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Star Wars Episode 3 Release Date Announced
snitty writes "Lucas Films has announced the release date for the last movie in the trilogy of prequels. The date is set for May 19, 2005. The title of the movie has yet to be released. I think I'll give it another year or so before I get on line for tickets."
Time for a thread triage. Everyone complaining about how Star Wars is terrible and your childhood is ruined, reply here. People discussing Lucas and his never-ending quest to rape the franchise for more money, over on the left. Speculation about what crazy-assed title Lucas will come up for on this one, on the right. GNAA, you know what to do.
One can only hope that Episode III is as good as Episode I and II.
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Man, this must be my un-lucky day or something
Here's to hoping he decided to put a little more thought into dialogue and less into the special effects.
What's the date for the pirated release?
Great, now I have to wait a year and some change to bitch about how bad Episode 3 is.
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..Lucas do?
where is my sleeping bag and bag of doritos?
Time to get in line!
... to theatres, or to bittorrent?
Star Wars: The Fall Of JarJar? Star Wars: A new plot? Star Wars: Time-to-start-planning-for-some-sequels-cause-the- prequels-weren't-all-that-good?
Woohoo! I wonder when they'll start production on the 4th episode?
Wow. I think that I'm actually looking forward to my next trip to the dentist more than this movie. Actually, I'm waiting for a sequel to "Ishtar".
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I hope AMC is okay with me camping in their lawn for the next year.
Surviving on half-eaten bags of popcorn, drinking un-drank sodas, hoping I don't get the one used a make-shift 'restroom' for LOTR:ROTK.
Why not release it on a Friday? Now people will miss at least a day of work standing in line, and Friday recovering from the night before.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
... when I say that it will probably suck but that I'll go anyway ;-)
Must... resist... going... to... movie...
To paraphrase a well known SF icon.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
I think I'll give it another year or so before I get on line for tickets.
You don't have to get a ticket to rent it at blockbuster.. I don't understand.
...before we're forced to relinquish any last vestiges of hope that something can be salvaged from the smoldering wreckage that Star Wars has become.
first matrix, then lord of the rings, and now the last anticipated star wars release? what else is there?
Does anyone still care?
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Given the steady decline in enthusiasm for these films, I would imagine you could line up on May 19 2005 and have no issues getting a prime seat, should you actually care to.
Of course, that won't stop the few remaining devout fans queueing up for days in advance. Of course, a permanent queue of 10 people does look a little strange, but then, I'm pretty sure the people queueing will look strange enough to begin with...
Jedidiah.
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The title of the movie has yet to be released
Based on the last 2 titles, my guess would be Night of the Living Sith
Jason
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There is an amazing, difficult battle where the Jedi are decimated, including Windu. But in an stunning display of the force, the lightsabers of the fallen jedi rise up and continue the fight, brutally wiping out the remaining enemies. The battle ends with a single survivor... Yoda.
PS: the above is not real. I just thought it was a logical use of the force that would make Yoda appear to be a badass. :)
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Perhaps he could just call the new movie:
Episode III: CGI
Hmm... Let's see.
Episodes IV, V, and VI were released at three year intervals in May. Episode I released May 1999... Episode II released May 2002. Is anyone surprised that Episode III is being released May 2005?
www.timcoleman.com is a total waste of your time. Never go there.
Hopefully this can enter the front-running for the title of Worst 3rd Movie Installment Ever. Matrix Revolutions recently took it from The Godfather Part 3.
Although Revenge of the Nerds 3 was pretty bad.
"More organs means more human." - Zim
May 2005. Anyone else notice that that's about the middle of the indeterminate area that the PS3, GC2 and XBox2 are currently likely to be launched?
O Lucasarts give us this day our tie-ins, we are ready to recieve... -_-
Irritable, left-wing and possibly humorous bumper stickers and t-shirts
hookedup, looks like you'll need to leave in a little over a year ...
vodka, straight up, thank you!
Anakin to Padme: "I don't like sand. It's rough. Not soft and smooth like you."
