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UPDATE!!! Ewan and Nicole Chime In On ATTACK OF THE CLONES!
Dave here, all right, this is probably overkill. I probably should let this die quickly, but I just saw and digitized a wonderful clip on CNN, wherein Ewan MacGregor and Nicole Kidman express, in perfect form, how everyone should feel about the title of the latest Star Wars flick.
Clips like these are constant reassurance that Ewan and Nicole are two of the very few level-headed, sane people in an industry gone mad. Just good folks. Hooray for good people! Nicole's reaction sums up my own feelings perfectly.
It's a small clip, anyway, 1.7MB, so even you slackers with phone modems can check it out. Of course, you're going to need QuickTime.
Click here to enjoy Nicole Kidman's perfect reaction to "Attack of the Clones".
-Dave Alvarado, El Cosmico
UPDATE!!!
HREF=mailto:robogeek@robogeek.com>ROBOGEEK here with a brief update... ShowBizData.com has a report today on how the title "has been almost universally roasted within the film industry and by film journalists"... and quotes Ewan MacGregor, who (when "buttonholed by reporters at the Hollywood Film Festival") apparently went on record saying it's "a terrible, terrible title." Rock on, Ewan!
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no reaction could be better.... first...
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Nicole Kidman gives me hives, even though she is "level-headed".
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Man, since she's become a single lady, Nicole Kidman is looking hotter and hotter. If Tom doesn't want her, then I don't mind seconds!
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Aug 07, 2001 12:40:55 PM CDT
um, whatever Dave - -the title is fine - -quit bitching.
by brock landers
yep, you are right . .it was overkill. Don't worry, though, we still have ten months for people to whine and bitch.
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Aug 07, 2001 12:41:10 PM CDT
Our worst fear realized: they're going to clone JAR-JAR!!! ARRRR
by jackrabbit
One of him was enough to ruin the entire franchise. I guess it couldn't get any worse...
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Good lord, there must be something different in the water down under and the UK because those people are naturally so much funnier than Americans.
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What the hell is the problem with that title? It just sounds like a fun movie, just like all the good star wars movies are. As someone who's still waiting for A.I to be released in my country, I relate to your longing for serious sci-fi, but don't look for it in a star wars film. They're all silly, entertaining cartoon films, and that's what they should be. I just hope the pacing, jokes, effects, caracters, chemistry and the sense of surprise is greatly improved from TPM, but the title sounds very promising to me.
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I had to listen to that clip 4 times cuz I thought it was hilarious!! I agree that the people in UK are definately more funny to listen to than Americans!! haha, aw man...that was funny!! Ewan McGregor is hilarious!!
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"Ahttak uv the Clohnes"!! I'm not complaining that I was born in California or anything, but why can't I have an accent like that?
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Yes, of course, it's a completely awful title for a movie.
George Lucas seems to have forsaken the fans that helped him to build his empire in the first place.
But you know what? It's HIS creation. HIS characters. He can do whatever he wants to with them.
The writing was on the wall when he revised ANH to have Greedo shoot first and TESB to have Luke scream like a girl when he falls down the shaft at Bespin. Then there was Jar Jar. Now we have Attack of the Clones. It's not going to get any better folks.
I would be outraged but, it's just a movie. And it's Lucas' movie. I'm not in 5th grade anymore. And movies like American Beauty and Fight Club are far more exciting to me now than any new Star Wars movie. That's the price of growing up I suppose.
What sucks the most is the thought of what could have been. Especially to those of us who grew up on Star Wars. Oh well.
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Just do what I did to get that accent... watch Trainspotting over and over and over... it's a type of total immersion type thing. If you can, get a Canadian release of it, which has the original UK voice tracks which are even more unintelligible (to Americans anyway) than the partially re-dubbed American releases of Trainspotting... watch it 25 times or so, practice and you'll get lots of numbers... guaranteed.
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Why do I care what Nicole Kidman thinks about the title "Attack of the Clones?" Is she a clone herself? Actually, that's not out of the question... genetically, she looks perfect...perfect white skin, lean, fit body...straight teeth, lovely voice... yet something about her (in movies) seems soulless... cold... My useless opinion on Kidman: She is gorgeous. Beautiful. Flawless. Yet for some reason, she's never been HOT onscreen in the way that say, Jennifer Lopez was in Out of Sight, or Marilyn Monroe was in pretty much anything. And we all know she's tried. I dunno. Very strange indeed.
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And close to my own upon hearing those four words spoken in succession for the first time yesterday. Still, take it easy, folks. No one's saying that the movie's going to be awful; we're just havin' fun with George.
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Yeah and George is laughing his ass off all the way to the bank...2 billion and counting.
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Everyone's reaction to this "news" is boring. It's just a subtitle for chrissake. Find something more interesting to whine about.
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We're having trouble with that feed but we have Frank Oz on the phone... what's Yoda make of the title, Frank?
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I think Ewan McGregor's reaction perfectly sums it up though... it's like - Jesus, how cheesy does the title have to be George? It's so cheesy it's hard to tell if it's even cheesier than Phantom Menace. Nothing like totally disappointing the dwindiling fans who still view the Star Wars saga as a sophisticated spiritual mythology that Joseph Campbell once brilliantly dissected for Bill Moyers on THE POWER OF MYTH.
What's wrong with just EPISODE TWO: "THE CLONE WARS"? Why throw in a silly camp word like "ATTACK"? My first impression upon hearing it was it sounds like "ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES". Either that, or a Ramones song with Joey Ramone screaming "...attack of the clones... attack of the clones..." over and over again against a really chunky punk riff...
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I'd love to see the clip, but I can only hear the audio - is that all there is?
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Fucking Hilarious! I think millions of people have had the same "bwahahahaha, what the fuck is that?!?!" reaction after hearing that title. At first I thought "what kinda crack is Lucas smoking" when I read that last night. But now that I think about it, it might just work. It's catchy as all fuck to say it out loud, isn't it. Imagine next summer everyone's gonna be like "Attack of the Clones" this & that. If it weren't a SW movie I'd probably be interested in seeing it just from the goofy title. So, in a way Lucas has succeeded. He's got us all talking and hopefully we'll get the balls to the wall Star Wars movie we've been jonesing for for all these years. No matter how dumb the title. On a side note I love the fact that Ewan McGregor had the balls not only to slam the guy whose signing his paychecks but also had the balls to sweep Nicole Kidman away from that sham marriage. Tom Cruise is a great and talented actor but I'm finally convinced that he is infact of the lavender persuasion. I mean he leaves Kidman just to get out of paying extra alimony had their marriage gone past ten years(which means it was a sham all along). Now suddenly he's involved with Penelope "I only know how to make pouty face" Cruz right in time to promote their new movie. Give me a fucking break. But then again, why should I give a fuck. Goddamn Access Hollywood roting my brain with this garbage when I should be trying to get my feature script picked up. yeech.
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1. A good, appropriate title for Ep2.
2. If you watch Monty python, you know that the British are way funny.
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...they released a movie that, if anyone else is old enough to remember, sounded like a cheesy as hell title. "The Empire Strikes Back". I remember thinking, "What the hell kind of title is that for a movie?" Then of course, I saw it and have forgotten all about it.
