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| DarkZero 1230th Post
 
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|  "Revenge of the Sith" , posted Thu 19 May 16:45
Every summer we seem to have a lot of off-topic posts about the big nerd movies that are coming out. I figured that for once, I'd start the thread for one of them.
I just got back from a midnight showing of Revenge of the Sith and it was pretty much perfect. It lags for about fifteen or twenty minutes somewhere in there, just like Attack of the Clones did, but after that little lull it really takes off and just keeps getting wilder and wilder until the finish. I loved it.
I'll put this in spoiler space, but I do have one note for the people that loved the Clone Wars animated series as much as I did. It may be worth reading since it's not so much a spoiler as it is a warning:
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Clone Wars Grievous >>>>>>>> RotS Grievous
It's like the guys behind the Clone Wars cartoon looked at the script, saw a useless, uninteresting character in the film named "General Grievous", and found ten times the potential that Lucas ever found in him. The only thing I can imagine is that certain characters that get tons of screen time in Clone Wars but very little in RotS, like Grievous and the Clone Troopers, were intended to be ignored in the movies and fleshed out only in the animated series, comic books, video games, and other assorted stories.
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And now, for those who have actually watched the film, a spoiler question:
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What's the deal with Qui-Gonn and the Sith? Count Dooku says something about Qui-Gonn having a relation to the Dark Side in Attack of the Clones. Then, in Revenge of the Sith, Qui-Gonn is the only one who knows the immortality techniques of Darth Plagus, a nearly all-powerful Sith Lord who was killed by his apprentice. Do any of the Star Wars fans here know of a side story that explains why he would know this?
Oh, and another Clone Wars thing: Grievous suffering from Mace Windu's attack in Clone Wars was a great touch. I kind of like the fact that they never explained that to the audience members who hadn't seen Clone Wars.
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| DarkZero 1231th Post
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| "Re(2):Revenge of the Sith" , posted Thu 19 May 19:32
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So If I understand you...
General Grievous spoilers follow (nothing TOO big if you've seen Clone Wars, but it still spoils a bit):
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Grievous speaks in a Russian accent, limps around with his dirty cloak open (he never takes the "seven foot tall White Tower of Doom" pose from the end of the first season), never grabs a lightsaber with his feet, never does a backflip, and never shows any affection for Count Dooku, even though the second season portayed him not only as Dooku's apprentice, but also as a kind of pet.
By comparison, he's actually portrayed as kind of an idiot. During his first fight, he says something in that heavy, Oh-boy-I-loves-the-vodka Russian accent to the effect of, "I have studied and learned your Jedi arts." Apparently the depth of his knowledge of the Jedi arts stops at "grab four lightsabers and spin them all like neon weedwhackers", because that's all he really does. He's not a martial artist or a swordsman at all, really.
Then again, as I mentioned in the second spoiler, Grievous spends all of his screen time suffering from the Force-inflicted heart attack Mace Windu gave him at the end of Clone Wars, so he's not exactly on top of his game. That still doesn't explain why he seems like a totally different character when he talks, though.
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| Sensenic 1293th Post
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| "Re(1):Revenge of the Sith" , posted Fri 20 May 06:39
A really wonnnnderful movie. Maybe nothing surprising, but really delicious, pure eye-candy.
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And now, for those who have actually watched the film, a spoiler question:
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As I see it, altho' I don't remember anything about that stuff on Qui-Gonn in Ep2, Qui-Gonn doesn't know the Sith's immortality techniques, which consisted in avoiding death (ironically, the death of others, mainly. Which is funny, being him a Sith and thus being it a Dark Side power ^_^).
What Qui-Gonn masters is that stuff of keeping his own consciousness alive within the Force after having died, as later Yoda, ObiWan and Anakin do too. That is, the "phantoms" that appear in eps 5 & 6. As Obi says to Vader: "they've become more powerful than what you could ever imagine", or also, you might have heard "they became one with the Force". I think there was supposedly some scene with Qui-Gonn's ghost, but, (I'd say probably because of some trouble with Liam Neeson) that scene eventually didn't make it. Or whatever.
