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But little kids loved TPM, as was designed. It got the job done that it was intended to do.
quote:too old. 8+.quote:
But little kids loved TPM, as was designed. It got the job done that it was intended to do.
And I think that was a penny wise , pound foolish decision on lucas's part.
It would have had a longer and fatter tail for merchandising if they had targeted the 18-35 demographic
quote:I took my nephew and niece were were around 8 and 10 at the time and they loved Jar Jar more than any other character. All their friends felt the same.quote:too old. 8+.quote:
But little kids loved TPM, as was designed. It got the job done that it was intended to do.
And I think that was a penny wise , pound foolish decision on lucas's part.
It would have had a longer and fatter tail for merchandising if they had targeted the 18-35 demographic
TPM targetted 2-4 year olds.
quote:I agree. Phantom Menace was everywhere, even without the internet being what it is today. No facebook, no twitter, no smartphones, but still you couldn't escape it. Part of the hype was probably just due to the fact that they were actually making new Star Wars movies. We had heard rumors of three stories before and 3 after but never in a million years did we think they would ever get made.
I was eighteen when TPM came out. Don't think this one is getting as much hype as TPM.
I think with TPM, nobody really considered that it could suck. Everyone just assumed it and the rest of them would be awesome. I think people are a little more Leary now, though I am very confident this one will be much better.
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TPM is really enjoyable for me every time. Podrace > Endor speeder chase. Battle of Naboo > Ewoks.
Now the space battle and everything happening in Palps' throne room is top notch stuff. The Maul fight is pretty damn good too, though.
quote:I'd rather listen to the end credits music of Return of the Jedi than watch CGI droids fight CGI Gungans on CGI grass. WIth the exception of Utapau, every big land battle in the PT was 2 giant forces run at each other across flat surface.
Sorry, bro. Remove the nostalgia goggles.
quote:watching that naboo fight is like watching my 5yr old play a video game on the phone.quote:I'd rather listen to the end credits music of Return of the Jedi than watch CGI droids fight CGI Gungans on CGI grass. WIth the exception of Utapau, every big land battle in the PT was 2 giant forces run at each other across flat surface.
Sorry, bro. Remove the nostalgia goggles.
Gungans/Droids
Jedi/Droids in the arena - the most wasted opportunity in the entire PT, and that's saying a lot.
Wookiees/Droids
quote:But ROTJ has Chewie doing his Tarzan impersonation swinging to the top of the AT-ST like a boss. Your argument is invalid.
I'd rather listen to Duel of the Fates than watch Ewoks fight.
quote:Tell me what's good about the Battle of Naboo other than the lightsaber fight. Make an argument about how the Queen, Panaka and 3 other guys vs. random droids and Nute Gunray, or the Gungans vs. the Droids on the grassy plains are good scenes. And tell me how Anakin bumbling his way to blowing up the control ship with the able help of Ric Olie is a good scene.
Tell me where I'm wrong.
ROTJ is overall the better movie. Jabba's palace is a better opening than TPM's. And the space battle / Deat Star II scenes were the ****. But let's not pretend it's a perfect movie.
Come at me, you poodoos.
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Tell me where I'm wrong.
ROTJ is overall the better movie. Jabba's palace is a better opening than TPM's. And the space battle / Deat Star II scenes were the ****. But let's not pretend it's a perfect movie.
Come at me, you poodoos.
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TPM is really enjoyable for me every time
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Podrace was really well done, if you can past the somewhat dated cgi and cheesy dialogue.
It's a master class in sound editing and design, for one thing.
quote:The thing i loathe more than anything about the podrace is that Anakin supposedly can race a pod because he is using the Force. Is there any part of that race where he's using the Force?
Podrace was really well done, if you can past the somewhat dated cgi and cheesy dialogue.
It's a master class in sound editing and design, for one thing.
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There were 2 huge opportunities in TPM to show Anakin using the Force - that I would have so loved to see him drawing on the Force in the podrace to "see things before they happen" - play the Force theme in the soundtrack - then cut to Qui-Gon sensing what's going on; then cut to Obi-Wan out on the Queen's ship sensing it; then cut to Maul searching the desert - and he looks up, sensing it too.
quote:IF they knew Dooku was going to be fallen Jedi masters at the beginning of the prequels, they should have had him on the Jedi Council in the first movie, agreeing to train Anakin, and disruptive to the whole "heads in the sand" ideals of the Council - those Council scenes are pitiful in retrospective. Nobody but Mace, Ki Adi, and Yoda even friggin talks!
To me, the biggest failing of the Prequeals was the different bad guy per movie.
quote:Yes, this would have been an improvement. And I say that as one who enjoyed the phantom menace.quote:
There were 2 huge opportunities in TPM to show Anakin using the Force - that I would have so loved to see him drawing on the Force in the podrace to "see things before they happen" - play the Force theme in the soundtrack - then cut to Qui-Gon sensing what's going on; then cut to Obi-Wan out on the Queen's ship sensing it; then cut to Maul searching the desert - and he looks up, sensing it too.
Nice.
quote:Yes it does.
Really good quality, ehanced shot of the Knights of Ren:
Notice the one on the far left. Does it look like his right arm IS the blaster?
Also, the guy in the back...
