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cqb101 05-06-2005 07:33 PM

Star Wars Episode III
 
Just ordered my tickets for the 12:01 AM show of Episode III on the 19th. I can't wait!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...con_thrash.gif

Anybody else going at midnight?

That Matt Guy 05-07-2005 12:55 AM

Yeah, I'm seeing it at midnight.

Barkworm 05-07-2005 02:22 AM

The trailers were so great that my expectations have reached an unhealthy level.

ThirdMarioBro 05-07-2005 02:50 AM

I'm seeing it at one of the premire parties in LA at Midnight.

damnhooligan 05-07-2005 03:35 AM

Haha! May 18th, 8pm GMT +1. I win!

BartAllen 05-07-2005 03:58 AM

yeah. im seeing a midnight showing.

cqb101 05-07-2005 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by damnhooligan
Haha! May 18th, 8pm GMT +1. I win!

Not fair! :|

Lioness-Goddess 05-07-2005 07:00 AM

*bounces around excitedly* Star WARS Star WARS Star WARS!!!! WHOOO!!!!

I'm excited. :P

愛 05-07-2005 07:04 AM

Midnight show with Voltron. Got the tickets right here on my computer desk. I can't wait...

Jo Dawn 05-07-2005 08:54 AM

Yeah. my brother got tickets for the midnight show about a week ago.

I, however, don't... *tear*

S'ok... he'll tell me how it was!! :)

Turtledude2k3 05-07-2005 01:54 PM

I am not going to be going to one of these midnight showing because I have to work on the day it comes out but I planned with my sister and her boyfriend that we are going to see it on opening day. Possibly during the evenings..

Anarky 05-07-2005 05:34 PM

As for me, I'm going to see it... uhm... sometimes. Whenever I have spare time and nothing better to do. I was so disappointed from the first two episodes, I don't expect much of III. Shame though, because there would be so many great ideas in the SW-universe.s

Barkworm 05-08-2005 12:56 AM

I've just rewatched Episode I and II and boy, II sucked! I actually think "Phantom Menace" was a little better. Nevertheless I still have high hopes for the new one.

That Matt Guy 05-08-2005 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Barkworm
I've just rewatched Episode I and II and boy, II sucked! I actually think "Phantom Menace" was a little better. Nevertheless I still have high hopes for the new one.

I've done the same, and I have to agree. The Phantom Menace was a lot better than I remembered it being than it was the first time around.

Brodie 05-08-2005 09:43 AM

The Clone Wars toons were better than Ep 2.

Anarky 05-08-2005 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Brodie
The Clone Wars toons were better than Ep 2.

Clone wars was better than Episode I and II together. It actually managed to make the movies sort of interesting. But, well, we'll see.

Barkworm 05-08-2005 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Brodie
The Clone Wars toons were better than Ep 2.

Absolutely. Especially Anakin was a lot better in the show.

Anarky 05-08-2005 09:58 AM

Yeah, he was silent. The German dubbing is terrible, I tell you. Why can't we just have it like the people up in Finland have it? No dubbed movies but subtitles.That'd be so much cooler.

Okay, good, I might have to add that I find Hayden Christensen to be the biggest casting mistake since the invention of Science Fiction. At least, I can't think of anybody worse than him. He's going to be Darth Vader and yet he's such a perfect son in law. Bah!

Barkworm 05-08-2005 10:16 AM

I think he'll act a lot better in the new movie. Watch the trailers, it really looks like he has improved.

Anarky 05-08-2005 10:24 AM

It's not his acting, it's him. He just doesn't look like Darth Vader, he looks like some spotless hero-jedi type of guy. He is not that schizo type who is tempted by the Dark Side. He just is the person who obeys orders.

cqb101 05-08-2005 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Brodie
The Clone Wars toons were better than Ep 2.

I've always said that the best thing to come of the Prequel Trilogy is the clone wars toon.

Duke 05-08-2005 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew138
I've done the same, and I have to agree. The Phantom Menace was a lot better than I remembered it being than it was the first time around.

