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REVENGE OF THE SITH artwork is out and my god... it's full of stars...
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with something to get the old geek salivary glands pumping. I feel so vulnerable right now. Every time I see something new from Episode 3, a little bit more of my cynical shell is breaking off, leaving the tender pink pulp of a hopeful fanboy exposed. Of course those shots of Vader jumping around didn't do much to turn me back to Lucas' side (did it look to anyone else that the suit was just kind of hanging off of the person wearing it?), but take a look at this beauty below:
I'll be the first to admit that pre-production art is 99 times out of 100 cooler than the execution of the scene to film, but damn if that above illustration doesn't make me want to love REVENGE OF THE SITH with all my geeky being. It comes from the cover of the Art of Star Wars book and if the rest of the artwork looks like that then... droooolll... Like I said, I'm feeling very vulnerable now. I promised I wasn't going to let Lucas trick me again, but I can honestly say that of all the prequels, the early stuff that has "leaked" for REVENGE OF THE SITH is by far the most impressive. He better not hurt me again!
The good folks at Inlandempirestrikesback.net got the scoop on the above image, plus the covers of two more STAR WARS books. One is for the novelization and the other is for the Making Of book. Check 'em out by clicking the below links, but beware... they are super-mega huge.
CLICK IT HERE FOR THE EPISODE 3 NOVEL COVER WITH CLASHING LIGHTSABRES AND PAINT SPLOTCHES!!!
... AND CLICK IT HERE FOR THE MAKING OF COVER, THAT LOOKS A HELLUVA LOT LIKE THE ORIGINAL EMPIRE STRIKES BACK TEASER POSTER!!!
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the first shall be last, and the last shall be first
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In just 4+ short months, it'll all be over. Thank Christ.
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When I was a wee lad, reading the official Empire Strikes Back magazine. In it Lucas said that Obi-wan and Vader faced off near the edge of a volcano. He also said that he was going to use wookies in the final film.*****Of course he ment Return of the Jedi. Lucas has a plan for these movies, and the first two were leading up to this one...which leads into the final three chapters. Stop thinking of these as seperate trillogy.. its six films that create one story. And when you look at it that way, the first two make a hell of a lot of sense. In fact, I will even go to say that the prequels STREGNGHTEN the Vader/Palpatine/Luke Sceans as well as gives more weight to Lucas using Ewoks as a return to innocent times.
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That means it MUST be good.
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YAY!
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The production art is cool, but similar images have been seen before. The covers of the books are... weak, I guess. I agree with the notion that production art is, most of the time, cooler than the end product. For a real fucking cool poster: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Along with Domino one of the most anticipated movies of this year in my book!
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haven't u grown out of this shit? It was cool when i was 11 and a half, but as soon as i turned 12, i realized there was more to life than Lucas and his cheesy movies. Aren't u guys ready to see something new?! Isn't SW getting a little old? The first 3 were definite classics for their time. But cmon, for God's sakes its 2005. SW just isn't important anymore.
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Jan 15, 2005 5:18:19 AM CST
in case u didn't notice, i'm posting out of pity for SW fanboys
by sirbiatchreturns
its not too late to grow up and get back to the real world.
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Jan 15, 2005 5:20:44 AM CST
You know whats really great, is the city along the coast...
by theginger twit
... just makes me really want to see this new planet.
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...You know, there are a lot of things people can complain and/or nitpick about when it comes to Star Wars, but the most recent and inane gripe has got to be "Oh, look how skinny young Vader looks!" You morons obviously expect twentysomething Anakin to suddenly age another 20 years and gain the physique of an ex body builder just by putting on a mask and a new outfit. Yes, Vader is pretty badly charred and quite bionic, but he still retains more organic tissue than, say, RoboCop's Murphy who is basically just a human head on a robotic body. It's also not too implausible, all things considered, that there are technological upgrades available to Vader as he grows older. Maybe it's because you angry masturbators shower so seldom and never change clothes that you demand your favorite characters wear the exact same outfits for decades?
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Jan 15, 2005 5:30:50 AM CST
You star wars haters are fucking cunts. Every single last one of
by theginger twit
You want to retort to that? Wh ogives a shit if star wars gives you pain. Who gives a shit if you once loved star wars but hate it now. Who gives a shit how superiour you think you are because you've out grown star wars. Who gives a flying fuck how much you hate lucas because he decided to go back and make the first 3 PLANNED films. Who gives a rats if you hate the idea of Episode 3 because it's going to have Chewy in it. Who cares any less than I that you love the new hitchhikers art work, but hate the (Far Superior) Star wars artwork. What is this vendetta you all have against star wars. why are you so threatened by it? Lucas is no hack. He may not have the best directing abilities with his actors, but damnit, when it comes to pure fantasy story telling, not to mention technological achievements, then you should all be bowing down your non worthyness to this man. He's given us digital editing and digital cinema - he has championed sound and special effects and he single handedly reshaped the production style of hollywood. You guys can all GET FUCKED. Star Wars kicks arse. Go watch your faggoty Lord of the rings. Buch of foggots. fuck you all. Star wars lovers, or just those who still respect what these films are, unite and kick these fuckewrs to the gorund. Fuck off! grrrrrrr!!