Again, as I see it, that's there to show that, ironically or rather, tragically for poor (powerful, good-willed but just plain Stupid) Anakin, the Light Side is the one that really ultimately allowed you to live to heal and stuff, not the Dark Side as Pal promised him.
And last but not least, (also, as I see it) from the looks on his face while he was telling it, I'd say that this "all-powerful Sith Lord's apprentice who killed his master" was none other than Palpatine himself. Don't you think?
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Two more things:
1- Gotta love ObiWan fighting (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) Chinese style with his lightsaber against Grievous. 
2- Am I the only one who saw a reference to good ol' George W Bush in that dialog:
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(Note: This is my English translation from the Spanish version, which I saw. Gotta watch OV someday)
Anakin: If you're not with me then you're my enemy!
ObiWan: Only a Sith would see things in such a extreme way!
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Most certainly... 
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Nihon mo ingenmame wo tsukurimasu Jan
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| Click 596th Post
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| "Re(4):Revenge of the Sith" , posted Fri 20 May 10:14
I hate to piss all over the party, but it really didn't do too much for me. I may have set my standards ridiculously high, but... I dunno. The Ep. I and II scars still remain.
Maybe I'm being too harsh, but I do want to see it again before I commit myself to claiming to as mediocre.
The pacing really annoyed me. Each scene was so quick that I never got the chance to feel pulled in and part of what was going on. And then those cheesy, low class scene transitions are back again to whisk you away to another bit of action. [I DESPISE those swipes that are present... did the editor decide to use every possible built-in transition in whatever software they were using? It's not cool.]
But yea, the ending felt so rushed, and so quick... The whole thing, really, felt too quick. Every character's decision, every dramatic plot development seemed to happen with the snap of a finger.
But maybe I'm just being too asshole-ish.
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| OYashiroForever 832th Post
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| "Re(5):Revenge of the Sith" , posted Fri 20 May 11:00
I'm not a Star Wars fan (I enjoy the Original Trilogy, but have never bought a Star Wars product, can't recite lines from the movies, and don't own any of them on DVD), so feel free to ignore me, fanboys.
I thought Episode 3 was an empty experience. While I loved Palpatine and his manipulations and sheer over-the-top scenery-chewing, I couldn't have cared less what happened to any of the other characters. The acting and dialogue are BAD (problem with all 3 prequel movies... Lucas simply can't write convincing, emotive dialogue) and the rest of the cast seemed totally uninterested (Samuel L. and Ewan McGregor).
I never saw the Clone Wars TV thing, so I have no way to judge otherwise, but Gen. Grievous was a waste of a character in the movie. He's a joke. A walking plot device with a cheap gimmick to sell toys.
Anyway... I liked all of the stuff that tied up the loose ends and connected the new trilogy with the old one, but still feel that this movie is no better than the other two prequel movies. They're boring, they're chockful of horrible dialogue and acting, and worst of all, they're unnecessary.
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| DarkZero 1232th Post
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| "Re(6):Revenge of the Sith" , posted Fri 20 May 13:24
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Why, when Dark Jedi like Palpatine are supposed to be so terribly clever, do they never go about learning obviously useful non-destruction oriented "Light side" powers?
Don't they, though? The only Light Side powers I remember from the movies or Knights of the Old Republic were the sort of "inward" powers, like physical toughness, acrobatics, coordination, etc. and the non-destructive telekinesis. Palpatine and Dooku seemed to know all of those, in addition to the "outward" powers like Force Lightning and Force Choke. The only Light Side power I know of that the Sith didn't have was the hidden one that was mentioned toward the end of the movie, but most Light Side Jedi didn't know it, either. (If you haven't seen the movie, that's not really a spoiler. It's not a majo plot point by any means.)
On an unrelated note:
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"As I see it, altho' I don't remember anything about that stuff on Qui-Gonn in Ep2, Qui-Gonn doesn't know the Sith's immortality techniques, which consisted in avoiding death (ironically, the death of others, mainly. Which is funny, being him a Sith and thus being it a Dark Side power ^_^)."
