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Attack of the Clones: Less Plastic Crap, More Story?

Posted by chrisd on from the jar-jar-is-raj-raj-spelled-backwards dept.

Newsweek has an article in which George Lucas states that there were parts of Episode One that were damaging to the Star Wars franchise. (shocker, I know) "The last movie did not live up to expectations." They'll cut the merchandise by two thirds, as they still have tons of unsold Episode One merchandise. Yahoo is also running an AOTC story. Mild spoilers in the linked stories, by the way.

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  1. Time's Lucas article by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Much nicer and more Lucas-centric piece on Attack of the Clones at time.

  2. A Second Chance by seinethinker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    After watching Phantom Menace and being a child of the 80s, how could I not be but a bit disappointed. It just wasn't what I thought it would be. It was overtly cheesy. The comedy was very forced. It didn't seem natural.

    I had no problem with the graphics. Of course, I hated Jar Jar. He was the main representative of the cheesy comedy that ensued within the film.

    Another fault I found was that Darth Maul didn't seem evil enough. The part was dimunitive.

    I didn't like the Trade Federation reps either as I find their voices and appearance very annoying. They were even very menacing.

    The robots, egads, they didn't need to talk. "Roger, Roger"... could you be more cliche?

    The biggest beef I have is with the Anakin saves the day sequence... This whole scene was far fetched from the Auto pilot to the sudden overheating of his ship to the uncanny idea that a chief component - determinal to the starbase was inside a landing hanger.

    Ok... enough dissing PM for it wasn't all bad.

    Now when I heard what Lucas decided to call Episode II, I inherently whinced. I begun to glaze over. I wanted more action less overcheesy forced comedy. Also, I was to look forward to a fluffer romance. Mind you... I am a GIRL! I like romances.. but after PM... I want action. hehe...

    However, I changed mind my after reading an article issued by TIME. I became hopeful. I have seen images and I have seen some small footage from the movie. I am actually excited about Star Wars again. Perhaps, there is a charm about second chances. I can't wait!!

    If you want to check out that TIME article... visit here:

    http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020429/

    ~ SeineThinker ~

    --
    Truth like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. - Han Suyin, Chinese Physician and Writer