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gull
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response 228 of 292:
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Jun 2 03:44 UTC 1999 |
I thought he was okay. Every movie needs comic relief. He could have had a
less annoying voice, though...he has about the same vocal timbre as Roger
Rabbit.
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senna
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response 229 of 292:
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Jun 2 05:38 UTC 1999 |
My cousin is already a member of the SEJJB (Society for the Elimination
of Jar Jar Binks), but I think he's excessive. Jar Jar could be a lot
worse. Still, with rumors of his appearance in the next film comes my
faint hope that he'll be more mature and a slightly more serious
character. One can dream, I guess.
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md
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response 230 of 292:
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Jun 2 10:29 UTC 1999 |
My 13-year-old daughter loved Jar Jar. She laughed
at everything he said and did. Consider that if you
don't like Jar Jar, you are probably not part of the
target market for all the Jar Jar items now on sale in
toy stores.
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mooncat
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response 231 of 292:
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Jun 2 12:39 UTC 1999 |
This movie wasn't aimed solely at adults... So it makes sense to have
a character like Jar Jar in it. The kids like him...
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mary
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response 232 of 292:
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Jun 2 18:09 UTC 1999 |
Well, then he could have been in the first hour for
the kids and brutally killed in the second half, for the
adults. I can compromise here.
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jazz
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response 233 of 292:
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Jun 2 21:21 UTC 1999 |
I'd argue the movie wasn't aimed at adults at all ...
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aruba
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response 234 of 292:
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Jun 3 15:45 UTC 1999 |
I thought the biggest flaw in Phantom Menace (we saw it last night) was
the lack of any interesting characters. And Liam Neeson is the only actor
who does a good job, I thought. Granted, most of the actors didn't have
much to work with in terms of dialog, but I thought the woman (women? I
never got that straight) who plated the queen was particularly bad. I
don't know how she passed the screen test.
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drewmike
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response 235 of 292:
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Jun 3 17:37 UTC 1999 |
I've found a way to not be annoyed by Jar Jar's presence on screen...
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mooncat
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response 236 of 292:
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Jun 3 17:43 UTC 1999 |
And that way was?
I rather thought the acting was pretty good. Especially with the way
Ewan McGregor spoke... He sounded like a young Obi-Wan (given that we
heard the older Obi-Wan speaking first.).
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drewmike
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response 237 of 292:
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Jun 3 17:44 UTC 1999 |
(To not put myself in a theater where Star Wars is playing.)
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richard
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response 238 of 292:
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Jun 3 22:26 UTC 1999 |
I thought the acting was fine except for the kid playing anakin skywalker.
the other actors suffered from having characters not developed enough.
Ewan McGregor doesnt have much to do as Obi Wan until the end of the
movie. Natalie Portman's character wasnt developed much at all. Where
are her parents? Why is she queen at 15? who *is* this person? given that
she is the future mother of our hero Luke Skywalker, we deserve to know
these things!
Other nitpicks, why in the later movies does C3P0 not remember anything
about the events of Episode I, or that he was built by Anakin?
If his memory was wiped, why was he not re-told everything by R2D2, who
obviously knows the whole story.
And in Episode IV, we find Luke living on Tattoine with his uncle, clearly
identified as his father's brother. Except now in Episode I, we are told
he has no father, therefore how does he have an uncle?
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mcnally
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response 239 of 292:
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Jun 3 22:40 UTC 1999 |
He's got a mother, doesn't he?
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drew
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response 240 of 292:
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Jun 3 22:42 UTC 1999 |
I think it might be that Anniken has no father. Luke has no paternal
grandfather.
..."plated the queen"... an interesting typo, brings up some strange images.
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aruba
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response 241 of 292:
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Jun 4 00:02 UTC 1999 |
Re #238: I don't remember Luke's uncle being clearly identified as his
father's brother. I suspect the "uncle" thing may just have been a euphamism.
