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post #151 of 1422
4/4/10 at 2:45am
It's a testament to how truly terrible CLONES is that he's almost to the final chapter and he could probably still go strong for another five or six installments.

Loved the Dooku/Anakin/Obi-Wan video game.
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post #152 of 1422
4/4/10 at 2:45am
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Originally Posted by zak chase View Post
The problem with the Sam Jackson stuff is that Jackson actively campaigned to be in the STAR WARS prequels over and over again from the moment Lucas announced he was writing them. Lucas didn't target Sam Jackson because he thought it would bring in a different demographic. Jackson targeted Lucas because he really wanted to be in a fucking STAR WARS film.
But Lucas didn't have to cast him, or at least didn't have to cast him as Mace Windu. Plinkett's point about him being wrong for the role still stands, and he could very well be right about the reasoning for why Lucas went with him, campaign or not.
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post #153 of 1422
4/4/10 at 2:52am
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Originally Posted by Splatoon View Post
In the video-game you pull a freaking Star Destroyer out of orbit, I'm surprised Obi-Wan didn't rip the whole damn pole out of the ground and beat that bug thing to death with it.
There's an Attack of the Clones video game?
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post #154 of 1422
4/4/10 at 2:55am
Spending all night watching a highly anticipated event in tiny increments reminds me of trying to stream the Phantom Menace trailer for the first time.
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post #155 of 1422
4/4/10 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by Sam Strange View Post
There's an Attack of the Clones video game?
Probably, but I was referring to The Force Unleashed (which, if I remember correctly, is officially canon except for the "evil" ending).
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post #156 of 1422
4/4/10 at 2:59am
I so badly want to get through these reviews, but alas got a long day tomorrow so I'm going to bed.
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post #157 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:01am
I'm really enjoying this, so far, although the more-ambitious production values are more distracting than anything. I like how he's trying to relate his psychopath character directly to the star war craze, though. I can't help but think there's some commentary there on the sedentary, woman-fearing, unwashed masses of nerds out there.
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post #158 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:02am
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
I'm still trying to work out how he's able to get away with this and use all this copywrited footage actually. Surely if a Lucas lawyer saw this they'd order it removed?
I think that there's legal allowance to use movie footage for review purposes. This guy might be stretching that a bit. But since Paramount hasn't bothered him about his Star Trek reviews either, I think he's probably on solid ground.

I just finished part 8, and 9 isn't up yet. Gah.

I started to think that the cutaways about the captured woman were getting too creepy to be funny, but I love how the "story" progresses.
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post #159 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:10am
Come ooooooooooooonn

Will refreshing his youtube page every 5 seconds make part 9 come faster? I'm banking on yes...
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post #160 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:12am
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Originally Posted by Dan Benenson View Post
Come ooooooooooooonn

Will refreshing his youtube page every 5 seconds make part 9 come faster?
I don't know, but I'm trying.
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post #161 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:15am
edit: meh, formerly an f5-related .gif
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post #162 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:18am
I don't know about you, but this is a great way to multitask on research papers. Nothing like blueballed frustration to get you back to work.
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post #163 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:18am
well then never mind
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post #164 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:18am
I'm suddenly seized with the urge to visit creepygif.com to view this gif animation.

I take it there's supposed to be something there.
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post #165 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:19am
apparently something f5 related
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post #166 of 1422
4/4/10 at 3:22am
I guess part nine will just have to be a good morning present.
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post #167 of 1422
4/4/10 at 4:01am
Yeah, I guess the last part isn't going up tonight. I'm going to watch the PHANTOM MENACE review again
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post #168 of 1422
4/4/10 at 4:10am
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Originally Posted by Sam Strange View Post
Spending all night watching a highly anticipated event in tiny increments reminds me of trying to stream the Phantom Menace trailer for the first time.
Ahhhh..the good ol' days of 1999
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post #169 of 1422
4/4/10 at 4:23am
My favorite YouTube channel comment on this (for the moment):

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Originally Posted by taxmanarfcom
Im not bathing until part 9
And with that...good night. Hopefully, the Easter Bunny (or Jesus) will bring us Part 9 by morning.

ETA: BREAKING NEWS...

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Originally Posted by RedLetterMedia (1 minute ago)
It is being uploaded now... the youtube is running slow... for some reason it's taking twice as long. It says 35 minutes. So you can stay up if you wish or get some sleep and watch it for breakfast after you milk your cat
ETA 2:

Part 9 is now up.
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post #170 of 1422
4/4/10 at 5:00am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0wv...Ok&feature=sub

Quick link for part 9.