Phantom Menace would have been a lot better if it wasn't for that kid who played Anakin, and Jar Jar. Although I'm probably the only person on earth who liked Jar Jar more than Anakin in that movie. Not that I don't think Jar Jar sucked, its just that I could cast him off as a character that never should have existed in the first place. On the other hand Anakin was an essential part of the triology but that kid could not act. Show some freaking emotion when you're being thrown away from your mother who is forced to live the rest of her life in slavery.

But with that being said I'd take Phatom Menace over Attack of the Clones anyday. Although Clone Wars greatly tops them both.

ZariusTwo 05-08-2005 02:23 PM

Episode II is great if you take out the romance scenes, it's right up there with Clone Wars in my opinion.

Hannah 05-08-2005 02:27 PM

I havent seen Ep 1 or 2, and my brother says they suck, so I'm probably not going to ever. But I think I might see 3..

Anarky 05-08-2005 02:46 PM

You probably want to see Episodes I and II including Clone wars. Then you'll understand the movie, well at least you'll get what it's all about. Otherwise I'd say the money is wasted.

Peanut 05-08-2005 03:36 PM

I won't be going to a midnight showing, because there isn't one at a theatre close to me, plus I'd have to go alone. I am going to all the showings on opening day, though.

As for the movie itself, I think it'll rock. I loved Episodes I and II, so I know I'm going to love this.

Turtledude2k3 05-08-2005 08:26 PM

Ep 1 and 2 are good espeically the action scenes. the space battles are all good in the star wars movies.

The clone wars toon was really well-done and made by the same team who made Samurai Jack, etc. However 3 mins is a littl short but I am glad they made the last 5 (chapter 21-25) 12 mintres instead of 3 minutes and chapter 25 leads right into epsidoe 3.

Peanut 05-09-2005 12:24 PM

Anyone see this? It's the little Lego ROTS mini-movie. It's pretty ridiculous, and only a couple minutes long, but it's still pretty neat. It has some cool little moments.

http://cache.lego.com/movies/starwar...68613/SWNS.mov right click and save-as.

Lioness-Goddess 05-09-2005 04:30 PM

Well, honestly, I liked Episode I, except for the whole Jar Jar thing...although I don't hate him as much as some people. However, I freaking loathe Episode II. It's like:

Cool battle scene! Yay!
Running through flowers. Boo!
Kick Butt Yoda! Yay!
More running through flowers. puke in bucket.
Oh look, even MORE running through flowers....

Lol, but Episode III looks mighty cool. I hope I'm not disappointed.

IceFlash78 05-09-2005 05:01 PM

I personally liked Episode II better than the Phantom Menace because it was much darker. Please realize that I'm not a fanboy, and I haven't read ANY of the Star Wars books or what not...

However, the "lovey parts" was meh, but what really drew me in was the darkness and the connections to the Twins Trilogy. You could see Anakin's anger and fear throughout the movie, especially when he tries to save his mother and kills the bantam camp... You could see traces of Darth Vader in him.. of what he COULD/WILL become...

I was also amazed at the parallelism... I.e. Clone Troopers/Storm troopers. When i first saw them, I was like.. "OH.. so THAT"S where the storm troopers came from!" A friend explained to eme later that Storm Troopers weren't clones, but were actual soliders, while Clone troopers were clones of one solider...Still, their design.. it's nice to know the origins of stuff fromt he original trilogy! Also.. Anakin had his hand cut off, just like Luke.. For me, it was interesting how their lives were.. i dunno... began so similiarly, or had similiar elements... (sorry, for not being more trough.. I might later..) and then went into two different directions.

True, the movie had its faults.. I was distracted by/annoyed with Anakin's perfect, shining teeth... and some parts were dragged and some fights felt.. "boring"... but i consider it superior to episode I, and it did a good job starting to connect the two trilogies together... On its self, it's an alright movie, but if you insert it in the STar Wars Movies (remember, I haven't read the books or seen the tv show yet), it shines.