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You know what, GingerTwit? You're not doing the rest of us Star Wars fans who enjoy more than one genre franchise any favors.
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Jan 15, 2005 6:27:59 AM CST
GingerTwat, didn't your parents give you enough attention or som
by moviemaniac-7
Given the typos I assume that you're not past the age of 11, so I'll keep this mild. First of all, I was commenting on the COVERS of the BOOKS that are affiliated with the movie. I, for one, love Star Wars. Have 'em all on VHS and DVD. I also love LOTR, etc. But the Hitchhiker's one sheet is ten times cooler than the stuff posted for Star Wars. That's my opinion. Period.
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Its funny that Harry and the guys are expecting the 3rd episode to be the one that redeems the prequel trilogy. Leys face it, if you didnt like Eps 1 and 2 you're not going to like Ep 3. Personally i loved Eps 1 and 2 and i can't see how if you liked the original films you somehow hate the prequels. They're all so similiar in style and construction it baffles me how someone can love Return of the Jedi and hate The Phantom Menace. I can understand complaints about the writing but the writing wasnt exactly hot in the original trilogy either. Lawrence Kasdan put some good one liners in there but the dialogue is functional at best. I actually prefer both prequels to Jedi which is deadly dull until the climactic 45 minutes. But hey thats just me. I was impressed with the way Lucas added so many original elements to the new films instead of it all becoming a boring continuity fest. I also find the political intrigue aspect very interesting, it will be cool to see how Obi-Wan/Padme etc react when they find out they have been played all along by Palpatine. I fully expect this post to be hit by Star Wars haters but thats ok, i guess most of them are Star Trek fans. Now there's a franchise that really has been ripped apart and destroyed!!
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I just can't believe the love/hate i see based on a single picture (I mean, it's just a painting... of a potential movie image). I hope (GOD I HOPE!) this movie doesn't suck but we're really talking about nothing here.
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...though i'm looking foward to HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY more at the moment!
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To all you Star Wars haters, admit it, you can't let a Star Wars story slip by can you? It certainly has got you by the balls as you've all clicked on this Star Wars story to read it. And now you're even reading the talk-balk. I think total indifference is the ultimate not-giving-a-shit, but that's not your case, is it?
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SirBiatchReturns, you're the same lump of monkey crap ripping on the spider-man movies, and I bet you have all these movies you claim to hate on your DVD shelf. Yes, you are a bitch, but you are no sir, just a plain bitch.
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Jan 15, 2005 8:06:50 AM CST
What's funnier than an imbecile spelling "you" as "u"?
by salvatoregravano
The same imbecile spelling the personal pronoun "I" as "i" in rerefence to his own pitiful self - his use of a lower-case character indicates his subconscious awareness of his actual self-worth(lesness).
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Jan 15, 2005 8:58:52 AM CST
"You star wars haters are fucking cunts. Every single last one o
by edward_nygma
GingerTwit, i salute you. It's nice to see that regard for Star Wars is starting to take a turn back around again.
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...yet here he is posting at AICN.
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Jan 15, 2005 9:49:22 AM CST
Everytime you Star Wars hating cuntrags post in a Star Wars thre
by i dunno
Who the fuck wastes their time posting in a thread about a movie you hate? You all look like jackasses. Awesome pics.
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Seriously, why is someone an idiot because they like or hate a movie? Why do discussions about Star Wars have to devolve into people calling other people an idiot for how they feel? Why can't this be a semi-intelligent discussion about the merits of movies, personal attacks excluded? Why does anyone CARE if someone else likes or hates a movie? There is NO movie on the planet, no matter how well received, that everyone can 100 percent agree on. Live with it. Like what you like and talk about why, but lay off the juvenile attacks because someone doesn't share your opinion?
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Star wars became mainstream, has anyone seen THX, as with Star Wars nobody can predict a hit movie. But Lucas is uncompromising and true to his vision respect the bearded one for truly acting as a leading general in the battle and totally dividing his audience, and as time will tell, winning the war. Great stuff eh!
