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Hey folks, Harry here... Those aces over at TheForce.Net have just scored the cover (perhaps more? We wish) to the ART OF STAR WARS book which also contains the SCREENPLAY.
Mr Lime, clean yourself off, it is not decent for you to be like that here! For Shame! Man that's a sweet image there. We going to be getting that style coolness here? ARENA magazine (I write a column for them) just had an interview with Obi-Wan (aka Ewan) who dished that he had seen 60-70% of the film and was quite enthusiastic, feeling it was right back on par with the originals.
well toodles.... we haven't got too long to wait. OH... that reminds me. Remember that guy in Seattle waiting for months and months for Star Wars? Well a New York radio station just sent him a stripper and a van of his very own.... Check it out! Aldera.Net Who says being a geek doesn't have its perks?
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too muchhhhhhh drool
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If you are talking about the mp3's recently posted on the net as the opening of AOTC, then you are dead wrong Harry. Its TPM and "Shadows of the empire" music mish-mashed together. John Williams haven't started recording yet
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The reminds me of those scenes when the cylons are raiding earth... Agree? The storm troopers look like a cross between the original stormtroopers and the biker scouts from Jedi.... The landscape is a bit too dark and sci-fi-ish to actually be from the movie, but it's quite an outstanding idea to work from, I must say!
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because it could make or break the saga, i think. but i am very optimistic about it. i just wish that people would stop ripping up star wars as it is the indirect and direct reason that this site exists. star wars is the cause of today's film geek. so root for it for crying out loud!!!
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Jan 12, 2002 7:33:30 PM CST
One image gets me more excited than all three of their damned pr
by emu47
I mean, Jaysus, folks! That's a great pic. I don't know what else to say.
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Looks very encouraging, especiall y from Mr. Blantantly honest, Ewan McGregor. Although a previous talk backer complained about it being too dark and science-fictiony, I believe that it fits the mood and theme for this particular trillogy. This kind of shot makes me realize how far out in the galatic boondocks the rerble allience really were. This also emphasizes the remoteness and desolation of tatoonie and Degobah. Yoda truelly apears as a jedi master who has fallen. Im excited, but with an touch of reserve that ATOC might not remind me of my original feeling for Star Wars. This is how I manange to enjoy TPM-by thinking it was gonna totally suck ass. It didn't so I was a happy camper.
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But the movie ranks up there with anything in the Leprechaun ovure. I mean, storyboards and concept art do not a good movie make. I.E. the Gungan concept art was kinda schnazzy, the gungans themselves might as well have been guys in black face, yessuh, massah.
Very few will deny that the ILM boys have a great deal of talent. It's gettting fairly obvious that the problem is NOT with ILM, but with our least favorite 'writer'/director, king george himself. I'd love to get a crack at that scrip[t though, I can always use a hearty belly laugh. -
Obi Wan shakes his head in dismay at a cluster of incredibly cute, untalented singing 'n' dancing young Jedi. He must pass through them to get to the bar. N'JEDI # 1: "'Scuse me, but aren't you Obi Wan Kenobi?" OBI-WAN:"No. I'm uh...Ben...Ben Kenobi." N'JEDI # 2: "Sorry dude." N'JEDI # 3:"He's jerkin' our chains. That is Obi Wan. Hey, Obi Wan! I'm Lance. That's T.J. and J.T. and that's J.R. and the edgy one over there is J.F.K." OBI-WAN: "Look, no offense but I'm more into jazz myself." Obi Wan makes it to the bar and situates himself next to a beautiful Corellian woman. OBI-WAN: "What'cha drinkin', gorgeous?" CORELLIAN BABE: "Sex On The Asteroid Belt." Before Obi-Wan can start his move, Jango Fett blasts down the door taking the N'Jedi Boys by surprise. They are disentegrated instantly. OBI-WAN :"So would you like another Sex On The Asteroid Belt?"
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Don't waste your money on this book. Unless it includes the lyrics to the ballad Justin Timberlake will sing to Anakin in the movie.
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Jan 12, 2002 8:03:55 PM CST
I would call anything great and amazing if there were snipers ai
by nonkel bob
I'm still very cautiously optimistic that EP1 was the ROTJ of the prequels, this one is going to be the Star Wars and the final movie will be the ESB of the prequels. Lucas might be a fat flanel shirt with more chins than chinatown but he has two strikes left ...
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Jan 12, 2002 8:06:52 PM CST
You Know, Little Geeks, When I Was Kid We Were Allowed To See &
by buzz maverik
Not like you guys today. I feel for you. If you saw STAR WARS you can't see LORD OF THE RINGS and vice versa. It's rough. But it makes sense. God knows that if you saw one, the other would go broke and you'd never get to see a film in the franchise of your choice. God, am I glad I saw THE ROAD WARRIOR in the early eighties because under today's laws, I wouldn't be allowed since I'd seen THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK a year or so before. Also squeeked in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and CONAN THE BARBARIAN, which nowadays I'd be legally required to hate and deride online.
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No matter how many haters are out there, you are going to look fools when this film is released. I dont mean you LOTR fans, I mean people like the one above who tries to sound like mercier saying that its going to suck. AOTC will be great, TTT will be great and Spiderman will be great. Haters cant spoil these films, they can only make fools of themselves when the films actually get released.
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I love the way this film is an underdog for some fans........MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
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and they're totally ripping off Obi Wan from Episode 4.
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Jan 12, 2002 8:22:05 PM CST
Get rid of that fat naked dork in the top left corner!
by crazy fresh dj
Look at him! getting sprinkled in rose petals, he's loving it, the dirty sweaty pervert. How does this relate to Attack of the Clones? Well I reckon the new carictature of Harry should be portrayed as a member of a loathsome boyband member in Jedi robes getting his head hacked off with a light saber! YES! That would wipe that shit eating grin off his Chevy Chase!!
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but he sure does the nasti-fucker bit well, just check out Once Were Warriors to see some him in full bad-ass sick-fuk 'I'm mental me!' - mode. I suppose Jango's DNA could have been tinkered with by Dooku, rather than create a direct lift, you know, for enhancements and what not, which may explain physiological diffs between Boba and Jango. __ Great pic though, Lucas is really keeping what are probably the best scenes well in the dark isn't he? I mean , that pics already got me totally worked up and theres not really that much in it. And what's up with that vaan twat? Why's he acting like no ones ever read one of Merciers posts? Lamer, - get your own tune.
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After viewing TPM, my mind made many excuses for the end product. I decided that the best thing about TPM was that it was a setup for what was to come...but I didn't have to waste time anticipating the next SW film. *** Years later, I still don't anticipate AOTC. That Romance trailer doesn't help. That dialogue doesn't help. A wait and see policy seems to be a good decision with Lucas these days. If there seems to be some worth, I'll check it out. I hope it turns out to be what it can be. No more fecal jokes...in a Star Wars film.