Hmmm... that makes sense. Thanks.
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| Time Mage 2140th Post
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| "Re(1):Grievous" , posted Sat 21 May 10:11
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Yes, his role was minimal but... so was Bobba Fett in Return of the Jedi, he's inept, stupid, and dies by accident... and still people think he's cool.
Good point.
I've seen it a few hours ago, and frankly... I've loved it. The only complain I have is that the pace of the movie is a bit rushed at times, like the submission of Anakin to the Dark Side: Instead of making it more gradual, he goes from
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caring for Padme and the babie life to slaughtering young padawans within a few scenes. Being responsible of Windu's death is not enough trigger to such a brutal change.
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Anyway, the Obi Wan vs Anakin fight is absolutely marvelous, both in the fighting and in the acting: I really felt bad when
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Obi Wan tells Anakin: "You were like a brother to me". You can tell Obi Wan's suffering, yet he is determinated enough to fight and defeat him.
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| DarkZero 1234th Post
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| "Re(4):Grievous" , posted Sat 21 May 17:55:
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"Anakin being more or less "OMG I'm so confused, I don't know what to think... why don't you tell me what to do, and I'll do anything you say"
I thought that was really weird and unconvincing."
Well, what other choice did he have, really? He was pretty much given a Faustian deal. Sell out to Palpatine, do whatever he wants, and hope that he decides to show Anakin the way to save Padme, or be a good boy, kill Palpatine, and watch her die senselessly. I didn't find it strange at all that Anakin had a sudden unflinching allegiance to Palpatine, because Palpatine essentially had Padme held hostage, at least from Anakin's perspective. If Palpatine was the only one who could save her, then that's really no different than Palpatine himself having a knife at her throat.
I think that he recognized that killing the kids was essentially a test of loyalty from Palpatine. If Anakin would kill the kids, then he'd definitely do anything else Palpatine asked, so that was the first thing he asked for. And if the Jedi were ultimately going to sell out their ideals and act like the Sith anyway (which was Windu's huge mistake that got him killed), then I don't think it mattered much to Anakin in the long run, anyway. In Knights of the Old Republic, don't you still raze the Sith Academy as a Light Side Jedi?
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| Grahf 395th Post
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| "Re(6):Grievous" , posted Sun 22 May 06:31
As someone who hasn't seen any of the Clone Wars series, I thought Grievous was really cool in Revenge of the Sith.
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Sure, he was running away most of the time, but he still gave the jedi plenty of trouble. The scene where he smashes open the window and climbs on the outside of the ship, the fact that he had all those lightsabers, and his very appearance were all very cool.
As far as him coming off weak, you have to sort of realize that he is weak compared to the major players in this movie. Obi Wan, Anakin, Mace, Yoda, Darth Sideous -- all these guys are supposed to be the best of the best. Even Count Dooku is supposed to be stronger than Grievous, and he wasn't even much of a threat in this movie. The fact that Grievous became the effective head of the droid army and was such a key issue to the war made him seem strong and important to me.
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| Sano 1779th Post
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| "Re(7):Grievous" , posted Sun 22 May 07:18:
Personally I can't stand the Clone Wars cartoon, so any differnces are okay with me. I think they lost me when they had Mace Windu, a character everyone and their momma knew was going to die destroy a robot army by himself, remove screws from robots, loose his Light Sabor and beat them up by hand, go in to a big Robot Ship and destroy it... it just wasn't Star Wars to me, in the movies their powers have never been that exagerated. I can't stand the character designs either since I really wanted a Star Wars cartoon to look much more realistic then that (at least WB DC cartoons realistic) since we know of the characters from the movies and all. Heh, of course Grevious would be God Tier in that show where Mace Windu could do all of the stuff he could do. Yoda did some God Tier stuff in that show too like landing a huge enemy ship with the force... the irony is if they wanted some one in that show to do God Tier stuff, his name was Anakin - that would of been much more believable or set him up as being 'the man' since Episode II failed to do so.