Some of the dialogue in Episode II was cringe-inducing. I feel the special effects were actually underrated, though. For example, people gasped in awe at the opening scene in TTT, (Gandalf diving down under the bridge in Moria after the Balrog), but few realize (or will admit) that those effects were essentially copied from the scene in AOTC where Anakin dives from his speeder.Ideally, Lucas should aim for both good effects (at which, IMO, he has been fairly consistent), and good direction and dialogue (a bit lacking in AOTC).
When will they post which theatres will be having midnight showings? Or will there be a special early screening in select cities? I need to which theatre to go to so I can be the first one in line. That way I can be that crazy fan shown on national TV. Who cares if I have to quit my job, drop out of school, etc. Star Wars is worth it.
'It'll be goooood...'
How good?
'More better than you can imagine!'
I dunno, I can imagine quite a lot...
'You'll see it!'
I better.
'You will!'
"I only speak the truth"
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Star Wars fans may want to watch the second half of the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon mini series, on the Cartoon Network this Friday the 6th, at 8pm and 9pm. As it bridges the story between movies Episode II and Episode III. That and we get to see the fall of the Jedi order.
Mad Hatter
This reminds me of last winter when Episode II came out on DVD.
I was at my local Walmart store when I stumbled across the island display offering Star Wars Episode II for some rediculously low price. I think it was $9.99.
"Wow," I thought, "That's really cheap! I should pick up a copy!" I greedily snatched up one of the widescreen packages.
But then I remembered that Episode II really really sucked. I put the package down.
But it was only $9.99! Even if it sucked, what a bargain!
But then again, the movie really did suck. Completely. In fact I could easily rant for an hour about how badly the movie sucked. I mean, don't get me started on Jango Fett, the apparently psychic bounty hunter. Or the totally clueless Jedi. Or Count Doogie. Arghh.... I digress.
Anyway, I decided not to waste $9.99 on the DVD. Unless the reviews for Episode III are really stellar, I'll save my $7.50 and skip that movie too.
"There's companies that are just so cool that you just can't even deal with it," - Bill Gates, about Google
Wonder what an older version of the Darth Vader uniform will look like?
Star Wars: Episode III: A Big Pile of Sith
the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
One was bad, two insulted my intelligence (and I only rented two). Three. Yeah, right. I won't waste my time.
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Aint it cool news reported the title was going to be The Creeping Fear. It isn't fact yet but its from a trusted source. Here is the original story AICN
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Just like the Matrix: Revolutions, I'll try and keep my hopes as low as possible knowing that I will hate it, but I'll go and be disappointed anyway.
At least that is what it said earlier in the week on the Star Wars website when you hovered over the list of movies.
Now it says in production.
Barring an April Fools by the folks at Lucasfilm did someone goof?
As a rock-in-roll Physicist once said, No matter where you go, there you are.
Basic summary of a Star Wars movie
Note that Episode II violated item number three, but this was largely offset by Ms Portman's presence.
The Creeping Sense of Disappointment?
Seriously, I can't wait. I'm dead serious - I'm too much of a fanatic to let petty things like plot and cool dialogue get in the way of a Star Wars movie. Come on! It's friggin Star Wars, man! Anything Star Wars related is cool, except for the books. Those are just plain stupid. Go ahead, mod me down, and I'll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
I also reply below your current threshold.
With the name of episode IV being "A New Hope" it sounds like episode III is going to be really tragic mess. George Lucas already foretold it!!
Where do all the "HAN FIRES FIRST!" flame throwers go? Are we delegated to the side entrance or are you ignoring us? Don't make me start shooting green people just to get noticed!!!
"All great wisdom is contained in .signature files"
Jaws 3(D)
Aliens 3 (as compared to the previous 2)
Star Trek 3 (as compared to the previous 2)
Terminator 3
This movie is going to blow. Seriously.
Go look at his credits. He was involved with Howard the Duck and may we not (or !not) forget Star Wars Holiday Special - even he doesn't want any credit from that one.
...hoping for a May the Fourth release? Oh dear, I can remember my dad using that joke, this must be bad.
It was an April Fools joke
Well if its about 13 months away, then your maths is WAY off.