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fire baaaaaaaad!
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Jan 12, 2002 9:28:44 PM CST
If you want the Episode II scriptment, e-mail me at theohoff20@a
by darth yddet
It's about 50 pages long, pretty much the whole the story for those of you who haven't read it yet or want to know how it all goes down in Episode II (and who want to know what exactly is happening in that picture). This was the same scriptment that was up at TheForce.net but Lucasfilm requested that we take it down. Anyway, if you'd like to read it just send me an e-mail. Thanks, Ted.
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Yeah,this looks cool.Can one little book cover restore the faith of the crybabies so easily?
I have had faith in Ep2 from the
begining.I know it will wash away
the sins of Ep1.Mr.Lucas might even explain away that virgin birth shit.EVERYTHING that we've
seen so far looks sweet to me.
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Wasn't Jango the role that Jet Li was originally rumored to have? Or was that just a bullshit rumor after all? (I'm a little behind.) I guess we can assume we're going to see Jango's/Morrison's face, if the role called for a Asian-American. It's definitely good to see Morrison get this kind of high profile role; he's a good actor (he is one NASTY fuck in "Once Were Warriors;" good movie if you haven't seen it) and deserves more than the usual crapola he receives like "Speed 2."
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...because those towers to the left look rather phallic in nature
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One thing is for certain and has been mentioned here- it is a do or die situation for the franchise depending on AOTC. A majority of fans are willing to dismiss TPM as a fluke. Lucas has one distinct advantage this time around- expectations are dramatically lower this time around than with TPM, so unless he intentionally sets out to make a horrible movie, AOTC should be pretty good. I'm keeping my hopes up...
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LOL...lol, lol, lol...sigh. Oh bitches. Bitches, bitches, bitches . . . the KING doth DECREE this to be nothing more than Uruk-Hai poodo. It's a nice picture, but you know what the KING will go by? The KING will NOT use a pre-production pic, but rather the STINKING HEEP of 90210 IN SPACE Pt. II that is playing before most of the FELLOWSHIP (11 times as of this afternoon) prints. LOL, you know, the one with the TERRIBLE DIALOGUE and yeah, I LOVE those clones in the pic - tell me, BITCHES, are they the same clones that look like CANNED ANIMATION, circa 1990 that we see enter a ship in the trailer? LOL, SCHOOLED! Seriosuly, lol, this pic may have had some kind of reason for being had we NOT ALREDY seen the preview from EWAN MCGREGORS GREATEST CAREER REGRET PT II, knowing how ILAME it already looks. And please, please my LOYAL SUBJECTS, do not be brow-beat like a nickel bitch two movements short of a chamber piece - REMEMBER ANI-SYNC. As the KING also DOTH DECREE, ILAME and LUCAS will surely try to throw a fanboy bone on that STILL FLAMING FANBOY FIRE. And you, bitch, on a January eve in 2002, were SCHOOLED and brow-beat like a slut-pony on his way to the riddle-factory. WHIP-TASH! (The Balrog's bullwhip, to signal my departure)
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AP - Skywalker Ranch, CA - Jan. 12, 2002: Director George Lucas was found groveling in a ditch near his ranch-estate this afternoon. Officers found Lucas dressed in an oversized flannel shirt, a pair of dirty slippers, and using a handful of pebbles and some tacky-glue as a weapon. "The poor bitch saw production pics from The Two Towers and went giddy with madness," said a gloating Gandalf, standing proudly at the KING's side as he surveyed the scene of the humbled and confused Lucas. As the KING and his Fellowship set off to leave the delusional Lucas, he begged for the Fellowship to view a dirtied, greased photo he kept covered by his oversized flannel shirt. After surveying what appeared to be a pre-production photo for Lucas' next film, DUCK TALES IN SPACE PT. II, Fellowship member EWAN MCGREGOR ignited his lightsaber and noted "Too bad the people have seen the PRODUCT - too bad the memories are still fresh with me, bitch", Lurtz declared "PAAAAAIIN!!!" and the KING proclaimed "I MUST BREAK YOU..." and the Fellowship brow-beat Lucas like the Twatty Nelson his is and gave his, in title only, keys to THE story to GENERAL JACKSON. LOL...and you bitch, have been SCHOOLED by the KING of Talkback! THWAAAAP!!!! (Legolas' arrow, hitting its mark - that pic - in honor of my departure)
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Jan 12, 2002 10:42:04 PM CST
Nice Buffy refrence herc... now on to the rant about a certain i
by critical_theory
Mercier, dude, I like LOTR as much as the next man, and probably loathe and despise TPM more than average, but can you be more of an irritating fucking twit?
Sure, I'll occasionaly throw a well placed 'bitch' in a post, most people will, but it's past time you expanded your vocab beyond 'school' 'bitch' and 'LOL'. Try spending less time in AOL chatrooms picking up 12 year olds and more time honing those keen writing skills little man. -
you're like the arthritic old dog in the corner who should've been taken to the vets and put to sleep years ago - but gosh, your so darned cute and keep hanging on in. - And that thing you do with your whip, y'know 'WHERP-TOSH!' * dang it, can't quite...* 'WHUOP-TUSH! * ah bollocks, hang on....* 'WHaaaaAAAAP-' *Aaaaarrgh!! me eye!!! - me fukin eye!!!*
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Jan 12, 2002 11:10:10 PM CST
Nice Buffy refrence herc... now on to the rant about a certain i
by critical_theory
Mercier, dude, I like LOTR as much as the next man, and probably loathe and despise TPM more than average, but can you be more of an irritating fucking twit?
Sure, I'll occasionaly throw a well placed 'bitch' in a post, most people will, but it's past time you expanded your vocab beyond 'school' 'bitch' and 'LOL'. Try spending less time in AOL chatrooms picking up 12 year olds and more time honing those keen writing skills little man. -
What could be funnier than a fanboy smugly saying something like "Let me get a crack at that script"? It's like some boy-racer who couldn't drive his thumb up his own ass saying "Give me a crack at that Williams/BMW and I'll show you how to win a Formula One World Championship". Like any embittered fanboy could write a script that wouldn't be torn to shreds by the same fanboy knobs who think that exposing just how much virtually everything sucks will make them appear clever and sophisticated. If the above image (quite cool in my opinion) was from some other film that was coming out two months after Ep.II we'd be treated to posts informing us of how much cooler this is than anything Lucasfilm could produce and it would be offerd up as evidence of just how much AOTC is going to suck. I don't know why I bother to ask this, it will get nowhere as the bitching and moaning has less to do, I imagine, with cinema and more to do with some peoples personality disorders, but here it goes: If this movie is going to suck so much why are you here???
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Jan 12, 2002 11:54:57 PM CST
When I was a kid I thought Boba Fett was a F-ed up, crazy, badas
by seethersnaps
...and it turns out he's just another guy? Some actor? Jeez,
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It's amazing! Just a few hours ago we were complaining that George Lucas must die and now we have some cool fan-art and we're all like "ooohhh good movie!"
