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Post by Somny on Aug 4, 2020 3:17:39 GMT
Whoa! Major cognitive dissonance! I see a trio of cool, carefree kids AND the perfect ingredients for decades-long galactic tyranny.
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Post by Somny on Jan 5, 2021 23:01:14 GMT
Rick Worley put up a new video recently - an interview with Paul Duncan, author of 'The Star Wars Archives' books from Taschen. In the video, Rick and Paul "talk about his books, his interviews with George Lucas, and more!"
The interview is focused on the PT 'Archives' book and is well worth the time (a rich hour and change)! Great nuggets of insight throughout!
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on Jan 8, 2021 19:36:16 GMT
Interesting nugget from behind the scenes of the younglings scene in Episode III
Original source is an AMA on Reddit with Ross Beadman who played Sors Bandeam. Episode II fans will be particularly happy with his answer to one question
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Post by natalie on Jan 19, 2021 3:39:11 GMT
The classic essays on TPM and AOTC from back in the day. I liked the prequels from my first viewing but these made me appreciate even more. The writer is the old-school TESB is best fan (a surprise to be sure...) I wish he wrote about ROTS (I get a feeling he was slightly disappointed). lardbiscuit.com/lard/ilovetpm.htmllardbiscuit.com/lard/shroud.html
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Post by natalie on Jan 20, 2021 17:04:33 GMT
And Episode IX has fallen to 6.1 mark...
By the way: welcome to the forum! Are you yourself Russian?
Thank you very much! Yes, I am from Moscow. And what about you? Are you English, or American, or maybe Australian?
Also, the rating of all 11 movies from Kinopoisk ("movie search") is very funny. I can tell about it.
I used to live in Russia when The Phantom Menace came out and saw AOTC on my visit back. I don't remember having big issues with the TPM's dubbing but AOTC's translation was horrible. Lucas's dialogue may sound clunky at times but at least it always makes sense while the translation was often the opposite. I know it's not easy to make the lines fit but they could've done a better job. Didn't see ROTS in Russian but it seems many fans prefer the voice actor's voice to Hayden's. They say it sounds more "masculine". I happened to know quite a few Russian die-hard fans back in 1999-2000 and I thought the reception was rather mixed, but typically not hostile like in the US. The casual fans, general audience and of course the kids liked the movies overall and they gained appreciation after the trilogy was finished.
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Post by natalie on Jan 26, 2021 2:48:24 GMT
A new great video from So Unsivilized www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btp1BoGbuiMIt's mainly about Empire reversing the story while also touching on other Lucas's movies doing the same. Unbeknownst to many fans, George was subverting expectations long before Rian.
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Post by natalie on Feb 6, 2021 21:13:38 GMT
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Post by jtn90 on Feb 6, 2021 23:24:19 GMT
This video shows why Padme is an under apreciated character:
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Post by natalie on Feb 10, 2021 3:25:40 GMT
Same article from BI, reposted.
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Post by Subtext Mining on Feb 22, 2021 10:44:07 GMT
One of the many things I like about this video is how he acknowledges how Anakin actually has good game. Albeit only with the more innocent "angel" thing from TPM, but its good to see I'm not the only soul who thinks this.
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Post by Seeker of the Whills on Jun 29, 2021 16:11:34 GMT
This could also go in the Disney section, but I'd like to add some positive PT vibes here: www.thewrap.com/the-acolyte-leslye-headland-star-wars-series-phantom-menace-lgbtq-writers-room/Some surprisingly positive comments about TPM for someone working for Disney. Quite thoughtful about TPM and the prequel Jedi, mirroring Lucas' own recent comments from the prequel archives book. Similar things have been discussed here and on TFN. She even mentions Lucas' ideas about tone poems and visual storytelling, so she has clearly done some homework. I had absolutely zero interest in "The Acolyte" before, but these comments and that it might connect to the time of TPM have me much more confident and intrigued.
