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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 12:43 PM
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I watched all 6 Star Wars movies over the past month and I realized...
STAR WARS SUCKS!!!!!!

Yes, this beloved SciFantasy (I will not call it SciFi) from my youth apparently was crappily acted and only valuable on the merits of the FX.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 12:44 PM
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1. Fairenoughski.
:)
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 12:44 PM
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2. Amen to that
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 12:52 PM
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3. May the farce be with you.
Spaceballs is better. :)
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 12:53 PM
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4. Spaceballs is so damn funny!
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 12:54 PM
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5. Yeah, I'm laughing just thinking about it.
Dark Helmet ... :rofl:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 01:45 PM
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6. I always have this vision of a big comb when I think
of the movie. You know when they are combing the desert! :rofl:
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 04:48 PM
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14. HAHA -- forgot about that part.
:rofl:

Maybe we'll dig it out tonight and watch it.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 02:22 PM
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8. Yes it was
but that was, "may the schwartz be wid you!" ;)
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 02:29 PM
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10. And the ring he got out of a crackerjacks box!!
I love silly parodies like that! :hi:
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:13 PM
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11. What's the matter, Col. Sanders?
Chicken?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 02:19 PM
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7. I thought that was obvious from day 1!
Americans love eye candy and hate details or intricacies or anything thought-provoking unless it grabs you by your emotions because emotions are more valuable than intellect.

Still, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi have some nice moments, but there's nothing in them - in terms of science concepts - that are worthy. It's all f/x.

Never mind how the f/x in eps 1-3 are so ridiculously OTT...
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 02:24 PM
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9. The Star Wars movies are definitely no Citizen Kane . . .
. . . but is that why we love them?

I think the pre-quels soiled the legacy of it all, myself.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:21 PM
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12. *lol* the Luke Skywalker whine "But I have to go to tashi station...
..and pick up some poooooower converters":rofl:
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LatinoSocialist Donating Member (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:21 PM
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13. yeah well..
that's true...but I'm still a fan! Vader RULES!
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DerekG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 04:54 PM
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15. Not true. "Sith," "A New Hope," and "Empire" are absolutely spellbinding
Even the underwhelming installments (I, II, VI) boast haunting symbiology and intriguing frameworks.

And one should discriminate between "crappy" performances (found mostly in "Clones" and "Jedi") and those that are appropriately skewed to fit archetypal molds (Liam Neeson, Ian McDiarmid, and the ensembles of III, IV and V).
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 04:56 PM
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16. OK...why is it then Chewebacca happened to be where everything happened?
How did R2D2 and C3P0 happen to be where everything happeened?

THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!!!
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DerekG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 05:12 PM
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17. The omnipresence of the two droids serve two purposes
1. They are our representatives: humble dalliers fated to bear witness to spectacle and transfigurative events.

2. As it turns out, they are the *other* children of Anakin and Padme: C3P0 was created by the former, whilst R2 offered his services to the latter. When considering Anakin's own transformation into Darth Vader (who has become "more machine than man"), it's a very nice touch.


And the addition of Chewbacca in "Sith" was just a treat for the fans.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 05:29 PM
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18. I'm glad I didn't have to sit through all of them that close
together to realize that. I would be sorely pissed.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 05:46 PM
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19. Proof some things are better left remembered.
I'd advise against visiting childhood playgrounds as well. They're damn small. ;)
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