.
.
thats one of the more logically retarded conclusions some can make, i guess..
pjalne
Apr 22nd, 2005, 07:33 PM
The whole "Episodes I and II were weak because they were setting up the big story that really matters" argument is horseshit. To begin with, it's not a good excuse. You don't sacrifice two movies so you can gather up enough gunpowder to make the last one count. You make the other ones matter. You figure "By the end of this movie, this is what I want to have told a story about and this is how I will make it worthwhile."
Also, the first one didn't set up jack shit except introducing the main characters to each other and show that Darth Vader once was really good at playing racing games. The rest was two guys walking around in the sand trying to fix their ship and a bunch of frog creatures (never heard from before or since) fighting LEGO robots. I suppose the political basis for the wholse series was explained, but can you honestly say you walked out understanding exactly how the trade federation related to the senate, the republic somethingorother, the Naboo government, the tax guys or the four hundred other groups that are mentioned without being tied in with anything else? That's not exposition, that's confusing and boring your audience.
I don't get all steamed up about the prequels, I actually had a good time watching the second one. But I'm sick of hearing people saying that having two thirds of your story being a disjointed mess is okay because you get to see Vader in his suit for ten minutes at the end of it all. That's just not how a good storyteller works.
timrpgland
Apr 22nd, 2005, 07:35 PM
I love uppity types who always have nothing to add. (rez)
We all have our opinion when it comes to the Star Wars series as a whole. The trend wasn't suprising if you followed what was supposed to happen. There wasn't much of a chance for the prequels to be as good as IV, V and VI simply because of how the story lays out.
III should be the Empire Strikes Back of I, II and III so to speak.
the_dudefather
Apr 22nd, 2005, 07:45 PM
to think that half of episode two's plot was result of a hastily named war in episode iv, unless lucas had everything planned from the start (yeah right)
the clone wars series on toomani (or whatever the us equivilent is) is quite cool tho
pjalne
Apr 22nd, 2005, 07:49 PM
Toonami. And yeah, I watched that show the other day and it was pretty cool.
Zomboid
Apr 22nd, 2005, 08:19 PM
Yeah, I caught it on tv a few times and it was cool...It was nice seeing the guy who becomes vader not being a whiny little girl too.
ziggytrix
Apr 22nd, 2005, 11:16 PM
Why's it so hard to believe Lucas had more than just a basic timeline for the events in his "grand epic story"? As a sci-fi writer I can easliy see him coming up with some pretty convoluted histories and backstory in his notes when he is working the story for 4-6.
I think maybe the reason 1 and 2 are so mediocre - they don't have the fully developed feel that 4-6 had since, if you believe Lucas, you were looking at the middle part of a pretty developed story.
Or maybe he's just faking it as he goes - I'll still watch Episode 3, eventually...
Number17
Apr 23rd, 2005, 04:15 AM
I don't see any reason to get any early tickets. I'll just wait until its a weekday or something to go see it. It will be worth it to watch it while eating dark side M&M's.
Talk about milking a franchise....
Rez
Apr 23rd, 2005, 05:06 AM
I love uppity types who always have nothing to add. (rez)
The trend wasn't suprising if you followed what was supposed to happen. There wasn't much of a chance for the prequels to be as good as IV, V and VI simply because of how the story lays out.
i like retarded types that "add nothing" to this forum.
you're trying to rationalize the utter crap that was one and two (and four) because of how weak the premise was when really you're just admitting how incredibly sub-par the entire kit is as a whole
oh yeah.. it just wasnt possible to make ep 1 and 2 any good because it was setup. and lemme say, man, that setup is a black hole in filmaking. i mean, you wanna get in and out of that shit as fast as you can because it just RUINS the greatest artists.
BUT,
A and B suck, therefore C will rock.
:/
MetalMilitia
Apr 23rd, 2005, 08:42 AM
I spent last night playing Lego Star wars, it was awsome.
the_dudefather
Apr 23rd, 2005, 08:46 AM
yeah im going to rent that later, looks rad
Dole
Apr 23rd, 2005, 09:06 AM
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00061I4U6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
the_dudefather
Apr 23rd, 2005, 12:08 PM
yeah im going to rent that later, looks rad
from what ive play now it is rather rad
MetalMilitia
Apr 23rd, 2005, 12:18 PM
The pod racers level is mega hard , on co-op mode anyway.
Ninjavenom
Apr 23rd, 2005, 12:52 PM
Adept has tickets to see it at midnight for the premiere show. I'm collecting dough to go see it myself :O
timrpgland
Apr 23rd, 2005, 01:58 PM
The main character of the whole star wars series is Anakin Skywalker, that was Lucas' plan from the beginning. The first one was stupid at times and the kid was annoying but this introduced everyone to Anakin and showed how in tune he was at a early age. Part 2 developed the love story a bit because it had to happen sometime before his fall otherwise how would he have kids? I never said 1 and 2 were awesome but I enjoyed following the story even though he messed it up at times.
