Anonus Watches Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

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• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:12:34

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Makes John Williams's score sound funny over it
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:13:23

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Now here's a cheesy CGI spaceship.

  
  

  The CGI in these movies has always looked stupid to me. The original trilogy is hand-crafted and tactile. The CGI here makes these movies feel like inessential corporate Products.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:14:28

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  At least the set design still feels like the aesthetic. And here's C-3PO's silver cousin!

  
  

  Young Obi-wan feels like he's trying to channel the original trilogy but failing.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:15:46

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Jesus I can't believe I used "Palpatine" in my 2013 liveblog

  
  

  That name is a hunk of cheese

  
  

  I am a cornball myself but still
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:16:28

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Explosion, drawn lightsabers now, robots with guns

  
  

  These robots are so slender. They don't LOOK like soldiers
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:17:24

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  John Williams's score doesn't work here. And it's not even being used intelligently either. The main theme was Luke's leitmotif in the original trilogy!
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:20:59

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  the nerds are right, these trade negotiations don't suit the Star Wars movies

  
  

  I can understand why Lucas would put thought into them but like, why did they have to be filmed? Or if they were they could have been better handled!
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:21:35

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I thought the appeal of Star Wars didn't lie in all this bureaucracy stuff
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:21:43

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  And here's Jar Jar Binks!
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:23:16

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  He got banished from his hometown

  
  

  Seems befitting of his reception
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:24:16

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  He's very fluidly animated but he's obviously not "real"

  
  

  And now he just yelled and dove into the water. These Jedi dudes have calmly followed him underwater
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:24:57

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  They're swimming into these luminescent balls, and they walk out of the water in a pretty cool-looking effect
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:25:29

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  "Yoosa in big doo-doo this time!"

  
  

  oh my god
• Odradek

  2016-12-20 02:25:37

  My dreams exceed my real life

  I love the look of the Gungan city
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:25:49

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  that was real dialogue we were supposed to take seriously oh god
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:26:02

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  "The Naboo think they so smarty" oh god
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:26:19

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Odradek said:

  I love the look of the Gungan city

  It is pretty cool
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 02:29:19

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  Anonus said:

  Now here's a cheesy CGI spaceship.

  
  

  The CGI in these movies has always looked stupid to me. The original trilogy is hand-crafted and tactile. The CGI here makes these movies feel like inessential corporate Products.

  I can remember being hella impressed with it at the time. But I was young and stupid enough that I thought the whole movie was good.

  
  

  IIRC, the CGI work in the prequels was real boundary-pushing stuff. For good or for bad, we can't deny it was innovative.
• Odradek

  2016-12-20 02:29:24

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Anonus said:

  that was real dialogue we were supposed to take seriously oh god

  Star Wars dialogue has always been tone-deaf
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:30:53

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  MetaFour said:

  Anonus said:

  Now here's a cheesy CGI spaceship.

  
  

  The CGI in these movies has always looked stupid to me. The original trilogy is hand-crafted and tactile. The CGI here makes these movies feel like inessential corporate Products.

  I can remember being hella impressed with it at the time. But I was young and stupid enough that I thought the whole movie was good.

  
  

  IIRC, the CGI work in the prequels was real boundary-pushing stuff. For good or for bad, we can't deny it was innovative.

  I understand that it pushed boundaries, I just am not a fan of it

  Odradek said:

  Anonus said:

  that was real dialogue we were supposed to take seriously oh god

  Star Wars dialogue has always been tone-deaf

  I don't remember the dialogue there being this juvenile
• Odradek

  2016-12-20 02:32:33

  My dreams exceed my real life

  "Only a master of evil, Darth"
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:32:47

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  "the planet core"
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:33:48

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  "pew-nished"

  
  

  the Head Gungan be channeling Mel Blanc or Daws Butler here
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:34:54

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  okay this squid-ship is cool looking

  
  

  also there's this anglerfish-looking thing
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:35:15

