Anonus Watches Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

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  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    This pod race's novelty has really worn off

    That or it was just designed for the big screen

    But this is not nearly as pulse-pounding as the Sarlacc scene in Return of the Jedi for instance
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Sebulba's trying to kill Anakin
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Anonus said:

    Two of these three droids have been blown up


    I actually fear for Artoo's safety
    One of my problems with the prequels was that moments that should be tense really aren't because we've seen the characters' futures and know they survived

    But I can't really blame Lucas for that because it's kind of inherent in a prequel
  • 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.
    yep
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Anonus said:

    Two of these three droids have been blown up


    I actually fear for Artoo's safety
    One of my problems with the prequels was that moments that should be tense really aren't because we've seen the characters' futures and know they survived

    But I can't really blame Lucas for that because it's kind of inherent in a prequel
    I getcha

    I still was worried about him, though I shouldn't have been
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Oh now here's some music!

    Too late though...this is a tense moment I can't get emotionally invested in because, like, this pod race feels like it has no narrative value
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Anakin wins, because everyone else is either dead or their pods have been wrecked
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Jabba fell asleep

    An appropriate reaction
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Anakin sold the pod for a bunch of money and is also no longer a slave

    Finally something happens!
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    More than an hour into the movie it finally gets moving
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Ugh now I am actually sad about his mom not being freed
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Why didn't they put this stuff at the beginning?
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Poor C-3PO, Anakin wants to leave him behind
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Luke being a doof must be hereditary
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    the dude playing Obi-wan, his handling of the lightsaber looks stupid to me somehow
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    these skinny little soldier robots still look dumb to me
  • edited 2016-12-20 04:20:20
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Spoiler:
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    So, for a close-up of the audience, we have costumed extras, often with insane amounts of detail going into costumes, but for a large shot, like the one above, what we are seeing is actually pegs.
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    It really is meant to be done on the big screen.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    oh my god this scene between Anakin and this red-robed lady is so goofy
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Anonus said:

    Anakin wins, because everyone else is either dead or their pods have been wrecked

    The way Anakin finally beat Sebulba was a very blatant homage to the Ben-Hur chariot race.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    MetaFour said:

    Anonus said:

    Anakin wins, because everyone else is either dead or their pods have been wrecked

    The way Anakin finally beat Sebulba was a very blatant homage to the Ben-Hur chariot race.
    Yeah, never seen the 1959 Ben-Hur but the whole sequence seemed like it was meant to evoke that to me

    wasn't Ben-Hur a slave too?
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    okay this zeerust planet is cool-looking
  • edited 2016-12-20 04:06:18
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    The podrace should have been the equivalent of the "Jabba's Palace" part of Return of the Jedi.  The highlight of the movie, the part that lets you get away with slacking off elsewhere because people are so blown away here.

    I mean, it is the event that frees Anakin Skywalker from slavery, essentially setting into motion the entire series.
  • Anonus said:

    There's Sebulba! He's available


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  • Tre said:

    Anonus said:

    There's Sebulba! He's available


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    what is this and why is it the funniest thing I've ever seen
  • It is a want ad for Sebulba's services.

    Spoiler:
    The number is that of Mike Jones.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Galactic bureaucracy
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    There's Yoda and Mace Windu
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    they're gonna test Anakin for midi-chlorians
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    there's a security guard with a Darth Vader-like helmet

    also here's a sculpture of a naked lady
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    this scene of the Senate is dumb in writing but cool in the way it looks
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    the queen voted no confidence in the chancellor's leadership
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    oh wait old guy isn't Obi-wan he's Qui-gon
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    this scene where Yoda tests Anakin is so dumb
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    oh god why is Jar Jar back
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    "clouded, this boy's future is"
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Samuel L. Jackson feels so out of place in this glorified B-movie
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    R2-D2 is shiny and clean now
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    You know the fuss over midi-chlorians really was overblown

    It's not easy to decipher but doesn't everyone have them?

    I mean giving the Force a scientific/biological explanation and junking the spiritual aspect of it does really mess with it admittedly
  • edited 2016-12-20 05:05:10
    We can do anything if we do it together.
    Making Anakin a literal Christ figure is kinda weird, too.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    The Gungan city has been abandoned, Jar Jar thinks they are in the Gungan sacred place
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Making Anakin a literal Christ figure is kinda weird, too.

    I know it
  • edited 2016-12-20 05:06:54
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Head Gungan's chin jiggled
  • Anonus said:

    You know the fuss over midi-chlorians really was overblown


    It's not easy to decipher but doesn't everyone have them?

    I mean giving the Force a scientific/biological explanation and junking the spiritual aspect of it does really mess with it admittedly
    the biological component doesn't necessarily negate the spiritual component
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    True
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I feel like much of the backlash against the midi-chlorians came from people's childhood fantasies of becoming Jedi being messed with
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I hate these stupid battle droids

    They're aesthetically consistent with AT-ATs and such but like, they have such wispy frames

    They don't look important or intimidating or anything
  • edited 2016-12-20 05:12:19

    thats prolly it

    personally i really liked the idea of "there's like this ambient force that permeates all things that people have various levels of facility with due to like weird biological shit"
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Wilhelm scream
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    I think a lot of the hate was because people somehow thought it meant midichlorians made the Force, while the movie was trying to say that the Force is already there, and midichlorians are what allow us to connect to it. Or maybe even that midichlorians are attracted to the Force, but don't actually cause any connection on their own.

    As far as a biological component to the Force... the OT allowed that foot in the door in the first place. "The Force is strong in my family"—implying the connection can be passed down, so there's some biological/genetic component.
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Anonus said:

    I hate these stupid battle droids


    They're aesthetically consistent with AT-ATs and such but like, they have such wispy frames

    They don't look important or intimidating or anything
    There's some scenes with them fighting in mass formations where I thought they were pretty intimidating. Basically, Zerg Rushing is all they're good for, and the movie didn't give them enough chances to do that.
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