Man, talk about a bunch of monkeys getting all hot and heavy over a bannana being dangled on a string to them. Me, I liked EPISODE 1 on first viewing and have since come to think it a great film on subsequent viewing, it is all about the rise of Emperor Palpatine, guys. The second act is meant to be teen romance just as the first was more kiddie oriented which means the third one will be adult oriented guys. Lucas has made each three movies to fit in with Anakin's life (one for his youth, another for his middle-age and the other for when he becomes an adult and transforms into Darth Vader). This has been Lucas' plan for the prequels ever since he officially started work on them and only now are you people beginning to realize that. I've never been one of those people crying "STAR WARS raped my childhood and ruined my life!" since I got into Star Wars big-time such as the action figures and toys when I was 3 around the time Jedi got released. And to be honest, I was always more interested in wondering when part 2 of Back To The Future would be coming out than the next Star Wars film when I was young.
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Jan 13, 2002 12:09:34 AM CST
Fosterzygote, who posts the same damn thing 3 times...
by critical_theory
You obviously wanted to get noticed. First, when I say 'Let me have a crack at that' I mean READING it you dim witted moron. I just figure it'd be good for a laugh 'Obi Wan's holding me back!" or seven. Though it won't be nearly as hillarious as the movie itself should be. What could be funnier that watching Ewan 'I'd give my left nut to get out of this movie' McGregor mail his preformance in? Or going to watch all the SW geeks cry when NSync comes on screen? Second, I'm here read posts from Lucas apologists like yourself and get in yet more laughs. (Jar Jar wasn't that bad 'twitch,' I didn't find his Uncle Tom routine at all offensive 'twitch')
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AICN talkbackers are so fucking fickle! It makes me nauseous. I mean, one day you want to dismember lucas and piss on his grave (based on a sketchy lead), the next, you're talking about how brilliant his movie is going to be (BASED ON ONE PROMOTIONAL PIC!!!). All depends on the headline Harry posts. It's embarrasing. It's like 1984 or somthing. The present is all that matters...the past has been completley blown away!!!
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I tell ya what. You phantom menace haters just have no clue. No clue at all. You're all Star Wars is dead. Well who's laughing now. Bunch of drop kicks.
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Why do all you guys love Boba Fett so much. why is he so cool? You know what would have been cool. I mean really cool. Have anikin become the face of the clones. that way darth vador and all the storm troopers would be the same man. Pretty cool huh. Better than boba fett.
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You're my only hope.
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Did anyone see the "HBO: Behind the Scenes: ATOC" skit on SNL saturday night. That was some funny shit. N'Synch doing a Jedi song, Alf and Monica Lewinski on the Jedi Council. Funny shit.
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Screw this n'sync crap. I'm going to start a petition to get Mercier banned from talkback once and for all. He'd probably kill himself if he was forced off, afterall he's got no place else to go. WHO'S WITH ME? Who will sign?
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Pretty funny, they must be avid talkback readers.
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After watching TPM where Palpatine tells Anakin " I see great things ahead for you ,(bla bla)" - I started to think how cool it would be if old Palp had got a sample of Anakins blood in order to create the clones. I could see how Anakin might turn to the daaaark side if he saw hundreds of himself killing all those he held close. But this is all academic and I may as well be farting fairy dust for how my thoughts turned out. Suffice to say, it's not just Boba, it's the ship dude!! Slave 1 - fanny magnet for todays space connoisseur.
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(spoiler speculation)o.k.,I think
we all agree,the virgin birth thing is bullshit.Someone has got
to be Anakin's father."Anakin,I
AM your father".Lucas has copped
to his reaccurring themes.And just
like in EMPIRE,somebody is going
to drop a bombshell on a Skywalker.Who? Palpatine? Maybe.
I'm leaning toward Dooku.He is
reported to be a rogue Jedi.He
nailed Shmi Skywalker and put a
Jedi mind trick on her sweet young
ass.Just think about it.I hope
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The more I watch Kurosawa, the more I realize George Lucas isn't as great as people make him out to be. I just got The Hidden Fortress criterion dvd, who else thinks the translation sucked? It isn't "all your bases...", but it has too much modern day slang. Lucas is(was?) still the man, though....even if I still don't believe the similiarities between A New Hope and the Hidden Fortress are "coencidental."
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So, point blank, is the hook--err, I mean stripper--going to blow these guys? What's the point of all this nonsense? What are you people, on dope?! Seriously, having one's way with Natalie Portman herself for the length of AOTC (in your choice of outfits!) would be worth considering, but *just* considering. Of course reading that last sentence, I mean to make it clear that the deal would of course be to wait in line four months for that, too. But one trailer does not a movie make, nor does one concept painting. I believe Darth Maul was on the softcover screenplay for you-know-what. Others have said it before: G-Lu is a marketing genius. You know, it's also funny how dried up this site was from summer '99 until about a month ago about this film. It's not that things weren't happening. Now suddenly every other day there's a talkback, most being pointless/redundant. Is the Ring threatening G-Lu's precioussss? (Hey, you can't spell Gollum without G-Lu!) Yesss, nasty sell-ots they are, Georgie and Rick! Well, okay, maybe it's not that dramatic and maybe the movie will be flat-out good. But forgive me, my faith hath been shaken. In summary, being a geek is always socially disadvantageous in the real world continuum (Bill Gates may have the winner's lot, but he's still hated. And geeks in the Kingdom of Geek are amongst those that may value said geekiness, so they don't count)and the cover is a cool image. That's it.
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...Franco Nero. I'm sure the original name was going to be spelled that way, but the "powers that be" interceeded because some people are ignorant out there. The silent "D" would be pronounced "De-jango" and started off a world-wide debate causing civilization, what's left of it, to crumble. Then again, perhaps that would have been more appropriate for some of Lucas' followers.
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I can't believe I'm one of the few people who notice that this "sketch", if it is authentic, means that Lucas or someone in my Constitutionally-protected OPINION was watching "ID4/Independence Day" and got lazy, and just redid the ending of the movie. Remember when the alien ships were crash landed on earth, and kids in Africa, Iran (??), and other places were dancing or watching as they burned? This is what I think. Do you see what I see? Notch Johnson out.
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You know, the gypsy guitar genius that only had his index and middle finger on his fretting hand but could still play like a mother? Oh...sorry, this isn't the G3 Shredi Shrine of Steve Vai Worshippers. My bad.
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Star Wars concept art looks usually does look sweet, but it doesn't always come out in the wash. Don't blow your load yet.
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May you naysayers of doom someday see the light. Peace out. Star Wars forever.
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episode one was the biggest load of comercial, special effect ridden, flat, boring, peice of film shit i've seen in a while. FX do not equal cool, it equals boredom, everything was so fake it was like watching a cartoon!