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MCVamp is right. Beautiful Nicole Kidman seems soulless in movies. In movies I remember seeing, she always seems to be the kind of predictable person that is (1) utterly incapable of saying something that is totally surprising or "off the wall", and (2) utterly incapable of laughing so hard and sincerely that she falls out of her chair. Basically, I don't recall seeing her hint at a sense of humor in a movie.
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Some points, despite the rantings I've seen today, ElCosmico among them, I still maintain that there's NOTHING WRONG with the title. It's hokey, but the whole Star Wars thing is hokey. It's the way it is, it's the way it's SUPPOSED to be. Get used to it, Ewan, it's gonna be on your resume FOREVER. It's gonna even be the film that you'll be the most remembered for, for the rest of your career. Another point...who really gives a fuck what Nicole Kidman thinks ? Yeah, she's a fine piece of eye candy, but the fact that she became a bottle blonde and took the role of Dr Chase Meridian in Batman Forever should prove to any sane person that her judgement is screwed to say the least. Stop ragging on the title, you all know you'll be there on opening day, AND wearing the t-shirts for most of next summer.
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Aug 07, 2001 2:21:47 PM CDT
you've all missed the point...whether you loved PM or not, this
by stinkypoo
That's it. It's just funny. We're not (for the most part) ragging on how much Star Wars may or may not suck, this is just funny. Amusing. Makes us laugh. So we enjoy our day a small bit more. If you can't laugh at it, even if you support everything Lucas does, if you can't laugh at first hearing "attack of the clones", well, then, YOU have no soul.
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Haven't you ever seen "To Die For?" Oh well, maybe i just like bad girls.
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Aug 07, 2001 2:35:06 PM CDT
I`m glad Ewan has the balls to say that the title sucks.
by elgyn6655321
Because it does.
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Why IS Nicole Kidman asked about this? I mean, just because she's an aussie chick and dry humped Obi-Wang-McGregor in a movie that was directed by a kid with a serious condition of A.D.D? This is really random. I smell Bob Odenkirk and David Cross here. no wait...thats my bowel movement. carry on!
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Star Wars: Episode Two: Electric Clone Boogaloo.
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Some bloke is so upset about the title to Episode II that he's started a petition to have George Lucas change it. Sheez... let it rest. It sucks, but just let it rest. George didn't cave to fans about Jar Jar, why should he cave about a cheesy title?
http://www.petitiononline.com/aotc/petition.html
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I was kinda wonding how everyone should feel. Thanks. -- "You are ALL indivuals" -- "Yes we are all individuals" -- "I'm not"
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IT'S A FREAKIN' MOVIE!!
GET A LIFE, KISS A GIRL!! GO BEAT OFF OVER YOUR BRUCE CAMPBELL POSTER!!
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Aug 07, 2001 3:15:15 PM CDT
"The Empire Strikes Back"=clever homage; "Attack of the Clones"=
by village idiot
If Lucas had really been trying to find a suitable homage by way of names, he should have picked a name that sounded less like a Russ Meyer movie. The title now is akin to "Star Wars Episode II: Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!"
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When ikissed george lucas last week, he whispered ATTACK OF THECLONES into my ear...it felt SO GOOD...so he decided, ok, this will give my movie sex appeal. hence the title.
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Are you aware that the average person would, were they to stumble upon a talkback like this one, instantly get a much bigger kick out of how UPSET the fanboys get than out of how odd the new Star Wars title SEEMS. Yes, it's a little clunky. But MUST we dive into another round of "fuckin' George shouldn't be fuckin' allowed to cocksucker motherfucker make any Star Wars movies anymore! Matrix rules!" at every little announcement concerning episode 2? You poor things... you LOVE Star Wars, and you will be there eight hours early to see the picture on opening day just like you (and I) did last time. The movies are terrific, up to and including the last picture. I assume that the new one will be a kick, too. Lucas hasn't changed, brothers, YOU have. You want failure. You want all things to stink from here on in, so that you don't feel like such a loser sitting in your parents' house trying to learn to play guitar with your feet. The cumulative effect of every talkback so far is near zero, as far as Hollywood or George Lucas in concerned. Negativity is not the way, kids. Bitterness is fashionable, but it will not, I repeat, it will NOT, get you laid in ANY WAY. And you WILL be there for "Attack Of The Clones." Hell, you would go if it was called "Jedi Jumping Up And Down." And so would I. We hang on George Lucas' every press release, his every move. He's still got you, and me, and he's still got the knack for really nifty fantasy/sci-fi (as the intriguing "Phantom Menace" showed.) Just breathe, kids.
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Because if it isn't...my God this is the most unimaginative, pathetic, wretched B-movie title I have ever heard. I realize that the whole Star Wars mythos was a broad salute to certain B movie things and what not...but please, give me a break!
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The man, has truly lost his mind. If this one doesn't cut it for me, the third should definetly be a guaranteed loser. It just sickens me to see the franchise turn stupid, and we've all had our shares of that feeling after the last film. This (continuing to ruin the SW series) has got to be a deliberate decision top piss someone off. Or perhaps he only wants to quiet the greatness down so he can get some sleep.
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The problem with alot of you is that you need to let go and have fun with the title. Please realize that Star Wars is for kids and you have to have a child's imagination in order to really enjoy what Star Wars has to offer.
When the First Star Wars came out in 77, a lot of the Fanboys, geeks, nerds where kids and enjoyed what the movie had to offer. Now you have all grown up and you want Star Wars to have a deeper meaning, because your life revolves around knowing every little fact about Star Wars. PLEASE GET A LIFE! It not important tp know how many guns are on Darth Vader's ship.
I like Star Wars because it is escapism at its finest. I don't expect it till fill my life with meaning. I want to escape reality and have fun for 2 hours.
I for one like the Title: Attack of the Clones becuase it upsets so many fan boys that want there friends to respect there obsession with Star Wars.
The reaction of Ewan and Nicole was the same as lot people. They just though it was funny.
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So why not again? Didn't he do it the last time because fans wrote or said it was a bad idea, that it went against the idea of a Jedi? Perhaps he'll do the same thing here. Oh yeah, you know what also strikes me about why this title blows? It's the first SW title without anything to do with the central characters, protagonist or antagonist. This one's just sort of....a thing. An event. Perhaps an important one in the SW universe but not something that deals on an emotional level with our story. This is similar to the same, icky, "distanced" quality to the last film, in which we were supposed to feel invested in tariff disputes, a "race" which had no real stakes, and the concept of race relations between two species. It's safe to say that none of that is what hooked everyone to the original series.
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JESUS CHRIST ON A RAFT! It's only been one day count it ONE day and somebody has already gone through the extreme and started a petition to CHANGE A movie's official title?, While I admit the title is funny as hell and I myself goofed on it in the other talkback, that is just plain sad. These are the people that give "Star Wars" fans a bad name. Instead of petitioning something important like a Help feed the Homeless petition or even a Protect your community from the Scum of society Petition. But instead we get Please Unca Georgie we WUV YOU but change the title or your kids will be kidnapped? what kind of petition is that, next we will see a petition to BAN STAR TREK X from Theaters because the Trekkies feel that Zulu should be in it. Oh and to drew647 regarding all those things you mentioned Done, Done and Done!