:)
Try about 113,880 hours
"Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!!"
How many idiots are already camping out for THIS one? :P
I bet they'll be really pissed if SW:Episode III is a turkey like I & II were because we already know what happens in IV, V, and VI.
I think this comic strip says all that needs to be said about the new Star Wars movies.
In a very sarcastic manner, of course.
I wonder if the Star Wars Kid will make it in this movie?
Only if Homer does the voice...
If only Scifi hadn't cancelled Mystery Science Theater, perhaps Lucas would fear that one day his movie would be lampooned and spend more than 3 minutes crapping out the script.
Its just two hours of Jar Jar being beaten.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
For Episodes IV, V, and VI.
Phase I: Come up with sweet Star Wars idea.
Phase II: Make sweet movies.
Phase III: Profit.
For Episodes I, II, III.
Phase I: Continue with sweet idea.
Phase II: ???
Phase III: Profit.
Espisode III: Return of the Profit
I have something in common with Stephen Hawking...
Lord of the Rings 3
...
I'm sorry, but that sappy bullshit at the end drove me insane. It was an hour of munchkins crying and hugging in slow motion.
I just kept muttering to myself "Quit whining and just get on the fucking boat, I have to take a leak".
Oh, and dont forget Halloween 3 - Season of the Witch. I still shake my head when it comes on AMC, what the fuck was that supposed to be?
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Toy Story 3
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
I wonder how many youngsters seeing the series starting at episode one will hear the title "A New Hope" for episode four and wonder if the new hope spoken of is for the story lines? Its kind of ironic...
Don't waste time... procrastinate now!
Boba Fett isn't a latino, hes a New Zealand native, you dumb fucker.
Otherwise known as a "Maori" pronounced "Mow-ree"
You god damn nigger lipped SOB
I hope to God that the Star Wars Kid will come back for one more performance!
Swing that saber flabby!
"Capital punishment makes the state into a murderer. Imprisonment makes the state into a gay dungeon-master"
After the huge box office ratings of the first movie, you can pretty much guarantee at least a couple more sequels including a buddy flick with Chris Rock as the comic relief sidekick.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
will Ghyslain be in it?
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George Lucas has proven that, in the absence of a genuinely new idea, we (I include myself here) are happy to drink up an old story presented with improved special effects. Hell, we don't even need the marketing machine to tell us how thirsty we are...
This is not the sig you're looking for.
Try about 113,880 hours
Well, you can wait 13 years to see it if you want, the rest of us will see it in 13 months.
1 year, 1 month, 13 days = 9792 hours
13 years = 4748 days = 113,952 hours
1/2 of the originals weren't exclusivly about the Jedi. Why do the prequels have to be entirely about them? I'm hoping there is at least on space battle with some capital ships and the land battles have some dialog and not comedic one liners.
Too lazy to create a sig...
"I think I'll give it another year or so before I get on line for tickets."
I think I will wait until it is on the NBC sunday night movie during sweeps week in 2009.
and if i miss it oh well.
Even "The Decline and Fall of the Old Republic" would be a better title.
Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
"An Old Misery." This would work well with Episode 4 being "A New Hope." And after all, haven't all of the first three episodes been a misery to everyone?
And of course, the second Matrix should have been "Matrix Retarded," followed by "Matrix Revolting."
I really wish these directors would consult with me first.
You're supposed to post a George Lucas "touched my junk" post from the POV of Jar-Jar.
It's the only right thing to do!