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anyone see SNL tonight??? absolutely perfect
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LOL... oh bitches. Why must I continue to school thee? Why must it be so simple? SCHOOL! IN SESSION! Thre is really NO POINT in even discussing this, lol, lol...lol, lol, lol...sigh. Afterall, like the KING hath DECREED - we have seen the 90210 IN SPACE Pt II trailer, we KNOW how CARTOONY the clone-troopers look. LOL, I mean, seriously bitches, what's the point of the pic? To brow-beat you Twatty Nelson's with how it COULD HAVE looked? LOL... and of course the first two TPM trailers were AMAZING. The TRAILERS. Well here we have a trailer that is...sigh, lol...worthy of Disney Cable, but then a pic comes out months later and THAT is supposed to be exciting? "We're not gonna take it! No, we ain't gonna take it!..." LOL, that's right, remember, the KING and his subjects, under orders from GENERAL JACKSON will NOT FORGET the ANI-SYNC fiasco (and at last check they ARE in DUCK TALES IN SPACE Pt. II). LOL, and you, bitch, have casually been brow-beat and repeatedly SCHOOLED by the KING of Talkback! Whip-tash! (The Balrog snapping his bullwhip in honor of my departure)
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Jan 13, 2002 4:45:57 AM CST
For God's sake, Mercier [Queen of the Talkback] make your co
by burp fartman
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Jan 13, 2002 4:56:39 AM CST
I swear, if these movies don't get back on the track that wa
by suicidal_sith
I'm gonna drive into a brick wall at an astonishingly high rate of speed...or my name ain't Suicidal Sith!
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Jan 13, 2002 4:59:30 AM CST
Some of the EP1 artwork looked damn nice too...look what happene
by darth ranik
Damn I hope the last two movies turn out good. Exspecially after seeing how good LOTR turned out, now I am hungry for some more entertainment of the same calibur of excellence. Don't deny me my dreams.
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Could be worse...he could go back and digitally insert those crazy kids in the other four movies.I say we all start mailing young Miss Lucas copies of Buhloone Mindstate. Then maybe she'll ask daddy to put De La Soul in Episode 3. I'd pay 9 bucks for that.
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go on ... I like it
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Jan 13, 2002 5:58:43 AM CST
Nice concept art, but the betting odds are that this movie still
by varietywriter
Two words: Teen romance.
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...That Padme is NOT the mother of Luke and Leia. Maybe Anakin nailed another girl -- perhaps a handmaiden of Padme's, who is Obi-Wan's girlfriend. This would explain a lot of the motivation and animosity that develops between the two men. Would Lucas go down such a dark route? I doubt it, but don't you guys think it would make sense, serve as a real shocker (after all, we've been led to believe all along that Padme is Luke and Leia's mom), and coincide with the darkness of ESB?
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Jan 13, 2002 6:26:47 AM CST
Padme not Leia and Luke's mom; Siddious and Palpy two differ
by varietywriter
The idea of a plot twist where it turns out that Padme is not Luke and Leia's mom would be cool. Making their real mom Ben's girlfriend who was raped by Anakin would indeed explain a lot about what happened between these two guys. (Padme could have adopted Luke and Leia or served as their guardian briefly after the death of their mother, who died during childbirth.) This would fit with the wacked out relationships that Lucas revealed throughout the original Trilogy (Vader as Luke's dad, Leia as his sis), but I really don't think Lucas has the balls today to do something like this. I doubt that there are going to be any real surprises in the next two films -- instead, everything is going to be so stunningly obvious. Likewise, another good twist idea would be if Palpatine and Siddious were actually two different people. Siddious is the spirit of a long-dead Sith who fought the Jedi 1,000 years ago in the Jedi-Sith War. Sith can survive beyond death but only by possessing another's body (unlike the Jedi who can survive on their own as spectral spirits). The Sith can only body-jack the weak-willed and feeble-minded. So Siddious' present body is aging and dying. He works behind the scenes to prop up Palpatine in the Senate. Once Palpatine gains enough power, Siddious will possess Palpatine's body and then begin the eradication of the Jedi Council. I read this theory three years ago, and not only does it make sense, it fits with the Star Wars mythos and would be an ultra-cool twist. It would also tie into the events in RotJ, revealing further why Siddious/Emperor Palpatine wanted Luke -- because he wanted to possess the young Jedi's body as Palpatine's was dying, but Vader stopped him. Alas, there ain't a chance in hell that Lucas has this idea in mind. He doesn't know shit about his own universe.
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Jan 13, 2002 6:48:24 AM CST
George Lucas hates you, but he loves your money. If he could fin
by regicidal_maniac
I am a Star Wars fan. I am an OT Star Wars fan. I guess like the distinction between Star Trek TOS and NextGen fans I find myself siding with the originals in each case and not just to be all snooty, "ooh look at me I hate everything new" either. I was looking forward to The Phantom Menace, stupid title and all. I didn't like what Lucas had done to the OT with the SE re-releases but I could understand the need to give the ordinary Joe something fancy to "Ooh" and "Ahh" at. I saw Episode One at a midnight showing here in Sydney. I'd seen the trailers I'd heard the bad word but was still enthused. We all cheered when "Lucasfilm" and "A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy far Far Away..." came up. I started to see cracks when ObiWan and QuiGon were just basically two boring guys in bathrobes talking crap at each other but I ploughed on (I actually enjoyed the Neimoidians or whatever they're called). As the film progressed I found myself sinking further and further down into my seat as it went on. "Meesa called Jar Jar Binks" almost caused me to break my tailbone as I just about fell through my seat. During the stupid four hour long whacked-out racers sequence I ripped up the soles of my shoes with all the toe curling. "Yippee!!!" made me grind a thin layer off each tooth. I was just plain angry when Darth Maul was killed after having been the most overhyped bad guy ever, he says three lines if that and is killed with an "oops" expression on his face. When it was finally over we all went across to the street to the, now bankrupt, Planet Hollywood. Where we ate and drank and I listened to as much from the Lucas apologists camp as I could handle.