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Oh, come on, people! I just can't understand why almost everyone seems to hate this title with such a vengeance. It's really not that bad, folks. Besides, it's not really the main title, it's a SUBTITLE. The title is actually STAR WARS. So, it's really not worth getting all upset over. There are more important things to be concerned with such as the script! As long as that's good, Lucas can call it whatever the hell he wants to. Just get over it, already. Sheesh!
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"... and I like titles like Eye of the Beholder, where it's just the MOVIE that sucks."
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If you only heard it (like I did, at first) you will need to update your Quicktime to see it. And yes, Nicole Kidman is now back to dating weight.
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Lawrence Kasdan and Irwin Kirshner to get us out of this mess. George Lucas never has and never will be a great director. He's a genius when it comes to imaginative ideas and bold technical concepts but other than that the guy has no idea how to work with actors and tell a story. He's so out of touch that he doesn't realise WHO his audience is for these films. The people who are die hard into Star Wars are the people who grew up with it. And NO we are not all pathetic 300lb, 35 yr old paperboys who live in our parents basement, living on a steady diet of Mountain Dew, Hot pockets and Nachos. Most of us are perfectly normal people in our mid to late twenties with jobs, apartments and girlfriends who just want to see some cool lightsaber fights , watch a star destroyer get blown up and see some sappy romance and high drama thrown in. We don't mind cheesy dialogue or goofy named characters. The appeal of the original trilogy is that it wowed ALL age groups especially adolescents and teenagers. Instead of making these kind of movie Lucas has somehow gotten it in his head that he should make Star Wars for 8 year olds. Which is pretty lame since he could get much better box office if only he knew who his audience really was. Yeah, I know he's gotten over a billion already from The Phantom Crapfest but he could have easily doubled or even trippled the Box Office if the film actually had legs (which it really didn't). It's also lame since he's making these movies for a generation who really couldn't give a fuck about Star Wars. Both of my nephews, ages 13 & 17 think Star Wars(the original "good" trilogy) is the most boring ass shit they've ever seen. Most 8 yr olds would rather go see the Matrix than see Jar Jar Binks do his "Exqueese Me" schtick. Is Lucas really such a fat, out of touch hermit that he can't see that? Somebody get this guy layed quick. Bottom Line is Phantom Menace made the shit load it did because there was a 16 year wait for it so no matter how shitty it was people were still going to see it. Next year(stupid title or not) if Lucas doesn't get his shit together there is no way this flick will do that kind of box office. It will do a strong opening weekend(what event movie doesn't) but if it's more of that same G-rated crap most of the hardcore fans will see it once and only once and his "target" audience wont even bother with it because they have no real loyalty to it. They'll go see Neo, Morpheus and Spidey three times a piece. And then maybe Lucas will learn his lesson. The saddest irony when you really think about Lucas is that out his entire generation(Coppola, Scorcese, Spielberg, Friedkin, Rafelson, Polanski etc) who spent most of the Seventies trying to gain complete creative freedom from studio nitwits to make the films that they wanted to make HE was the one who succeeded in gaining total autonomy and his films (the ones he directs anyway)are so sappy, so goddamn out of touch that you wish Fox would take them out of his hands.
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Congrats to Ewan for being honest about "The Title Which Spawned 1001 Put-Downs". Despite the moniker, I'm still hoping Ep. II rocks, and based on early news I've read that's still a good possibility. The clone jokes will now continue in 3, 2, 1...
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...if he purposely picked a mega-crappy title for the next movie. What a way hype a flick and get some free publicity.
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Yeah, it takes balls to throw darts at the evil empire known as SUCKASFILM. I have new respect for Ewan McGregor. One tidbit for you guys: After coming up with the groundbreaking title, Big George and his creative writers masturbate to their own pretty images in mirror while chanting "We own the world!".
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smelling.
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I've already pointed this out in the other Talkbalk, but I think it's worth repeating. I predict the title for Episode III will be similar to the above. I'm basing this on the list of "Phantom Detective" novel titles which somebody else already posted, which appear to be inspiring Lucas to come up with these asinine titles. "Star Wars: Episode III -- The Sinister Hand of Doom" sounds very likely. Opinions from my esteemed colleagues?
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Kidman doesn't have a vested interest in Star Wars, so it could be said she expresses the reaction of the casual movie fan.
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The title is just fine. Everytime a Star Wars title is announced, the reaction is ALWAYS EXACTLY the same. "It's stupid" or "it's lame."
But think about "Star Wars." How much cheesier can you get? And "The Empire Strikes Back?" Think about those when you first heard them. And of course the more recent "The Phantom Menace."
But like all of these, it will grow on you and become more than merely the title of a movie, but a single chapter in a continuing saga of good vs. evil.
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I love reading all these fans trying their best to justify and rationalize this cheesy, stupid, ridiculous title. Of course it won't be changed, and the movie may actually be a little better than TPM (how can it not be???), but I'll tell ya', I'm glad I'm not a "Star Wars" fan. What a case of diminishing returns! It will never again match "The Empire Strikes Back", its one brief shining moment of sophistication and emotional resonance. The rest of the time, I'm sorry, it's just fucking Toys-R-Us. And, by the way, here's a news flash for the diehards who think that it's all a part of some elaborate mythology dreamed up by Lucas decades ago. HE'S MAKING THIS SHIT UP AS HE GOES ALONG...
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But given all the panty twisting and bleating going on about this title, I most joyfully embrace it. It IS funny. It's so fucking funny it borders on sublime. It's gonna spawn so many damn jokes...hehehe.
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Its sounds like one of those cheesey 1950's era horror flicks directed by Ed Wood.
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look what its doing to you guys ;OP
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Now, I have stuck up for George a lot of times but it seems lately, he has been sticking to this whole Buck Rogers thing. I do recall somewhere, before Star Wars was released, that George wanted to make a movie, in the Buck Rogers genre but not camppy. This title is so campy, its not funny lol. Or maybe it is! When looking back at all the StarWars titles, they are all campy, even though the movies themselves are not. And as many have said before, it's not the title that makes a movie likeable. If the movie is fun and great, you will love it all the more. When someone mentions 'the Empire Strikes Back', you know what I'm talking about. Heck, there are even a few of you who think the same when you hear "A New Hope".
And now for a bit of greediness. You know, I grew up on Star Wars too, like a lot of you. I enjoyed Episode I, but not the same way I enjoyed the original trilogy. And on one hand, people were thinking the new generation of kids would get that same forceful experience we all had. But most didn't. Maybe, that was something meant only for us. I imagine every generation has their own experience, somehow. Mine was Star Wars. If Episode II rocks or sucks or whatever, I will still always get that same feeling if I throw the original trilogy in the VCR.
Besides, if Episode II does suck or whatever, George is the only one who loses money. Maybe that's a good thing. Sorry for rambling lol
Rawhkey
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If Lucas wanted a title with a Retro-Feel, he should have made it "Attack of the Clone-People."
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The choice of this pathetic title is another chance for everyone to face the fact that these "star wars" films are crap!!!!!!"ATTACK OF THE CLONES" Oh my god!!!!
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Dr Evil : "As you know, twenty years ago there was a very successful film trilogy called "Star Wars" created by George Lucas. This "Star Wars" (finger quotes) spawned a multi-billion dollar franchise and a legion of loyal fans."
