Comments on: 10 Years Later: The Unforgivable Sins of Episode One http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/ Life is better with the right words. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Hamm http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-15685 Eric Hamm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:28:24 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-15685 Loved the review Sean! I too didn't hate Jar Jar that much when the movie came out, but cringe at the thought of hearing his overplayed speech impediment. Eric Loved the review Sean! I too didn’t hate Jar Jar that much when the movie came out, but cringe at the thought of hearing his overplayed speech impediment. Eric

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-38989 Eric Hamm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:28:00 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-38989 Loved the review Sean! I too didn't hate Jar Jar that much when the movie came out, but cringe at the thought of hearing his overplayed speech impediment. Eric Loved the review Sean! I too didn’t hate Jar Jar that much when the movie came out, but cringe at the thought of hearing his overplayed speech impediment. Eric

]]> By: Writer Dad http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-14755 Writer Dad Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:29:42 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-14755 Marc: Yeah, Elliot from E.T. had great lines and a classic performance. Winston: LOL, Han totally shot first! I was explaining that to my daughter just this weekend. In your not yet produced prequels, can Lucas just go ahead and hand the reigns to Peter Jackson? Because that would be awesome and a half. Jaced: I LOVE your perspective on this and I HAVE to make time to go read your full post. Hopefully tonight. Rob O: I 90% agree with you here, especially about the models vs. the CGI. However, Lucas has never been a great director; he's been a visionary producer with a remarkable eye for set design. Spielberg on the other hand, is as good as they get, even though he too has fumbled more than a few times. The latest Indiana was weak sauce for sure, but I don't lay that on Spielberg at all. There were 15 years worth of scripts that Spielberg wanted and Lucas passed on, including an outstanding one written by Frank Darabont. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was pretty much the final shot. Lucas owns the character; it was Kingdom or nothing. And don't forget, his two films immediately prior to Kingdom were Munich and War of the Worlds, and he has a biopic on Lincoln coming up next. Spielberg I would argue, is still growing as a director. Lucas was done a long time ago. Friar: Yeah, I also like how he has two expressions during the entire scene. My kids love the pod race, but if it wasn't for them it would be uber easy to skip through. Of course if it wasn't for them I would probably never watch Episode One ever again! Marc: Yeah, Elliot from E.T. had great lines and a classic performance.

Winston: LOL, Han totally shot first! I was explaining that to my daughter just this weekend. In your not yet produced prequels, can Lucas just go ahead and hand the reigns to Peter Jackson? Because that would be awesome and a half.

Jaced: I LOVE your perspective on this and I HAVE to make time to go read your full post. Hopefully tonight.

Rob O: I 90% agree with you here, especially about the models vs. the CGI. However, Lucas has never been a great director; he’s been a visionary producer with a remarkable eye for set design. Spielberg on the other hand, is as good as they get, even though he too has fumbled more than a few times. The latest Indiana was weak sauce for sure, but I don’t lay that on Spielberg at all. There were 15 years worth of scripts that Spielberg wanted and Lucas passed on, including an outstanding one written by Frank Darabont. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was pretty much the final shot. Lucas owns the character; it was Kingdom or nothing. And don’t forget, his two films immediately prior to Kingdom were Munich and War of the Worlds, and he has a biopic on Lincoln coming up next. Spielberg I would argue, is still growing as a director. Lucas was done a long time ago.

Friar: Yeah, I also like how he has two expressions during the entire scene. My kids love the pod race, but if it wasn’t for them it would be uber easy to skip through. Of course if it wasn’t for them I would probably never watch Episode One ever again!

]]> By: Writer Dad http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-38988 Writer Dad Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-38988 Marc: Yeah, Elliot from E.T. had great lines and a classic performance. Winston: LOL, Han totally shot first! I was explaining that to my daughter just this weekend. In your not yet produced prequels, can Lucas just go ahead and hand the reigns to Peter Jackson? Because that would be awesome and a half. Jaced: I LOVE your perspective on this and I HAVE to make time to go read your full post. Hopefully tonight. Rob O: I 90% agree with you here, especially about the models vs. the CGI. However, Lucas has never been a great director; he's been a visionary producer with a remarkable eye for set design. Spielberg on the other hand, is as good as they get, even though he too has fumbled more than a few times. The latest Indiana was weak sauce for sure, but I don't lay that on Spielberg at all. There were 15 years worth of scripts that Spielberg wanted and Lucas passed on, including an outstanding one written by Frank Darabont. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was pretty much the final shot. Lucas owns the character; it was Kingdom or nothing. And don't forget, his two films immediately prior to Kingdom were Munich and War of the Worlds, and he has a biopic on Lincoln coming up next. Spielberg I would argue, is still growing as a director. Lucas was done a long time ago. Friar: Yeah, I also like how he has two expressions during the entire scene. My kids love the pod race, but if it wasn't for them it would be uber easy to skip through. Of course if it wasn't for them I would probably never watch Episode One ever again! Marc: Yeah, Elliot from E.T. had great lines and a classic performance.

Winston: LOL, Han totally shot first! I was explaining that to my daughter just this weekend. In your not yet produced prequels, can Lucas just go ahead and hand the reigns to Peter Jackson? Because that would be awesome and a half.

Jaced: I LOVE your perspective on this and I HAVE to make time to go read your full post. Hopefully tonight.

Rob O: I 90% agree with you here, especially about the models vs. the CGI. However, Lucas has never been a great director; he’s been a visionary producer with a remarkable eye for set design. Spielberg on the other hand, is as good as they get, even though he too has fumbled more than a few times. The latest Indiana was weak sauce for sure, but I don’t lay that on Spielberg at all. There were 15 years worth of scripts that Spielberg wanted and Lucas passed on, including an outstanding one written by Frank Darabont. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls was pretty much the final shot. Lucas owns the character; it was Kingdom or nothing. And don’t forget, his two films immediately prior to Kingdom were Munich and War of the Worlds, and he has a biopic on Lincoln coming up next. Spielberg I would argue, is still growing as a director. Lucas was done a long time ago.