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Boy, the anticipation level out there to display utter shit like this as something exciting...
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. . . that Episode 3 is going to be 2 hours of George Lucas on screen, pointing at the audience and laughing. Seriously, though, it's too bad Lucas can't get a job just making movie trailers-- at this point, he's much better at that than at making actual movies.
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Jan 15, 2005 10:56:56 AM CST
Looks like this film might have more in common with the OT
by gil-galad12
Or are we all hating on Star Wars today?
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The volcano thing was planned from the beginning. What the fuck is it supposed to look like? If it wasn't for Lucas and his groundbreaking FX work that WETA stood on the shoulders of, your incredibly homosexual LOTR would be a bunch of midgets fighting over red colored water. If Star Wars is such a nightmare to you then you're a time wasting loser for bothering to post in this thread. Now you go die now.
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"Episode 3 looks like it is going to suck, just like 1 and 2." Ahhhhhhhh. It always feels better once you give in.
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Jan 15, 2005 12:50:38 PM CST
In Response to kwisatzhaderach & the new films vs. old
by ralph cifaretto
Folks suggest that the new films are so similar to the old film that liking the old & not the new is inconcievable. The new films are missing many many qualities of the old, but chief among them is L O V E. ---- There's no love in these films. The originals dramatized all kinds of love - Luke loves Obi Wan, C3PO loves R2, Han loves Luke, Leigh loves Han, and of course, ultimately Luke and Darth Vader love each other. Hell, even the Rancor, the monster from Jabba's palace, is loved by his keeper, who weeps upon the monster's death. Such a humane moment as that would never find it's way into these souless and emotially dead prequels.
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because they're an idiot who likes "White Chicks". Wow, I'd feel mildly insulted for being called a star wars geek BUT HE LIKES WHITE CHICKS! HAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHHAHAHH!! That's fucking sad, man. Just sad.
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Harry, can you confirm this? Supershadows website (a site I used to laugh at, and then noticed he was getting all his previews correct) says James Earl Jones will not voice Darth Vader. Is this true? He says it is 100% that he will NOT be Darth Vaders voice. Harry please tell me that Lucas didnt screw that up.
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Ralph Cifaretto, exactly what would you call the moment where young Boba Fett picks up his dead father's helmet? Possibly one of the greatest shots in the entire saga. Or their whole father/son bond, for that matter? Obi-Wan cradling Qui-Gon after his death? The scene in Episode 1 where Anakin leaves his mother? Or where Qui-Gon shows concern for Shmi, who is about to send her son away? These characters CARE about each other, however poorly you may think the dialogue is. The love story between Anakin & Padme has much greater prominence than Leia & Han, even if you think it's cheesy. How about Obi-Wan visiting Dex at the diner? You may laugh at a real actor hugging a CG character, but this is exactly the type of stigma Lucas is trying to get us past--in the long run it WILL be a part of cinema. Sure, Jar Jar was an experiment executed poorly, but if Ahmed Best had been told to use a slightly less annoying voice, we might have excused the fart joke and wouldn't be having all these arguments, The "love" you are missing in these prequels is the bond between a rag tag group of rebels fighting the odds and the powers that be. That's something IMPOSSIBLE to recreate in these films, as they are showing the breakdown of a grander society.
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Jan 15, 2005 1:53:33 PM CST
Lucas got jealous of one of his own characters popularity...awww
by dogsoup
"FUCK YOU AURRA SING! FUCK YOU UP YOUR STUPID ASS FOR EVERYONE LIKING YOU AND STUFF!I WAS GOING TO MAKE YOU A STAR BUT NooOOOoo, EVERYONE HAD TO LIKE YOU BETTER THAN JAR JAR AND ANI EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE ONLY ON SCREEN FOR .3 SECONDS! YOU BITCH! I'LL CUT YOUR ASS OUT OF THE TRILOGY! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT YOU LANKY FINGERED BALD ALIEN BITCH! MACULLUM! TO ME NOW! CUT AURRA SING OUT OF THE WHOLE MESS!"
-Lucas swinging naked from his ceiling flinging poop at Rick Macullum-
"Bbb-but master! She's got maybe 10 minutes of screentime in Episode 2 and maybe 30 minutes in Episode 3!! Cut her out?? B-b-but why?!?!"