George Lucas touched mesa junk liberally. hesa strapped mesa ina to hisa landspeeder and hesa couldnt keep hisa offensive hands off of mesa. hesa was performing many red flag touches. isa couldnt believe-a what the fucksa was goings onsa. isa told-a George Lucas thesa city would-a not-a approve-a of a millionaire touching an underage kidsa for freesa. can yousa believe-a it? George Lucas did allsa this-a. hesa picked mesa off-a thesa street-a, strapped mysa arms-a and legs down ina thesa deathstars's passenger seatsa, and just-a wouldn't stop fondling my cocksa'n'ballsa. theysa definately were-a red flagsa touches. thesa goddamn refereesa hesa had-a ina these backsa seatsa kept-a ona raising up thisa red flag every time hesa touched mysa junksa but did-a "Mr." Lucas care? NO WAYSA! hesa just kept onsa doing itsa. Isa couldn't believe-a whata these fucksa wasa going ona, indeed. Isa pleaded witha George Lucas but to no availsa. Isa told himsa thesa city would not-a approve-a of such a wealthy mansa touching an underage kidsa likesa mesa (at thesa time-a I wasa 13) without at least-a compensating mesa for-a thesa trauma and these use-a of-a mysa body asa hisa own-a personal plaything. thisa got-sa to himsa, worrying about his-a image. hesa continued to fondlesa mesa, all thesa while ignoring thesa referee's red-a flagsa. then-a hesa drove the gunstar to mysa house-a and ejected the seat isa was-a in! itsa wasa amazing. but-a surprisingly, after Isa woke-a up-a thesa next-a morning, mysa bank account-a had-a $150k insa itsa!!! Can-a yousa believe-sa itsa??
me thinks you missed the joke
jar jar says: "Episode 4 was the first movie relased. Me so think you so stupid"
My greatest fear is that Lucas will decide to remake the original Episode 4 -- from scratch, so that he can fully incorporate his "vision". He could justify it pretty well by the need to tie up the loose ends that are sure to be left by the prequels, like:
* Why doesn't C3P0 remember being created by Anakin? He keeps saying "Thank the Maker", when he could easily thank him in person.
* Assuming that C3PO has had his memory wiped, what about R2D2? Are we going to have to say they wiped him, too, or does he just not bother telling what he knows?
* In Ep IV, Darth Vader doesn't seem to ascribe any particular significance to Tatooine -- his birthplace.
* We were introduced to Luke's future foster parents (in Lucas' trademark ham-handed way) in Ep II. So when Anakin/Darth visited, why would he have them barbequed?
* In fact, why would he even need to massacre Jawas to find the droids -- why not just drop in on Owen and Beru directly?
Maybe some of these questions are going to be answered next May... but I can't imagine it'll be in any way satisfying. I suspect Lucas would remake Eps IV, V, VI in a heartbeat, if the studios were fool enough to let him. And they could well be.
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
The title of the movie has yet to be released.
They could always use what should have been the title of Star Trek 6(kinda) "Episode III - The Apology"
What?
Alien3 Special Director Cut Edition was actually enjoyable. Watch it with the indicator that shows deleted scenes, and you'll see why the theatrical sucked so bad.
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what happens when your children see it in their proper order? They will love it (because its so childish) and the series will get better, the opposite of what normally happens with sequels.
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We should all just link to our old complaints.
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SW EP III: Droids Gone Wild
They should try to spice things up! Oh, I don't know, maybe making use of the Nathalie Portman potential...
(yeah, I'm 16 so what?)
No way. This is slashdot, remember. Most of the people posting didn't read the article before commenting, why should they watch the movie before bitching and maning?
I think I'll give it two.
a world in progress...
Starwars Episode III: The search for more money!
Where's my Starwars: the flamethrower, damnit?!
Maybe someone told Lucas that "The Creeping Fear" is a lame-ass name? ;)
Be happy. Nothing else matters.
Isn't there a Star Trek movie coming out?
Oh wait, it's odd-numbered, nevermind. Continue despairing.
I have a bad feeling about this!
Part of the fun of going to see these movies (Matrix 3, Star wars 3,etc..) is joining in the rants about how bad they sucked.
According to this review of Halloween 3:
"John Carpenter wanted to further the franchise after Part II but couldn't figure out a way to do it. So the plan was to release a new Halloween-themed film each October, unrelated to each other except that they dealt with the Halloween holiday itself. This lasted exactly one year."
-B
Whine all you want to: you'll see it, you'll enjoy it on some level (usual the "we're all kids at heart" sort), and then you'll come back here and whine how Jar-Jar didn't die so that you aren't seen as "uncool" in the land of the geeks.