Hannah 05-09-2005 05:05 PM

From the sound of it, you guys just dont like romance. Makes me wanna see episode two so i can praise the romance and annoy people. XP

IceFlash78 05-09-2005 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hannah
From the sound of it, you guys just dont like romance. Makes me wanna see episode two so i can praise the romance and annoy people. XP


Well.. I didn't mind it as much... I think the part that annoyed me the most was the fact that in Episode I, Anakin was a boy while Natalie Portman's character was.. idk.. 18? then in Episode II, Anakin's a 18, making Natalie.. 25? I have nothing against relationships with older people, but for soem reason, the age difference bothered me.. If Anakin was atleast a teenager or something in Episode I, fine.. I get the feeling that Anakin's just a boy who's in love with a "mother figure"...

Whatever... when I got over it, I didn't midn the romantic parts

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Quote:

It's not his acting, it's him. He just doesn't look like Darth Vader, he looks like some spotless hero-jedi type of guy. He is not that schizo type who is tempted by the Dark Side. He just is the person who obeys orders.
I think that's the whole point... We're supposed to be "shocked" that he turns to the Dark Side.. Anakin's not inherently evil.. It would be soo predictable if Anakin was "evil" and turned to the Dark side... Its more interesting if he's a good jedi, possibly the greatest Light Jedi, who was just corrupted by the Dark Side who fed upon his emotional issues, turning him into Darth VAder..

Besdies, we need to explain the whole "There is good inside him" from Return of the Jedi...

ZariusTwo 05-09-2005 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Hannah
From the sound of it, you guys just dont like romance.


Yes, catergorise everyone just because they hated badly written, badly acted scenes that brought what were supposed to represent the most poigant moments of the movie down :roll:

EZweasel 05-09-2005 07:58 PM

great star wars tv spot
 
this is the best tv spot i have seen for episode 3. it truly looks amazing..almost makes you want to tear up, but im not one to cry..anyways here it is.

http://df09.dot5hosting.com/~imperia...dy2_480_dl.mov

The Stryker 05-09-2005 08:23 PM

Can't See it at Midnight... :cry:

But Hey! My Life-size Yoda Plush will help me until Saturday...

ThirdMarioBro 05-09-2005 08:57 PM

Okay, I for one have loved the prequels. Ep. I only ahd one thing that pissed me off and that was attempting to scientifically explain the force. DUMB idea. Other than that, it was fine. THe Yoda Muppet looked WAAAAY more fake than anything though. THey should've just modeled it after Empire more because he looked like sh*t. The CGI at the end was even worse as it didn't even move like him. That's something they'll have to re-do in the future. Nothing will ever own the Darth Maul duel though (yet). Now, in Ep. II he looked AWESOME. Just as good, if not better than the muppet. II was everything I had been wanting. Now, III is bound to be excellent. For one, there are no parts meant to appeal to kids. George Lucas claimed kids shouldn't even watch it. No Gungans, and no Jar Jar. This one's tragic, this one's miserable, and this one's going to be awesome. I was good, II was great, but I expect this to be freaking awesome.

On a note, go and buy the soundtrack. It has an extra DVD which has and extended version of the trailer. Very good. It'll hype you like crazy.

Peanut 05-09-2005 09:07 PM

I'm with TMB in this boat. I loved the prequels. I agree, Episode I was good, Episode II was great, Episode III will be amazing. I have no doubt about that in my mind.

The Stryker 05-09-2005 09:33 PM

I liked every episode of Wars. But Manakin in ep.1 really made episode 1 my least favorite

and Yoda saved Ep.2 in a Big way. "Who Da Man?.....Yo-Da Man!"

*Shudders*

Kid Icarus 05-09-2005 11:28 PM

I won't be seeing the movie until the crowds die down.

Burger King starts their little advertisment thingy this week... We put up our Vader standee yesterday... the thing's bad ass, if you ignore his protruding cod piece.

That Matt Guy 05-10-2005 12:57 AM

Jar Jar and the Gungans would have been a lot better if they had different voices.


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