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Offline bcadoo

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2008, 12:21:31 AM »
Actually it was 12 movies (four trilogies), and, no, I do not think the other 3 will be made.  So for all intents and purposes the story (as far as the movie going public is concerned) is over.

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2008, 12:33:06 AM »
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yA14TnyCkgE

Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE star wars, but this... this is just a travesty. It used to be that the movies had a good plot line, good dialogue, and any humor was a bit more... masked at least. Now here is this cartoon version, that is just like the crap you see day to day on cartoon network. I think this is really going to kill Star Wars for the people who grew up with originals.

Considering you weren't even a gleam in your daddy's eyes when the originals came out, you really wouldn't know.  I was lucky enough to see a special screening over the weekend and I have to say it was very good and your description of the movie is way off the mark.  Not surprised though, since all you based your opinion on was a 2 minute and 30 second trailer.  I honestly thought it was far better than Episodes I, II, and III, which by the way are the ones that almost killed it for us that grew up with the original trilogy.


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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2008, 12:44:20 AM »
Well the acting in that trailer already looks better than episodes 1 2 and 3 :D

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2008, 01:00:22 AM »
Considering you weren't even a gleam in your daddy's eyes when the originals came out, you really wouldn't know.  I was lucky enough to see a special screening over the weekend and I have to say it was very good and your description of the movie is way off the mark.  Not surprised though, since all you based your opinion on was a 2 minute and 30 second trailer.  I honestly thought it was far better than Episodes I, II, and III, which by the way are the ones that almost killed it for us that grew up with the original trilogy.


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Granted, I wasn't alive when they very first came out, but I was fortunate enough to have grown up just as the original trilogy hit theatres BEFORE episode I came out. Beleive it or not, I DID grow up with IV V and VI.

And actually, this was the best trailer ive seen of the movie. All of the trailers I have seen have such horrible dialogue, even compared to I II and III, and it couldn't hold a candle to IV V and VI from what ive seen.

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« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2008, 01:15:12 AM »
Don't let me to rain on your parade but...ok, yes I will.  Lucas started the downward spiral of this franchise with Epi. VI "The Return of the Ewoks"

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2008, 01:16:15 AM »
I don't think it will be too bad...will definitely wait for it on DVD though.  There were was a cartoon series devoted to the Clone Wars that aired on Cartoon Network(which this is based off of) that was "Official Canon", so it shouldn't be some hodgepodge of random Star Wars mockery.  Besides you can do alot more with cartoons than you can with actors.  I do wish the art didn't look so corny and campy.  If they had gone the Beowulf/Final Fantasy route this would be awesome.  But alas, Lucas set on the cash-cow trail long ago, and this is yet another excuse to market to the kid audience that will make their parents go see this, buy the toys(already seen advertisements), and buy it on DVD.

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2008, 01:30:04 AM »
Don't let me to rain on your parade but...ok, yes I will.  Lucas started the downward spiral of this franchise with Epi. VI "The Return of the Ewoks"

<---- 10 years old in '77.  Best summer of my life.

Really? Episode VI was actually my favorite I think. I didn't fancy the ewoks, but im obsessed with the space ships, ESPECIALLY the big ones, so I LOVED the uber-climax space fight at the end, lol.

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #22 on: July 30, 2008, 01:42:32 AM »
I'd like to see a movie based on the game Knights of the Old RepublicDarth Revan is one of my favorite characters.
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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #23 on: July 30, 2008, 01:44:45 AM »
Yeah, the Ewoks were extremely annoying.  The stormtroopers wasted the Jawas but the lil Ewoks were left alive?  Whatev...
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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2008, 02:29:41 AM »
horrible just horrible.


the sadest thing of it all is that even IF he really wanted to do it animated.. this animation is YEARS behind that used by Square Enix to make the final fantasy spirits within movie.


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« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2008, 02:32:46 AM »
Didnt look that bad to me actually. I will get it when its out on DVD.

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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2008, 02:48:09 AM »
horrible just horrible.


the sadest thing of it all is that even IF he really wanted to do it animated.. this animation is YEARS behind that used by Square Enix to make the final fantasy spirits within movie.



LucasArts went with a more cell shaded animation look where as the company I work for prefers a more realistic look with their CGI movies like Final Fantasy Advent Children and Spirits Within.


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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2008, 06:39:06 AM »
How involved was Lucas in this, though? I'm assuming not very, which means this could possibly be good.

He certainly wasn't a big part of the Tie Fighter PC game, and that was one of the finest games of all time.

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« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2008, 06:46:24 AM »
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Re: Lucas REALLY ****ed up this time...
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2008, 07:23:11 AM »
I have the prequel trilogy on DVD. Haven't watched any of them since Episode III first came out on it.

I have the OT double-pack with the original un-Specialied versions on Disk 2 and that's the only ones I've been watching.

Read most of the books up through the end of New Jedi Order. They SHOULD have stopped with the last book in the previous run (Vision of the Future). I never even read the last series (as far as I'm concerned, Mara is alive).
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