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I really don't think the Lucas aesthetic translates well to CGI
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:35:36

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  "There's always a bigger fish"

  
  

  okay yeah this is a pretty Star Wars-y line, clichéd as it is
• Odradek

  2016-12-20 02:35:52

  My dreams exceed my real life

  The head gungan is voiced by Brian Blessed
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:36:06

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Odradek said:

  The head gungan is voiced by Brian Blessed

  oh yeah, TV Tropes loved him
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 02:36:15

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  Odradek said:

  "Only a master of evil, Darth"

  The worst OT dialogue was like something from a cheesy serial. While the worst PT dialogue was like something from a kid's movie, I think. Hence why someone could overlook one but be morally offended by the other.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:37:00

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  god this eel-crocodile monster looks stupid
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:37:34

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  oh hey here's the prairie planet
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:37:44

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I guess we're back to the Senate now
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 02:37:56

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  "I cast Summon Bigger Fish!"
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:38:48

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  god this movie feels so self-serious to me somehow
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:41:04

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  these mentions of "Senator Palpatine" somehow fill me with dread for watching two more of these
• Imipolex G

  2016-12-20 02:41:13

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  Anonus said:

  I really don't think the Lucas aesthetic translates well to CGI

  almost nothing translates well to CGI
  
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:41:49

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  these skinny soldier robots still look stupid to me
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:42:46

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Here's R2-D2 and his cousins
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:43:50

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Two of these three droids have been blown up

  
  

  I actually fear for Artoo's safety

  
  

  Somehow a blue-and-white wastebasket that communicates only in beeping noises has more charisma and appeal than anyone else in this movie
• Imipolex G

  2016-12-20 02:44:30

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  R2 was my favorite character in the OT.
  
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:44:49

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  seems to fit you

  
  

  mine is C-3PO
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 02:45:18

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  Anonus said:

  Two of these three droids have been blown up

  
  

  I actually fear for Artoo's safety

  
  

  Somehow a blue-and-white wastebasket that communicates only in beeping noises has more charisma and appeal than anyone else in this movie

  I think, when I first watched this, I felt more sorry for those droids who got blown up than I did for any human characters who died at any point.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:46:09

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  I feel like Artoo doesn't belong in this movie

  
  

  When the fuck does Anakin Skywalker show up? Aren't these movies supposedly about him?
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:46:32

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Oh there's Tatooine, at last
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:47:16

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  MetaFour said:

  Anonus said:

  Two of these three droids have been blown up

  
  

  I actually fear for Artoo's safety

  
  

  Somehow a blue-and-white wastebasket that communicates only in beeping noises has more charisma and appeal than anyone else in this movie

  I think, when I first watched this, I felt more sorry for those droids who got blown up than I did for any human characters who died at any point.

  oh god so did I
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:47:33

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  well I'm not that far in but still
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 02:47:54

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  Anonus said:

  I feel like Artoo doesn't belong in this movie

  
  

  When the fuck does Anakin Skywalker show up? Aren't these movies supposedly about him?

  Eh, it took 20 or 30 minutes before Luke showed up in A New Hope.
• Aliroz

  2016-12-20 02:48:23 edited 2016-12-20 02:54:35

  ...And even when your hope is gone

  move along, move along, just to make it through

  (2015 self)

  Anonus said:

  Now here's a cheesy CGI spaceship.

  
  

  The CGI in these movies has always looked stupid to me. The original trilogy is hand-crafted and tactile. The CGI here makes these movies feel like inessential corporate Products.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:48:51

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  MetaFour said:

  Anonus said:

  I feel like Artoo doesn't belong in this movie

  
  

  When the fuck does Anakin Skywalker show up? Aren't these movies supposedly about him?

  Eh, it took 20 or 30 minutes before Luke showed up in A New Hope.

  yeah well wasn't that movie not a boring slog?

  
  

  also Jar Jar just stepped in a mushy pile

  
  

  Here's Jake Lloyd!
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:49:01

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  Flying Gonzo?