Friar: Yeah, I also like how he has two expressions during the entire scene. My kids love the pod race, but if it wasn’t for them it would be uber easy to skip through. Of course if it wasn’t for them I would probably never watch Episode One ever again!

]]> By: Marc http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-14737 Marc Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:19:39 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-14737 Only just Friar. The term younglings kind of detracted from the otherwise sheer horror of the act, I feel. Only just Friar.

The term younglings kind of detracted from the otherwise sheer horror of the act, I feel.

]]> By: Marc http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-38987 Marc Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:19:00 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-38987 Only just Friar. The term younglings kind of detracted from the otherwise sheer horror of the act, I feel. Only just Friar.

The term younglings kind of detracted from the otherwise sheer horror of the act, I feel.

]]> By: Friar http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-14736 Friar Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:10:38 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-14736 The race scene was my show-stopper. How the young Anakin beat out all the serious racers. Jeezus, in real life, we barely trust 16-year-olds to drive a normal car. Yet here's this KID scooting around a jet-sled at 200 mph. The LAST thing we adults want to see is Hollywood pander (yet once again) to the little-rug-rats, and perpetuate the myth that a 9-year old is smarter and more agile than all the grownups combined. At that point, it turned into a kid's Disney movie, and I lost interest. Though, in the 3rd movie, the adult Anakin SLAYS a bunch of children. Whoa. Harsh, dude. (But at least it wasn't dummied down to the lowest common denominator) The race scene was my show-stopper. How the young Anakin beat out all the serious racers.

Jeezus, in real life, we barely trust 16-year-olds to drive a normal car. Yet here’s this KID scooting around a jet-sled at 200 mph.

The LAST thing we adults want to see is Hollywood pander (yet once again) to the little-rug-rats, and perpetuate the myth that a 9-year old is smarter and more agile than all the grownups combined.

At that point, it turned into a kid’s Disney movie, and I lost interest.

Though, in the 3rd movie, the adult Anakin SLAYS a bunch of children.

Whoa. Harsh, dude.

(But at least it wasn’t dummied down to the lowest common denominator)

]]> By: Friar http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-38986 Friar Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:10:00 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-38986 The race scene was my show-stopper. How the young Anakin beat out all the serious racers. Jeezus, in real life, we barely trust 16-year-olds to drive a normal car. Yet here's this KID scooting around a jet-sled at 200 mph. The LAST thing we adults want to see is Hollywood pander (yet once again) to the little-rug-rats, and perpetuate the myth that a 9-year old is smarter and more agile than all the grownups combined. At that point, it turned into a kid's Disney movie, and I lost interest. Though, in the 3rd movie, the adult Anakin SLAYS a bunch of children. Whoa. Harsh, dude. (But at least it wasn't dummied down to the lowest common denominator) The race scene was my show-stopper. How the young Anakin beat out all the serious racers.

Jeezus, in real life, we barely trust 16-year-olds to drive a normal car. Yet here’s this KID scooting around a jet-sled at 200 mph.

The LAST thing we adults want to see is Hollywood pander (yet once again) to the little-rug-rats, and perpetuate the myth that a 9-year old is smarter and more agile than all the grownups combined.

At that point, it turned into a kid’s Disney movie, and I lost interest.

Though, in the 3rd movie, the adult Anakin SLAYS a bunch of children.

Whoa. Harsh, dude.

(But at least it wasn’t dummied down to the lowest common denominator)

]]> By: Rob O. http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-14673 Rob O. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:49:37 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-14673 One more thing about the CGI... The original trilogy's models-based spaceships & such just felt more tangible and "real." They were grimy, gritty, dirty, barely-running hunks o' junk. There's nothing in the 2nd trilogy that feels as "real" as the Millennium Falcon or as substantial as the Death Star. CGI is too glossy, clean, and cold. And this, remember, was supposed to -precede- the other movies, so tech should've been slightly less evolved, less polished. Ack!! One more thing about the CGI… The original trilogy’s models-based spaceships & such just felt more tangible and “real.” They were grimy, gritty, dirty, barely-running hunks o’ junk. There’s nothing in the 2nd trilogy that feels as “real” as the Millennium Falcon or as substantial as the Death Star. CGI is too glossy, clean, and cold. And this, remember, was supposed to -precede- the other movies, so tech should’ve been slightly less evolved, less polished. Ack!!

]]> By: Rob O. http://writerdad.com/movies/10-years-later-the-unforgivable-sins-of-episode-one/comment-page-1/#comment-38985 Rob O. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:49:00 +0000 http://writerdad.com/?p=3450#comment-38985 One more thing about the CGI... The original trilogy's models-based spaceships & such just felt more tangible and "real." They were grimy, gritty, dirty, barely-running hunks o' junk. There's nothing in the 2nd trilogy that feels as "real" as the Millennium Falcon or as substantial as the Death Star. CGI is too glossy, clean, and cold. And this, remember, was supposed to -precede- the other movies, so tech should've been slightly less evolved, less polished. Ack!! One more thing about the CGI… The original trilogy’s models-based spaceships & such just felt more tangible and “real.” They were grimy, gritty, dirty, barely-running hunks o’ junk. There’s nothing in the 2nd trilogy that feels as “real” as the Millennium Falcon or as substantial as the Death Star. CGI is too glossy, clean, and cold. And this, remember, was supposed to -precede- the other movies, so tech should’ve been slightly less evolved, less polished. Ack!!

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