If it helps Lucas had very little involvement with the cartoon, so if you wish you can ignore it or embrace it, that's up to you. I choose to ignore it myself.
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| rid 6631th Post
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| "Grievous profile" , posted Sun 22 May 22:17
SPOILERISH - from http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/generalgrievous/
When the greedy corporate titans and the disenfranchised systems of the galaxy pooled their resources together to leave the aging Galactic Republic behind, they became the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Their military assets formed a droid army of seemingly limitless size -- a weapon that needed a military mastermind to wield effectively.
From within the ranks of the Confederacy came General Grievous, a brilliant strategist unhindered by compassion or scruples. His lightning strikes and effective campaigns caused his reputation to grow in the eyes of a frightened Republic. To many, he eclipsed the threat posed by Count Dooku, the charismatic leader of the Confederacy's political battlefields -- Grievous was the face of the enemy.
A twisted melding of flesh and metal, General Grievous' body is a deadly weapon forged by the cutting edge developers of the Confederacy. Within the hardened carapace beats the heart of a remorseless killer. Grievous hunted Jedi for sport and proudly displayed his victims' lightsabers around his belt as trophies of his conquests. His unorthodox fighting form and mechanical enhancements gave him an edge in close-quarters combat, and his strategic ingenuity and flawless cunning rendered him almost invincible against the Jedi.
In the final stages of the Clone Wars, Grievous orchestrated a daring strike against the heart of the Republic. His flagship led a fleet of massive warships to Coruscant, where an immense battle raged in the upper atmospheres of the capital world. The fighting had gone on long enough -- one way or another, this strike would lay the foundation for the end of the war. Grievous was determined to be victor, and hoped to add the lightsabers of the most famous Jedi warriors -- Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi -- to his grisly collection.
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| Kaepora 419th Post
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| "Re(1):Grievous profile" , posted Mon 23 May 01:24
The thought of a droid that walked hunched over, spoke with an accent, and had random coughing fits seemed pretty cool to me. I liked him best of the villains; Sideous was a bit too over-the-top for me and Anakin was merely okay in my eyes until the end. I was kind of disappointed that he isn't all droid, to be honest. But I guess his actual profile is okay too. And if his Clone Wars incarnation is even more kick-ass, I guess I have to see that now.
As far as the movie itself, it was good. I probably would have gotten more out of it if I'd seen the first two movies or Clone Wars. The whole lava planet part was exceptionally good. A couple scenes were too rushed (as in too much happened in too short a time)...
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In just one scene, three Jedi die in less than a minute, Mace breaks the Jedi mindthink, Sideous gets his ghastly appearance, Anakin turns and pledges full allegence to the Dark Side. Slow it down. The final ending scene snippets also seemed way too fast.
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...but overall it was very enjoyable.
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| Time Mage 2141th Post
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| "Order 66" , posted Mon 23 May 20:48
I have a question regarding the "Order 66": were the clones "programmed" to follow that order blindly at the moment it's made, not being even conscious about it, or rather they were informed about what to do when they got said order?
I ask this because just before hearing the order, the clone captain kindly returns Obi Wan his lightsaber, but if they knew that sometime they would have to attack him, it would be preferrable not to help him.
Also, why the Mace Windu hate? I like him a lot: He's serious, wise, and strong (the strongest, in fact). What's not likeable about him?
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| shin ramberk
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| "Re(1):Order 66" , posted Mon 23 May 22:36
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I have a question regarding the "Order 66": were the clones "programmed" to follow that order blindly at the moment it's made, not being even conscious about it, or rather they were informed about what to do when they got said order?
I ask this because just before hearing the order, the clone captain kindly returns Obi Wan his lightsaber, but if they knew that sometime they would have to attack him, it would be preferrable not to help him.
Also, why the Mace Windu hate? I like him a lot: He's serious, wise, and strong (the strongest, in fact). What's not likeable about him?
I also want to know what is up with the Mace Hate? As for Order 66 it could be (a) they were programmed like TM said. Or (b) they were all briefed on an emergency 'anti-jedi' plan when trained. Afterall, the Jedi were so powerful, the regular government and army must have had a contingency plan in case they went evil. But I think its most likely (a). I don't think we'll ever know the full details on this. Maybe its in the novelization... Still pretty damn tragic scene when they all get betrayed. Sad!