"So here's the plan. We kidnap George Lucas and replace him with a clone of our own creation. Using our clone we the continue to make films of this "Star Wars" (more finger quotes) thereby mining the profits of this film series and ruining for millions of people their beloved trilogy that is.... unless, the world pays us a hefty ransom of ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS!"
Number 2: *Ahem* "That has already happened. George Lucas created a kiddie prequel series that milked profits and ruined the Star Wars legacy and alienated his fans. His is now hated by millions of people."
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Shouldn't everyone worry about how the movie turns out rather than worrying about the title. If you don't like the title just call it Episode II whenever you talk about it.
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Aug 07, 2001 7:17:34 PM CDT
What are the signs of someone losing touch with reality: A}Babbl
by smugbug
Really. Okay, I'm not a legitimate Star Wars fangal. I don't have a room full of Star Wars collectibles and neither can I ramble off lines upon lines of dialogue from the various SW movies. However, I have a brain. And I have logic. And I have sensibility. And all three are telling me that this title is VERY, VERY bad. And as I've posted in another talkback regarding this: This movie better rise up and above this deliriously ridiculous title. Another thing: If Lucas REALLY wanted free publicity, why not hold a "Name SW 2 movie" contest? And the winner will not only see his/her title up in lights but be able to go to the world premiere. NOW that would be SMART publicity.
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Aug 07, 2001 7:24:10 PM CDT
Jon Lovitz is Mandingo Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker's Wacky Uncle
by odeus
Yeah that's the ticket!
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You get silly movies like Phantom Menace and really silly titles like Attack of the Clones. Lucas must be laughing his ass off at the absurdity of the fanboys reaction to the title of a MOVIE.
I predict that by the time Episode III is released I will barely give a rat's ass about the horrific cult of Star Wars, and its banal followers. In retrospect, I can't believe that I was ever into Star Wars the way I was as a child. PATHETIC! ALL OF IT! IT'S GONE WAY BEYOND NORMALCY! -
Aug 07, 2001 7:33:12 PM CDT
on second thought, let's not go to camelot. tis a silly place.
by kojiro
I love these Star Wars tb's man. And who says this is the role Ewen will be remembered for? C'mon he's got decades of acting left and if the current reaction is any judge then by the time Ep. 3 comes out very few will give a shit.
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So maybe even the titles of the good SW flicks have kinda lousy titles. That doesn't make the new titles any less lame. Has George Lucas not grown as a movie-maker? Has he learned nothing in the last twenty years of his life? Just because Lucasfilms was immature back in its beginnings doesn't really excuse this lack of effort. Btw, this title doesn't really bother me (i.e. I don't care), just thought I'd throw out an opinion.
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So maybe even the titles of the good SW flicks have kinda lousy titles. That doesn't make the new titles any less lame. Has George Lucas not grown as a movie-maker? Has he learned nothing in the last twenty years of his life? Just because Lucasfilms was immature back in its beginnings doesn't really excuse this lack of effort. Btw, this title doesn't really bother me (i.e. I don't care), just thought I'd throw out an opinion.
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Face it. Most of us have outgrown Star Wars. We saw the films when we were 6-10 years old, and we didn't care about dialogue, plotting, subtext or nuance.
There were spaceships, aliens, robots, and lightsaber duels. It was cool.
Now, 20 years later, we are much more cynical that we were then. Ewoks are no longer cute and funny. They are stupid.
Special effects are fine, but they can't cover up the fact that Star Wars movies are just not very good.
Empire Strikes Back was fine, but A New Hope and Return of the Jedi are campy and poorly scripted and acted.
I used to like playing with G.I. Joes when I was 8 years old, but I don't do that anymore.
Maybe we just have to face the fact that we have outgrown Star Wars, and put it in the closet along with the action figures and toys we outgrew a long time ago.
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I was a sophmore in high school when I first heard the name of the next Star Wars movie.
I thought it was the terrible. Now I don't even think about it. In fact I had forgotten all about ever disliking it until all the poop over the new title. Now "The Empire Strikes Back" doesn't seem that bad anymore....and I'm sure "Attack of the Clones" won't seem all that bad either, eventually. (although the clone part still kinda bugs me...but if these clones are evil badasses then I'm sure they will give new meaning to the word, I hope) -
After the debacle of Phantom Menace, why not give episode 2 a B movie title? No matter what, Luca$ has some plan up his sleeve to get all you fanboys to fork over $8 for each ticket...not to mention the merchandising, which seems to be his last remaining talent.
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...is also a pretty stupid title. Take yourself back to 1981 (if that's possible) and the first time you heard that title. But now we don't care because the movie is burned into our collective psyche and the title has become irrelevant.
So yeah, "Attack of the Clones" sounds lame now, but just step away, take a few breaths, maybe go out and get some exercise. It'll all be OK tomorrow. -
Aug 07, 2001 8:35:31 PM CDT
Please stop putting "when clones attack", "send in the clones",
by jackamaku
No more puns...no more (choke!)
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would sound much better don't you think?
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it's true, i tell ya.
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Aug 07, 2001 9:28:10 PM CDT
Hello I'm George Lucas, you may remember me from a long time ago
by bari umenema
I used to make great movies now I only care about making money off of you obsessed fanboys. Probably the worst thing that ever happened to me was your fanatical devotion on this newfangled internet to my masterpiece of mythology known as episode one The Fandom Menace! Now I've got you guys begging me for more. Personally I find it a snore and to quote that Indiana Jones fellow, how the hell do I know, I'm just making it up as I go!
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Aug 07, 2001 9:31:09 PM CDT
'The Phantom Menace' 'Attack of the Clones' '???' 'A New Hope' '
by ivanthetolerable
Looks like a good title to me. It has a nice symetrical quality to it that fits well with the second trilogy. Like 'A New Hope', 'The Phantom Menace' sums up nicely what is going on currently in the galaxy. Like 'The Empire Strikes Back', the new title leaves no doubt as to what is going to happen next. The question no one is asking is who is being cloned. Darth Maul? Storm Troopers? Jar Jar Binks?
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...and crucify George Lucas already? I'm surprised an insane geek boy hasn't sent him a mail bomb after 4 and a half years of this Lucas bashing.
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To many fan boys suggesting all the good titles. I bet the flaneled one saw all those and felt a need to use a title not already suggested by a fan. In fact, I bet his legal department told him not too. Oh, great, theforce.net already has suggestions for Ep. III. STOP! ALL OF YOU!
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You know what's funny on aint it cool? Is that no matter what the thread, you have three perspectives; agree, disagree, and "hey I'm so cool I'll say that even discussing this is above me."
Those are the people that need a hot fire poker jammed through their rectum and need to get bent over a table by a frisky gorilla. Who do you think you are? You -type- in aintitcool.com on your browser, you -click- on the Attack of the Clone thread, you -click- on talk back, you -register- in order to talk back, you take the time to actively -post- a message that states you're cool.
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Aug 07, 2001 9:53:02 PM CDT
I am so low on the talkback list, nobody will ever get to me and
by cruel shoes
Isn't waiting fifteen years to make a Star Wars sequel a sure sign that Lucas isn't greedy? And for a guy that's supposedly pandering he makes awful unpopular choices - maybe like any good artist he's doing it HIS way and you can all go fuck yourself. Picasso shouldn't have painted that guitarist blue, what a bad choice.
