Anonus Watches Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

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• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:57:24

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

  this "are you an angel" exchange sounds so stupid
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:58:18

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

  Aliroz 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.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  so they did do practical stuff! cool!
• Odradek

  2016-12-20 02:58:28

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Strong enough to rip the ears off a gundark
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 02:58:45

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

  also Jar Jar just ruined this movie's attempt at emotional resonance
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 02:59:39

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

  Odradek said:

  Strong enough to rip the ears off a gundark

  Half-wit, scruffy-looking... nerf herder!

  
  

  Who are you calling scruffy-looking?
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:00:54

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

  the thing with the CGI I was kvetching about mostly pertained to the characters, who don't look real or tactile to me

  
  

  this is not Weta Digital-tier stuff
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:04:36

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

  I mean ILM is a very good effects shop but still

  
  

  Also, this "meat" Jar Jar is eating doesn't even look like meat

  
  

  This meat vendor's wares look like rubber chickens and such
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:05:31

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

  Sebulba!
• Imipolex G

  2016-12-20 03:06:42

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  is available?
  
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:07:57

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

  it feels weird seeing C3-PO without his gold shell
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:08:46

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

  section is right they really are the only good things about this movie
• Section42L

  2016-12-20 03:10:39

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  It's sorta telling that their story is the most resonant in the original Star Wars saga.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:10:56

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

  this whole thing feels like it was just stapled onto the Star Wars saga
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:12:04

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

  Section42L said:

  It's sorta telling that their story is the most resonant in the original Star Wars saga.

  I feel like the franchise is/was really good at defining its non-human/Basic-speaking characters, like Chewie
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:12:43

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

  Anakin Skywalker being C-3PO's maker does lead to some weird implications about the OT.
• Section42L

  2016-12-20 03:13:29

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  The fact that The Force Awakens is better at developing its human characters than its non-human characters is an interesting reversal.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:13:33

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

  like what?
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:14:39

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

  Section42L said:

  The fact that The Force Awakens is better at developing its human characters than its non-human characters is an interesting reversal.

  I felt like Lupita Nyong'o played Maz Kanata pretty well at least
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:14:42

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

  Like, did Darth Vader recognize Threepio in Cloud City? Did he give the orders to leave Threepio in Chewie's cell so he could be reassembled? Did Vader stop Boba Fett from shooting Chewie solely because Threepio was strapped to his back at the time?
• Aliroz

  2016-12-20 03:15:38 edited 2016-12-20 03:15:49

  ...And even when your hope is gone

  move along, move along, just to make it through

  (2015 self)

  
  

  Anonus said:

  the thing with the CGI I was kvetching about mostly pertained to the characters, who don't look real or tactile to me

  
  

  this is not Weta Digital-tier stuff

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:16:51

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

  Anonus said:

  Section42L said:

  The fact that The Force Awakens is better at developing its human characters than its non-human characters is an interesting reversal.

  I felt like Lupita Nyong'o played Maz Kanata pretty well at least

  I hope she'll get a bigger role in Star Wars Episode 8.
• Section42L

  2016-12-20 03:18:13

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  To my understanding, The Phantom Menace used practical effects more than the subsequent two prequel films did.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:18:16

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

  MetaFour said:

  Like, did Darth Vader recognize Threepio in Cloud City? Did he give the orders to leave Threepio in Chewie's cell so he could be reassembled? Did Vader stop Boba Fett from shooting Chewie solely because Threepio was strapped to his back at the time?

  ooh

  
  

  yeah

  Aliroz said:

  
  

  Anonus said:

  the thing with the CGI I was kvetching about mostly pertained to the characters, who don't look real or tactile to me

  
  

  this is not Weta Digital-tier stuff

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  C-3PO looked real to me at least

  
  

  Also I am more than 45 minutes in and I feel like I have watched nothing

  
  

  Though now they tell us Anakin was a virgin birth, and also here's Greedo or some other member of his species
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:20:43

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

  oh here's Jar Jar doing something "funny" again
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:21:05

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

  "You're quite right. He's very odd indeed."
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:23:32

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

  here's Darth Maul surveying Tatooine I think?
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:24:04

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

  Tatooine is really vibrant in this movie

  
  

  Like I thought it was a half-dead husk
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:24:48

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

  Here's Sebulba being tended to by these blue women

  
  

  Who are admittedly hot >_>
• Odradek

  2016-12-20 03:25:11

  My dreams exceed my real life

  No desert really is, when you look closely

  
  

  'cept maybe Alaska
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:25:15

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

  When Jar-Jar gets his hand stuck in the turbine, nearly everyone just stands back and does nothing. Apparently hoping that he'd get sucked into the engine and die. They didn't count on Padme having the patience of a saint and saving him.
• Klinotaxis

  2016-12-20 03:25:59

  kill living beings
  

  wretched hives of scum and villainy are still hives.
  
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:26:36

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

  Anonus said:

  Tatooine is really vibrant in this movie

  
  

  Like I thought it was a half-dead husk

  What Odra said, and also this is one of the larger cities.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:27:05

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

  Odradek said:

  No desert really is, when you look closely

  
  

  'cept maybe Alaska

  I thought Tatooine was like the refuse pile of the galaxy, ruled by criminals and shit

  MetaFour said:

  When Jar-Jar gets his hand stuck in the turbine, nearly everyone just stands back and does nothing. Apparently hoping that he'd get sucked into the engine and die. They didn't count on Padme having the patience of a saint and saving him.

  apparently not!

  
  

  And here's a pod race now

  
  

  This two-headed commentating team is disturbing
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:27:27

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

  There's Sebulba! He's available
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:28:14

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

  He's the only one available, because he keeps killing the other racers.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:28:45

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

  These flags look really cool

  
  

  Also some sort of space camel/elephant just farted in Jar Jar's face
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:29:10

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

  MetaFour said:

  He's the only one available, because he keeps killing the other racers.

  so he's like Dick Dastardly, unencumbered by Standards & Practices?
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:29:49

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

  Oh I have an umbrella with pod-racing Anakin's head on the handle
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:30:08

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

  There's Jabba, robbed of life by jerky-looking CGI
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:32:44

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

  Anonus said:

  MetaFour said:

  He's the only one available, because he keeps killing the other racers.

  so he's like Dick Dastardly, unencumbered by Standards & Practices?

  Perhaps, but I think the intended reference is Messala from Ben-Hur.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:33:22

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

  Well yes but you know me
• MetaFour

  2016-12-20 03:33:37

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

  The podrace was made into a pretty good game on the N64.
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:33:48

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

  This movie is deathly boring, and if I need to feel that the wacky beat goes on to spice it up, then I will
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:34:29

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

  MetaFour said:

  The podrace was made into a pretty good game on the N64.

  ooh, Nintendo!
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:35:14

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

  Jabba just bit the head off a squirming creature and spat it at a gong

  
  

  Anakin's pod has been sabotaged and won't move, as has this fat yellow thing
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:36:06

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

  Now Anakin and the other dude have got it working

  
  

  Okay the pod race actually looks pretty cool

  
  

  It feels like it exists largely to fill ILM's demo reel, but still
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:36:32

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

  Somebody blew up
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:36:51

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

  Tuscan raiders are shooting at Anakin
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:37:35

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

  Why is there no fucking music over this pod race? John Williams seriously couldn't have cooked up something cool?
• Anonus

  2016-12-20 03:39:07

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

  Sebulba blew up someone else's pod