When did we (geeks, I mean) become such hypercritcal, self-loathing, materialistic whiny no-no's? Too much Spam as a kid, or too many jocks? IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE MOVIES, THEN WHY DO YOU FUCKING CARE?!? Go away and do something else.
Anyhow: mod away... I have a shitload of karma to burn and could use a negative number for a post...
How about Episode III: I Believe That Horse is Still Moving
Yoda's Schlong
Long ago, in a galaxy far away...a little green man goes through his 450 year mid-life crisis and dry-humps everything in sight.
Hilarity ensues.
The whole time during the movie I was saying, "Where is my bulletproof, flameproof, waterproof, knife wielding psychotic walker killing big breasted whores?"
I mean "evil masks"...pfft whatever...once I finally figured that out I was pissed. I grabbed my date and was like, "Baby this is whack". Then I left screaming profanities like, "I hope Michael Meyers comes back and kills those SOB writers...because they need to die by having their weiners cut off because this movie is for pussies!"
So I went up to the manager and was like, "AW HELL NO! you aren't making me pay $5 to see that shit!" The next thing I knew some punkass 16 year old usher tries to calm me down...and if you aren't buying me a beer, then I'm not calm. I was like, "Get me a beer...or get outta my face you punkass 16 year old usher!" So he moved, I snatched my money and we busted out of that travesty of a movie.
Then I told everyone in line that there is no Michael Myers...but they didn't believe me...and I was like "Fine you dumbasses, go see fo' yo' self...but afterwards don't complain to me about that damn annoying song 'Two more days 'til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween...'"
I'm audi 5000. peace.
Ok, is there any way that Lucas could dig out of the hole he created from Ep. I/II? Suppose that Ep. III was good... we're talking LOTR:ROTK good. We get epic battle sequences, a moving story, a somewhat coherent plot, and really developed characters. Would he find any redemption from his fans, or is this movie destined to fail despite anyone's best efforts? Will people ultimately see the prequels as a success if this last movie is really well done and ties up all the lose ends, or has that boat sailed already and there is no point of return? I am really looking forward to this movie since going to a Star Wars opening night is not like going to any other movie... it's an event. Even if the movie is mediocore, I like the energy and enthusiasm that people bring with them.
"Oh dear, she's stuck in an infinite loop and he's an idiot" -Prof. Farnsworth (Futurama)
Hey T3 was pretty good!
It ended with lots of nuclear explosions, there were no snivelling kids at all in the movie (which totally ruined T2), there was plenty of physical destruction to be used in 5 movies... so what part of T3 was bad?
"If you could only see what I've seen with your eyes..." - Roy Batty
And so on.
--- Ban humanity.
Actually, for a brief time the Star Wars website had it labeled as "The Creeping Fear" on their menu to the right. It was only recently taken down (possibly in advance of this announcement?)
...don't let this go down the road of the Matrix. Please don't punish us twice in the same decade.
I am Lord Snowbeam. Heed my call!
when did "in line" become "on line"? its a recent phenomenon as far as i can tell... but its still wrong. you stand IN a line, your computer is ON line
May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage. RAmen.
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The cake is a pie
Star Trek 3 (as compared to the previous 2)
You're kidding, right? Yes, ST3 was mediocre, and certainly a let-down after The Wrath of Khan, but compared to the pile of steaming crap that was "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", it was superb. The only Trek movie worse than TMP was ST V: The Final Frontier.
While that's a lot to ask, it all does contribute mightily to the feelings of disappointment. The reality is everything else has gotten much better, catching up as it were. Sure, you could toss Jar Jar, but that character isn't the problem. The problem is the viewer. Therefore I only have the following to offer:
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
- Lady Caroline Lamb
- Heaven's Gate
- Ishtar
- Gigli
But with fx...Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
Episode III: The Passion of the Binks.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought LOTR 3 had about 3 endings too many.. they added absolutely nothing to the story.
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That's over a fortnight too late... May the 4th be with you.
Christopher Harrison
Let's hope there is no Jar-Jar, or it will suck.