What I don't get is this whole business about clones. I saw Episode 2 like only once. I've been wanting to re-watch for a long time now but never got around to it. But didn't the bad guys originally hatch the clones? I thought the Seperatists hatched the clones. But now we hear the Senator say "our clone intelligence has found Grievous..." I know that Sideous=Palpatine, duh. But I thought the Republic fought the clones in episode 2. What is the deal wit these clones. Why would the Seperatists use clones anyway if they were so tech heavy with their droid army.
Now I'm really confused. It shouldn't be this way. its just star wars!
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| Time Mage 2142th Post
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| "Re(2):Order 66" , posted Mon 23 May 23:50
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What I don't get is this whole business about clones. I saw Episode 2 like only once. I've been wanting to re-watch for a long time now but never got around to it. But didn't the bad guys originally hatch the clones? I thought the Seperatists hatched the clones. But now we hear the Senator say "our clone intelligence has found Grievous..." I know that Sideous=Palpatine, duh. But I thought the Republic fought the clones in episode 2. What is the deal wit these clones. Why would the Seperatists use clones anyway if they were so tech heavy with their droid army.
The clones were "preordered" by some Jedi long time ago, supposedly under the orders or influenced by Darth Sidious, to make an army for the Republic. when the Jedis discover this army, they don't like it, but an emergency (the separatists rise) leads to granting special powers to Palpatine, and thus he orders the use of that army (which he supposedly asked to be made, probably being part of his long-planned scheme).
So, to sum up: The separatists have their own droid army, and the Republic, even without wanting it in the first place, has its clone army.
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| DarkZero 1234th Post
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| "Re(5):Re(10):Grievous" , posted Tue 24 May 07:42
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And the end of the lava scene was excellent. I was just sad to see some of the Jedi die so fast to the Clone Troopers. I mean, it's hard to believe these guys had such good aim at one time and then just sucked at aiming as Storm Troopers.
I didn't get a very good look at them, but I think that most of the Clone Troopers who took down the Jedi were actually Clone Commandoes, like Cody or the guys from the Republic Commando game. They're not as genetically docile as the other troopers, they weren't grown as quickly, and they were personally trained by Jango Fett and various other specialists from around the galaxy. They're basically small teams of Boba Fetts, but if I remember correctly, there are only like 200 of them out of many thousands of Clone Troopers.
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I have a question regarding the "Order 66": were the clones "programmed" to follow that order blindly at the moment it's made, not being even conscious about it, or rather they were informed about what to do when they got said order?
I ask this because just before hearing the order, the clone captain kindly returns Obi Wan his lightsaber, but if they knew that sometime they would have to attack him, it would be preferrable not to help him.
I think it could go either way. They probably knew that they were never really on the side of the Jedi, so it could've been genetic or they could've just know ahead of time that they would eventually have to fight the Jedi. Cody giving Obi-Wan his lightsaber makes sense though, because even if they knew about the order, they never knew when it would come, and the only reason Sidious used it when he did was because he was exposed.
So, one other thing: If this whole "appearing as a phantom after you die" thing is actually a learned Jedi technique, rather than a natural thing like it appeared to be in the original trilogy, then why does Anakin appear alongside Obi-Wan and Yoda at the end? He couldn't have been taught after Episode III, because he's evil by then. He also couldn't have been taught by Qui-Gon Jinn, because then he wouldn't need to become a cyborg, he'd just become a phantom Sith and get his revenge that way.
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| Mokona 268th Post
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| "Re(2):attention:" , posted Tue 24 May 23:48:
Saw it too, wasn't too impressed, but at least, it was a lot more effective than Eps I and II (though the dialogues are still either cheesy or plain pathetic, especially in any scene involving romance...). Let's say it did its job.
