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<blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 1548567" data-attributes="member: 505">Who were bad actors in A New Hope?&nbsp; Peter Cushing?&nbsp; James Earl Jones?&nbsp; Alec Guinness?&nbsp; The thing is that these actors balanced out the weakness of Mark Hammil and Carrie Fisher.&nbsp; However, in Phantom Menace, the &quot;big guns&quot; Liam Neeson and Ewen McGregor, were as stiff and wooden as the rest of the cast. Also, while Fisher and Hammil may not be anything to write home about, I don't think they can be compared to Jake Llyod and Hayden Christensen. And the writing has indeed gotten worse.&nbsp; I'm reminded of an article I read about the WWE (at the time, still the WWF).&nbsp; Mostly, it was complaining about Vince McMahon's daughter, Stephanie, taking over the writing and how it really dropped in quality.&nbsp; They cited a line of dialogue something like, &quot;Vince McMahon, my father, how can you do that to me, your daughter, Stephanie McMahon?!&quot;&nbsp; When I read that, I couldn't help but think of the dialogue in Phantom Menace.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Villano, post: 1548567, member: 505"] Who were bad actors in A New Hope? Peter Cushing? James Earl Jones? Alec Guinness? The thing is that these actors balanced out the weakness of Mark Hammil and Carrie Fisher. However, in Phantom Menace, the "big guns" Liam Neeson and Ewen McGregor, were as stiff and wooden as the rest of the cast. Also, while Fisher and Hammil may not be anything to write home about, I don't think they can be compared to Jake Llyod and Hayden Christensen. And the writing has indeed gotten worse. I'm reminded of an article I read about the WWE (at the time, still the WWF). Mostly, it was complaining about Vince McMahon's daughter, Stephanie, taking over the writing and how it really dropped in quality. They cited a line of dialogue something like, "Vince McMahon, my father, how can you do that to me, your daughter, Stephanie McMahon?!" When I read that, I couldn't help but think of the dialogue in Phantom Menace. [/QUOTE]

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