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Clown Wars....
I'm on the fence on this one. As you folks know, I'm one of the handful of people on the Internet that actually doesn't mind the prequels. However, looking at the trailers for this one, it sounds like an overbloated fan movie. I'll go see it because it is Star Wars, however I'm not having high expectations.
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The only thing I can think of as to why they'd put trash like this out there is in hopes of establishing a younger fan base since the original SW fans are mostly getting older and having kids by this point. However, pandering crap like this isn't the way to do it- the original trilogy still holds up and still gets kids excited today because it's timeless. Unlike CLONE WARS, which already looks dated and is filled with a bunch of "hip" dialogue. Apparently the girl in it calls Anakin "Skyguy" through the whole thing.
There's also, according to IMDB, a character named General Loathsom. I guess he's a bad guy.
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1) Clone Wars: The Aninmated Series --not that PoS in theatres--the one on Cartoon Network. It was totally badass. Look it up.
2) The Empire Strikes Back
5) An New Hope
8) Return of the Jedi
9) Revenge of the Sith
12) Attack of the Clones
13) Clown Wars (the 2008 PoS out now--I haven't seen it, but I know it's 13th).
22) The Phantom Menace
infinite) Christmas Special
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But at any rate, it's my understanding that the movie was originally going to be on TV and they decided to milk the cow.
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It's funny, THX-1138 was on one of the HD channels last week and I watched it, having not seen it in a while...apart from the Lucas tampering (some CGI shots needlessly added that add nothing to the movie), it's amazing to see what a different filmmaker he was...it's almost pretentious, but in a way that I actually like. It feels heavy, smart, and minimalist. Watching it, it's almost disappointing that he went on to do STAR WARS instead of heady, high-minded minimalist SF.
The Genndy Tarkovsky CLONE WARS show was pretty good...it took the _good_ SW elements and used them in a new way that was fresh, exciting, and totally felt like SW. It was inventive, spirited, and interesting to watch...and it had that charm that none of the prequels had.
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but like I said, I like the prequels. Yes, there's wooden acting. Yes, there's crap dialogue. But it's not like the original triology didn't have either.
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Then when you start adding new stuff to appeal to the kids, it just all goes down the crapper.
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Really? You must be watching some shitty movies.
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I think the better story would have been the post Star Wars stuff or the Star Wars stuff back in the early days of the Republic. Then it would be all new characters and probably new situation.
And to Mr. Skeletor: As I said, I like the prequels for the most part. Although they could have nuked Jar Jar.
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David Brin's comments on Star Wars are worth reading .
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[...] the whole fucking point of Empire Strikes Back is that you find out Darth is Luke's father.
Ah jeez, thank you very much.
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Spoiler rule #8: There's a 10-year statute of limitations on spoilers, 15 years for the juicy stuff.
IT'S A SLED.
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