Haven't seen Clone Wars yet (plan on watching it this week, probably will re-watch the movie after that), and like others, I thought Grievous was kinda cool. I did find it a bit odd that he was portrayed as a weak coward. At first, I was like "A droid that coughs and has trouble walking, that's just lame, droids don't cough..." then I saw he was part-living creature, so it made sense, and it actually made the character cooler. Although, as I seem to get from the discussions, he seems to have had quite a brush with Windu, so it kinda makes sense that he's not so bad-ass in the movie, since he's so diminished; plus they do give the info that he at least WAS a bad-ass, since he managed to kill at least 4 jedi (which is clearly a sign of power and fighting ability... then again, he could have just tricked them and killed them in a lame way, I wouldn't know, though it would kinda go with his character from the movie...)
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| "Re(3):attention:" , posted Wed 25 May 18:29
Last one in;
I finally broke down and saw it.
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The first half hour or so was fine, even fun with R2 scening (man that thing screams a lot in this one) and the droids having some kind of personality (I assume this came from the cartoon, because I don't remember the droids having any such comedic talents in the previous eps). The next hour was passable; though I still think Anakin's actor is horrid, at least he has that in common with his son Luke so it didn't seem out of place.
But the end I felt was 20 minutes of wasted time. From a storytelling perspective it had no resolution, so of course that's not good. They could have just saved tons and stopped the movie after Obi-wan defeats Anakin and walks away. But NOOOOO, they were more concerned about making the link to Episode 4 even more glaringly obvious, even though it was already done by that point. Anyone who's seen them knows that she had twins, that Vader would eventually get the space samurai getup, that Obi-Wan and Yoda would be back... what's left to explain but nitpicking details that the idiot Star Wars fan demands? I'm sure that they ate it up too. Even though Vader was a total pussy after he got the extreme armor makeover, I'm sure the fans just made up some BS excuse like "he's just adjusting to his new identity!" or "he's killing his light side!" LOL nerds
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And with that I'm done. Thank god that's over.
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| DarkZero 1239th Post
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| "Re(4):attention:" , posted Wed 25 May 19:38
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Anyone who's seen them knows that she had twins, that Vader would eventually get the space samurai getup, that Obi-Wan and Yoda would be back... what's left to explain but nitpicking details that the idiot Star Wars fan demands? I'm sure that they ate it up too. Even though Vader was a total pussy after he got the extreme armor makeover, I'm sure the fans just made up some BS excuse like "he's just adjusting to his new identity!" or "he's killing his light side!" LOL nerds
I might be alone on this, because I know that the final scene with Vader was very poorly done, but I thought the fact that he asks about his wife after becoming a cyborg killing machine was pretty cool. I was always under the impression that Anakin basically dies, becomes a senseless and evil killing machine devoted to the Dark Side, and then sort of "wakes up" at the end of Return of the Jedi. Between asking about his wife after he becomes Vader and earlier giving Padme the same "Let's rule the galaxy together" speech that he gives Luke in Return of the Jedi, you really get the feeling that there was real human being under Vader's mask that was making conscious decisions to hurt people, including his own children. It kind of makes him even more evil.
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| shin ramberk
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| "Yeah, lets get racist and sexist" , posted Fri 27 May 00:54
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I'd just like to note that it wouldn't have been a Star Wars movie without A) Padme giving up the will to live because raising her newborn children and protecting them from a psychotic monster with super powers just isn't good enough a reason, and B) One of the female Jedi (I think it was Aayla Secura? The blue Twi'lek?) being killed by the Clone Troopers in such a gruesome way that it couldn't even be shown on screen.
They can throw in a character like Bail Organa and make him incredibly likeable over the space of one or two scenes, but I guess that if they had even one likeable female character, they'd be forced to put the whole movie under the "Expanded Universe" section of StarWars.com, because it obviously wouldn't be part of the Star Wars canon any more.
I know that that's incredibly negative and borders on whiny, but really... did anyone else have a major problem with that aspect of Episode III? Between Episode II and Episode III, we had Knights of the Old Republic and Clone Wars, which both had great female characters. It kind of made the lack of strong women (and presence of worthless, pathetic ones) in Episode III really obvious.
