Star Wars Episode III - Page 2

*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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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

EZweasel · 05-09-2005, 07:58 PM

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...

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.

05-08-2005, 02:23 PM	#23
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,497	Episode II is great if you take out the romance scenes, it's right up there with Clone Wars in my opinion. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

05-08-2005, 02:27 PM	#24
Hannah Once more, with feeling! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 4,111	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.. __________________

05-08-2005, 02:46 PM	#25
Anarky Outlaw Hero Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tannhauser Gate Posts: 4,867	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. __________________ Because it's... I dunno... brutal.

05-09-2005, 04:30 PM	#29
Lioness-Goddess Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York, New York Posts: 408	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. __________________ There are only two things that are infinite; the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the universe.

05-09-2005, 05:05 PM	#31
Hannah Once more, with feeling! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 4,111	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 __________________

05-08-2005, 03:36 PM	#26
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	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.

05-08-2005, 08:26 PM	#27
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	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.

05-09-2005, 12:24 PM	#28
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	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.

05-09-2005, 05:01 PM	#30
IceFlash78 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 302	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.

05-09-2005, 07:58 PM	#34
EZweasel Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 847	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 __________________

05-09-2005, 08:23 PM	#35
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	Can't See it at Midnight... But Hey! My Life-size Yoda Plush will help me until Saturday... __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

05-09-2005, 08:57 PM	#36
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	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. __________________

05-09-2005, 09:07 PM	#37
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	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.

05-09-2005, 09:33 PM	#38
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	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 __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

05-09-2005, 11:28 PM	#39
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	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.

05-10-2005, 12:57 AM	#40
That Matt Guy Honey Bunches Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lone Star State Posts: 5,840	Jar Jar and the Gungans would have been a lot better if they had different voices.