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Aug 07, 2001 9:54:24 PM CDT
You fools!!! WE are the clones Lucas is talking about...
by incredibleyoda
...and WE are the ones attacking his movie! Good 'ol George has to be laughing his ass off right now, because he had to have known the kind of reaction this would get! The beauty of this all is that the people who are bitching the loudest and longest about this title are the same ones who will see it five times in the theater, lap up every tid bit of info about the film that comes across the net, spend a truck load of cash on the toys and merchandise, consume inhuman amounts of taco bell and pepsi cola in order to get all the free crap, etc etc etc!!! Kudos George for putting all of us losers in our place! (by the way-I love the title just because it's fun and exciting...EXACTLY THE WAY STAR WARS SHOULD BE!!!)
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Needed a fourth for bridge, you know. My clone, just arriving in town, blew off the game and headed out to try to get laid. In the nine hours before I reabsorbed him into my body, the sumbitch managed to get a drug dealer, a pimp, a loan shark and the cops after me, while wracking up a hellacious bar tab. Damned clones are way more trouble than they're worth.
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"God damn soafabitch Lucas is fuckin' gay, he has no right naming his movie the way he wants, a bitchy little fanboy like me should name it! If he doesn't change it right now I'm gonna tell my mommy he made me cry waaa waaaa waaaa" Get a fucking life people. It's Lucas' movie, he could name it "Bantha Poodoo Cha-Cha-Cha" if he wants. It could feature 2 hours of his fat hairy ass... You little pathetic whiny fanboys would still cough up the 8 bucks and buy all the toys the first day. I was disapointed in many ways by TPM but I didn't curse Lucas for it, it's his movie he has a right to do what he likes. Personally I love the title, it sounds just like the chapter in a Staturday matinee serial.. JUST LIKE ESB, ROJ, TPM, Raiders of the Lost Ark etc... Also Lucas' great Young Indy series had the titles "Phantom Train of Doom" and "Attack of the Hawkmen" which leads me to wonder if we have clues to what III will be. Since they're was a "Masks of Evil" ep I'm hoping for something with Mask in it. "The Mask of Evil" " The Mask of Darkness" "Masks of Destiny" etc. Oh BTW I just want to say to ENIGMA: You rock dude! :)
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The title does Suck a fat one.
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I can't belive how many fans have turned against a title so well crafted for a Star Wars film. As a die hard fan, I too sometimes find it hard to consider the films as a mere sci-fi serial series, but all four movies reflect just that. The family's name is SKY-WALKER How is that different from FLASH GORDON. There is even loner pilot by the name of Han SOLO. An enemy named DARTH (insert morbid sounding word here). I think us George Lucas fans are finally starting to realize what kind of films George makes.Take away the inital impressions that most of us expreinced with the awe and enthusiasm of childhood, and ATTACK OF THE CLONES is just another cool George Lucas movie. After all this is the same guy who produced an inrdeble movie named INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM.
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Stop the whining and moaning and bitching and petitions and all of the utter pathetic geek fanboy nonesense over the title of the movie. Stop it! You are working yourself into a fit for absolutely no reason.
Think about it... THE CLONES ARE GOING TO ATTACK!!! It's the Attack of the Clones! They are attacking! Look out... ATTACK OF THE CLONES. It's a clone attack!
It's just a title.
I personally like it. I mean for christ's sakes I know that 10 months from now, my ass is going to be seated in the local theater waiting for the clones to attack. I know clones are attacking... I'm happy they are attacking... the clones are going to serve up an ass whooping.
You are all going to be sitting there with me... having just purchased all the geeky ass "Attack of the Clones" crap you can get your hands on... having just played the soundtrack for "Attack of the Clones" for the 20th time... having taken time off from work so you could see it at noon, or have stayed up way past your bedtime to see it at midnight... having typed the acronym "SW:AOTC" about two billion times on message boards and the like... having geeked out every time "Attack of the Clones" gets mentioned because you just can't wait for May 2002 anymore...
The bad taste of the title disappears in about a week. I know it did after we found out "The Phantom Menace"... I remember how it felt awkward at first to say the title... It was an odd-ass title for a Star Wars movie. But once you start using it again and again and again and again and again, it will become synonomus with Star Wars. Its only been a couple days, but once the shock wears off it will be music to the ears.
I'm sure all you Star Wars fanboy bashers are pleased as punch about another dorky title from Lucas. Bash us all you want, because we don't care. We have no shame after Jar Jar.... no shame at all. -
Aug 07, 2001 10:27:52 PM CDT
I Know That When I Want An Opinion On A Movie Title, I Ask Someo
by buzz maverik
...and Masked Naked Chick # 3 dug the hell out of it.
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Aug 07, 2001 10:58:57 PM CDT
AICN talkbacks prove that .006% of the entire moviegoing audienc
by cruel shoes
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Aug 07, 2001 11:08:02 PM CDT
Sign the petition, tell lucas what you think...as a fan scorned.
by frokta
http://www.petitiononline.com/aotc/petition.html
And whats more, tell him you won't stand for Jedi babies and Jar Jar binks's...
He forgets that the kids he is trying to please will grow up. What will they think then?
When I saw Star Wars as a kid I loved it, Loved empire, Loved Jedi... now I hate Jedi because its like a damn TV special, and yet, Jedi blows Episode 1 to hell. He is going to lose his audience both old and new.
Especially if a movie like Matrix2 or some other blockbuster with hype has the balls to go up against it on release day and swipe some of the box office stormers. -
Aug 07, 2001 11:09:42 PM CDT
SIGN THIS PETITION !!! SIGN THIS PETITION !!! SIGN THIS PETITI
by frokta
http://www.petitiononline.com/aotc/petition.html
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At the official site, when the "II" icon is highlighted the new title is not displayed (as it is with the I, IV, V and VI icons).
Probably just an oversight that will be fixed in the future, but it does make the new title seem less "final".
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To me, clones aren't funny. In fact, they're kinda scary. I've wondered where this started, and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clone killed my dad.
You know what would make a good story? Something about a clone who make people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.
Laugh, clone, laugh. This is what I tell myself whenever I dress up like Jar Jar.
Why is it that we will laugh at a man in a clone outfit, but we don't laugh at a man just walking down the street carrying a clone outfit in one of those plastic dry-cleaner bags?
If you're a circus clone, and you have a dog that you use in your act, I don't think it's a good idea to also dress the dog up like a clone, because people see that and they think, "Forgive me, but that's just too much."
Happiness is not a circus clone rolling around in a big tractor tire so that his arms and legs form "spokes." Happiness is when he stops.
He was a spy, all right, and he knew it. He would walk into a room and people would go, "Who the f**k is that guy, a spy?" He'd laugh to himself, maybe pull out his gun and show it to the person, to kind of impress him (but not to show off). Sometimes spying was dirty work. Sometimes he'd kill a guy, then paint a clone face on his face. Nobody said he had to do that, but he did it anyway. So, dirty work.
Sorry, couldn't resist the clown reset.
