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dan p.
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Uganda
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 Posted - 05/18/2005 : 7:28:04 PM
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| it was pretty good. i'll probably see the movie itself friday (provided i beat my girlfriend in mario kart 64. how dare she challenge me.) or saturday. i get the feeling that it'll be better than the last two by virtue of the fact that anakin spends more time killing things and less time bitching. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 05/18/2005 : 7:42:52 PM
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If your girlfriend beats you at Mario Kart 64, you will lose all titles of honor. I love Mario Kart, what a great game.
I'll probably get around to seeing Star Wars next week, I'm not in a big rush for this one, since I got burned by the last two and their amazing amount of sucking. But I think you are right and Anakin will learn how not to act like a 2X4 and will kill lots of people. Plus, I have to find out how Sam Jackson goes out. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 9:50:45 PM
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| i know how sam jackson, i mean master mace windu, goes out. i can tell you, if you wish. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2005 : 10:35:03 PM
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| Hmmm...no, I think I'd rather save it for the screen. |
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Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 05/19/2005 : 01:06:23 AM
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I read a review that said Sith doesn't suck as much as the last one. That's encouraging.
I'm going to be in DC next week for meetings, so I'm hoping to see it digitally projected. That way even if it sucks it will at least look really good. |
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TalkingNeurons
Yak Addict
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Posted - 05/19/2005 : 06:25:10 AM
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Well I went to the midnight viewing of it (about 4 hours ago, actually) and it was a pretty awesome movie. I thought it was better than the first two mainly because this movie has more connections to the Star Wars trilogy we've known and loved (Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, the prototype, I guess you could say, X-Wings, Tie Fighters, Star Destroyers, etc).
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BurbonSong
Try A Little Harder
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2005 : 03:29:29 AM
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rubylith
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pants_happy
Chatterbox
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Posted - 05/23/2005 : 6:13:02 PM
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i thought this review was on base and extremely funny:
http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,4267,1482359,00.html
my favourite quote:
"and Samuel L Jackson as the fiercely uninteresting Mace Windu."
that constantly disgusted look on his face which said "fuck no, bitch! don't make me bust a cap in your ass, MOTHAFUCKA!" as well as holding the lightsabre like he was from the hood said everything about the movie. hey lucas, i'm also a starwars fan and can't act. can you put me in the movies and give me a key role, under only yoda?
i love it when people say "well, it was better than the first two." ANYTHING is better than the first two! starship troopers was better than those pieces of shit, and that's the bottom at the bottom of the pile. the only thing that elevated this was it's more mature content.
and the only things that vader killed in the movie were the jedi kids (just to "make" you hate him, even though it didn't show it and achieved nothing) and the seperatists, which he was crying after. you kill kids, and cry for the seperatists? give me a break. hunted down the jedi indeed.
and why did you became a sith in the first place? to protect ama who? she's all but forgotten in this "plot", isn't she?
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 05/23/2005 : 8:40:25 PM
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| Yeah the movie overall was kind of a blur for me, but I do remember it not being all that great, but it at least kept my interest. Then I realize that Lucas was just trying to make as much money as he can before retirement and it all seems to make more sense. What could have been really great was just alright. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2005 : 01:55:00 AM
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ok. i saw it. it's worth it to see what causes anakin to turn into the vader we all know and love. it completes the saga. it's also worth it for the lightsaber fights, which are very fast and very clean. it was also good to see yoda force-bitch slap sidious across the room.
i also thought the order 66 scene was done well. showing the jedi all across the galaxy die. it would have been good to see vader kill the younglings, but lucas didn't want it r, i guess.
anything involving padme and anakin sucked. "you're so beautiful." "only because i'm so in love." that does not make a lick of sense. i wanted to smash my face against the seat listening to these two idiots.
the vader burning up scene was pretty sweet. the whole duel was intense, but watching a legless and practically armless vader claw his way up an embankment of burning ash while his skin melts off and obi wan shouts things at him was great. his eyes were all fucked up, too.