That ending...
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post #171 of 1422
4/4/10 at 5:13am
It really feels the same as watching the middle installment of an awesome movie trilogy. The wait for part 3 is going to be painful.
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post #172 of 1422
4/4/10 at 5:40am
I think the failings of AOTC pretty much crippled any chance for ROTS to be anything more than just going through the motions. If the third act's role was to see the downfalls of Anakin, his relationship with Padme and friendship with Obi-wan, you really needed to have established those things in the previous film.

I'm not sure if a review of ROTS is possible without constantly echoing the problems with AOTC. Though I could certainly see "Nooooooo!" being liberally intercut with many clips.
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post #173 of 1422
4/4/10 at 5:43am
finally got around to watching this.

"Star Wars Episode II Attack Of The Clones is the worst thing ever created by a human being". The very first words you hear. Pure gold.
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post #174 of 1422
4/4/10 at 5:44am
Haven't been reading the thread, so someone has probably mentioned it, but good call on squid-head and especially the tall-necked dude. Why the fuck is he a Jedi?

The best part of these is when a joke is kind of lame and he(they?) cut it off QUICK.
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post #175 of 1422
4/4/10 at 6:13am
Fucking awesome. Piped it through to a big screen and broke a six pack out for it. The video game and "how to pick up a girl" scorecard sequences had me in tears. The amidala dominatrix outfit ... how did I not notice that before? "Anakin, our love cannot be .... now, get ready for your spanking."

He should do a theatrical run on the third one.
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post #176 of 1422
4/4/10 at 6:24am
The Yoda montage in Part 9 is kind of heartbreaking.

And... I love you, Alex Rogan.

Overall, though, this is more franchise-specific and less focused on structure than the TPM review. And I'm surprised he didn't examine the ridiculous coincidences in the Mom-kidnapped-by-sandpeople subplot.
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post #177 of 1422
4/4/10 at 6:33am
Granted, I haven't gone further, but 6 minutes, 30 seconds into part 8 might have been a great spot to fade to black on. We'll see.

*edit- forget I said anything.
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post #178 of 1422
4/4/10 at 6:47am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
The Yoda montage in Part 9 is kind of heartbreaking.
Yes, and such a testament to the emotional effectiveness (and, admittedly, my nostalgic attachment to) the original trilogy, because I'd get goosebumps for a second every time it cut to Williams' score and Yoda speaking about the force with awe and wonder, then feel annoyed and sad when it cut back to some retarded shit from the prequels. But when it started cutting back and forth between Lucas saying stupid shit and Yoda looking annoyed and disgusted it was just funny.
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post #179 of 1422
4/4/10 at 7:00am
Good stuff. Went a little overboard with the "girls in his basement" thing, but I really dug it.

The prequels are really bad, but I still prefer Revenge of the Sith to Return of the Jedi. Maybe it's just me. They're both very flawed but even the characters we know and love can't save Jedi for me(and the GREAT((best ever?)) space battle and duel). They're so bored.
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post #180 of 1422
4/4/10 at 7:02am
Also, that shot of Yoda crawling through the vent is the best thing in the series.
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post #181 of 1422
4/4/10 at 7:34am
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Originally Posted by Dan Benenson View Post
But when it started cutting back and forth between Lucas saying stupid shit and Yoda looking annoyed and disgusted it was just funny.
A missed opportunity to splice in "Hear you nothing that I say?" there.
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post #182 of 1422
4/4/10 at 8:00am
Holy shit. I just watched the teasers for the TPM/AOTC reviews. I think I know what I'm going to watch today.
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post #183 of 1422
4/4/10 at 8:04am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
The prequels are really bad, but I still prefer Revenge of the Sith to Return of the Jedi. Maybe it's just me.
It's not just you. But then, I prefer migraine headaches to Return of the Jedi.
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post #184 of 1422
4/4/10 at 8:07am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Also, that shot of Yoda crawling through the vent is the best thing in the PREQUEL series.
Fixed.
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post #185 of 1422
4/4/10 at 8:12am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
It's not just you. But then, I prefer migraine headaches to Return of the Jedi.
The migraine thing is a bold statement for me. They seriously screw with my vision... much like... the Phantom Menace! Har har!

*edit- as good a time as any to mention... nice to see your avatar from my stupid "Let's miscast Buscemi!" thread come back, Hammerhead. I love that PS job.
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post #186 of 1422
4/4/10 at 8:15am
The migraines do screw with my vision, but Return of the Jedi makes me wish I were blind. The headaches win.
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post #187 of 1422
4/4/10 at 8:21am
Yeah it too me many years to realize how bad that movie actually is. Like I said before, even with the great characters, that movie isn't very good. Maybe on par with Sith.
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post #188 of 1422
4/4/10 at 9:00am
Watching this now. Currently halfway through part 2.

