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<blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 93065" data-attributes="member: 527">I went to the movies last night and caught the EP2 &quot;love story&quot; trailer again.&nbsp; All of us, who are of course big sci-fi/fantasy fans, sat quietly through it, uninterested, bored even; only cringing when Anakin whines, &quot;Obi-Wan is holding me back!&quot; and &quot;I'm going to be the most powerful Jedi ever!&quot;&nbsp; After the main feature, our talk turned to the trailers we had seen; the consensus there was that they were all junk.&nbsp; Dana Carvey dressed as a turtle?&nbsp; Junk.&nbsp; Tim Allen in a comedy caper movie?&nbsp; Probably junk.&nbsp; Star Wars EP2?&nbsp; Junk.&nbsp; As one friend said, &quot;That trailer does not make me want to go see that movie.&quot;&nbsp; Say what you will about the original Star Wars; for a generation of people that movie had a mythic quality.&nbsp; A princess, a villian, and a boy who becomes a hero; the core stuff of fantasy.&nbsp; It never pretended to be high art, but it was good entertainment.&nbsp; Episode 1 was not the worst movie ever, it was probably average for that year.&nbsp; But it doesnt have much of the spark that inspired people to care about Star Wars in the first place.&nbsp; I think thats the cause of the disillusionment with Lucas; Episode 1 made clear (in a way that even Return of the Jedi could not) that Lucas has changed over the years.&nbsp; And that most of his original fans dont care for his new work.&nbsp; So are we getting pumped for Ep 2?&nbsp; No, its just another big budget commercial movie plodding steadily towards its summer release date.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gizzard, post: 93065, member: 527"] I went to the movies last night and caught the EP2 "love story" trailer again. All of us, who are of course big sci-fi/fantasy fans, sat quietly through it, uninterested, bored even; only cringing when Anakin whines, "Obi-Wan is holding me back!" and "I'm going to be the most powerful Jedi ever!" After the main feature, our talk turned to the trailers we had seen; the consensus there was that they were all junk. Dana Carvey dressed as a turtle? Junk. Tim Allen in a comedy caper movie? Probably junk. Star Wars EP2? Junk. As one friend said, "That trailer does not make me want to go see that movie." Say what you will about the original Star Wars; for a generation of people that movie had a mythic quality. A princess, a villian, and a boy who becomes a hero; the core stuff of fantasy. It never pretended to be high art, but it was good entertainment. Episode 1 was not the worst movie ever, it was probably average for that year. But it doesnt have much of the spark that inspired people to care about Star Wars in the first place. I think thats the cause of the disillusionment with Lucas; Episode 1 made clear (in a way that even Return of the Jedi could not) that Lucas has changed over the years. And that most of his original fans dont care for his new work. So are we getting pumped for Ep 2? No, its just another big budget commercial movie plodding steadily towards its summer release date. [/QUOTE]

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