Then I told them how it was actually a bad film, a very bad film. Plain and simple. The reasons being many and varied. (The list is too long to bother including, besides you all know the reasons by now). They looked at me like I'd just raped Mother Theresa and wiped myself clean with the "Shroud Of Turin". So I left them to blow each other over who was the biggest fan. At the time I was writing for a Weekly Television magazine and found myself in a position to publicly shred this abysmal film for its blatent disregard for storytelling and narrative, character, acting, direction, etc. Unfortunately good reviews had already been paid for due to advertising contracts and product tie ins and my review was not what the advertisers had demanded. I lost faith in Lucas after TPM because I realised that a sprecial effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. Lucas has surrounded himself with yes men, bought favourable publicity, leaked pathetic rumours, cracked down on fan websites. If he could find a way of getting your money without actually producing anything at all, he would. He resents the fact that he has to show his films to you in the first place, why else would he put so little effort into the actual writing part of the process. Lucas loves your money but he hates you. Just wait until you see what he has done to the OT films now. He claims you won't recognise them, he has added scenes changed scenes, added characters, 'souped-up' the death of old Ben etc all so that they can be brought into line with the new films and with the expectations of today's 8 year olds who were 5 when TPM came out. He's remaking the OT to the standards of what today's kids expect from the sequels to these prequels. Kids who're all addicted to ritalin because they're so junked up on videogames and fast food and have never read a book in their lives 'cause it takes too long. Hell, he'll probably replace the opening crawl with a voice over by an aged Mark Hamill. Don't expect much from these new movies. There's no way they can compare to the originals in terms of concept or execution. Lucas was hungry hwen he made ANH, he and others had worked for years on the script and he had Coppola looking over his shoulder. TESB was a good story, written by a good writer, directed by a good director so it couldn't help but be the best. ROTJ wrapped everything up and that's why we suffer through the Ewoks. The new films are 2 plus hour long ads for videogames and hasbro toys.
Harry Lime: Using the internet as it was originally intended to be used - for the further research of pornography and pipebombes. -
Jan 13, 2002 7:06:34 AM CST
Oh man can we get that Mercier bitch the fuck out of here?
by regicidal_maniac
Mercier, man give up this bullshit character you're playing, it's tired and old.
Harry Lime: Using the internet as it was originally intended to be used - for the further research of pornography and pipebombs. -
.....because it's the one you'll all be looking for in remnant bins this time next year if the "Clones" merchandise is as expensive as the "TPM" stuff was. And where exactly ARE those little voice chip 3&1/2 inch figures right now ? In flea markets all over the free world, being sold at a fifth of their original selling price.
As to the movie's suckage probability, dunno, really. And neither do any of you. We haven't seen it yet, remember...or is that no longer necessary to determine our tastes ? Seems to me that being cool to many, means being negative. Lighten up, it's only a movie. -
Damn, kid. Good job. ;-) I'm not part of the anti-Star Wars camp, but I give props where props are due, and that shit was pretty entertaining. Thanks for the laughs. >><< To Buzz: I think N'JEDI is probably one of the cleverest terms ever coined in a Talkback. You are SO the man, Mav.
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Jan 13, 2002 7:55:10 AM CST
I just discovered a talkback post from January 1980, note the pa
by togmeister
Man, can't you see that ESB is going to suck harder than an Electrolux? Look at that godawful POS trailer if you want proof - "Stop that - my hands are dirty" (LAME!) "Scruffy looking nerf-herder" (ULTRA-LAME!).I wasn't the only one in the theater laughing my ass off at Mark Hamill's acting in that stoopid trailer ("NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!) And instead of kickass Jawas, we get a friggin MUPPET as (LOL) a............ JEDI MASTER!!!!!!!!!! Lucas originally gave us Alec Guinness, now he brings in a pathetic rubber toy with pointy ears to take his place. In the next movie, will kermit and Grover be giving Luke Jedi training? Not that Lucas will be able to make that third movie after this flaming turd tanks harder than ST:TMP at the box. LOL...... Lucas has sold out to the Muppet kiddie audience with this one, throwing a once-cool franchise well and truly down the crapper! BILLY DEE WILLIAMS???????????!!!!!! Do you seriously think any movie with him in is going to be anything other than a complete suckfest??? Man, all you Lucas defenders must be shitting yourself as Black Hole craps all over your once-promising but now doomed franchise ($14 mill at the box in less than a month! Take that shit Lucas!) - a REAL sci-fi movie.All geeks hail Gary Nelson! Move over chinsack, there's a new franchise in town. Take your pick - badass Maximilian or Muppet Jedi Masters? LOL....... if a tree falls in a theater showing ESB, no-one would notice as the seats will be all empty.
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Jan 13, 2002 8:21:07 AM CST
Oh yay, jeez, I thought it was going to be the official 'Epi
by brokentusk
Albeit an amazing cover. I really like that artwork, but I still don't think we'll be seeing exactly that in 'Episode II'. Probably the kiddie-friendly version of that cool picture.
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I am telling you all by the third movie Jar Jar will become Boba Fett.
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Dude, I'm impressed.----later-----m
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i'll forgive Lucas for putting Nsync if they Timberlake kills jar jar!
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I can't even finish TPM now. I tried the other day and felt dirty. I had to watch Empire to cleanse myself. I always got the feeling that Georgie was making shit up as he went along. I never got a feel for flow in TPM that I got in LOTR or Empire. I agree that the fate of the new trilogy rests on ATOC, that it is so very important for this to be a great film (good just ain't gonna get it) so that the eye rape that was TPM can be, though never erased, at least temporairily forgotten. As for the KOTB, I enjoy his posts more than any other, with the Shmi is a whore posts coming in a close second.
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Jan 13, 2002 10:13:54 AM CST
And I was hoping to witness the death of a Boy Group. I guess I&
by paranrmlpussycat
I'd like to star out by saying that Mercier, you are a demented lunatic. Only a demented freak would have a headless, Uruk-Hai with only one arm as his personal bodyguard. I'd just like to say I LOVE the original trilogy. The first Prequel is....Ok. Not brilliant but OK. If NSYNC really is reading these talkbacks as one Talkbacker theorized, then I will state why I think their cameo, no matter how long it is, will drag this movie into Pop Culture oblivion that will severely date it. I think NSYNC insults the longtime faithfulness of fans of the original Trilogy by their little "humorous" skit on SNL too. That makes me want to do the world a favor and eliminate each and every Pop group out there. I think I'll start with the members of the first group that tortured me with their pre-pubescent screeches, The New Queers On the Block. It's a good thing I had Metallica back then or I would have gone crazy. I had not one but two sisters who like the New Kids. But back to NSYNC and Star Wars. Quite frankly, the original trilogy had no pop groups in it whatsoever. That excludes the Holiday Special which is a pile of Gungan vomit. But the original trilogy had not one appearance by any of the popular musical groups of the time. Which was a good thing. Because without that touch of pop culture they are timeless and transcend the era they were made in. By putting NSYNC no matter how small their part, people will remember Episode 2 not for anything that is in the movie but because of NSYNC's miniscule part in the movie. The other problem I see with the Prequels are the choices for most of the cast. The original trilogy relied on the novelty of hiring predominantly unknown actors in the lead roles. All three movies did not rely on more celebrity guest appearances than any given episode of the Love Boat. In conclusion, I think that George Lucas is starting to lose his edge. I guess becoming a parent makes you into a big softy with no inclination to take risks and truly shock people. I mean you'd think that when dealing with the events in Vader's earlylife there'd be more dark events that lead him to become the vicious individual he is in the earlier trilogies. I don't think just one event (Specifically the Spoiler one talkbacker posted about Schmi's death.) would lead him over the edge. There should have been more things in his childhood to make him inclined to turn to the Dark Side. I mean being verbally harassed by some pudgy blue thing with wings isn't that much of a catalyst. But now that I think of it, maybe it was all that time he had spent in the company of Jar Jar that drives him to evil.