watching sidious fight the 4 jedi masters was disappointing. i expected more of a fight, instead of everyone but mace windu not even try. |
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Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 05/24/2005 : 11:48:47 AM
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| Saw it this past weekend. Though it could never touched the greatness of the final three episodes, it was fun to watch. General Griveous (sp) was a nice addition, and the final lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan and Anakin is up there with Luke and Vader's final confrontation in 'ROTJ.' |
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pants_happy
Chatterbox
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Posted - 05/31/2005 : 1:16:49 PM
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am i the only one who was disappointed during the windu/sidious part, that when confronted by anakin, mace didn't say "YES HE DESERVES TO DIE, AND I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!"?
i hate/love bringing this thread back to the top. isn't it funny that a jedi master can sence something wrong millions of lightyears away, but they can't gather that the reason your clones are falling back 2 feet away is that they want to kill you (except yoda). and isn't it funny how they can deflect thousands of laser blasts at the same time with no effort, in their sleep, with both hands tied behind their back, during tax season...but can't deflect 3 when the script says it's their turn to die? and yoda at the end...seriously kicked sidious's ass TO THE NTH...then hurridly: "Oops. I fell. To exile i must go. Try, i must not. The end. End of scene"
and grievous... the "jedi killer". for anyone who's seen the animated clone wars, he can easily kick any jedi's ass (except mace's. the reason he's breathing so heavy in the movie is because mace used the force to crush his chest.).... but in the movie, it seems like he exists only to die. and obi-wan, who can get his ass kicked by a midget with sack of doorknobs, is worthless, and is always being saved by anakin, somehow defeats grievous the "jedi killer" and anakin "Mr. Meticlorians". you knew it was coming, but to score that many homeruns in the last half was absurd. and, that whole mystery surrounding syfo dyas in the second movie isn't solved in the third. what the hell is that! hey lucas, let's base our mystery about the clones around some guy, use plenty of time setting up this "mystery", have yoda give mace a serious look when his name comes up, have him pretty much be the reason behind all the movies (no clones...no war), and not follow up with anything? let's leave it a turd floating in dead water. that'll give it some depth, especially when that shit comes apart like everything else.
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Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2005 : 3:15:41 PM
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| Haha . . .well, if you put it that way. |
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 05/31/2005 : 3:43:56 PM
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isn't it funny that a jedi master can sence something wrong millions of lightyears away, but they can't gather that the reason your clones are falling back 2 feet away is that they want to kill you (except yoda).
I was soooo just gonna say the same thing. And Yoda is a bad mother fucker. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2005 : 10:03:39 PM
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anakin is defeated by his arrogance. "you underestimate my powers." he thought he could make the jump into the embankment and kill obi wan, with him standing right there. he couldn't. obi wan carved him up. seems pretty straight foward.
obi wan is a jedi master for a reason. he's not as powerful as master windu or anakin, but he doesn't need power. he's the thinking man's jedi. despite the fact that he's called "general" he's really the only jedi who remains a jedi aside from yoda. jedi are keepers of the peace. not soldiers. the purpose of the war was to turn the jedi into soldiers, which is not what they are meant to be. and because yoda and obi wan were never really soldiers, they were the only ones to live.
i agree about the clone soldiers shooting thing, though. all of a sudden these fuckers can't block a few blaster shots?
yoda wasn't really kicking sidious's ass, as i recall. i seem to remember yoda getting blasted by lightning and having to dodge gigantic senate pods. the only real point yoda scores in the fight is when he bitch slaps sidious across the room. and when he thumps the red guards. the saberfighting was a draw. the two are both so good with sabers, the winner is determined not by skill, but by circumstance.
i think i heard somewhere that dooku murdered syfo dias and used his name to order up some clones.
i also agree about grevious. give me a break. this is the jedi killer? for a jedi killer with 4 lightsabers, he does an awful lot of sucking. the reason he exists is a foreshadowing of darth vader's reconstruction. to avoid confusion: i refer to anakin as darth vader after the scene in the office. anakin ceases to exist at that point. some people use the names interchangably. they're not. |
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Muskrat
Chatterbox
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2005 : 11:55:49 PM
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Pants Happy, isn't it revealed in AOTC that it wasn't Sypho Dyas who ordered the clone army, it was Tyrannus (Dooku) who hired Jango Fett for the job, but he gave the cloners a false name?
OR! Perhaps Sypho ended up becoming Darth Plagus! Or something. |
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skyline
Chatterbox
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2005 : 08:20:47 AM
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I saw it yesterday, and thought that it was very good.
