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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on Oct 24, 2020 20:47:18 GMT
Filming one's reaction to the prequels isn't an entirely new concept, but this year it has certainly taken off, becoming very visible on YouTube. The prominence of streaming platforms have made the films available to a whole new audience, who wouldn't otherwise be buying the DVDs, Blu-Rays or digitally renting them. It's been intriguing to follow them along in watching our beloved trilogy, in not only their emotional responses, but in how they process all the different subplots, themes and ideas of George Lucas. Watching reaction videos may be an act of voyeurism or a bit odd, sure, though take a look closer and what you realise is that they provide an insight into how people once (and hopefully still do) reacted to Star Wars without the overwhelming influence of the internet. The examples I provide you with are people discovering Star Wars for the first time, and at the very most are aware of the fatherhood revelation from the OT which entered pop culture. They know nothing of memes, fan backlash or badly behaving critics/geek media. It's a blast to listen to their thoughts. Episode I
I'm a huge believer in going into a new film with very little information (I hate trailers that giveaway everything), ergo I eally like this one:
I notice Moonshield picked up on this one, where the viewer praises Jake Llyod's acting.
Episode II
I loved how analytical this viewer was from her experience with AOTC. There's still so much mystery in the air about how things will end up by the end of the PT.
Episode III
This reaction is a fine example of just emotionally impacting ROTS is. We may not be able go back and watch the film for the first time, but a video like this can help us recapture how devastating the rollercoaster was. It's as close as we'll come to reliving that experience.
If there's another reaction to the PT that you really enjoyed, please do share with us.
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Post by tpf1138 on Oct 28, 2020 22:47:45 GMT
There is something kinda fun about these reaction videos. Just the purity, I suppose, of the viewer's experience. I've discovered as well, that Revenge of the Sith delivers the most entertaining responses, just owing to that movie's emotional heft.
Here's another person discovering Star Wars for the first time....
I notice she's also been watching The Clone Wars, and has become very much a fan.
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on Nov 2, 2020 10:56:04 GMT
Not a bad reaction. Female YouTubers tend to be much better than the guys, in general. I don't mean to the demean male reactors, but they'll usually be either as dull as dirt or sarcastic to the point of absurdity, and those don't work for me. If the prequels don't emotionally impact you, as I know they did for me as a child, then I'm going to have to switch off.
There is a significant romantic plot in the prequels (only a side story in the OT), and it is true that women tend to be more drawn to that. Much of the prequel hate, after all, came from angry male fans who just deplored a love story having any role in the rise of Darth Vader. So I don't think its any surprise, for example, that it was a female fan who operated The Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Society - the go-to PT website for so many years when the rest of internet hated the films. I'm not saying female fans or even Russian fans weren't a factor in the OT, but they sure did become a linchpin of the online prequel fandom.
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Post by tonyg on Nov 4, 2020 8:04:48 GMT
Not a bad reaction. Female YouTubers tend to be much better than the guys, in general. I don't mean to the demean male reactors, but they'll usually be either as dull as dirt or sarcastic to the point of absurdity, and those don't work for me. If the prequels don't emotionally impact you, as I know they did for me as a child, then I'm going to have to switch off. There is a significant romantic plot in the prequels (only a side story in the OT), and it is true that women tend to be more drawn to that. Much of the prequel hate, after all, came from angry male fans who just deplored a love story having any role in the rise of Darth Vader. So I don't think its any surprise, for example, that it was a female fan who operated The Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Society - the go-to PT website for so many years when the rest of internet hated the films. I'm not saying female fans or even Russian fans weren't a factor in the OT, but they sure did become a linchpin of the online prequel fandom. The prequels practically attracted the female fandom to Star Wars. Before this, SW were "movies for boys" including for me (ROTJ was the exception). Is not the love story per se, the feminine vibe of PT is strong because of all the emotional impact it gives (more emotion than action actually) and the sophistication of the prequel era presented. Also women here are pillars of the story in wider degree than in OT. Is not that they be movies for girls but they do speak to girls significantly better than the OT. They speak to boys as well which make them universal. Which is funny, because for all the efforts Disney team made (the force is female, Ray as protagonist and so on) they couldn't attract female audience as the prequels did as the latter made it naturally. Oh yes I forgot: is more superfluous but still, it matters: the male protagonist of PT is handsom melancholic and romantic(!) James Dean-y type and this in ST is just angry whinny young man that lacks charisma. In the same aspect, paradoxically Han is someone who's fans are mostly males and the women tend more to like Luke (melancholic, romantic, emotional). |
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Post by tonyg on Nov 5, 2020 22:58:23 GMT
The girl's reaction reminded me my first impression from ROTS: still in the theater I was thinking the same: please, Anakin, don't do this. Is not that I didn't know what would happen in the end but this is the effect of the emotional impact of the movie on me. Is not pure coincidence that this is the second YouTube reaction I see and is the same. The first was from a younger girl who didn't even know that Anakin would become Vader, she watched the movies in chronological (1-6) order. She was upset when Anakin pledged himself to Darth Sidious.