A couple of things. I'd like to see Harrison Ford in a cameo spot as Han Solo's father. I guess Chewie is already in it. It would also rule if Lando was in it.
pun intended...:p
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
and release an offical DivX copy of it two weeks before hand on the internet for $1 a pop. 'Cause, you know, it's gonna happen anyways.
Babel Fish of the above ... not 100% .. but close
----Snip----
Attention of all Lootensteepers! Star of weir does not film is fur fingerpointen and trashentalken. Is easy kirisizen the Lucas produceren and more karakter assailen with poppenkorn and schpitzen sprayen. Is not fur gevewen with dumkopfen which think a better skripte geschreib with hand behind bake haf GET oath can. Opinionated seeren keepen yours kritisism to must; relaxen and watchen the lichtsabre cut.
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Oh great, now we have to wait another year...
Hopefully it doesn't get any worse than this..
$5.00 says the first line to form at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood starts next week. :P
* Why doesn't C3P0 remember being created by Anakin? He keeps saying "Thank the Maker", when he could easily thank him in person.
* Assuming that C3PO has had his memory wiped, what about R2D2? Are we going to have to say they wiped him, too, or does he just not bother telling what he knows?
You answered your own question. 3PO gets a memory wipe, R2 does not. This actually explains why R2 knows about his "former master" and knows exactly where Obi-Wan and yet 3PO has no clue about what's going on. In case you didn't notice in the originals, 3PO is quite the blabermouth and was awefully quick to suggest surrender.
* In Ep IV, Darth Vader doesn't seem to ascribe any particular significance to Tatooine -- his birthplace.
Perhaps in Ep3 he vows never to return, much like Luke did in Ep4, except that he did come upon it in Ep4. Maybe he makes a conscious decision to just not go down to the surface. His mother was killed there, maybe he didn't want to relive those memories.
The rest of your questions/arguments were responded to, quite well I might add, by someone else.
I suspect Lucas would remake Eps IV, V, VI in a heartbeat, if the studios were fool enough to let him.
Let him? And what would they do to stop him? He's funded the prequels entirely on his own. Do you really think that with the success of the Special Editions that Fox would not gladly distribute them? And even if they wouldn't, he could probably fund the distribution himself as well.
There are going to be remakes of Episodes IV, V, and VI, and they're all on hard drives at ILM ready to be released on the 30th anniversary of the original release date. With over-amped CGI scenes on "special editions" to follow 10 years later.
sleep easy, for tomorrow we take over the world...
I swear, I think Lucas has watched too many MST3K episodes. MST3K did "The Phantom Creeps" (an awful series of short features, with Bela Lugosi!) and "Attack of The The Eye Creatures". And they did "The Creeping Terror".
Perhaps the long-repressed portion of Lucas' subconscious that still has any taste is trying to tell us something.
Oh how I long for the days when that was indisputable.
Then Berman and company decided to put Generations, Insurrection and Nemesis to film. Now I'm not so sure.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Ned Flanders after mistakenly seeing a Chris Rock concert. "That was the most foul mouthed preacher I've ever heard."
Oh, man... you turned me own to a whole new Dimension! HOWARD THE DUCK SHOOTS FIRST!
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick
After reading some of these posts, I feel like I should be reading them in the voice of Comic Book Guy.
Isn't this one going straight to vhs?
and this time... it's personal
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." -- Philip K. Dick
I'm old enough to remember when George Lucas said that Star Wars (the original movie) was going to be one of NINE parts. I think he said this around the time Empire came out.
This story is also told in a book I read -- I think it was the introduction to an edition of the script. Lucas conceived this whole saga in his head: fall of the old republic, rise of the rebellion, creation of the new republic. Each was going to be one movie. He decided to make the middle one first, but as he was writing, he realized that one alone was too long, and it became three parts. So he realized that the whole series would have to be three trilogies.
When he came back to work on Episode I, Lucas started talking about a SIX part series.
So whatever happened to the last three parts?
Maybe this article is just trying to make us forget about all the other movies that shouldn't have been made.
I thought it had come out and gone straight to video
You've got to be kidding. Generations was very bad, but Insurrection and Nemesis were merely mediocre-to-poor. And none of those three come close to the utter crap that ST1 and ST5 were.
