Slashdot Mirror
Newest Star Wars Reviews Suprisingly Positive
Patchw0rk F0g writes "CBC is reporting on the suprising results of pre-screenings of Lucas' latest (and final) installment of his sci-fi epic. From TFA, "The advance reviews of Revenge of the Sith, the sixth - and final - Star Wars film, have been mostly positive - and in some cases outright effusive." Go figure... maybe Georgie got it right finally."
and all will work out in the end
"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
True in so many ways.
how 'bout I give you the finger....and you give me my phone call.
this must mean they removed jar jar binks
Maybe it depends on how well this one goes over...
So why get surprised?
Because this is Lucas.
The man who changes his mind about his grand vision more often than a typical person (not a slashdotter) changes their underwear.
liqbase
Click here or here.
Well, where's the torrent?
My name is Aaron Landry, and I approve this message.
Harry Knowles gave it a good review... that means it MUST be AMAZING!
They were not the films you were looking for....
This is NOT a signature.
---Spoiler Warning---
Obi-Wan walks into a room full of toys and video games. Anakin is playing Super Mario Brothers.
Obi: "Where did you get all this stuff!"
Ana: "I've been using the force like you taught me."
Obi: "You stole all this stuff?!"
Ana: "Of course not."
Obi: "Then what did you do?"
Ana: "I used the force to see into the future..."
Obi: "And....?"
Ana: (Looking down at the floor. Knowing he's in trouble) "...and....and...I used it to find the winning numbers in the Naboo Lottery...."
Obi: "Anakin!"
Coder's Stone: The programming language quick ref for iPad
OH NO!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!?!?
:D
This is Slashdot man! Quick, take it all back! We have to bash Lucas somehow! Uhh, how about you say that he ruined your childhood and I make a joke about how he uses $100 bills for silly things like paper airplanes! If we hurry we can save your karma!
Maybe if Episode III is good we can get rid of one of the seminal sources of Slashdotter rage.
Against stupidity the Gods themselves contend in vain.
Am I the only one that liked the first two?
Yes.
The previews for this movie look very good. Unfortunately, they'll probably let Hayden Christiansen actually speak and that will ruin the movie. The action was fine in both of the prequels so far, it was the god-awful script and acting that made me want to repeatedly stab my brain with an ice-pick.
Later he might go back and re-edit those comments with enhanced digital effects...
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Okay ... I'll bite ...
Randal Graves: Which did you like better? Jedi or The Empire Strikes Back?
Dante Hicks: Empire.
Randal Graves: Blasphemy!
Dante Hicks: Empire had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets.
Randal Graves: Which did you like better? "Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back"?
Dante Hicks: "Empire".
Randal Graves: Blasphemy!
Dante Hicks: "Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.
Actually, in my case it was the reverse. I enjoyed the trailers, which were subsequently ruined by the movie.
tHere wAs always supposed to be oNly Six... He said "nine" back in the eighties, because the technOlogy To make only six Films dId not Really exiSt at The time.
now the series is completed the way he originally intended.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Comment removed based on user account deletion
Also they cry themselves to sleep at night holding their pillows moaning "Han shoots first!"
I have an optimistic crackpot theory. I'll write it in PHP because that's what I'm using mostly as of late.
if( in_array( 'Darth Vader', $movie ) ){
return awesome;
}else{
return poop;
}
The GeekNights podcast is going strong. Listen!
I saw a sneak peek. It was good, really good. Can't wait for the fourth episode!
Their sad devotion to that ancient trilogy has not helped them conjure up DVDs of the original films, or given them clairvoyance enough to find something better to do with their time.
Pull out the old decoder ring and look at the post again.
"This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence" - Vyvyan "The Young Ones"
Wow. Your hidden message wasn't nearly as subtle as the great-grandparent post. :)
... and boy was that intriguing! can't wait to see whats coming in Episode 4!
aStuTe observation my Friend. lUcas LOveS his story and hE just wants to tell it to us appRopriately.
No, You're not. Despite the bad directing of Episodes 1 & 2, I thought they were much better than 90% of the rest of the crap that came out the same years and will usually rewatch them whenever they're on cable.
Everybody here just likes to beat up on George because it's the cool, "i'm a 1337 h4x0r penguinista" thing to do.
In reality they spend 99% of their time locked in their parent's basement drooling over Carrie Fisher in a gold bikini on infinite loop, stroking their lightsaber, and wishing they could have half as much success as Lucas.
You mean non-slashdotters only change their undies a dozen times in twenty years? Gosh, and there was me thinking slashdotters were unhygienic!
'nuff said
At first when I saw this headline on Matt Drudge, perhaps Speilberg was sad because the yet this was yet another cheesey episode in a long melodramatic series. However, the article says Steve was genuinely moved by the film.
Wait I'm confused.
But who knows....
So whatever happened to episodes 7, 8 and 9? (If anyone else can remember that far back, when Lucas was talking about his nine-episode epic.)
Acting by the guy (whose name I refuse to learn) who plays Annakin: 0/10
Acting by by the grits woman: 1/10
Acting by Ewan MacGregor: 2/10
Overall story: 6/10
Nostalgia value as we see the things we recognise from Episode IV: 8/10
Effects: 8/10
Pleasure from hearing Princess Leia's theme again: 8/10
Enjoyment value for those with a fetish for hand amputation: 9/10
Intelligence of characters who don't notice how Padme became pregnant: 0/10
Entertainment value of Yoda's big fight: 6/10
Entertainment value Yoda's big fight would have had if we hadn't seen it before: 10/10
General Grievous's homage to Harryhausen's Kali: 9/10
Amount of sense General Grievous subplot made after editors removed vital explanations from movie: 3/10
Did I mention Annakin's acting?: 0/10
Quality compared to Episodes I and II: 10/10
Quality compared to Episodes IV and V: 5/10
Overall: 7/10
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
If I was an aging, washed-up movie producer, I probably wouldn't be above bribing a few people to give my lame and tired movie series good reviews wither.
I don't get it. Are you implying that Slashdotters change their underwear?
Noise Is Music Podcast.
Donald Sutherland? You really were asleep, weren't you?
Q: . . .when Luke takes Vaders mask off at the end of Jedi, no scar.
.Luke and Leia also discuss their mother in Jedi
A: Bacta. Lots of Bacta.
Q: . .
A: More Bacta.
This sig is a test. If this had been an actual sig, you would be reading something quite a bit wittier than this now.
Darth Brooks? I forget his name
Hey... isn't that the country singer that went to the dark side?
Hmmm...maybe other slashdot users were watching the recut DVD in which Pertinax18 posted first. (There must be a +5 funny lurking somewhere in this thread... :))
HANS HOT FIRST? I don't get it -Is that german gay porn?
(for the humor impaired, yes, I DO get it...)
I said to him, man, relax: your two tense[1].
And so are you.
[1]Thanks Blizz.
Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.
His ex-wife did the editing on it, though. (And the first three StarWars movies.) She had some talent, and she kept it in the divorce.
Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
"It all began 500 years ago on the planet Zeist..."
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I personally find comparisons between Star Wars and modern politics to be a bit of a stretch.
With the possible exception of the time that Dick Cheney used the force to choke Colin Powell. That, and Karl Rove's ability to shoot blue lightning out of his fingertips.
Top 10 Other Things That Han Shot That Didn't Shoot At Him First
"There should have been only one."
Sometimes my arms bend back.