Star Wars Ep.2: Attack of the Clones
Leading into our post-BSG-4.0 Star Wars podcast arc, we're asking that everyone take a little time out sometime in the next few weeks to pull out their copies of the Star Wars movies and give 'em a re-watch.
Feel free to discuss here, and don't be afraid to call in your Star Wars audio comments any time -- we'll queue 'em up for use in the appropriate podcast during the arc.
Evil POS is not the same thing as a d-bag. A d-bag is someone that parks in a handicap parking space that is not handicapped. A d-bag is very similar to a jerk. Darth Vader was not a d-bag. -- Steve
I remember the feeling surrounding Clones. There was a plea, "Please don't screw this up." Regarding Pike's post on "The Phantom Edit", I think this movie and all the prequels could have used additional editing. This has been discussed elsewhere. It still amazes me that something with so much potential could be handle so shaky.
Back to the plea, I remember thinking that I should not squirm while viewing a Star Wars film. A friend I have put it best, "If Lucas is not gonna take this seriously, why should I?" He makes a valid point. There are points where you jump out of your seat with excitment and then there are moments where you hide under it.
When I watch the original trilogy there is not one moment where I FF just to get to the next scene. On a couple of AOTC re-watches I find myself zipping by the love theme.
I usually do go for the sappy stuff--Jane Austen films give the original trilogy a run for their money in number of rewatches in my house--but the Anakin/Padme dialogue is absolutely ridiculous. moments without dialogue: even worse!
Sappy is fine and part of life, but those scenes were cardboard and uncomfortable. *Shakes head* How does that happen?Originally Posted by Lady D
Ok. Star Wars story.
When AOTC came out, for the first and only time I went to a film dressed in costume. Since Vader was gonna become a papa and at the time Pedro Martinez called the Yankees his daddy, I sorta mixed pop culture with geek culture and this is what I came up with.
I bought my ticket, popcorn, and found my seat in that mask. Quite a daunting task. You really can't see a thing in them. Surprisingly I was the only one in costume. Besides I live in New York so I was totally ignored. I thot about setting myself on fire for Episode III...damn building codes!
I think this movie was one of the first that I was old enough to actually appreciate for its qualities as a film. Hayden Christiansen, in this episode especially, is a horrible actor. If I was able to pick that out back in middle school, it had to have been awful. Even the few scenes where the script gave him potential, it was kinda ruined by him cranking the whine and angst factors up to 11. I really like the score to this one and Kamino and Geonosis were astounding, but the horrible Ani-acting really put a blemish on this one for me.
"If I was able to pick that out back in middle school..."
Gosh. When I was in middle school, all we had was the first trilogy.
I feel old. Sigh. :-)
The worst thing about Ep. II for me was young Boba Fett. Way to ruin one of the more mysterious characters in the SW universe, though I will say that George was far kinder to him than Karen Traviss was in the Legacy novels.
I'm still convinced that Lucas should never be allowed to write romance again without someone else to help him. His romantic dialogue was so bad it makes me cringe. But the music made up for it, Across the Stars may be my favorite piece by John Williams ever.
don't worry about it Mike. when I was in middle school, all we had was episode IV
Thank you Lady D. I was about to express the same sentiments as Mike, but you made me feel young again.
As an uber fan I actually enjoyed this one minus Anakin and Padme. Star Wars Celebration 2 was in my hometown. It was held a few weeks b4 the movie and they showed us a sneak peak of Yoda in action. Man, that was awesome going out of my mind along with a room full of hundreds of fans.
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