Episode III: I Wipe My Ass With Your Money.
Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.
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Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.
The title was listed on the official Star Wars web site as Episode III: The Creeping Fear. But it only said that on April 1st, so I guess it was a joke of some kind...
I'd like to encourage all other moderators to moderate disparaging comments about the films to an appropriate "troll" or "flamebait" status otherwise the discussion here will be cluttered with the usual whining. We all know there are lots of folks who don't like the new films, but posting smart-ass comments here about it is like going to a Linux discussion forum and posting comments about how much the OS sucks or whatnot. It's childish and serves no purpose.
Nobody is trying to clamp down on free expression of ideas, but if your idea amounts to "Jar-Jar sucks" or "Lucas is an asshole" or an equivalent thereof, then expect to be moderated down and seen by fewer and fewer readers.
I'm guessing it'll suck so badly it'll be released straight to public tv. Oh, I'll make sure my Tivo gets it, don't worry.
Trivia time! What substance was Han Solo frozen in? Carbonite? No, I'm sorry. The correct answer is: Who gives a shit?
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Star Wars is made with kids in mind, nobody seems to remember this anymore...thats not the point anyways.
What i really find funny is how people HATE it so much (ep1 & 2) yet they are some of the highest grossing movies in theatres and on dvd. They HATE it so much they spend years telling people how much they hate it but then pay to see the next one which they already pre-hate.
Lucas must love the hate because its making him lots of money.
No you guys, Ep III will reveal the biggest secret in Star Wars history. As yoda said, sith lords always come in pairs, a master and a pupil.
Well, who is Darth Siduous' master? It has to be someone who is in the middle of conflict, for no apparent fucking reason. Someone who is in a position to influence the major players in orchestrating the downfall of the republic. Someone nobody would ever suspect.
In short, ladies and gentlemen: Darth Binks.
"OHHHH BOO HOO all of my childhood memories have been raped by hollywood! i have been so mercilessly abused at the hands of media! someone wipe my nose and hand me a gift certificate for a free sundae!!"
... i used to like the teenage mutant ninja turtles when i was a kid... do i watch them anymore??? NO!!!!!!! wanna know why? THEY'RE FOR PHUCKING KIDS!!! get this through your head and i assure you you will not be in a perpetual state of mourning for star wars and how much it sucks today!
... no one is herding you into the movie theatre at gunpoint so quit your bitching.
SHUT
THE
FUCK
UP
guess what?
you were all dumb bastards when you were kids, and you are all dumb bastards now
not to mention the fact that you have a free will and you can choose to NOT see any of these movies
Slashdot's review of The Phantom Menace
The short review is that I really liked it, but with a few disclaimers. It is not a perfect movie, but it ain't bad.
-- CmdTaco
People had quite a different opinion back then, thought personally i think they just didn't want to deal with the fact that the new star ways just wasn't any good.
-Jon
this is my sig.
Since Star Wars ROTJ "attack of the killer teddy bears" I think that Lucas began to be far too involved with his kids. In EP1 he even had two annoying kid oriented characters, surpassing by far Howard the Duck. Even the plot holes (black holes?) are to accomodate kid stuff, Han shooting in defense, C3PO and R2D2 in EP1. Trying to do what Harry Potter became?
I don't understand why Star Wars is so important for nerds. Don't get me wrong, the first two were absolutely great. In the special effects deparment 2001 had better special effects 10 years earlier (even the SW SP ED can't match it), and in the scripwriting department it was inspired (a bit) from The Hidden Fortress.
For me, Star Wars marks the significance of tons of low-cost special effects in an action movie and great storytelling. EP I and II tells the significance about having tons of money, lots of years of possible planning and one of the best special effects studio on the planet, lots of Star Wars literature, lots lf loyal fans and still make an ok movie.. twice..
Now, If only the original text would have been german ...
a.k.a. Attack of the Diarrhoea
Oh yeah.
:)
Sheesh.. no answer for that other than I am a complete idiot
"Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!!"
