Anonus Watches Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

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  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Aliroz said:

    You're approaching these movies from the wrong angle, yo.


    All story and character and convincing acting.  As though these movies were about people, instead of being about the evolution in doorways and hallway lights over several years.  

    The true main character of the Star Wars movies is that awesome black and white corridor panel pattern thingy on the death star.
    I believe you are right
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Aliroz said:

    You're approaching these movies from the wrong angle, yo.


    All story and character and convincing acting.  As though these movies were about people, instead of being about the evolution in doorways and hallway lights over several years.  

    The true main character of the Star Wars movies is that awesome black and white corridor panel pattern thingy on the death star.
    pity he dies
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    And the villains are that cool jutting-out white box thingy wall design on Tantive Iv, and also the slopey-connecting-wall-to-floor-things from the same.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Christiansen and McDiarmid's interactions are a study in contrast
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    this Kenobi-Grievous fight is still dumb

    now Obi-wan is shooting him in the heart and he's exploding
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Samuel L. Jackson is trying, oh he is trying, to give this boring dialogue life
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    "I AM THE SENATE"

    "Not yet."

    "It's treason, then."

    (Screaming lightsaber acrobatics commence)
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    broken glass
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    oh my god this scene is gold
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    and just like that Palpatine ages into his Emperor form
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    The idea behind Grievous is really cool. The backstory that doesn't actually appear in the movie at all.

    That's the frustrating thing about the PT villains besides Palpatine. They're all characters that could be fascinating with enough development, but they all die with barely any screen time.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    POWER!!!!

    UNLIMITED POWER!
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    RIP Mace Windu
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    MetaFour said:

    The idea behind Grievous is really cool. The backstory that doesn't actually appear in the movie at all.


    That's the frustrating thing about the PT villains besides Palpatine. They're all characters that could be fascinating with enough development, but they all die with barely any screen time.
    sounds about right to me
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    now Anakin has gone to the Dark Side
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    The moment we've been waiting three movies for and nothing about it feels climactic
  • For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Fun fact! The name "Palpatine" doesn't actually appear in the original trilogy at all. If one avoids the merchandising and watches all six movies in the order they were released, it's possible to be genuinely surprised when Ep 3 reveals that Darth Sideous, Chancellor Palpatine, and The Emperor are all the same man.

    I've actually watched all six Star Wars movies with a guy who didn't see that coming.
  • ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    Oh, did you notice when the clones walk up the stairs, the footsteps aren't in sync with the sound of the footsteps?

    Because my brother did in the theater when we first watched it.  It's that bad.
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    Anonus said:

    POWER!!!!


    UNLIMITED POWER!
    tfw ur a sith and u go SSJ
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    MetaFour said:

    Fun fact! The name "Palpatine" doesn't actually appear in the original trilogy at all.

    And thank goodness for that

    Though it might have worked there, "the Emperor" has more dramatic force
  • Anonus said:

    POWER!!!!


    UNLIMITED POWER!
    Anonus said:

    "I AM THE SENATE"


    "Not yet."

    "It's treason, then."

    (Screaming lightsaber acrobatics commence)
    These are my two favorite scenes in the entire prequel trilogy, bar none

    McDiarmid brought so much life into Palpatine that for those moments the cheese didn't matter
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    "The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed."
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    "The FIRST...GALACTIC...EMPIRE!"
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    "So this is how liberty dies...to thunderous applause."

    okay yeah this is actually pretty poignant
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    The political commentary in the Prequels is on-point
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    well that line feels especially relevant now
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Padme is shocked, shocked that Anakin would turn to the Dark Side and kill Younglings
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    younglings *chortle*
  • Anonus said:

    Padme is shocked, shocked that Anakin would turn to the Dark Side and kill Younglings

    "I'm not saying Anakin Skywalker's an alcoholic, but I watched him kill twenty Yuenglings last night."
  • edited 2016-12-22 04:57:50
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Younglings.

    Not children, younglings.

    Of all the times to insert worldbuilding and xenolinguistics, you do it by replacing a super-common word with a goofy-ass neologism, in the middle of a scene that should be hammering home just how tragically the hero has lost his way.

    Why did you compromise, George Lucas? Why didn't you go all the way with your creative vision, by giving Darth Vader a comic-relief sidekick named Robo Goofers?
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    ooh, Disney synergy seven years early!
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Anakin is proposing that he and Padme can rule the galaxy together
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    okay this scene where Yoda and Sidious square off is actually badass

    where the hell was all this for the past 2.98 movies?
  • I felt like the Yoda stuff tends to undermine his OT character. Some of the cool stuff would be just as effective without undermining if they just had Yaddle doing it
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    "Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil!"

    he says this in the most "are you stupid?" manner possible
  • from my point of view, the jedi are evil
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    from my point of view, this whole movie is evil
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    he's just letting anakin burn
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    NOW this movie decides to be emotionally resonant?
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    jesus, does this depiction of Darth Vader screaming while they install his prosthetics really need to be in here?
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    danger: meme incoming
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Here he is!
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Okay I admit I find his "NOOOO!" genuinely sad

    It is the cry of a man who has lost everything
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Granted he basically threw it away, but still
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Anonus said:

    jesus, does this depiction of Darth Vader screaming while they install his prosthetics really need to be in here?


    I thought this was pretty cool, actually
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    Anonus said:

    "So this is how liberty dies...to thunderous applause."


    okay yeah this is actually pretty poignant
    this is the main thing i remember about the prequels now and god damn i have thought about it a lot recently
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Seems like you
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Anyway, this is over now

    Lucas handled the ending pretty well

    He just produced a very uneven whole here
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    Oddly, I associate the "NOOOOOO" with WWDC 2005 a few weeks after the movie released, and the Big Announcement given there (namely that PowerPC was dead).
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    interesting...

    as for the movies, it is a bit weird how the first two are mostly Stuff Happening
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