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Aug 07, 2001 11:48:52 PM CDT
Hey, dickheads, if you're posting on this site, you ARE a fuckin
by joe mammary
Hahaha, man, what's funnier than those guys who say 'Stop bitching about the title, you live in your parents basement, you will still buy the toys'? You goddamn wankers. a) You're a chode who posts on a geekass movie site. That makes your opinion on 'fanboys' null and void. I like the Star Wars movies as much as the next fella, and this movie has a gay title.
So Lucas is insane, big fucking deal, he has more money than God, and you guys are gonna give him some more. Fair enough. But that guy who said that shit I spoke of earlier, you're a colossal dumbass, not to mention hypocrite. A stupid title is a stupid title, and if i saw a poster for some flick called 'Attack of the Clones' I'd say..man that sounds like shit. But in the end, it's just a title, and bitching anti-fanboys are the dingleberries in desperate need of picking. Also, Ewan Mcregor used to not piss me off, but ANY whining actor earning in the millions for reading lines needs a fucking bullet. So fanboys, keep bitching, anti fanboys, keep sticking your thumb up your asses, and I'll keep laughing at this movie's title. Hahahaha Attack of the Clones. -
for one, they looked like they were drunk and having a good time at some ritzy actor party and some reporters got in there face to tell mcgregor the name of the next star wars movie was "attack of the clones". now, think of it from ewan's perspective. he's a hipster actor guy who's only real claim to shame is the phantom menace in the eyes of hipsters everywhere. he's with a hot chick who's on the rebound. he doesn't really give a fuck. combine all these things with the possibility of drunkeness and you have laughter and self conscious mocking of a fairly schlocky title. what was he going to say? "ok" "cool" "brilliant"? he would have ended up laughing either way. i mean, its attack of the clones for chrissakes! im not one to get pissed off about a title but i will say its pretty silly. i mean, you can add it to the pantheon of cheesy movies that also start with "attack of the..." lighten up.
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if mark hamil were still with us he wouldn't tolerate such blasphemy toward king george! if a reporter ever in his lifetime found mark hamil at a party with a hot chick and told him the very same news he'd have said..."awww, but i wanted to go to the tashi station to pick up some power converters."
or: "but its another whole year!"
to which the reporter would say:
"but its only another season."
sorry, it all started when i was reminded of that simpson's episode where homer said "john williams must be rolling in his grave." and then it just went out of control. -
Aug 08, 2001 12:23:45 AM CDT
Mark Hammill's alive and well but he told me that 55% of the att
by bari umenema
Just like that silly rumor last time, Lucas had to reshoot 63% of Phantom Menace because the footage was blurry! Remember that one? You guys actually believed it!
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That's my pick and I stand by it
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and it's so hard to believe that the guy who made that brilliant film is the same guy who made The Phantom Menace... Lucas had so much potential as a film-maker, but I guess time and wealth has robbed that of him now... By the way, I'm starting to get used to the ATTACK OF THE CLONES title now. It was a shock at first but at least now we know there's gonna some flashy action scenes in this new movie, no little boy Annie either. Plus, as far as we've heard from the news and rumours there's not much of Jar Jar Binks. If we're lucky he may only have a tiny cameo at the start.
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Aug 08, 2001 1:26:12 AM CDT
I'm sure this is way to far down for anyone to read it...
by enigmainyourhead
but see my problem with the title is that it sounds like one moment. The Empire striked back over a period of time. A new hope was a certain period of time of hope for the rebellion succeeding. The jedi returned kinda slowly, by Luke and Darth Pepe making the emperor go bye-bye. In the Phantom Menace, the phantom was menacing around throughout the whole movie. If Clones arent attacking for 90% of the screen time, it ain't right. The Clone Wars as a title denotes that theres a war thingy going on involving clones. This title is just like some dude in the background pointing up in the skies as evil force-ninjas parachute down from the skies, "Oh no, it's the ATTACK of the CLONES!"
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But seriously... This title fits in perfectly with the spirit and tone of the movies, as WELL as the other titles: "The Phantom Menace", "Attack of the Clones", "A New Hope", "The Empire Strikes Back", and "Return of the Jedi". This IS a serial folks, even if most of us HAVE turned it into "epic sci-fi" status. And as for those of you who have bitched about the title being a "spoiler" (and I KNOW you're out there reading this), where the hell have YOU been? One of the first sentences out of Ben's mouth, in Episode IV, was about the Clone Wars, and it's been something all of us have been waiting to see with baited breath for over 20 years! If anything, we should all be yelling from the rooftops that it's finally been confirmed that we're all GONNA SEE IT! Of course, those of us who saw the premiere of "Star Wars: Connections" at Comic-Con 2001 already KNEW this truth (not that I'm bragging or anything...). I'm just surprised that the title wasn't announced then, but no matter. The title is PERFECT, so y'all shut yo' mouths cuz you're begginin' to draw flies...
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Regardlees of what OB1 said , this is still Goerge's film, people are sitting here bitching about a name of something they're going to go to the theater to see anyway . All because it screw's with your Idea of what it "Star Wars" should be . If you don't like it don't go see it.But 20 years down the road when your wating the series it'll be just as normal to you as the origanal trilogy. So please do us all a favor SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A new hope is a good description of the content and theme of ep.4 without being to literal, empire strikes back and return of the jedi work because they are referencing things set up in the first film. Attack of the Clones is shit because only die hard star wars fans know what it refers to, quite apart from the fact that it sounds like something Roger Corman pulled out of his ass on a slow day. This might be fake though, remember way back when Lucas called ROTJ "Revenge of the Jedi" and only changed it shortly before release? Could happen...hopefully
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"Jar Jar's Big Adventure"
"Anna and Ami"
"The Empire strikes out"
"Amidala's song"
"Jedi's are GO!!!"
"Obi One, Two & Three: When Clones collide"
"That's another menace you got me in!"
"A New Romance"
"Yodala HEE TEE!!!!"
"Shaft in Tatooine"
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"Jar Jar's Big Adventure"
"Anna and Ami"
"The Empire strikes out"
"Amidala's song"
"Jedi's are GO!!!"
"Obi One, Two & Three: When Clones collide"
"That's another menace you got me in!"
"A New Romance"
"Yodala HEE TEE!!!!"
"Shaft in Tatooine"
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First with Jar Jar, and now with this title: he has once again painfully reminded all the dorks out there that they have structured their lives around A. MOVIE. FOR. KIDS.
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The title takes getting used to. I got use to it in the first hour. You see, the thing about is that it's a shocking title for a modern movie. It does catch people off guard. But you know something? I found it kinda catchy after a while, because it's a good descriptive name for the chapter. It doesn't fuck around trying to be poetic, like everybody would want. Like "A New Hope" describes the rebound of things for the Jedi, "The Phantom Menace" hints at an underlying conspiracy, "The Empire Strikes Back" details the counter attack to the one that destroyed the death star, and "Return of the Jedi" perfectly sums up what exactly the movie is about. "Attack of the Clones" doesn't bullshit about the nature of the movie. It's a shocking title in this day and age where every title has been made dull and nonconsequential by the marketing department. However, the shock wears off, just like the shock wore off with every other Star Wars Title, including the most recent beforehand, "The Phantom Menace."