For the record, I don't hate Clones but still have come to see it as the weakest prequel, and a compromised piece of work from Lucas. Still, there's stuff I enjoy, and it's not as completely unwatchable as stretches of Return of the Jedi are for me.

That said, this is the prequel I was looking forward to seeing torn a new one, and the bit about the audience not being able to relate based on this being a mostly sexless universe is astute as hell.
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post #189 of 1422
4/4/10 at 9:48am
Oh man, Yoda's face intercut with George's statements killed me. Clones may be my most-watched SW movie cuz it's so fantastically, epically, almost unbelievably bad on every level.
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post #190 of 1422
4/4/10 at 9:49am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
Overall, though, this is more franchise-specific and less focused on structure than the TPM review. And I'm surprised he didn't examine the ridiculous coincidences in the Mom-kidnapped-by-sandpeople subplot.
Which includes my favorite WTF of the film, casually leaving her in slavery for ten years, because "dreams pass in time."
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post #191 of 1422
4/4/10 at 9:53am
He tore apart the Yoda/Dooku fight as expected, but not in the way I thought he would. And he still had a good point. How awesome would that scene have been if Dooku had been flailing about being all Jedi and Yoda schools him by just calmly standing there?

And yes, Empire Yoda reacting to Lucas was probably the highlight, and the best summation of how Lucas lost sight of what his own creation was about.
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post #192 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:03am
I still prefer Clones to tPM, and that may all be due to a simple sound effect(you know it, you love it!).
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post #193 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:06am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
He tore apart the Yoda/Dooku fight as expected, but not in the way I thought he would. And he still had a good point. How awesome would that scene have been if Dooku had been flailing about being all Jedi and Yoda schools him by just calmly standing there?

And yes, Empire Yoda reacting to Lucas was probably the highlight, and the best summation of how Lucas lost sight of what his own creation was about.
That bit was part of what annoys me, though: the conceit that fans know what Lucas wanted Star Wars to be more than he does. He has valid points, but this alsovalidates my belief that Lucas never took any of this shit as seriously as everyone else. I flipflopped on it for years, but I'm pretty well on the side of the Yoda lightsaber fights being pretty cool. Clones and Sith handle it as classy as humanly possible. And as the review says, they show him actively trying to use the lightsaber as a last resort.

Besides, not establishing Yoda's fighting style in Ep II means we'd have been denied the Palpatine fight in III. Screw that.
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post #194 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:17am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
And yes, Empire Yoda reacting to Lucas was probably the highlight, and the best summation of how Lucas lost sight of what his own creation was about.
It was practically profound. And it made me more than a little sad. These reviews are amazing.
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post #195 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:17am
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Originally Posted by Justin Clark View Post
That bit was part of what annoys me, though: the conceit that fans know what Lucas wanted Star Wars to be more than he does. He has valid points, but this alsovalidates my belief that Lucas never took any of this shit as seriously as everyone else. I flipflopped on it for years, but I'm pretty well on the side of the Yoda lightsaber fights being pretty cool. Clones and Sith handle it as classy as humanly possible. And as the review says, they show him actively trying to use the lightsaber as a last resort.

Besides, not establishing Yoda's fighting style in Ep II means we'd have been denied the Palpatine fight in III. Screw that.
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post #196 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:21am
Palpatine buying a Lotto ticket cracked me up.

Good call on the Yoda the Hedgehog stuff, Andre.

Always loved the line, "Luminous beings are we. Not this crude matter!"

Followed up by, "This weapon is your life!" Hahahahaha.

All of his suggestions about which characters should be actually doing such-and-such felt really spot on.
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post #197 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:39am
That Yoda montage is great stuff.

Actually enjoyed this one a lot. Mostly because he spends more time critiquing the film on its own terms, not as a constant comparison to the OT. Clones is more ripe for that than TPM, but still.
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post #198 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:40am
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post #199 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:46am
Well when you sum it all up like that then no wonder she fell in love with him in the space of like, a week..

Fucking hell I hate Episode 2.
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post #200 of 1422
4/4/10 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Haven't been reading the thread, so someone has probably mentioned it, but good call on squid-head and especially the tall-necked dude. Why the fuck is he a Jedi?

The best part of these is when a joke is kind of lame and he(they?) cut it off QUICK.
He mentioned in an interview that quick cuts are probably his favorite form of comedic editing, and I can see why; they make a good gag better by forcing it to not be labored (as well as adding a quick bit of awkward abruptness), and hilariously mercy-killing the bad ones.
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