I'm looking forward to it. Like a couple of other posters, I didn't over-analyse Eps I and II. And in my opinion, they were pretty good.
Darth Maul rocked, Liam Neeson was the best Jedi ever (and Lucas' biggest mistake was killing him off, although I doubt Neeson would have committed to 3 films). Hayden Christiansen did a good (not great) job as Anakin, and despite the accent, Ewan McGregor is a great Obi-Wan.
Lucas won't fuck up Ep 3. He has too much riding on it.
"You must die! I alone am best!"
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Wonder what an older version of the Darth Vader uniform will look like?
Something like this?
You answered your own question. 3PO gets a memory wipe, R2 does not. This actually explains why R2 knows about his "former master" and knows exactly where Obi-Wan and yet 3PO has no clue about what's going on. In case you didn't notice in the originals, 3PO is quite the blabermouth and was awefully quick to suggest surrender.
Obi-Wan must get a memory wipe as well then since he can't remember ever owning a droid in Ep IV
Funny though. But an urban legend none the same.
Here's the official word.
...unfortunately no one can be told what The Mat^H^H^HGoatse is...they must experience it for themselves...
the movies sucked because: the acting sucked (I think I should point the finger at the director here. it's HIS job to make sure the actors performed well. he should be WATCHING the actors..instead of saying "can I comp this scene? was the lighting right? OK! next shot!) the script sucked and I don't mean the plot. if you strip this movie down to a plot synopsis..the story ain't half bad. it's the dialogue..the cheesy, overdramatic bullshit he tries to pass as a romance story..the overdone musical score. jar jar binks has nothing to do with the suckage of either movie. sure, I wince in pain when he pops up..but with all of about 5 lines in movie 2..he wasn't around long enough to ruin it. add to this the fact that you get TOO MUCH INFORMATION about everything. midichlorians? who cares! immaculate conception? DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF. wars between trade federations? what about just "the evil emperor with tons of drone soldiers" vs "a handfull of rebels fighting the evil emperor" that's all the info we needed george, thanks! it's the same thing that made the last 2 matrix movies suck. the story was great when it was a handfull of rebels fighting insurmountable odds....but when it's a friggin' society that has raves and orgies when the men come home? no thanks..I've lost interest. so to sum this rant up. the movies suck because cinematically, they were bad movies. bad writing, bad directing, overly contrived plots, too much detail on things we don't care about, etc. but if you like 'em...hey..more power to you.
Guys, chill out. He wasn't inferring in that passage in psuedo-German anything about Hitler or Nazis watching Star Wars. If you are a computer Geek like me then you know about the Blinkenlights sign.
Do a google search for Blinkenlights and you find a story about a sign posted in a University computer room:
ACHTUNG! ALLES LOOKENSPEEPERS!
Das computermachine ist nicht fuer gefingerpoken und mittengrabben. Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumbkopfen. Das rubbernecken sichtseeren keepen das cotten-pickenen hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das blinkenlichten.
--Somewhere there is a village missing an idiot.
n/t
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Episode III:
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Episode III: The Search for Spock
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Episode III: Now With Less Dialogue!
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Yeah, it's too bad we can't get notified when someone has a comment about how we modded a comment... I mean, beyond metamoderation, of course :-)
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That was my middle children's fave film when they were, like, 3 and 5 respectively. Scary or what?
Of course, maybe you knew that...
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
Curse You and your Jedi Mind Tricks!
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You got me into this! You were the ideologue! I'm only a poor assassin! - Twenty evocations, Bruce Sterling
Can someone tell me why my posts occasionally have the subject line "In Beetles", when I type in something else? I used the "In Beetles" subject in a post a few weeks ago, and now it sometimes spontaneously takes over as the subject line for a totally unrelated post.
Anyone else have a similar problem? And how do I fix this?
Why dont you like the Episodes 1,2?
you were all kids for 4,5,6, and more open minded.
My kids are obsessed with star wars and don't even see a difference in the new ones. they just see a good imagination, which adults lack. So pick up a copy of revolutions, and realize that its someone's imagination and nobody can be as perfect as you.