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"Attack of the Clones" is okay. It's certainly no worse than "The Phantom Menace", and it's no more generic than "Return of the Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back". Face it. This is the title so you might as well get used to it. If the film rocks, no one will care if the title sounds generic and old-fashioned, which was the intention anyway. It certainly doesn't deserve the kind of negative reaction I've been hearing. It's just a subtitle, for crying out loud. Get over it!
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I thought the idea was that these boards were supposed to bring people of like interests together to debate and discuss. What I see here is a whole lot of hate.
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who said:
"Obi-wan, you helped my father in the clone war..."
It was obvious there would be a clone war. I don't know why this surprises anyone.
However, I would have prefered:
Star Wars: The Clone War
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Aug 08, 2001 5:30:05 AM CDT
For those with doubts about "Attack of the Clones" Being the new
by lobanhaki
You should visit the actual Episode II page, and not just brush your mouse over the rollover links on the main page.
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I'm not a Star Wars fan, don't intend on becoming one anytime soon, and to this day don't understand the whole fascination with the series since the original 3 of the early 1980s. But this topic I had to chime in on, several posters already mentioned this and I say I have to agree. WHY THE FUCK SHOULD THE STAR OF BMX BANDITS EVEN HAVE A SAY ON THIS MATTER? Nicole Kidman is a beautiful woman, but just because she's hooking up with Ewan McGregor, she's a script analyst now? And Ewan? good god. Was A Life Less Ordinary that brilliant you had to publicly frown upon a project papa George is forking big bucks over for your less than necessary services? Didn't think so. And let me clear one thing up, the title is STUPID. Now keep in mind, I am not a Star Wars fan so I look at this from an unbiased view point. This is the movie fan in me talking. Aside from making excuses that the whole Star Wars concept is "hokey". Bullshit, don't make excuses for that lame title. It's very amateurish and I must imagine be a most random kick in the balls to Lucas conossieurs all across America. Now that aside, this title thing may erupt a backlash of fanboys who will pull an organic shooters and start a petition. Someone already mentioned that, and that would be fun to look at. But if Spidey's any indication of how the suits
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I thought it was going to be Star Wars: Episode II - Send In The Clones!
The wacky tale of love and frivolity a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Watch the cute little young Jedi to be as he stumbles, falls, and yells "WHOAH!" for 2 and a half hours with his annoying yet lovable buddy Jar-Jar. Beware young Skywalker, for the gang of badly painted evil snake men with mouths full of those orange and black Halloween Oreo cookies and huge rose thorns glued in circles upon their heads are comin' ta getchya! If yer lucky, you'll pick up Obi-Wan's light saber and accidentally cut them all in half while yelling "WHOAH!" in the final anticlimactic battle of the movie! hehehe...that cute little scamp...
Would somebody please forward this email to George Lucas and ask him nicely to please pull his head out of his ass? Quiency Thunder Punch!!!! You're our only hope!!!!!!
Thank you.
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Star Wars: Fall of the Jedi.
Star Wars: Rise of the Empire.
Star Wars: Fall of the Republic.
Star Wars: Birth of the Empire.
Star Wars: Rise of the Sith.
See how easy it is to create good Episode II titles? Lucas must have worked very hard to come up with a suck-ass title like "Attack of the Clones". Sounds like a bad Doctor Who episode.
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The second trilogy was a mistake of epic proportions. Lucas destroyed his own myth. Period.
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hey coopcooper? what kind of fool are you. you want to tell us anything about star wars? mark hamill is dead? which planet are you living on?
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Aug 08, 2001 7:56:09 AM CDT
Revenge of the Jedi Was Changed Due to Fan Petitions! And Don't
by ig_69
Remember when Episode VI was announced as 'Revenge of the Jedi', even appearing on official Kenner product before the picture was even released. Thousands of whiny fans assaulted Lucas with letters and calls demanding that it'd be changed because they felt that they knew Lucas' universe better than he did; because they assumed the title was in reference to Luke so a true Jedi would never take revenge. So when it was announced that the title would be changed to 'Return of the Jedi', Lucas' people's final comments were,'it was in reference to Anakin not Luke.'
Boy were the fans cowed. Love it or hate it, fans should simply accept Lucas' new title, because what man as powerful as he is is gonna have th' fans treat him like a pussy a SECOND time in a row?! How could he ever live it down at Coppola or Spielberg's house if he changes yet another SW film title just because a crapload of fans think they know more about his film than he does?
Personally, I loathe the title as it sounds quite appropriate as a pulpy TV episode, as opposed to a film episode which will retain its title amongst the others for all of time. If he went back to devise a cooler, yet still pulpy soundin' title, than more power to him. Still, I don't want to see Lucas pussy out only for us to regret it later i.e. 'Episode VI. -
It's only a title, and, well, it's not that bad. But really, who cares....
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It's just a clone attack!
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Aug 08, 2001 8:25:42 AM CDT
Many Experts Agree Fanboys Experience Five Stages In Coping With
by pallando blue
It begins with a simple announcement: "You are not significant in the progression of the Star Wars saga. You are not owed anything by George Lucas. Example: Your favorite band genuinely appreciates your CD purchase and/or concert attendance, but sure as hell doesn't want to (or have to) hear your song ideas. Get it?" Stage One: DENIAL "That is NOT the title! It's a hacker! It's a rumor! It's not showing up under the 'II' when I pass my mouse over it!" Stage Two: ANGER "George Lucas raped my childhood!" (That's the classic example, but any talkback will do for plenty others) Stage Three: BARGAINING "Sign this petition!" ("Validate my life!") Stage Four: DEPRESSION (Coming soon, and believe me it's going to get ugly.) Stage Five: ACCEPTANCE (Pure conjecture at this point, but we can only hope) *** Did "Undercover" ruin "Sticky Fingers"? Did Joseph Heller's sequel ruin "Catch-22"? Any Tail-enders lurking: I reeeeaally don't see many of 'em making it to Stage Six, do you? ;~)
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Gary Kurtz is probably laughing his ass off at the title as well and glad he bailed from Lucasfilm after TESB. Bottom line, it's only a film. Or as Bill Shatner would say "Get a life!"
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With the first cloned human beings on the way, the potential for free, cross-over publicity is staggering. C.R.E.A.M., baby!
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all of those people whose arguments run along the lines of "it's only a title" - names mean a hell of a lot. How would you like it if your mother had you christened Ulysses D. Spunkfelcher III? And I don't accept the "fun 1950's pulp SF serial" argument either. Sometime between ESB and ROTJ George Lucas stopped crafting films for fun and started to concentrate on harvesting the wallets of simple-minded people who treated his stories as a new religion. This title is trying to inject a dose of light-hearted innocence into what is essentially a grim and humourless money-making exercise.
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Listed below are "attack of the" movies of the past according to the IMDb. Lucus gets his inspiration from the great traditions of the following...