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"BECAUSE I LOVE JAR JAR! EVERYONE MUST LOVE JAR JAR!BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
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Way to aggravate Star Wars fans with more of this needless acrimony between SW and LoTR fans. STFU already about Lucas stealing from LoTR! Honestly, what
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Sir Biach and Playdoh' have ZERO insight first of all. Some of you need to exercise a little moderation here with these prequels. Half of you anticipated them SO highly and invested WAY too much of your childhood nostalgia, that anything less than a personal hand job from Natalie Portman was bound to bring you crashing to earth. And then comes the hatered! Damned if your not gonna rip the thing to shreds because your fragile little expectations were shattered. NEWS FLASH...episode IV thru VI are untouchable. Just enjoy these for what they are...revisiting a familiar universe we all loved as kids (however flawed it may be). ENJOY.
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People hate it, people love it... hey to each his/her own. I've always enjoyed the prequels. A lot actually. I was NOT disappointed with The Phantom Menace when it was first released, even if Jar Jar was annoying and Jake Lloyd couldn't win in an acting contest against Keanu Reeves if he tried (yes, thats a stab at both actors). Attack of the Clones was even better than TPM, I loved it when it was first released. I can watch both prequels today on DVD with no complaints. No big ones anyway, that make me hate them with the passion that a lot of people seem to these days. Oh well, its really not that big of a deal if I like these movies, and a few million people across the world don't. Basically what I'm saying is, if you like Star Wars, hey thats cool man, if you hate it, then thats cool too, just don't see Revenge of the Sith when its released, I'm sure you'll be okay, lol.
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Jan 15, 2005 4:49:42 PM CST
Would rather watch the Pt then see the pure cheese between Arwen
by bong
Oh my love...look at the fanboys
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I have never been able to reconcile how easy the empreror died at the end of ROTJ. For all his power he sure went out like a wimp(dies in less than a minute). Now ROTS is going to make it worse as it appears Palpatine is going to be kicking some ass in ROTS.
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isn't that cute? making ridiculous comments to protect their innocent little selves? Its ok. i understand. as a result of still caring about Padme, Obi-wan and them, ur growth into adulthood became incredibly stunted. yeah. i can see that. And to the person who was talking about Natalie Portman giving a handjob, i don't remember ever saying that as a reason why i didn't like the prequels. I didn't like the prequels frankly cuz they sucked. And the original Star Wars are classics FOR THEIR TIME. i wish u people could read, but u spend so much time glued to your tv sets that u don't understand what i say. i don't care for the original 3 anymore like i did when i was a child. Why? simply because i have grown up and i have seen way too many movies that are better than these. Yes, we are in 2005. not in the 1970s. And funny enough, you weak fanboys keep mentioning "White Chicks" as though that is some sort of defense, when it really isnt. It shows how lame-minded you guys are. More than half of u haven't even seen the movie, so why comment? I watched White Chicks for the sole reason of being able to prove to anyone else why it was total garbage. So that when i talk, i can back it up by EVIDENCE. thats a big word here. i'm not sure u fanboys even know what that means. and don't get me wrong, there were parts of White Chicks that were terrible to watch, almost cringe-inducing. But it had its moments, especially when they were not dressed up as White Chicks. They still had comedy in those parts where they were normal black men, and those scenes in particular were quite good. Is this so hard to believe? They weren't dressed up as White Chicks 24/7. And towards the end, the movie started to get better. And at the end, i was thinking: "hmmn... not bad". Free your minds fanboys. Learn to make up your own mind on what u watch, rather than go with the general mass because 'its cool'. But then again, u wouldnt be here, posting about: OH MY GOD. LUCAS'S LEFT NUT WILL OWN US ALL. OH! VOLCANO!
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...so abuse and threats of violence can be more efficiently directed. I'm more interested in what Lucas does next. I hope he does something different but fear he will just keep tweaking the Star Wars movies, releasing edition after special edition before remaking them all in twenty years when technology gets him closer still to his true "vision". Stay off the CG for a while George. Make a proper movie. Whatever that means these days.
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but yeah, that peice of concept art looks pretty good. Peace.
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So, who besides me thinks a cage match between SirBiatchReturns and TheGingerTwit would be more exciting than SW Ep. 3? Anyone?
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Jan 15, 2005 9:53:00 PM CST
As for Episode III being dark, Harry's 3 week old pics are nice
by i dunno
He makes Freddy Krueger look like Snow White and yes, they're real, not Photoshopped. There's no way this is getting a PG. And please, let's just stop with the SW bashing in SW threads. It serves no purpose but to interrupt and troll and really should be banned if this was a real message board, which of course, it isn't.
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Jan 15, 2005 11:05:55 PM CST
Biatch, you are actually defending the fact that you liked "Whit
by atticus finch
That is seriously...no flaming intended here...the funniest fucking thing I have ever read in a talkback. I don't usually laugh out loud at someone's ignorance, but, well, there you are in all your glory. What is funnier is how you are trying so hard to act like you are old enough to have seen the OT in theaters, when it is easy to see you aren't much older than 13. I'm not trying to be a prick here and insult you...your posts speak for themselves.
