May 4, 20241 yr Looks good. No Filoni or Favreau I believe, so we should get new stories/perspectives/filming techniques.
May 4, 20241 yr Author I'm taking my older kid to see Phantom Menace today. Yeah, the prequels aren't great put there's nothing like seeing the Wars in a theater. There's supposed to be a preview of the Acolyte at the end. I believe it's the fight scene between the knife girl and Trinity.
May 4, 20241 yr 59 minutes ago, mdmost said: I'm taking my older kid to see Phantom Menace today. Yeah, the prequels aren't great put there's nothing like seeing the Wars in a theater. There's supposed to be a preview of the Acolyte at the end. I believe it's the fight scene between the knife girl and Trinity. 1) Empire 2) Return of the Jedi 3) Rogue One 4) New Hope 5) Sith 6) Phantom Menace 7) Force Awakens 8 ) Clones 9) Last Jedi 10) Skywalker Is necessary: Edited May 4, 20241 yr by billfromlaketravis
May 4, 20241 yr I feel like you haven’t watched AotC recently if you ranked it higher than…anything. You forgot to rank Solo. 😂
May 4, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, UT_OB1 said: I feel like you haven’t watched AotC recently if you ranked it higher than…anything. You forgot to rank Solo. 😂 I liked Solo. Darn. Probably 6th for me.
May 4, 20241 yr I liked Solo. Darn. Probably 6th for me. Solo is better than it should’ve been with all the problems it had with production. It’s pretty fun and had some cool world building in it.
May 4, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said: 3) Rogue One 4) New Hope Is this something you honestly believe?
May 4, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, Red Five said: Is this something you honestly believe? Many, many people think R1 is better than Empire.
May 4, 20241 yr Author The preview clip looked really good on the big screen. The dialogue in Phantom Menace is still so bad.
May 4, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said: Many, many people think R1 is better than Empire. To me that would be like ranking Creed 3 over Rocky. I mean, it's Star Wars. It has to be in the top two, and only because Empire is so incredible.
May 5, 20241 yr 14 hours ago, mdmost said: The preview clip looked really good on the big screen. The dialogue in Phantom Menace is still so bad. Did you think it would age like fine wine?
May 5, 20241 yr On 5/4/2024 at 1:27 PM, billfromlaketravis said: 1) Empire 2) Return of the Jedi 3) Rogue One 4) New Hope 5) Sith 6) Phantom Menace 7) Force Awakens 8 ) Clones 9) Last Jedi 10) Skywalker Is necessary: Swap 2 and 4 around and it's close to my list
May 5, 20241 yr Author 4 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: Did you think it would age like fine wine? I thought it might age better compared to the sequel trilogy. Lucas at least gets credit for trying something different. The dialogue, Jar Jar, and some of the acting based on the terrible dialogue are really the only parts of Phantom Menace I take issue with. Edited May 5, 20241 yr by mdmost
May 5, 20241 yr 19 minutes ago, mdmost said: I thought it might age better compared to the sequel trilogy. Lucas at least gets credit for trying something different. The dialogue, Jar Jar, and some of the acting based on the terrible dialogue are really the only parts of Phantom Menace I take issue with. Take Jar Jar and that dumb ass ground battle out of Menace and it’s a pretty solid flick.
May 5, 20241 yr Take Jar Jar and that dumb ass ground battle out of Menace and it’s a pretty solid flick. Then you’re left with a political thriller about a lush planet that will starve to death if it doesn’t get off planet supplies for 24 hours and a side plot about an annoying kid you wouldn’t mind being trampled to death by a taun taun.
May 6, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, Buzzrock said: New trailer looks bad. Like something from SyFy or the CW or both.
May 6, 20241 yr On 5/4/2024 at 12:30 PM, mdmost said: I'm taking my older kid to see Phantom Menace today. Yeah, the prequels aren't great put there's nothing like seeing the Wars in a theater. There's supposed to be a preview of the Acolyte at the end. I believe it's the fight scene between the knife girl and Trinity. I also watched the Phantom Menace this weekend and came to the realization that it would have been a better movie if none of the shit they did in the movie happened. Literally none of the scenes worked even Darth Maul was stupid when you compare him to Clone Wars and rebels Darth Maul.
May 6, 20241 yr My reaction is still "Lucas had 15 years to write that and that's the story he came up with?". "Oh no, because of the blockade, all of our people are starving and dying!" Where? On that sound stage over there, behind the blue screen?
May 6, 20241 yr 21 minutes ago, smuggs said: Oh for fucks sake is the villain a knight of Ren. Ugh. Its set over 100 years before that
May 6, 20241 yr 15 minutes ago, Michael Knight said: Its set over 100 years before that Understood. I just hope they aren't trying to flesh-out a backstory of some of JJ's dud characters, as a tie-in to the current timeline.
May 11, 20241 yr This show is gonna suck, like most propaganda shit they put out. The trailer looked low budget. "Close your eyes and what do you see?" Leslie Hedlund -"Nothing, Mr. Weinstein" Line stolen from a Twitter post that made me laugh.
May 18, 20241 yr I really dislike that Jedis were made to be more common than janitors in the SW universe.
May 18, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, CooterBrown said: I really dislike that Jedis were made to be more common than janitors in the SW universe. I mean Obi Wan spelled it out in the first movie. They were abundant throughout the galaxy before the Empire.