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Jan 13, 2002 10:28:10 AM CST
Look at the image carefully, i swear you can see Justin Timberla
by togmeister
Getting blasted by the Clone Troopers! Heh! Is this Ralph Mcquarrie?
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for LOTR merchandising
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Yeah, i even have an autograph from Mr.Nero
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Small, meaningless things equal doom, don't you know that? Just like the propsed half-second N Sync cameo.
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I was one myself, a long time ago and far away. I feel your anxiety and your pain. The series has become a travesty and a joke. Since everyone is going to see it anyway, please take the opportunity to send a message: Boycott the opening five days. Turn your backs on it. Watch the OT if you must. Go to the Library. Visit a park. Anything but AOTC. If enough people did this, the shock to Lucas might lead to him delivering a better final film. You know it will be in the theatres for two months anyway. You know there will be a third film no matter what. So send a message! Otherwise he will continue to despise the people who have made him wealthy and worse the series will die a horrible death. Anyone up to Episode III: Return of the Jar Jar?
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Jan 13, 2002 12:34:55 PM CST
But anal-na-thrack,that would make Obi-Wan Luke's Granpa.
by chewblacca
anal,I like you theory.But It's
even more of a stretch than mine.
Plus,who ever said that Obi-Wan
had the highest Midi-whatsit count? Shmi a whore? That's part
of being a slave.Qui-Gonn would
have done her if he'd had half a
chance.Did you see the way he was
checking her out.Maybe Anakin's
father is a Hutt.Mind tricks don't
work on them.maybe the Hutts are
in tune with the Force.Or maybe...
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Nah.
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Haven't read any of the TB yet. But look,an art porfolio and a sceenplay in ONE BOOK. Wasn't back just a few that George Luca$ (your emphasis) would sold this things SEPERATELY. It really looks like he's improving.
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Jan 13, 2002 12:53:28 PM CST
Oh my god that SNL skit was funny! I taped it too. Too bad I don
by iamlegolas
It won't do it justice by describing it but it was funny when they showed Dean Edwards as Ahmed Best doing Jar Jar pre-CGI. Babbling incoherently and doing armpit noises. Ha!!!
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Jan 13, 2002 1:09:59 PM CST
i know that it is hard to use this word in such difficult times:
by drjones
ohh ebonic that ROCKS..that`s creative talkback posting:)
my physic teacher always told us that physicists trust in their science, trust in physics.
well i was sick by this damn movie named TPM but as geeks i think we CAN MAYBE trust in cinema. ...so..just some to think about!
AAAANNDD THE TALKBACK IIIIIISSSS OUT OF ORDER: AND SOME DAY THIS WILL MAKE ME SICK.....PLEASE DO something harry! please! -
...true, Lucas originally wanted to do a remake of "Flash Gordon" for Universal right after "American Graffiti", but they laughed. He was a hungry filmaker and Alan Ladd, jr. at 20th gave him his chance. Now, Georgie-Porgie is resting on his laurels designing the films for the younger audiences so that they'll grow into them. As Regicidal stated, "they'll never be as good as the originals." I agree.
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Yours is the best post concerning all of this AOTC hype that I've read. But I'll do better than you suggest: I'll avoid this flick during its first two weeks in release.
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Lucas is fuc-ed up his evil mind game is too much and he must bestoped. Or else there will be a cult that follows him where he goes so will the cult and so will it be when he has his army of dumb star wars fans and "CLONES" and he will take over the world.
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I think you are all wrong about Lucas. He probably likes money, just like the rest of us, but the thing is he makes these movies for his kids. That is all Star Wars is, films for seven year olds, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
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Jan 13, 2002 3:42:41 PM CST
Geek to stripper while she shoves ass in face: "You ever seen S
by clemwriter
How dare that radio station disrupt a poor fanboys laser like focus on his inner geekdom! Considering that there is a 99.9% certainty of that being the first time he's seen a 'semi' naked woman before (aside from his step dads Playboys) and the inherent difficulty of mouth breathing and drooling at the same time HE COULD VERY WELL HAVE DROWNED!!! SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!
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First post...Just wanted to say I'm still pumped for Star Wars and I can't wait to see what Lucas has in store for us.
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Jan 13, 2002 5:12:08 PM CST
To the fricking idiot who has the observation skills of a hocke
by lobanhaki
Has anybody considered that Lucas could sit right back now and never have to make a Star Wars film anyway? Hello, MERCHANDISE ANYBODY? He doesn't make the movies because he's poor. As for greed, I don't know the guy, but for my money (he he) the average conglomerate that demands double digit profits is far greedier than he is. He's a guy who gives generous bonuses to his employees, who runs every dollar that ILM makes back into equipment and software and research... I don't know, if he really wanted to be greedy, he could make Lucas Digital and Lucasfilm publically traded corporations instead of limited partnerships. He pays for his movies out of his own money. Jesus, do you know how few films are made by people with their own money? If he really wished to be greedy, he could offload the risk. And who wouldn't want a piece of the most lucrative film project in history? But he has not done any such thing. He either licenses, or acts as partner, or as a contractor. Lucasfilm is, in fact, an independent film company. And Lucas, has for some reason resisted all urges to do the very things that could increase his take without forcing him to create content for it. Is that greed? Personally, I think Lucas has it dead on: Business plays a part in good filmmaking. It's too expensive not to. However, business dealings are not what attract audiences, and Lucas knows that too, so he makes movies that go beyond and above many of the standards and the limits that studios would fear to cross because of the spectre of loosing money. Would a studio have okayed the Midi-Chlorian thing? would they have okayed a movie that would take three years to make, and which would have an effect in every shot. Would they shoot a major film in a Hi-Def digital format when no other major film has been shot that way? This is not the behavior of a risk averse greedy fellow.
