Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 2092753" data-attributes="member: 7394">I'm not a Star Wars fan. There I said it. Working for Wizards in the Star Wars fan club for two years taught me that Star Wars fans are a bunch of whining snivelling brats who waste entirely too much brainpower second guessing films they had nothing to do with. Its as though Lucas owes them something by virtue of the fact that he entertained them with some great films almost thirty years ago. The only thing Star Wars fans like better than complaining about the super rare action figures and collectibles they can't seem to get their hands on is complaining about how much the movies disappointed them. Nevertheless, these ones who whined about the new movies are the same people (literally the same people, I followed enough of their accounts) who rush out and buy the newest prequel action figures, keychains, commemorative convention passes, and Queen Amidala hairpieces. The only thing worse than a Star Wars fan complaining about the latest round of movies is a Star Wars fan ticked off because they missed the boat on a hot new collectible that's now sold out. Next to Star Wars fans, roleplayers are a sheer pleasure to deal with (which makes the people who have so far participated in this discussion exempt from my rant since you pretty much must play D&D if you hang out at this site). I think that no matter what Lucas delivered with the prequels, they would not have lived up to the expectations of the majority of Star Wars' most vocal fans. Like I said, I don't consider myself a "fan." I'm embarrassed by Star Wars fans and I feel dirty for just having had to put up with their whininess day after day, day in and day out. On the other hand, Star Wars is a part of my life that shaped who I am from an early age. I first saw A New Hope when I was five years old. I've caught every other movie in the series, including both the prequels, on their opening day. I was so starved for some Star Wars when Phantom Menace came out that I went to the theater and watched it eight times that summer, despite the fact that there were some definite elements that I wasn't crazy about (Jar Jar Binks).  Although neither of the prequels rank among the best movies I've ever seen, they both have their moments. Every scene with Darth Maul really worked for me. If they would have had more Maul and less Jar Jar, I probably would have been completely happy with ep I. Episode II does away with Jar Jar for the most part and gives C-3P0 a bigger part, which I felt was a temendous improvement. The only real problems I have with Ep II is that is drags a bit in the middle and Anakin comes across as pretty wooden. One thing that occurred to me about Anakin is that I could actually see Vader delivering some of the lines in the same way young Anakin does, so maybe Hayden was directed to deliver his lines in the way he did to provide some consistency to his character. I'm not saying that it worked, but its a thought. Bottom line though, I find Ep II very watchable and entertaining despite its faults. Phantom Menace might be worth viewing once a year when the alternative is gnawing off my own arm out of sheer boredom. As for midichlorians, yes they do quantify the force, but they still aren't an explanation for it. They're attracted to people who are strong with the force, but they are not the force. I can forgive Lucas on this, but only barely. I agree that Lucas probably could have used some help with the first two prequels. There were portions of both movies that were just unnecessary and really dragged on. There should be more chemistry between the actors. In fact, the story of how Anakin was found by the jedi could have easily been condensed into a fifteen to thirty minute portion at the beginning of what became EP II rather than being its own movie. I would imagine that an entire movie set during the clone wars might have been more entertaining. The question isn't whether or not Lucas knows how to tell a good story, but whether Lucas is telling the right story.</blockquote>

Verification