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...You mean with a user ID like yours, and after Posting in a Star Wars Thread, you actually have the nerve to tell us Star Wars fans to grow up and face reality? LOL! Talk about hypocritical! You know SirBiatch, it is alright for you to not like Star Wars, me and my fellow Star Wars fans don't give a sweet fuck all, but why do you get so angry that a lot of us do love Star Wars? Is it jealousy? That is the only reason why anybody like yourself, would throw a hissy fit about Star Wars's popularity. Maybe you are just jealous, because one of your beloved Movie Franchises has failed? HAHAHA! You are pathetic. Star Wars is a Cultural Icon. It will never go away. Deal with it.
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And how much do you want to bet SirBiatch is saving up all of his paper route money so he can buy that 10-disc Matrix DVD set? As if it needed pointing out again, arguing with fans on a Movie Geek website's forum about Star Wars and telling them to grow up would be hypocritical if it wasn't so sad.
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Jan 16, 2005 2:59:59 AM CST
Cool little Star Wars color doodle. My wife and I look forward
by jdanielp
If this turns out to be as good as the new "WALLACE AND GROMIT" claymation movie, then it'll be a great year for kids AND adults. (And if you're not familiar with "Wallace and Gromit", you really need to see the short films available on video.)
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Jan 16, 2005 3:15:17 AM CST
I really like the Sith hat here: http://inlandempirestrikesback.
by noriko takaya
It looks as though Lucas is trying to be gangsta. "Straight outta Tatooine," eh? Anyway, can't wait to see the new movie. Gonna be sweet! Then it will all be over - until he decides he wants to do the Zahn books. Toppu o Nerae!
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With all that's been said about George Lucas and my own bitterness about the prequel trilogy, I really enjoyed the article in the recent Vanity Fair... how George will head back to his THX 1138 roots and start experimenting again. He figures mainstream people will hate it, but you know... I think this'll be good. I have calmed down and finally look forward to ROTS thanks to all these leaks. It may be good, it may be bad... but I won't be angry... I'll just look forward with curiosity to see what George has planned next. (PS - just watched Howard the Duck on TV the other day... as bad as that film is, it's sure a great little nostalgia piece... "He's My Boyfriend!" "That's Disgusting!" Gonna pick up the DVD. Cheers.
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Jan 16, 2005 12:28:00 PM CST
I kinda liked Ep 1, but I can't deny it would've been a lot bett
by wongo
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You see, by making us all hate a good portion of the Star Wars series, us fans are no longer sad that it's over. By seeing the prequil trilogy, we see just how silly the original one was as well (accept for Empire.) So thank you George Lucas, for helping us get on with our lives.
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God, you are a fucking tool. There is just no other way to say it. If you are seriously trying to imply that the piece of cinematic feces that is White Chicks had any redeeming quality, you are you are devoid of any reasoning power. You obviously have way too much time on your hands. Every new Revenge of the Sith thread that is started is immediately clogged with pricks like you, senselessly spewing venom. Get a fucking life. You have every right to think that Star Wars sucks ass, but it just strikes me as utterly asinine that you insist on wasting everyone's time trying to convince other people to share your own shriveled bitter viewpoint. Jesus, I like Star Wars, but I don't care about defending it to some stunted piece of shit who is just trying to start shit with people. People have different tastes, get the fuck over it. And I say this knowing full well that your sorry ass will be there opening day plastic lightsabre in hand, despite your poorly disguised attempt to hide your Star Wars obsession. What a douche are you.....
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is for fuckin' losers. so eat shit you sad twats. LOTR rules OK.
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Jan 16, 2005 9:07:34 PM CST
Lucas' sucker punch to all the doubting Thomas's who didn't see
by monkey_king
Wait till May 19th and watch Lucas feed you crow.
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Jan 16, 2005 10:15:09 PM CST
R.C.'s skeptic opinion on EIII : "I've got a baaaadd feelin abo
by r.c. the "wise"
All that I've seen has been impressive BUT I refuse to be played for a third time. Until proven otherwise, I see the movie under the presumption that this is just another mammoth amount of hype for a stinker of a film.
Additionally, I'm in a state of trepidation over Lucas's abilities. I mean, E.McGregor, Sam L. Jackson, J.Smits, N.Portman, C.Lee, H.Christianson, and J.Rhyves Davis are sensational actors...How do you fuck up and give them material that makes them look like actors who would be rejected to star in an UPN comedy? -
Even when it "sucks"..I still love it.