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I've been lurking about the AotC talkbacks, and through several weeks of analysis (most PM fans will recognize one can't spell "analysis" w/out "anal"), I've found the only real reason Mercier bothers anyone who complains about his presence is the fact that deep down...everyone here knows he's right.**********************
Sure, he can be abrasive. Hell, you KNOW the only reason he steeps his t-backs in LotR imagery is because all those blinded by the mediocrity and histrionics (disguised as itegrity, story, and respect for the original material) now exhibited by Lucas are threatened by another more polished and better acted/produced/directed franchise..which comes from much better source material, at that.*************************** The same folks complaining about Mercier, in fact, are either the same jokers or same style of joker who were threatened by the XMen last year or the Matrix before that.**********************
It makes it SO clear that everyone here, whether they have the intestinal fortitude to admit it or not, knows in their secret heart (or not so secret, in my case) that these movies by "daughter's little lap-dancer" George are at best an insult to the grandeur of the first trilogy and at worst a magnificent waste of the production's time and our money.*************************** The mere defensiveness of the average mad dog when the mere nuetral mention of ANY other successful franchise explodes in numerous sophomoric responses ranging from the dully homophobic to the wildly illogical, ending in the requisite insult from one fanboy to another telling him to move out of the parent's basement, stash the porn....etc...how unoriginal. With talent like THAT, anyone HERE might be able to punch up the CURRENT AotC shooting script, based on what we've all seen.*****************
So please, if you don't like Mercier, like the Simpson's "Treehouse of Horror" episode where the product mascots come to life, "just don't look". Personally, I hope you do, since I find his tenacity and ability to rile up those blinded by their misplaced faith rather amusing.************************* Keep up the fine work, Mercier! Some advice though; lay off the LotR references. Lucas is giving you enough material that sucks on it's own...the statements relative to LotR only give the blind something to trip over. And, rather than saying "I've blinded myself like Oedipus because I can't let my eyes see this dreck", it gives them room to complain beyond the real reasons. -
It makes me laugh when these jealous talkbackers try to paint George as a caricature of the typical soulless Hollywood hack....THE HATE FLOWS.....give it a rest. Any money Lucas makes goes back into the FILM....period. Hollywood and Theatre/Home audiences end up benefitting the most by the money GL makes. That's what money means to Lucas......Lucas is not a soulless guy. After you make 100 million dollars, how is luxury in life affected by the next 100 million.
Everything goes back into Film.....whether his or Hollywood's.
Filmmakers/Hollywood/audiences benefit from:
ILM:
90 percent of Hollywood's blockbusters this summer were really dependent on Lucas' company: Mummy Returns, Pearl Harbor, Jurrassic Park, Planet Of The Apes, A.I., Fast and the furious, etc.... Hollywood makes it's money with these tent pole pictures...which allows them to subsidize their more riskier/serious product during the fall/winter period.
Skywalker Sound:
All the big filmmakers come here because it is unmatched by any other sound post-production house in Hollywood. It is created by a filmmaker that loves film...not money. Great soundtracks in the films we love. I don't mind Lucas' profits paying for that.
THX:
Brings theatre presentation up to the 21st century. Makes Home Entertainment amazing. When we go out and see/buy movies, we benefit.
To me, Lucas doesn't seem uncool in the way he spends the profits he makes. It seems worthwhile and relatable to me.
I also think you should look back to the OT period and check out all the licencee products/fast-food tie-ins of the time. There was as much if not more products spun off the films.
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LOTR and Moulin Rouge.If only American directors
had this kind of vision.However,heres to AOTC being the
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Such a fan!
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Haw! Ewan's career is riding on this plus he's being paid a shitload of cash and he can only be "quite enthusiastic"?
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Can we please quit talking about this pile of shit called Star Wars. The old ones are classics, but Phantom Menace sucked ass and the rest will continue to suck ass
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Though I have serious doubts the movie's going to turn out to be like that, mainly because I don't think the clone wars are going to happen until episode 3. I think episode 2 is going to be the build up to the clone wars, even though I think ep1 should have been the build up and the clone wars should have taken both ep2 and ep3. Yes, I know ep2 is called 'attack of the clones', but where's Lucas going to find time to put the clone wars if he's going to spend most of the movie with this damn romance. The clone wars should be so massive it should take a whole movie. If the clone wars, which are supposed to change the entire order of the Galaxy, consists of a little battle at the end of ep2 I'll be extremely disappointed, even if it looks as cool as that picure. ep1 may have been childish, but ep2 and ep3, especially ep3, have the potential to be brilliant if Lucas doesn't fuck up his own story. The clone wars and the duel between Obi wan and Anakin are going to be awesome. That's why I think It's really important that Lucas builds on the friendship between Anakin and Obi wan, if it's going to have any impact when the inevitable fight comes.
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Actually there ain't no spoiler, just yanking your sack there. To all those who say sticking N*Suckmeoff in AOTC will strip it of its timelessnessness, I totally agree. BUT take a look at the old trilogy- is it just coincidence that a whole galaxy set in a time long ago followed the fashion trends of permed mullets etc, shared by one planet Earth in the years 1976-82?
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I agree with everything ole' Mercier has to say about LOTR, SW, etc. I'm right there with him.
It's not his opinions that make him an irritating little twat, it's his writing style, decent into uber-geekdom, and general moronic prattle. I mean, can we try to post somethign that has more than the same 3 words in it over and over again (school, bitch, LOL)?
And what does this say about you if you're so keen to lick his ass, be his his bitch and swallow?
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By the way, the two DJs that sent the guys waiting for Episode II were from Washington DC, and they're called Don and Mike. They're not the greatest DJs in the world, but I gotta admit, that was pretty fuckin' hilarious.
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IN THE DAILY HEADLINES SECTION TO GET THE LINK TO WATCH THIS GEM!!!! HILARIOUS!!!! -
Jan 13, 2002 9:04:01 PM CST
did the makers of id4 copyright giant spaceships crashing into t
by dmodog
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I'm not here to change anyone's mind or argue with their opinions. I'm just not understanding all this SW and Lucas bashing. We've only seen the previews so far and they were brief. When ANH previews were shown in december '76. The audience laughed and went "What the Hell Was that". It was thought to be a bomb. Of course The rest is history.
I have faith in Lucas and the series. I just wish more of you will have faith to. Of course Lucas wasn't going to make the same movies he made 20 years ago.
He's different, we're different, the world is different. Let the movie open Then judge for yourselves. I gaurantee by the end you'll be screaming for Episode III. Keep the bashing up and there won't be an Indiana Jones 4. Peace.
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I'm not here to change anyone's mind or argue with their opinions. I'm just not understanding all this SW and Lucas bashing. We've only seen the previews so far and they were brief. When ANH previews were shown in december '76. The audience laughed and went "What the Hell Was that". It was thought to be a bomb. Of course The rest is history.
I have faith in Lucas and the series. I just wish more of you will have faith to. Of course Lucas wasn't going to make the same movies he made 20 years ago.
He's different, we're different, the world is different. Let the movie open Then judge for yourselves. I gaurantee by the end you'll be screaming for Episode III. Keep the bashing up and there won't be an Indiana Jones 4. Peace.
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dorkus malorkus
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Why must everyone be a fucking salesman for Lord of the Rings? It was a good movie. The End.
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...you just don't know when you've been fucked out of your money, do you? Remember "Phantom Menace?" It ate, as you Lucas-philes would put it, "Bantha shit." If I can reach just one of you, hopefully this post won't be in vain. Don't see Episode II. Now, instead of George making $200 million, he'll only make $199,999,992. Asswipes, all of you!