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rtg
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response 242 of 292:
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Jun 4 03:27 UTC 1999 |
..."plated the queen".. Is that something like the carbon freeze they
did to Han solo in one of the later episodes?
(Don't spoil it - I haven't seen it yet!)
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senna
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response 243 of 292:
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Jun 4 04:18 UTC 1999 |
It is almost certain that Owen and Beru are not related to Anakin. It
was speculated that they could be related to Obi-Wan, but that has yet
to be determined. Nothing has been changed in that respect, though.
Further, the full bodies of knowledge of 3PO and R2 are never
particularly established in the original movies. It's possible that
they know everything, and possible that they know nothing. It really
doesn't make that much of a difference. They don't need to talk about
it all that much. It's part of how their characters work.
Amidala was elected. This is firmly established in both the text and
the film. Background isn't all that necessary. Heck, we have no
established backgrounds on Chewie, Han, Yoda, Lando, or Tarkin. The
only background we can really get on Luke and Leia is being established
in the movies being made now. Amidala is neither suited nor in need of
a background.
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mooncat
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response 244 of 292:
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Jun 4 13:11 UTC 1999 |
What Steve said. I had always heard that Owen was somehow a relative of
Obi-Wan's and that's why Luke was there.
Going by what books say... It wasn't uncommon for the droids to have
their memories wiped after a certain ammount of time. Perhaps 3PO
had his 'mind' wiped and therefore doesn't remember everything. Personally,
I think R@ has a great deal of personality, some of those sounds he makes
sound to me like droid swear words. <grins> Perhaps he does remember,
but just isn't sharing that knowledge with 3PO.
And remember- this is Episode 1, perhaps in 2 we'll get a lot more
information on Amidala her election, or whatever else. This isn't
exactly a stand alone movie- hence the title "Episdoe 1- Phantom Menace"
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gjharb
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response 245 of 292:
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Jun 4 13:21 UTC 1999 |
Who was the real queen - the lady-in=waiting or the one dressed up as the
queen?
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senna
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response 246 of 292:
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Jun 4 16:38 UTC 1999 |
The "lady in waiting," obviously. She says it, and everyone believes
it. And, in general, she gets more focus from the camera. There is
some question about whether Amidala occasionally dons the make up
herself, such as in the last scene. She throws a rather obvious
affectionate smile in Anakin's direction, which makes you wonder. The
other scene that could possibly involve that is the senate chamber
scene, since it requires her to make an important decision that a
bodyguard would likely not be trusted with. Other than that, the one in
the makeup is the decoy.
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richard
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response 247 of 292:
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Jun 4 21:47 UTC 1999 |
there was a story on cnn last night about people complaining that
Jar Jar is a racist caricature. They had some high mined Columbia
professor making this case that Jar Jar's mannerisms were designed to
emulate an effeminate/gay black man and that George Lucas is a racist.
I think that guy is being a little TOO sensitive, if ya ask me!
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tpryan
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response 248 of 292:
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Jun 4 21:55 UTC 1999 |
He R2 sensitive.
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tpryan
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response 249 of 292:
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Jun 4 21:58 UTC 1999 |
I am amazed that R2D2 had a considerable service life *before*
the time of Episode 1. Pretty damm good design to be functional then
and ?forty, fifty? years later.
And we consider a three year old computer to be out-moded, a
ten year old one to be trash.
And I bet R2 never had an operating system upgrade.
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hhsrat
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response 250 of 292:
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Jun 5 01:47 UTC 1999 |
Yes, but is R2 Y2K compliant?
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jazz
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response 251 of 292:
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Jun 5 12:15 UTC 1999 |
I'm surprised no one's sued Lucas yet. The Gungan tribe, of which Jar
Jar was a member, displayed mannerisms, slang, and an accent common to
Jamaicans.
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otter
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response 252 of 292:
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Jun 5 14:55 UTC 1999 |
He didn't have an accent so much as he spoke Pidgin English.
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