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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Holy Bovine" data-source="post: 94048" data-attributes="member: 203">I love generalizations of this sort.They make me feel all warm and fuzzy.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> I have found a way to watch Phantom Menace that doesn't make my skin itch.   A little thing called the Phantom Edit.Some genius took the orginal movie and deleted certain scenes (not all Jar Jar scenes but some of the more inane ones - also some dialogue between Anakin and Amedala (sp?)).This had the effect of tightening the movies pacing and kept Anakin as a much 'darker' figure - some intense looks where he (now) doesn't ruin it by saying some flippant piece of dialogue.If you can find The Phantom Edit on Kazaa or Morpheus I would recommend downloading it (its huge and usually divided into 2 sections) - the picture quality isn't the best (I think the guys used a VHS tape) but it is more than watchable.  I would pay to have Phantom Edit on DVD.  I wouldn't go see Phantom Menace at the jumbo theater for free.As far as Attack of the Clones I will go see it when it arrives at the second run theater here in town (mainly because I'm cheap but also I don't really have the enthusiasm for this one that i did for all the others - I do hope Lucas can surprise me and deliver some of that magic again - the Boba Fett and Jedi scenes shown briefly in the previous trailer do give me some hope for it).Oh and King Stannis - if it does mean that much to you I will let everyone know if I do go see it in the first 2 weeks - seeing as how no one I know is very pumped about this movie that would probably mean I'd go alone however <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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