Lucas had to keep to these points unless he wanted to get it all over with at once, instead he chose to lead up to the fall of Anakin and that is exactly what III will be. Therefore, I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be good.
If you think 4 sucked then oh well. A New Hope was classic storytelling.
Rez
Apr 23rd, 2005, 10:04 PM
1. setup is no excuse for tepid, stiff writing.
2. "classic storytelling" is a euphamism for velveeta grade mediocrity that allow assholes like speilberg to still release sentimental claptrap. a new hope has awful dialogue and aborted character development. it's unimaginative, so i guess you could call it "classic."
nothing4buddha
Apr 23rd, 2005, 10:18 PM
k you can stop sucking your own dick now k thx :rolleyes
Rez
Apr 23rd, 2005, 10:58 PM
shut up. learn to spell. fuck off.
Rongi
Apr 23rd, 2005, 11:16 PM
it's unimaginative
A New Hope is not unimaginative. If you can name one movie like it before it was made i will give you the head of a golden calf.
Rez
Apr 23rd, 2005, 11:42 PM
there's a diffrence between unimaginative and unoriginal. a new hope is original in story if not in theme, but it is BLAND. it lacks well-constructed, intricate, or even flat out imagination. sci-fi existed before this, so lucas merely made a dull story in it, imo.
ArrowX
Apr 24th, 2005, 01:33 AM
It was the firs movie featuring someones downward decent to being an Emo.
ziggytrix
Apr 24th, 2005, 02:16 AM
there's a diffrence between unimaginative and unoriginal. a new hope is original in story if not in theme, but it is BLAND. it lacks well-constructed, intricate, or even flat out imagination. sci-fi existed before this, so lucas merely made a dull story in it, imo.
I think your opinion is bullshit.
Sam
Apr 24th, 2005, 02:58 AM
It was the firs movie featuring someones downward decent to being an Emo.
No, it wasn't. :/
ArrowX
Apr 24th, 2005, 03:03 AM
the first significantly popular ones. Or at leas the first series or films. First hes just a whiney Farm boy who doesn't get what he wants, then he finds out he has daddy issues, then hes all angry at the world and cuts off his dads hand, then hes all happy and seeing ghosts.
ziggytrix
Apr 24th, 2005, 03:53 AM
Well, GEE, when you put it like THAT it STILL sounds retarded as FUCK.
ArrowX
Apr 24th, 2005, 04:00 AM
I'm not trying to defend the series in any way. The films arent great but none of them are completeley bad.
Chojin
Apr 24th, 2005, 05:12 AM
I liked 4-6 but I recognize that they were pretty stupid.
the_dudefather
Apr 24th, 2005, 07:05 AM
dare i play anymore of episode 3 in lego star wars and ruin it for me? advantage of doing so means i can play as darth vader...
oooo the decisions...
Bobo Adobo
Apr 24th, 2005, 09:20 PM
How would it ruin it for you? The trailers pretty much give you the storyline.
If you examine most of the sci-fi films made before 1977, i don't see how you could come to the conclusion that it was unimaginative. The plot/story itself is cliche, but the special effects, characters, and overall artwork of the movie are trully innovative.
the_dudefather
Apr 25th, 2005, 05:42 AM
its not the storyline im worried about too much, but the sequence of events (if that makes sense) such as action scenes or smaller storyline developments and such.
i hope general grievious is as cool as he looks and how the toonami series suggests, unlike darth maul, who looks bad-ass but is a bit of a pussy in the game
Krythor
Apr 25th, 2005, 12:00 PM
It's the earliest sci-fi story I can think of where all of the amazing technology and strange creatures are taken for granted. Heck, part of the reason that the Special Editions and prequels suck so much ass is how much emphasis is put on how amazing everything is, which completely pisses on the universe first established in the 70s.
I'm pretty gay, huh.
Supafly345
Apr 25th, 2005, 05:26 PM
My brother is a huge starwars fan, and he seems to have completely forgotten that this movie is coming out. Now its all "oh boy, charlie and the chocolate factory!"
And I agree, when is charlie and the chocolate factory coming out?
xenosoul
Apr 25th, 2005, 07:30 PM
A new hope was great, the guy who said it wasnt probably loved napoleon dynamite.
Guitar Woman
Apr 25th, 2005, 08:53 PM
Hoefully Lucas will have been too busy killing off characters to write "My young padawan" into the dialogue :(
FS
Apr 26th, 2005, 06:26 AM
--FS, earlier 2005
>:
the_dudefather
Apr 26th, 2005, 07:37 AM
is it a rule now if you want something to be 'darker' than its predecesors you just have to add a scar over the main characters eye
works for prince of persia
DeadKennedys
Apr 26th, 2005, 08:06 AM
A new hope was great, the guy who said it wasnt probably loved napoleon dynamite.
I love A New Hope and Napoleon Dynamite.
vBulletin® v3.6.8, Copyright ©2000-2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.