May 19, 20241 yr On 5/6/2024 at 11:57 AM, Red Five said: My reaction is still "Lucas had 15 years to write that and that's the story he came up with?". "Oh no, because of the blockade, all of our people are starving and dying!" Where? On that sound stage over there, behind the blue screen? Trade federation and a political blockade? George really nailed “Star Wars is for kids”
May 19, 20241 yr 25 minutes ago, Levi said: Trade federation and a political blockade? George really nailed “Star Wars is for kids” I see somebody’s been eating your pizza rolls as well.
May 19, 20241 yr 10 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: I see somebody’s been eating your pizza rolls as well. It’s weird. I always felt like when one of George’s ideas didn’t land with the older audiences, he would use it as his scapegoat.
May 19, 20241 yr Yeah the who owns Star Wars debate will always be a thing. I don’t think it’s a generational battle. Do quality work and it will be universally loved. Slap something together with poor writing, lack of vision, add poor casting and it’ll split the fanbase. Very young fans liked Rise of Skywalker. Everybody loves Andor, and to a lesser degree Mando.
May 19, 20241 yr Author I always felt George saying Star Wars was for kids was his way to nullify any criticism of the prequels. Sure George, poop and fart jokes are for kids. Pod racing with a young Anakin is for kids. Starvation, slavery, stabbings, people getting cut in half...not really for kids.
May 19, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said: Yeah the who owns Star Wars debate will always be a thing. I don’t think it’s a generational battle. Do quality work and it will be universally loved. Slap something together with poor writing, lack of vision, add poor casting and it’ll split the fanbase. Very young fans liked Rise of Skywalker. Everybody loves Andor, and to a lesser degree Mando. And Rogue One, even when not compared to the sequels, is great - tightly edited, well-acted, everything is tied up at the end.
May 19, 20241 yr And Rogue One, even when not compared to the sequels, is great - tightly edited, well-acted, everything is tied up at the end.Actually it ended with kind of a cliffhanger.
May 19, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: And Rogue One, even when not compared to the sequels, is great - tightly edited, well-acted, everything is tied up at the end. Agreed. Edited May 19, 20241 yr by billfromlaketravis
May 19, 20241 yr On 5/18/2024 at 1:32 PM, atomheartbevo said: So another Jedi gone bad? Seem the Jedi Training Academy needs to, you know, screen their candidates for homicidal tendancies.
May 19, 20241 yr Author Or a padawan who was kicked out because she only could get in touch with the dark side.
May 19, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Parliament said: So another Jedi gone bad? Seem the Jedi Training Academy needs to, you know, screen their candidates for homicidal tendancies. Some people are just bad. I’d bet less than 5% turn bad
May 19, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, mdmost said: I always felt George saying Star Wars was for kids was his way to nullify any criticism of the prequels. Sure George, poop and fart jokes are for kids. Pod racing with a young Anakin is for kids. Starvation, slavery, stabbings, people getting cut in half...not really for kids. We kinda saw some of it with the Return of The Jedi and the little Ewoks. It’s ironic he says that now with the two best films from each trilogy leaning in the more adult/darker direction.
May 23, 20241 yr She employs the same set of throwing knives that I ordered from US Cavalry when I was 15.
May 23, 20241 yr On 5/5/2024 at 2:15 PM, nineliveslost said: Swap 2 and 4 around and it's close to my list On 5/19/2024 at 4:58 PM, Levi said: We kinda saw some of it with the Return of The Jedi and the little Ewoks. It’s ironic he says that now with the two best films from each trilogy leaning in the more adult/darker direction. Y’all dorks from the 70’s love to shit on ROTJ for the Ewoks’ 5 minutes of screen time in what might the most emotional and character evolving movie of the franchise. It brings conclusion to Vader and Palpatine, and the nerds forget it also gave you Slave Leia, whose action figure you used to beat it to every day after you got off the school bus. ESB and ROTJ are 1a and 1b to me. In my stupid opinion, ANH is only loved and important because it was first, not because it was a better movie than the others. I actually rewatch Episodes 1, 3, and 7 far more than ANH, where Luke is a whiney sand boy, the first half of the movie drags on, and gave us a Obi Wan-Vader duel that is epically retarded in hindsight.
May 23, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said: Y’all dorks from the 70’s love to shit on ROTJ for the Ewoks’ 5 minutes of screen time in what might the most emotional and character evolving movie of the franchise. It brings conclusion to Vader and Palpatine, and the nerds forget it also gave you Slave Leia, whose action figure you used to beat it to every day after you got off the school bus. ESB and ROTJ are 1a and 1b to me. In my stupid opinion, ANH is only loved and important because it was first, not because it was a better movie than the others. I actually rewatch Episodes 1, 3, and 7 far more than ANH, where Luke is a whiney sand boy, the first half of the movie drags on, and gave us a Obi Wan-Vader duel that is epically retarded in hindsight. Are you off your medication? Great you like different movies in different order. Chill homie
May 23, 20241 yr Y’all dorks from the 70’s love to shit on ROTJ for the Ewoks’ 5 minutes of screen time in what might the most emotional and character evolving movie of the franchise. It brings conclusion to Vader and Palpatine, and the nerds forget it also gave you Slave Leia, whose action figure you used to beat it to every day after you got off the school bus. ESB and ROTJ are 1a and 1b to me. In my stupid opinion, ANH is only loved and important because it was first, not because it was a better movie than the others. I actually rewatch Episodes 1, 3, and 7 far more than ANH, where Luke is a whiney sand boy, the first half of the movie drags on, and gave us a Obi Wan-Vader duel that is epically retarded in hindsight. Best lightsaber fight, best space battle, slave Leia, Solo rescue, Jabba sail barge escape, speeder bikes, Vader redemption, death of Yoda…but people love to whine about the Ewoks. It’s greatness.
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