Im just not as cool as all you other people.
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Uh, I am not a faggot. I am happily married, and where is the fucking rule that you can't like Lord of the Rings AND Star Wars? Lord of the Rings is based on a work of classic literature, and Star Wars borrowed heavily from it, so what's with all the macho competitive bullshit? What exactly about LOTR is "faggoty"? Grow up, just because YOU don't like something doesn't negate it's artistic value. And all of these fuckwits who come into a Star Wars thread for the sole purpose of trashing Star Wars are less than worthless. 99 percent of people who like LOTR like Star Wars as well. If you don't like LOTR, or Star Wars, fine, but to come in here and insult people because they have different cinematic tastes than you is just juvenile. And for the record Lucas didn't steal shit from anyone, Tolkien didn't steal shit from anyone, everyone is influenced by everything, and nothing is fucking original. Get over it, and yourselves. If you get your panties in a wad because other people get enjoyment out of a film franchise that you didn't dig, YOU ARE THE MORON, not them.
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Jan 17, 2005 2:17:53 AM CST
NEW RULE: Anyone who says Star Wars was based on Bored of the Ri
by bill maher
Put down the Fiend Folio, pull the 25mm lead fairies out of your asses and pay attention, dungeonmasters. LOTR is about as original as a Glen A. Larson production. It's ripped off from Wagner, only without the music, sex, violence and interesting characters. Star Wars was also influenced by Wagner, but only vaguely. That's where the similarities begin and end. I don't remember any gay sobbing midgets, breakdancing wizards, archers who are told to "FIRE!" and other stupidity in Star Wars. If you 300-pound tubs of goo would quit stalking fat girls/ boys in comic shops and read something other than Dragonlance, you might see just how completely stupid you sound. But since you're stupid enough to think that Tolkien invented good vs evil, kindly old wizard/ mentors, glowing swords and such, you are 100% retarded.
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All of 'em! Ewoks, Gungans, ultimate special edition DVD remix redux re-release director's cuts, the lot!
Stick a lightsaber in there and I'm happy. Fact!
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Sorry. It's really, really, really lame. Unless it's some kind of really inside California joke or something - like, you're so hip that you deliberately use the most outre reference possible, to show that your hipness is so consummate that it can reinvigorate ANYTHING. If it's not something like that, fucking get a new fucking catchphrase. By the way, I was thinking about Episode 3 while reading this talkback, and something occurred to me. If Padme and Anakin are already married while Anakin is still a teenager, the end of ROTJ doesn't make sense. Since Luke is only about 18-20 years old when Episode IV starts, and since start to finish the events of the original trilogy only appear to take about 2-3 years, and if Anakin is in his early 20's when Luke is born [as he would have to be, even if the gap between Episode 2 and Episode 3 is a few years], then "old" Vader should only be in his early 40's when the mask comes off. But he's obviously almost 60. Where did the additional 20 years disappear to?
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Ep 1 trailers had an annoying kid and an annoying Jar Jar, Ep 2 trailers had a whining Anakin and a dopey love story. Ep 3 just looks like it might be good. As a Lucas basher, this one looks good. I don't get that sinking feeling I got from the pre film stuff from the first two. Maybe Lucas will learn from his huge mistakes.
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And stop snatching up internet crumbs.
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Jan 17, 2005 1:12:57 PM CST
Everyone go read that White Chicks post! its fucking comedic gen
by tall_boy
I espically love the use of "u". hahhaha. Dude, you're fucked.
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Jan 17, 2005 2:41:59 PM CST
"you'll be there shelling out your 8 bucks like the rest of us."
by minderbinder
I'm not. And I didn't pay a cent on seeing the last one in the theatre. If "everyone" was really going to go see this one opening day, why did 2 make a hundred million bucks less than 1? Seriously, statements like the one above just make SW fans look like suckup apologists - can't the movie just speak for itself?
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First of all, Bill Maher isn't a bitter vindictive shitbag, so you need a new moniker, and secondly, maybe you should add a few more tired stereotypes into your post. I love the work of Tolkien,however, I am not overweight, and I am married to a beautiful woman, whom I didn't have to stalk. So there's several stereotypes I have already defied. No Tolkien didn't invent "good vs. evil" you pompous moron, but to claim that LOTR was a product of Wagner is asinine. Since you clearly haven't read the books, you have exactly fuck all to say on the subject. Regardless of your obvious lack of intelligence or taste, who the fuck are you to tell other people what to like? Personally all of this talk of Gay midgets strikes me as rather froidian. Do you have a fetish you would like to discuss? Your fantasies of homo hobbits and comic shop boys, indicate that you don't know shit about Tolkien or where his inspirations came from, and your condescending attitude and obvious disdain for people who do is very telling. Also, using words like "retarded" illustrates the social strata you come from, and nullifies any shred of a point you were attempting to make. And as for the relevance of Tolkiens work, or it's status as a work of classic literature, do you seriously expect us all to throw out his books just because your lame ass says so? Get over yourself, and don't soil Bill Mahers' good name by being a moron.
