Drug charges addded...
'We take the influx of gimer very seriously'...
'Dream team' defense builds around Jedi Master...
Yoda Arraigned:
"Not Guilty, 100% I Am."
(p.s.: only red-fonted ones are real "Dug's" stories. Working on adding more :-)
Posted on 04/11/2002 11:02:16 AM PDT by KantianBurke
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
My guess is that a large number of viewers simply just didn't pick up on exactly what was going on.
"I could start watching Episode II without ever needing to see TPM because nothing of importance or of consequence really occurred and that is the real travesty."
And the breathtakingly wrong:
"Although the plot looks long, it's actually paper thin, as the film is really just a chance to show off great special effects and an introduction to some of the characters for the original Star Wars trilogy. That's not to say that this film is bad, it's far from it but it's full of things that the viewer just couldn't care less about e.g the council meeting about how the problem should be solved."
Equally breathtaking:
"As the movie ended, I leaned up in my seat with my mouth wide open. The plot is about problems with a trade federation while the jedi and sith lords jockey for intergalactic position. The trade federation is a completely unnecessary plot and takes away from what should have been the highlights of the movie, namely the introduction of Anakin Skywalker and the struggle between the jedi and sith."
There are, however, a few reviews from people who "got it." If you were one of those who didn't, watch the movie again, with your careful "thinking cap" on.
If you don't clearly understand the title of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," then you don't understand the movie.
Drug charges addded...
'We take the influx of gimer very seriously'...
'Dream team' defense builds around Jedi Master...
(p.s.: only red-fonted ones are real "Dug's" stories. Working on adding more :-)
We're talking about "The Two Towers" trailer, right?
So anyway, Lisa and me went to see "Fellowship Of The Ring" this past Sunday, it having not been since opening day (when we saw it twice) that we'd caught it again. First surprise is that after almost 4 months in theaters, it was a very clean print.
But then, as Frodo and Sam are descending into Emyn Muil, as we expect to go into Enya's song playing over the end credits, instead a black card appears on the screen: "This Christmas..."
I have never cried during a trailer before. Not even for a Star Wars trailer. But tears ran mad during the four minutes that this preview ran. And how classy was that, that they put it at the end of FOTR, to show that yes more IS yet to come!
Oh Lord...
I'm no longer so stoked as I was about "Attack Of The Clones". "The Two Towers" trailer shattered every trailer we've seen for Episode II that's come out these past six months. Those four minutes showed more passion, more drama, and more humanity than most films do with around 120 minutes of time. Including a certain space opera.
Favorite scene in the TTT trailer: everything with the Rohirrim, 'specially seeing Theoden getting strapped up for battle. At the end of the trailer, when we see Gollum slinking downard, my mouth uttered a quite vocal "daaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmnnnnn...." for all to hear. No one disagreed.
At this point, the thing I'm looking forward to most in AOTC is Christopher Lee's portrayal of Count Dooku. And only because of his Saruman from LOTR :-)
In that case I think I already saw it, wasn't that a Futuriama plot?
a.cricket
They say he's only in it for about 5-10 minutes and has few lines...
The next thing you know they will start a thread over some Star-Wars characters, and make thousands of posts to it, month after month! They really need to find something better to do!
LOL. Seconded.
WELL, "My Young Friend," there are older movies (You were--no doubt--too young to have "experienced them,")--SO BAD that they became "Legendary!"
No Doubt, "Phantom Menace" wasn't up to your expectations, but it SURE BEAT "Plan 9 From Outer Space!!!"
Considering the "scope" of the "Star Wars" Trilogy/Saga, I'd "cut George Lucas some Slack!!"
IF & When the "Star Wars" story is completed, There's a GOOD CHANCE that "The Story" will "Go Down" as an allegory of the struggle of "Western Civilization's" attempt to "Go to the Stars!!"
Doc
To each his own - I'll go see Star Wars, but I ain't standing in line at all. ;)
Dan
Dan
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