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Tatooine will undeniably appear in Ep. II. It seems that Anakin will, against the counsel of Obi-Wan and Yoda, be "lured" back to his home world, much like Luke was lured to Bespin at the end of Episode V. Watto will appear (and will be a much more sympathetic character - he's one of Lucas' favorites), so will Shmi. Shmi will not survive Episode II, and her demise will become a instrument that Lord Sidious will take advantage of to turn Anakin against the other Jedi. My source thinks that Shmi will be in some sort of peril, and Anakin will ask Obi-Wan to save her. Obi-Wan will fail, and Anakin will never be able to pardon his Master for the consequences.
What about the clone war? What are the clones?
Darth Sidious himself will be the force behind the Clone Wars, and it will be revealed that he has the capability to control the actions of the midi-chlorians, or at least to 'persuade' them to act in ways he directs. The Clones of the Clone Wars will be life forms that also contain incredibly high midi-chlorian counts. They will be 'super-Jedi' which will be used as assassins against the Knights.
Doesn't this have anything to do with Anakin's miraculous birth?
Anakin's birth was no accident. Anakin was a test, a prototype.
Anakin and Amidala will fall in love, as we all knew. But Obi-Wan will volunteer to be her protector, as he is smitten by her. This will cause friction between Obi-Wan and Anakin. Anakin will sense Obi-Wan's deep feelings for Amidala before Obi-Wan himself is aware of them, really. When Anakin confronts Obi-Wan about them, Obi-Wan will try to deny his affection. Anakin will never again trust his master.
Will Darth Sidious have a new apprentice in Episode Two?
Yes, Lord Mandalore, a system monarch, like Amidala who has his own private army. Mandalore will also appear in Episode III. I think that's enough info for now.
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Anakin hurries down the crowded street. He bumps into a crowd of locals. ANI:"Sorry." LOCAL # 1: "Hey, I remember you! Anakin Skywalker." LOCAL # 2: "Banthashit! Anakin Skywalker was killed podracing." LOCAL #3:"I heard he was Jabba's houseboy. Yeech!" ANI:"I'm in kind of a hurry. Clones, and all." LOCAL # 1 :"You were a funny kid, Ani. Remember how you used to go around saying Yippee all the time." ANI: "Uh, no..." LOCAL # 2:"And if it wasn't yippee it was wizard, right, Ani?" ANI:"Screw you, guys!" LOCAL # 3:"Remember how Ani used to go around with a blank expression on his face and sort of speak in a monotone--" LOCAL # 1: "Except when he was saying yippee." LOCAL # 2: "Or wizard. Hey, where ya goin', Skywalker. Some people! No sense of humor."
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First of all, when talking about "dumb titles" (THE PHANTOM MENACE, ATTACK OF THE CLONES)...do you all realize that the TRUE TITLE of the FIRST "Star Wars" movie is: A NEW HOPE. That is by far the dumbest title...until you consider that the movies are all CHAPTERS of a larger piece of work. Also, and MUCH MORE IMPORTANT: "Star Wars Episode 2" is really "Star Wars V"--the FOURTH SEQUEL in a series of movies dreamed up (more or less) on the fly by a guy with modest talents but who hires a lot of VERY talented craftsmen to work with him. This is like CONQUEST OF THE BATTLE FOR BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES or something like that. For the most part each flick gets a bit worse. What do you all expect for film number FIVE in a series????!!! I'm sure Lucas is a bit tired of it all by now.
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Am I the only person not sick and fucking tired of the so called " King of Talk Back?" The man has an obsession with destroying the Star Wars name! This is one of those fanboys who loved LOTR:FOTR so much that he has a fucking Elijah Wood poster in his room that he fucking beats off to everynight and beats himself with his *snap* *crackle* *pop* balrog whip to get off on his sick fucking fantasies. Hey I never read the LOTR series.... but I went and saw FOTR and I thought it was a good movie, but I dont get on here and say stupid bullshit and try to knock a movie that isnt even fucking out yet??? Fuck, TPM wasnt Empire, and I didnt expect it to be the best movie when it came out either. I was just happy that another Star Wars movie was out. But everytime something about Star Wars is posted up.... here comes the "King of Talkback" and his band of imaginary friends to the rescue to knock Star Wars. I mean seriously Mercier do you not have any friends? Do you spend hours or days coming up with bullshit stories to amaze the people here on the TB?? At first I thought you were funny, but now you are just fucking pathetic. God im wondering what will happen to your pathetic ass when all the movies in the LOTR trilogy are released, you wont have any more purpose in your life except to dog Star Wars..... but dont you dare fuck with the old trilogy.... you fuck with that, you are fucking on holy ground with that shit. LOL Silly bitches HAHAHA LOL LOL LOL... Bitch Im Lieutenant Roast A Botch..... I roast lil bitch asses like you Mericer! ( You can hear the hum of Darth Vader's Lightsaber as I decapitate your ugly ass as I exit the room)
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a few thoughts.QJAMMER2000,Quit talking about it then. MERCIER,if you are trying to be like Andy Kaufman,it's been done.stop trying to be cool and give us a rest.NIAISERIE,he's not doing obi-wan.he's supposed to be obi-wan.(it's in the script.).SOUL SUCKNG JERK,from the timing of your post,exactly who said the movie was brilliant?and last but not ... well okay, least.PARANRML PUSSYCAT.that wasn't really n'sync on snl.what were you on?p.s.the CAPS were NOT flames.
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I don't have any idea where that came from, nor do I think it is funny anymore. Hey, let's all start posting "ALL YOUR BASE" in the subject lines, that would be a hoot!! Oh, and the SNL skit was really funny. "Meesa go pee pee and a poo poo!!!" "What do you say we should do, N*Sync?"
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You know, I think George including N*Sync in the film shows that he is worried that the bad press of Phantom will topedo the film before it started. So He included this boy-band in order to get the 9-13 female demographic in so they'd see Hayden Christopher and go crazy over him, buying Star Wars related posters and Magazines from him (just you wait: There will be some toy that has his voice saying romantic lines from the movie that the girls will go crazy over, or so George hopes). Also, I think one of his daughters convinced him to bring N*sync into it, probably guilting him over letting his their brother name Jar Jar Binks (and that poor boy will have to live with that shame for therest of his life.)
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The movie may have left me wanting, but the E1 art book is one of my favorite possessions. It's a pity I can't say "if that's what they take out, what they leave in must be pure gold," but the sketches and production paintings are always gorgeous. E2 looks like it will be equally breathtaking judging by that cover alone(addage about not judging any book by its cover not withstanding)! Thank you, Harry! Doug Chiang should be designing film art for an outfit like Pixar. Imagine Pixar doing something like Harlan Ellison's screenplay for Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot" with Doug Chiang's art designs. Okay, too nuts, but I hope he works plenty after the prequels are done.
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