I have mixed feelings on this DZ. I noticed this also but didn't think much of it because... it's Star Wars damnit. It's just a silly movie.
But you do make valid points. I can't think of anything worthwhile being done by women in any of the Prequel movies. In all six movies, women seemingly need to be rescued all the time. There wasn't even a female jedi MASTER in the prequel movies. There wasn't even a female rebel pilot or high level (or low level) female Imperial officer.
Its just a playground for boys. What the other poster wrote about it being simply boys playing 'pretend' in the backyard was a perfect analogy.
Having said that. Eh, whatever. In a way, its very unfair for women because this is a movie that everyone should enjoy and love. But at the same time, "screw political correctness and equality."
I always get a little ticked off when Latinos are under represented in movies or get crappy roles. Jimmy Smitts was the only Latino that I can think of in the entire SW movie series. And while he got an important role (albeit little speaking parts), its still disappointing to me.
There were only two prominent black men in the entire series. Were there any Asians or Indians or... [insert other ethnic group here]?
It was made by a WHITE MAN. Eh. My point is... I don't care. I told my friend that not only was there only one Latino in the Star Wars cast, but his home planet gets blown up in Episode 4. I said, "the Latino Planet" gets blown up in Episode 4-- George Lucas doesn't like Latinos! There are no more Latinos in the Star Wars universe. Of course, his response was "that was short sighted of the Emperor and Vader to do that. Afterall, who's going to clean the Death Star."
Of course, it would have been some Asian engineers who designed the Death Star. And you know that in the lower levels they had a special LAN section full of computers and high speed access so all the Koreans could take a break from blowing up planets and play some Starcraft or WoW.
And of course all the white people are supervising. And the women are all sitting at home, barefoot and pregnant.
What was my point... eh?
Go buy the new Warlock series by Marvel. It is good support this title!
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| HAYATO 401th Post
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| "Re(1):Returning to the Jedi again" , posted Thu 2 Jun 05:23
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It's almost a shame that Lucas won't make the sequel trilogy after all, but that's what the (awful) new ending of Return of the Jedi was pointing at, I guess.
Well, Lucas is just a greedy bastard, so I assume he will make the remaining films (if not a remake of the old trilogy, or both)in a near future, they mean easy money after all...and well, if he dies before filming them, then his inheritors will. You know filming Star Wars is easy, you just need to convince some friends in funny suits and ugly rubber masks to do the moron a bit inside a blue room, and then hiring about 300 Koreans to make the rest of it with those überPCs of theirs...
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And a sidenote: When I saw the old trilogy as a kid, Vader and the Emperor scared me a lot, I'm sure I had nightmares at a point or another. But the kids I saw in the teather watching Episode 3 were almost giggling when you see Anakin... errr... "wounded" after his last fight (won't spoil). There's something so wrong with today's kids...
Look what Naruto is doing to our children !!!!!
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| Gojira 1741th Post
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| "Wark" , posted Thu 2 Jun 18:50
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I just know what parents aren't doing: raising them correctly.
When I worked at a II, one of my coworkers shared a nice story with me: He had been called in on a project with a team at another company the previous year. Whenever they sat down on a design meeting, they'd throw ideas in and develop them. That was the purpose, but on this project there was one guy who would ALWAYS find something wrong with an idea, no matter what it was. I call this guy AVERAGE GAMER FANGUY. "Oh, that was done in Zelda." "Oh, that's not fun, nobody will play that." "Oh, nobody plays platformers any more." So they'd have hours where they'd sit around and try to come up with something, and AGF would just shoot everything down until it ended in some kind of argument. And not surprisingly, that was as far as his abilities went; every meeting went like this for several months, with no progress at all, and not ONE time did AGF ever bring up an idea of his own. EVER. He was even asked several times, but he would always dodge the question and pretend to be interested in someone else's idea (only to bite into it again). So the project was killed, everyone got laid off and now AGF fries apples and fingernails at Boston Chicken for minimum wage.