I mean come on...yes, I know the acting was bad (although there were some big exceptions to this). The script was a little corny at times. The love scenes, especially, made my stomach turn over.
The thing people seem to overlook, though, is that all these things were true with the original trilogy as well. The difference is that a lot of us were kids when we saw the originals, so we just didn't care! Plus, when those movies were released, the special effects were so revolutionary that people were very caught up in it.
I don't understand why people expected the new trilogy to be a superb acting masterpiece with a perfect script. It's beyond me.
I enjoyed this movie for what it was...the completion of a great story and a lot of visual eye candy. I thought the mood was great. It was appropriately dark and grim. I loved how Anakin was defeated by his arrogance. I thought that was perfect. He was far superior to Obi-wan in terms of fighting, but his arrogance did him in.
I also wanted to point out something that was bothering me. I was ticked that Wendu was able to beat the Darth Lord, but Yoda couldn't. It was pointed out to me, though, that Sidius(sp?) had to lose to Wendu on purpose in order for Anakin to complete his turn to the dark side.
Anyway, enough rambling...good movie, and I'll definitely be buying it when it's released on DVD. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2005 : 11:02:03 AM
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| yes, sidious was losing to windu on purpose. it forced anakin to choose between the jedi and the dark side. windu is probably the greatest bladesbeing in the jedi order, though. he would stand a far better chance against the sith lord than anyone else, though, because his style of fighting is very aggressive, almost to the point where it's barely even jedi-like. notice how when dooku shoots lightning at obi wan, he just blocks it with his saber. when sidious shoots lightning at windu, windu shoots it right back at him. if you want to get eu about it, it's because he uses vapaad, a style of lightsaber combat and a state of mind that brings one very close to the dark side, because when one gives himself to vapaad, he allows himself to enjoy the fight. |
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Muskrat
Chatterbox
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2005 : 6:02:19 PM
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I plan on seeing it again, this time wearing a black cloak and bearing my Darth Vader Lightsaber. Anyone who laughs should prepare themselves to experience the full powah of the dahk sayeed!
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 06/02/2005 : 7:12:41 PM
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I saw it and loved it. I guess I am just able to accept it for what it is... a movie about people and aliens using magic powers to swordfight and fly around in spaceships.
Bearing that in mind, I can get over the campy dialogue between the two 'luvahs' and the minor plot flaws. I thought it did a great job of explaining how episodes 1 and 2 relate to 4, 5, and 6. Plus, it really was eye candy. I was totally entertained. |
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Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 06/03/2005 : 10:51:04 AM
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Originally posted by dan p.
yes, sidious was losing to windu on purpose. it forced anakin to choose between the jedi and the dark side. windu is probably the greatest bladesbeing in the jedi order, though. he would stand a far better chance against the sith lord than anyone else, though, because his style of fighting is very aggressive, almost to the point where it's barely even jedi-like. notice how when dooku shoots lightning at obi wan, he just blocks it with his saber. when sidious shoots lightning at windu, windu shoots it right back at him. if you want to get eu about it, it's because he uses vapaad, a style of lightsaber combat and a state of mind that brings one very close to the dark side, because when one gives himself to vapaad, he allows himself to enjoy the fight.
Hhhmm, well thats pretty cool. I was wondering about how he was winning so easily. So i'm guessing Mace-Windu is a huge ass kicker in the cartoon series? ? ? ? |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2005 : 12:01:46 PM
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| yes, he is. |
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pants_happy
Chatterbox
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Posted - 06/03/2005 : 12:23:53 PM
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i wouldn't be over exaggerating (that much) when i say that in the cartoon, windu is more powerful than neo.
i'm glad people here liked the movie. i guess i'm too picky (my view was: how often does a movie of this magnitude come out? it should be pretty much flawless, otherwise it's just another movie). but i do miss the days when movies were about good acting and story, not good graphics and 'sabre fights. |
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Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 06/03/2005 : 12:54:12 PM
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| I hope no one minds me asking this, but could someone type a quick summary of the cartoon series? I'd like to get my hands on it. Sounds like there's a lot more story i'm missing, especially with Windu and Greivous. |
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i read revenge of the sith
