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Star Wars II (Attack of the clones) Trailer
tjansen writes "The Episode II Trailer is available.
You need be a starwars.com member to watch it and must have installed the Quicktime plugin though." I guess thats 2 strikes against me. Glad I saw it in front of Monsters Inc.
I saw it at the front of that movie too. I was glad that there was a movie after the trailer, and that I hadn't gone just to see the trailer. The trailer doesn't make me want to see ATOTC, as it's more of a slideshow than a real trailer. Not that Lucas really needs to show anything other than a lightsaber to get the fans to go see it... :)
Its disgusting how well they know how to get me. That teaser rips through my consciousness and grabs hold of my emotions instantly. I grew up with Star Wars. "A New Hope" came out when I was 5 - my dad took me to it. I'm not a huge raving fan, but the trailer gets me. Two things in particular: the breathing (!) scours my emotional memories, and the shot of Anakin and Amidala by the dome house brings up founts of anticipated grief!
ARG!!!
I hope that the story isn't ruined. Lucas came close with Ep. I. Please.
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...not *all* trailers spoil the entire plot for a movie. But some do. And in my experience, the ones that do that do so because they had to scrounge the entire film in order to find enough interesting, amazing, or funny bits to make a trailer. Once you've seen the trailer, you've seen all the bits worth watching. (Commercials for sitcoms work much the same way.)
Case in point: Disney threw in a trailer for their theatrical sequel to "Peter Pan," cleverly entitled "Return to Neverland." It involves Wendy's daughter and the entire Neverland cast of the original movie, and apparently some Wacky Adventures. Based on that (and, admittedly, my previous experience with non-Pixar Disney sequels), I now know everything I need to know about this movie. My wife and daughter can go see it themselves in February; I know for a fact I won't be missing anything.
If they don't provide an entire plot to you, then you're probably safe going to see it. There will be enough surprises to make it worth your $7.50. Otherwise, take a pass and wait for the Rotten Tomatoes rating to come in.
Well yes. There's always going to be "the stupids" moderating....but it seems that lately, there seems to be a more concentrated effort to mod down good quality posts. I don't know if it's just me seeing things (or wanting to see things) but the concentration seems "higher" somehow.
Anyway, at least there still are some intelligent people with mod points to balance...
In Soviet Russia...michael would be rotting in Siberia!
Its too late I know, but Im really beginning to believe this prequel idea was a horribly bad one. I dont see Episode 2 being much better.
Plot: Episode I sets up the plot for the next film, but without much conviction. How can we see Anakin freeing the slaves, with "Yippee" in our minds. They will need a heavy dose of the Jedi Mind Trick (TM) to get us to forget so much of the flaws of the previous film.
Characters: After the 1st film, we dont have a good association with any of the characters. Anakin was a child, and we had a difficult time understanding the kid. Amidala was always shifting from Queen to friend and back, so we dont really know the real Amidala. Qui Gon is dead, Yoda and Mace were introduced to us like we've known them for ages. The only one we have the slighest insight into would be Kenobi and Binks (sad but true). As such, we really arent motivated to learn more about them.
Lack of surprises: The first trilogy succeeded because we WANTED to know what Jabba looked like. Had to wait 3 movies to find out. 3 movies to see the evil and dreaded Emperor (minus the teaser in Empire). 3 movies to find out about Leia...3 to find out what was under the mask. Episode 1 throws it all out on the table. Midichlorians cause the Force, Emperor in-you-face, etc. I dont see the room for the great plot twists of the originals.
Special Effects: George is hooked on 3d. And it truly sucks. The models used in the originals made it the best special effects ever, and blows away anything they can do today on computers. I dont want to go see on the big screen what Star Trek manages to do on the little screen. After Episode 1, the awe of the space adventure has been cheap-nd. And with the investment in Jar Jar, it shows no sign of going away.
Episode 2 is as doomed to fail as was #1. It may have a more adult theme, but the "magic" of Empire will not be there. And its all because of Episode 1.
Can 3 fix all this? Perhaps but still not likely. 3's problem will be continuity. Its clear Lucas hasnt thought his plots out, and as such by the time 3 rolls around, the continuity will be completely hosed. It will be fun to hear James Earl Jones again, but those kinds of things are the only things that will make it worth watching.
Besides, when you know how the outcome will be, how can we be expected to side with the protagonist? Is this movie going to be about Anakin, or more about Kenobi? Ep 1 had us on Anakin's side. Somewhere in 2, we HAVE to make a switch to siding with Kenobi. This is awkward, and will lose quite a few.
They should have kept on going after Return of the Jedi. Make the final 3 movies instead of the first 3.
This is a little off-topic, but I heard that the Episode 2 trailer was physically attached to the beginning of the reels of Monsters Inc. So, in essence, the teaser is the beginning of Monsters Inc. This was arranged by George Lucas and Pixar since 20th Century Fox and Disney didn't want the trailer in front of it and it's usually up to those companies and the theaters to put the trailers together before the film. Pixar used to be part of Lucasarts, but Lucas didn't want to go the whole CG'd route so they broke off, but they're still good friends with Lucas. So Lucas basically called them up and asked them to put his little teaser at the beginning of the prints for Monsters Inc.
I thought that was kind of interesting, but according to theforce.net the trailer isn't on all prints or some theaters are chopping it off so it's possible some people won't see it in front of Monsters Inc. Just thought some people might find that interesting.
Things you think are in the Constitution, but are not.
I for one was not impressed. Actually the fake trailer was way more interesting...
Geeks go to Star Wars flicks.
Dorks toss $7.50 down to watch a trailer, then leave.
George Lucas, Paramount, and FOX Television lawyers who go after fansites because they believe they are protecting their copy rights are really destroying free advertising for themselves and estranging their most loyal fans.