Attack of the 5 Fairies Monastery, The (1961)
Attack of the 50 Foot Chihuahua From Outer Space (1998)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the 5'2'' Women (1994)
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995)
Attack of the Bat Monsters (2000)
Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Giant Mousaka, The (2001)
Attack of the God of Joy (1983)
Goddess (1983)
Goddess (1983)
Attack of the Hideopoid (1989)
Attack of the Hungry Hungry Nipples (1997)
Attack of the Jungle Women (1959)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1964)
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
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Ummmm. I know she's hot and all (I could think of a few doozies right now to play off her down under heritage, but I want), but why should I give a rat's ass about what Nicole Kidman thinks about Star Wars? Ewan was actually in one of 'em, so his opinion is taken for some worth here? So why are we getting words from Kidman on this? Think we need to hear from one of Jennifer Love's sweet wobblers while we're at it? Yadida-yadida-yadida. How about Denise Richards, I heard she's between dial tones... Ooohhh.
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Aug 08, 2001 12:47:38 PM CDT
Star Wars Episode II: Do Light Sabers Dream of Electric Razors?
by d-mitch
Maybe Lucas should join the PhilDickian movement...
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Over 2100 sigs last I checked. But the real fun's in reading the signatures! You think this squabble of whiners here is impressive? [my "Ed McMahon," by way of Phil Hartman:] Hey-ooooh!
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Not as poetic as EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, but definitely a step up from ATTACK. Chances are that the title won't get a complete changeover, if REVENGE/RETURN OF THE JEDI is any indicator he'll stick with the same general title. If thats the case, ASSAULT OF THE CLONES is as good as its going to get, and it ain't bad. I can envision ASSAULT in an opening crawl, having trouble seeing ATTACK up ther on that big screen.
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I love that little guy. I wish he would just skull-fuck the brains out of Jar-Jar...
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Star Wars was the first movie I ever saw in my life. I can't help but wait for Episode 2 to come out just simply because of the nostalgia. Why do we all have to waste all our energy on attacking the title of a movie that obviously provided hours of enjoyment to us long ago. I think that to make the first three episodes was a very brave undertaking...I mean, how do you follow up such a well known space opera and hope it will transcend what was already there. I think Star Wars is Star Wars, and let's all just leave it at that
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I laughed out loud when I heard this on the radio yesterday. Good for you George! I hope this movie is better than SWEOTPM. Somehow SWETAOTC just flows better.
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Clone Appetite fan-boys.
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now it's time to talk more about ATTACK OF THE CLONES. it has a cool nickname! check what we call the other movies for short: Star Wars (A New Hope) Empire (Empire Strikes Back) Jedi (Return of the Jedi) Menace (Phantom Menace) we could call this one Attack or we could call it Clones, either one sounds cool Also, in Meet The Fockers (MTP2), they're obviously going to refer to his mother as MotherFocker. I mean, duh!!!!! The movie hasnt even been made (or even written??) and we already know the movie's biggest laugh
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British twirp. Which isnt to say all Brits are twirps just that Ewan is an ungrateful twirp who happens to be British.
Geex, after getting several million dollars and having the chance to star in several Star Wars flicks (I mean which one of us would die for that?), you'd think he would be somewhat appreciative! I can understand if the employer was abusive, but Lucas? These spoiled actors and actresses probably got their own damn trailer with a'la carte fine dining up the ass!
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wtf? By all means bite the hand that feeds you. Nice- still good in trainspotting though.
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Personally, I think they should have just named it: Star Wars episode II - The Clone wars
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The OLD SPICE must flow! In this episode JOOP JOOP Bink's COOL WATER REALM is destroyed in the first minutes by BRUTE BOSS DRAKKAR Vader in his HALSTON Z-14 fighter! ARAMIS Skywalker's DESIRE for princess JOVAN MUSK's PREFERRED STOCK fills him with PASSION for ETERNITY! The ALLURE of her in GREY FLANNEL makes him RUSH with ENVY! CK-1 his teacher must control the young jedi's OBSESSION with ENGLISH LEATHER before he ESCAPES to the NEW WEST city of FENDI! - Stay tuned! more of Attack of the Colognes coming soon!
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Why not simply call it, "Star Wars, Episode II: Hickory Stinky Pickle" I LOVE IT! It's great!!! It'll grow on ya! (Yeah, right...just like a fungus!) *Laughing out loud*
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It's called Attack Of The Clones???????
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The title IS stupid, but who really cares it IS just the title after all. As for all you guys out there attacking the "ungrateful" Ewan McGregor for his attacks on the SW franchise. I haver two words for you guys BACK OFF. Jealousy is a curse after all and you guys are just gutted it's not you up there. You can't fathom an actor being cast in SW who actually thinks for themselves and dares to voice his own opinion on the topic, regardless of who it pisses off or conflicts with. Look, just because any number of you would spend your entire times attached to Lucas' groin by your lips if he let you anywhere near his Sydney set let alone in his film, doesnt mean you have to take it PERSONALLY when Ewan dares to speak for himself. He didn't attack any of you, and yet I can read personal indignation in some of your attacks on him. Stop being so bloody precious. George is a big boy, if he has a problem with what Ewan says Im sure he'll let him know. Who the hell are you guys to act as Georges fan-boy muscle on this issue??? Oh, and another thing - I love George. I used to think of him (along with Jim Henson) as surrogate uncles growing up, but even I have to say (&remember this is just an OPINION) he's lost it man. It's not his fault, everyone mellows in their old age, its human nature. Attack will hopefully be pretty cool, but The super-geek in me died in the cinema at EP1. I realised these were movies for kids, and maybe it was time to grow up a little.
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All right. I am at work and have a newscast to do pretty soon so this can't be all that long. On the name of Episode II. The name of the movie is fine. Think back to the names of the other four. All of them sum up what each installment concentrated on. Phanton Menace: Sen Palp doing his thing behind the scenes. A New Hope: Duh! Empire Strikes Back: This is for blowing up our friggin' space station. Return of the Jedi: That was as obvious as when Carol Ann said "Their here" in Poltergiest. WE ALL KNEW THE CLONES WERE COMING!!! What do you want Lucas to call it. "Anakin and Padme Do It?" And another thing...I am so sick of hearing people in the media (which I am part of) and some of you self-proclaimed deep thinkers saying that this has something to do with the recent emergence of cloning in the news. Put down the crack pipe and start going to class. We have known for TWENTY YEARS that the clones were a part of the whole Star Wars genre. Why is it people have to ruin a mindless summertime fun movie by trying to dig into every little thing (ie. Watto is supposed to be an Arab, the Neomodians are supposed to be Japanese.) instead of just enjoying a story for what it is...A FANTASY ADVENTURE! A pray you people don't do this when "Lord of the Rings" hits the screen cuz I will lose my mind!
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I feel better now.
The truth is, they could have called it "Attack of the Crappers"
and everyone is still going to shell out big time bucks to see it. It's all about the bucks. No bucks, no killer clones! -
Okay, anyone who is a regular visitor to these talkbacks knows that I'm a huge SW fan (yes, even TPM, so there!). Anyway, when I first heard the title of Episode II, my first words were, "No way, they're kidding, right?" And I still think it's fairly lame, but you know what? I'm already getting used to it. Look, I'll even type it out. "Attack of the..." Okay, nevermind, I'm not quite there yet. But anyway, you know what's really important? That the film be really good and entertaining. It's just a title after all. The movie's what's really important. I'm gonna see it no matter what it's called, so whining about it won't help. BTW, "We're All Clones" by Alice Cooper is a very cool song.
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What is the Big deal????? It's a title! It's a purposely corny title. It's the movie that the public should care about...
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