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Post by M-I-D-1E on Nov 6, 2020 7:48:22 GMT
Not a bad reaction. Female YouTubers tend to be much better than the guys, in general. I don't mean to the demean male reactors, but they'll usually be either as dull as dirt or sarcastic to the point of absurdity, and those don't work for me. If the prequels don't emotionally impact you, as I know they did for me as a child, then I'm going to have to switch off. There is a significant romantic plot in the prequels (only a side story in the OT), and it is true that women tend to be more drawn to that. Much of the prequel hate, after all, came from angry male fans who just deplored a love story having any role in the rise of Darth Vader. So I don't think its any surprise, for example, that it was a female fan who operated The Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Society - the go-to PT website for so many years when the rest of internet hated the films. I'm not saying female fans or even Russian fans weren't a factor in the OT, but they sure did become a linchpin of the online prequel fandom. The prequels practically attracted the female fandom to Star Wars. Before this, SW were "movies for boys" including for me (ROTJ was the exception). Is not the love story per se, the feminine vibe of PT is strong because of all the emotional impact it gives (more emotion than action actually) and the sophistication of the prequel era presented. Also women here are pillars of the story in wider degree than in OT. Is not that they be movies for girls but they do speak to girls significantly better than the OT. They speak to boys as well which make them universal. Which is funny, because for all the efforts Disney team made (the force is female, Ray as protagonist and so on) they couldn't attract female audience as the prequels did as the latter made it naturally. Oh yes I forgot: is more superfluous but still, it matters: the male protagonist of PT is handsom melancholic and romantic(!) James Dean-y type and this in ST is just angry whinny young man that lacks charisma. In the same aspect, paradoxically Han is someone who's fans are mostly males and the women tend more to like Luke (melancholic, romantic, emotional). It’s no surprise at all indeed. George Lucas was very adamant into adding the feminine aspects to the Prequels, a more emotionally driven story. Men articulate similar sentiments, actually. We just have a bit more linear thinking so we don’t ponder too much on the emotions haha. It’s more afterthoughts.. |
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Post by natalie on Jan 20, 2021 16:08:21 GMT
Pretty funny that everyone thinks little Ani is adorable and that Jake did a great job. No one thinks Hayden is bad either even if they don't always like his lines.
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Post by natalie on Jan 20, 2021 16:53:50 GMT
I'd like to see reactions from the under 12 crowd aka the target audience.
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Post by Moonshield on Jan 31, 2021 14:37:32 GMT
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Post by Seeker of the Whills on May 17, 2021 15:38:22 GMT
Not a bad reaction. Female YouTubers tend to be much better than the guys, in general. I don't mean to the demean male reactors, but they'll usually be either as dull as dirt or sarcastic to the point of absurdity, and those don't work for me. If the prequels don't emotionally impact you, as I know they did for me as a child, then I'm going to have to switch off. There is a significant romantic plot in the prequels (only a side story in the OT), and it is true that women tend to be more drawn to that. Much of the prequel hate, after all, came from angry male fans who just deplored a love story having any role in the rise of Darth Vader. So I don't think its any surprise, for example, that it was a female fan who operated The Star Wars Prequel Appreciation Society - the go-to PT website for so many years when the rest of internet hated the films. I'm not saying female fans or even Russian fans weren't a factor in the OT, but they sure did become a linchpin of the online prequel fandom. The prequels practically attracted the female fandom to Star Wars. Before this, SW were "movies for boys" including for me (ROTJ was the exception). Is not the love story per se, the feminine vibe of PT is strong because of all the emotional impact it gives (more emotion than action actually) and the sophistication of the prequel era presented. Also women here are pillars of the story in wider degree than in OT. Is not that they be movies for girls but they do speak to girls significantly better than the OT. They speak to boys as well which make them universal. Which is funny, because for all the efforts Disney team made (the force is female, Ray as protagonist and so on) they couldn't attract female audience as the prequels did as the latter made it naturally. Oh yes I forgot: is more superfluous but still, it matters: the male protagonist of PT is handsom melancholic and romantic(!) James Dean-y type and this in ST is just angry whinny young man that lacks charisma. In the same aspect, paradoxically Han is someone who's fans are mostly males and the women tend more to like Luke (melancholic, romantic, emotional). This must be true, because when I showed the films to my mother, she greatly preferred the PT, especially RotS. I was sure she would prefer the OT. And the first thing she commented on in AotC was "He's handsome" when Hayden came on screen.  She also said she liked the different expression he has in RotS, I guess referring to the melancholic, sulking look he has. |
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 20, 2022 1:34:23 GMT
I notice a new whole wave of reactions has hit YouTube since we last updated this thread.
Time to get viewing, guys!
Here's one where where the viewing watches in episodic order. She has no idea who Anakin is, who Obi-Wan is, or what that Palpatine guy really is. What's very noticeable is her immediate dislike of the Jedi Council's attitude toward little Anakin.
Cryogenic , you just gotta watch this reaction. It's fascinating stuff. |
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 18, 2023 23:32:42 GMT
My favorite PT reacter. Nobody says it like it is like old black people. He's like a real-life Dex.
So many quotable lines! And covering up his mouth with Watto's dice cube during the swears was icing on the cake.
"No wonder he became Dart Vader, anyone who got a bowlcut got a little killer in 'em."
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on Sept 26, 2024 2:42:30 GMT
Here we are with some reactions again. I'll start with this woman, Colette Cherry, she has an amazing time watching Episode II and oh boy is Episode III a rollercoaster for her. Man, I freaking love watching the films again with new people, nothing beats it, it's like reliving my childhood.
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She also said she liked the different expression he has in RotS, I guess referring to the melancholic, sulking look he has.