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| DarkZero 1245th Post
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| "Re(3):Returning to the Jedi again" , posted Thu 2 Jun 18:51
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And a sidenote: When I saw the old trilogy as a kid, Vader and the Emperor scared me a lot, I'm sure I had nightmares at a point or another. But the kids I saw in the teather watching Episode 3 were almost giggling when you see Anakin... errr... "wounded" after his last fight (won't spoil). There's something so wrong with today's kids...
Giggling? Good lord, I'm 24, and i didn't expect that to happen.
I was also shocked, but its true, kids nowaday just dont feel enough
The problem with the entire movie is the fact that if people are laughing, there are both good and bad reasons why they could be laughing. The acting in some scenes is so pitiful that even if the scene is immensely dark and serious, it can still be hilarious. I can imagine that the kids were laughing because, as you're assuming, they're sick and desensitized, but I can also see them laughing for the same reason that a lot of adults in my audience were: Hayden Christensen was screaming less like a tortured villain and more like a five-year-old child being sent to his room. On one level it works, because the Sith are immensely powerful and badass on the outside and fearful and pathetic on the inside, like when Palpatine runs from Yoda, even though he can kick Yoda's ass. On another level, Hayden Christensen is not Ian McDiarmid. One is an actor and the other is not.
Probably the worst example of this dynamic is the final scene with Darth Vader. On paper, it's a pretty brilliant scene, and for me it kind of redefined Darth Vader in the original trilogy. But in the actual scene, James Earl Jones gives the single worst "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" in the history of cinema. The entire theater was laughing its collective ass off.
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| HAYATO 403th Post
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| "Re(4):Returning to the Jedi again" , posted Thu 2 Jun 21:38
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Probably the worst example of this dynamic is the final scene with Darth Vader. On paper, it's a pretty brilliant scene, and for me it kind of redefined Darth Vader in the original trilogy. But in the actual scene, James Earl Jones gives the single worst "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" in the history of cinema. The entire theater was laughing its collective ass off.
Yeah, I read it in the official comic adaptation prior to watching the film, and I found it quite decent, even well thought I'd dare to say. The problem is I expected it to be even better in the film, but this "It's alive, alive!!!" sense completely ruined the scene. And I assure you, Constantino "Spanish Vader" Romero's "NOOOO!!!" it's even worse than Earl Jone's (and they have almost the same voice pitch...)
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| Time Mage 2151th Post
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| "Re(5):Returning to the Jedi again" , posted Fri 3 Jun 01:01
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Probably the worst example of this dynamic is the final scene with Darth Vader. On paper, it's a pretty brilliant scene, and for me it kind of redefined Darth Vader in the original trilogy. But in the actual scene, James Earl Jones gives the single worst "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" in the history of cinema. The entire theater was laughing its collective ass off.
Yeah, I read it in the official comic adaptation prior to watching the film, and I found it quite decent, even well thought I'd dare to say. The problem is I expected it to be even better in the film, but this "It's alive, alive!!!" sense completely ruined the scene. And I assure you, Constantino "Spanish Vader" Romero's "NOOOO!!!" it's even worse than Earl Jone's (and they have almost the same voice pitch...)
Como empezemos a meternos con Constantino Romero vamos a tener problemas muy serios tú y yo...  Al meterte con Constantino Romero no sólo te estás metiendo con Darth Vader, sino con, entre otros, Clint Eastwood. "Venga, alégrame el día...".
:D
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| HAYATO 404th Post
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| "Re(6):Returning to the Jedi again" , posted Fri 3 Jun 16:24
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Como empezemos a meternos con Constantino Romero vamos a tener problemas muy serios tú y yo... Al meterte con Constantino Romero no sólo te estás metiendo con Darth Vader, sino con, entre otros, Clint Eastwood. "Venga, alégrame el día...".
:D
No, si a mi me encana Consti, pero hay que reconocer que desde La Parodia Nacional el tío no levanta cabeza (mira que terminar anunciando una puñetera marca de colchones...). La verdad es que, si me dicen que ha dedicado 15 minutos a preparar sus dos frases, me lo creo a pies juntillas (de hecho, le habrán sobrado unos cuantos...)
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