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Hell! CNN screwed it up for me by blasting a HUGE STAR WARS SPOLIER in their headline! DO NOT CLICK ON THIS if you do not want to know!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/17/people.jackson.ap/index.html
I HATE CNN! I will never read/view CNN again! -
Jan 17, 2005 9:59:12 PM CST
NEW RULE: The whole idea of a magical ring that allows its weare
by bill maher
Wagner owns all you bitches! At least Peter Jackson showed Wagner was his daddy when he paid homage to the Valkyries in Siegfried by casting Liv Tyler, the starlet with the biggest hips and fattest ass in Hollwood outside of J-Lo. Too bad she was wearing elaborate gowns, but then, unlike Tolkien fans, I'm a heterosexual who appreciates the female body. Scythofluna faps himself to sleep at night with dreams of hobbit balls resting on his chin.
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The problem with the prequels wasn't that they weren't dark enough. The original films were only dark in tone in parts.
The problem was the prequels were shit. Cheesy production, bad script, bad story, horrible ship/driod/creature design. Clones was even worse than Menace in terms of 'enjoyable film.'
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Jan 18, 2005 5:27:55 AM CST
I'm expecting Gollum to jump out, bite Anakin's hands off and sa
by workshed
Too close, too soon.
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black, asian, makes no odds to me.
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To make the prequel series fit with the original trilogy, don't they have to kill off an awful lot of people?
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If you looked at the art 100 times it would be cooler 99 of them? You fat idiot. Fix this site, clean it up.
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drawings are cool
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it will suck
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Again with the homosexual references... Just come out of the closet already.
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Anything that evokes that much emotion is worth checking out ,regardless of outcome.
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Everyone knows that Sam Jackson's character dies in the last SW movie. He's been talking about it in every interview he's done, it's hardly a CNN exclusive. The only thing the CNN story added was that he dies in a lightsaber duel. Well duh. I was thinking they'd go the route where he slipped on a banana peel. Chill.
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Too bad you can't compose a cohesive sentance, you might have been able to hide the fact that you are a moron. If you can't even type, what makes you think anyone is going to believe you were capable of reading any book longer than 40 pages? You don't like Tolkien, and that's fine, but quit talking out of your ass.
Tolkien was a Hitler sympathizer? Funny, no one in any historical or literary circle seems to have noticed. The fact that he fought for Britain in World War one would indicate otherwise. And as for the fact that everybody in Middle Earth is white, do some research before you start making shit up. Tolkien wanted to create a mythology that was untainted by french saxon influence. He felt that Arthurian myth was as much french as english and wanted to create a original myth for Britain. Last time I checked Africans weren't particularly common in mideveal England, and aside from that, MIDDLE EARTH ISN'T REAL and thereby not bound by the hypocrisy or bigotry of our own world, and even if it was real Tolkien doesn't explore any region with a temperate or tropical climate in the books. Anyone who understands genetic traits and in relation to skin pigmentation can tell you that people with higher concentrations melanin (those with "african" features) tend to evolve in tropical or temperate climates. So to insinuate that Tolkien is a racist is ignorant and unfounded. Yes the books borrowed from Norse mythology....AND? What was your point? Everything is based on everything, and all authors borrow from and are influenced by other authors. Learn to read and you will discover that nothing is truly original.
Star Wars is based largely on various mythologies as well, so to bash Tolkien for doing the same is just asinine. And the constant generalizations about Tolkien fans being "dumb as shit magic players" are really tired. Face facts, the book has sold more copies world wide than any other publication aside from the bible (another classic work of fiction), and your bitterness at the fact that others enjoy it doesn't negate or detract from this. Once again, I am not fat, and considering that many of my friends are gay the last thing I am is homophobic. You can cram those tired stereotypes up your ass as well. The whole "Tolkien fans are fat and can't get laid" schtick is played out. You are just pissed because the geeks you picked on in high school work for software companies and make six figures, and you still can't write a complete sentance. And seriously, every one of you fuckers that immediately starts calling everything faggoty and queer have to realize the froidian implications of what you are saying. He who calls everything queer usually is. It's okay to have differing opinions about films and literature. Insinuating with zero evidence that an author is a racist, or to make crude, juvenile references to his characters being "queer" illustrates just how sad and bitter an individual you are. I'm sorry you're too insecure in your own manhood to handle any scene with any degree of emotional density without screaming fag, but this just further indicates your lack of understanding of the material. Tolkien fans wouldn't have anything to be "defensive" about if pricks like you weren't trying to start shit all the time. It would be hard to be "defensive" if there weren't attacks to defend against. Grow up, take some literacy courses and then try to come up with an educated, cohesive argument (except that we both know you are just trying to start shit for the sake of it). Till then fuck off. -
No Mr. Maher, I don't fantasize about hobbit balls, though that seems to be YOUR favourite topic of discussion. No actually, my WIFE and I both enjoy Tolkien's work and to a lesser extent the films based on it. Sorry to debunk another stereotype, but you fuckers are just relentless with the homo references. Seriously, you point a big fat neon finger at yourself every time you imply others are gay. I am secure enough in my masculinity not to be rattled or upset by some moron calling me a homo based on zero evidence other than my taste in literature. (Seriously, how ignorant are you?) If that's the best you can come up with, you are a sad sack of shit with zero imagination. So keep fantasizing about hobbit balls if you want, and I will continue to curl up at night with my beautiful wife and my collectors edition of Lord of the Rings laughing all the while at the small minded individuals who populate this site and amuse me with their slanted "insights" (I use that term loosely) and laughable insults. Because after all, insulting people based on their taste in film and literature is what mature intelligent adults do right? Grow up simpletons.
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Hee hee, Wow you tried to imply I was gay again, what a suprise. Oh, and you made fun of my login name, how immensely clever, and pointless. You assume I actually give a shit what you think, and therefore you assume far too much. As for the Hobbits being my "heroes", actually, of all of the characters in LOTR the Hobbits are my least favourite. I actually am far more interested in the the darker characters, the Balrogs, the Nazgul and Sauron, and the larger mythology in general, if you must know. However, in regard to the weeping hobbits I don't immediately associate crying or weeping with homosexuality, especially considering the hardships those particular characters endured. It seems to be a rather narrow minded perspective to assume they must be gay because they had an emotional reaction to the stimuli they were exposed to. (of course I don't have the maturity or mentality of a 14 year old and am able to have an emotional response without feeling immasculated). Can we say the same of you? I would love to see you accomplish such an arduous task as those faggoty hobbits did, without crying like a little bitch. Clearly if you have read the material, you understand the hold that the ring had on the character of Frodo, and the sense of loyalty that Sam's character had. If you are capable of comprehending even these simple themes then you should be able to deduce that calling the character a faggot is not only offensive and the kind of comment a bigot would make, but that your own insecurities are what caused you to make said comments. If you don't want people to assume you are a closet case, be creative and come up with descriptors that don't rely on stereotypes and cliches (i.e. using faggot every third word). Stop using references to homosexuality to denote something as negative, and people won't assume you are a homophobe. And once again, if assholes like you weren't making offensive, ignorant comments on a constant, monotonous basis, there would be no reason for anyone to be defensive. Use your brain, rub those couple of braincells together for a minute and you should understand the logic of this. Start writing cohesive, intelligent posts, stop insulting people and behave like an adult if you don't want people to be defensive. And when you use terms like fagz, faggot, homo, pussy, and retardz, along with pathetic grammar and a fourth grade level of sentance construction, please forgive me if I am not overwhelmed with your intellect, or the value of your comments. And finally, the reason I mentioned my wife twice was to indicate to the other posters (since the point was clearly lost to you) how sad it was that you had to stoop so low as to imply that someone you don't even know was gay. I said something about it once, you apparrently were too thick in the skull to absorb it, so I said something again. Get a clue and I won't have to repeat myself yet again. I know though, you won't (get it), and that I will (have to repeat myself), because that's what people like you do. You are a parasite that feeds on conflict and hostility. You seem to get a kick out of starting shit with people.
Wow, you love "LOTR and Pussy"? you must be very proudn to have such a diverse pallete of interests. I hope the women unfortunate enough to associate with you, know you refer to them that way, because if women love anything it's to be objectified. Look, my poor ignorant chum, it's painfully obvious that you and I aren't on the same intellectual or cultural plane and any further discussion at this point is a waste of my time.
Please don't mistake my repeated attempts at reasoning with you for me actually giving a shit what you think. I must reiterate that I feel sorry for people who are stupid and uncouth and don't know it. And please stop with the pathetic whiteboy ebonics, and at the very least learn to spell correctly. You don't get a ghetto pass, and you can't disguise ignorance with bad slang.
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