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Post by Cryogenic on Jun 29, 2021 17:27:55 GMT
This could also go in the Disney section, but I'd like to add some positive PT vibes here: www.thewrap.com/the-acolyte-leslye-headland-star-wars-series-phantom-menace-lgbtq-writers-room/Some surprisingly positive comments about TPM for someone working for Disney. Quite thoughtful about TPM and the prequel Jedi, mirroring Lucas' own recent comments from the prequel archives book. Similar things have been discussed here and on TFN. She even mentions Lucas' ideas about tone poems and visual storytelling, so she has clearly done some homework. I had absolutely zero interest in "The Acolyte" before, but these comments and that it might connect to the time of TPM have me much more confident and intrigued. That interview is great -- so, so refreshing!!! How often do we hear Disney employees talking up the prequels like that? She sounds very warm and sincere. I really like these parts. I guess you already alluded to them, but I want to share them directly in the thread. Again, this is rare from anyone working under the new regime: A really great way to frame the mysterious overtones of TPM. Almost every fan bashed the Jedi for being cold and nothing like the way that the OT (allegedly) implied they ought to be, but there were obviously reasons for Lucas depicting them in bureaucratic terms in Episode I. Her noticing how something seemed off or remote about the Jedi, and her treating that as an interesting thing (versus a crappy thing), is most unusual and most welcome from a Disney creative! I like this paragraph, too: That last part is crucial -- she openly acknowledges that people like Star Wars for different reasons. Contrast that with J.J. Abrams only a few years ago, as "The Force Awakens" was about to sweep upon our shores, who only ever emphasised the Original Trilogy and how he thought most fans were looking for the restoration of "the quintessential Star Wars experience". Again, she utters some very, very different sentiments to the standard Disney/LFL line here! Is this the first time we've had some new blood overseeing a movie/television series that actually respects and maybe even likes the prequels (or one of them, at the very least)? And who recognises that Star Wars is a tree with many branches, and isn't all about the OT, or giving people the same "feelings" that the OT movies induced in them? Three cheers for Leslye Headland. I'd like to wish her the very best with her new series. She is young, smart, and I think she might actually have a pretty unique take on the whole thing. Maybe. In any case, I realise that none of these things are easy projects to bring to the screen (I like her real-talk about the difficulties of balancing art with commerce), so I'll do my best to respect her efforts regardless. Yes -- All the best to her!
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Post by smittysgelato on Jun 29, 2021 18:56:13 GMT
I love that the Acolyte is going to take place at the end of the High Republic Era. That's what I want. A totally different era to explore.
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Post by jppiper on Sept 4, 2021 2:15:37 GMT
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Post by stampidhd280pro on Sept 4, 2021 5:44:47 GMT
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Post by natalie on Sept 30, 2021 18:06:00 GMT
This is an interesting take on the prequels' popularity in the recent years. youtu.be/RfMDCFf0wEMInstead of the typical "it's nostalgia" or "they're better than the sequels" it may have more to do with the rich worldbuilding and how the audience these days is more ready to accept it vs. 1999. By the way, I didn't know the scifi circles hated the OT I thought it was always accepted. Also good point about how movies like Guardians of the Galaxy and Aquaman look a lot like The Phantom Menace. I think the prequels have had more influence on the visual genre than people realize.
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Post by Subtext Mining on Oct 1, 2021 11:40:42 GMT
^ Ahh, this video was made in 2019. What I've noticed over the last year and a half is people turning to the Prequels and reevaluating them because of the current socio-political climates.
And yes, I don't know how much weight to give the idea that most PT lovers are people who grew up with them and are now vocal online. While it's true to an extent, what I see is that the people who grew up on the OT and also liked the PT when it came out are the ones putting out the most, or at least most in-depth, content. The maker of this video being another example.
P.S. This guy also brings up the point I made in the random banter thread that there's no longer a stigma attached to indulging in nerdy films, books etc. like there was back in the day.
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Post by natalie on Oct 1, 2021 20:43:09 GMT
I'd noticed the growing support for the prequels on YT, Reddit, etc. even prior to the TFA release. A lot of younger people related to Anakin, suprisingly.
To be fair, SciFi/Fantasy was always popular... the "nerd" thing was going too much into the nitty-gritty of the worldbuilding... or attending cons... or collecting (for adults anyway). These days, it seems to be the norm for folks to be attached to at least one franchise (books, games, movies, TV). It's a testament to how universal the appeal of the original six is that they're still relevant today.
Ironically, the rise of the geek culture hurt the prequels to some extent because the Internet became a giant echochamber for self-righteous former fans.
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Post by Cryogenic on Oct 2, 2021 23:27:01 GMT
This is an interesting take on the prequels' popularity in the recent years. youtu.be/RfMDCFf0wEMInstead of the typical "it's nostalgia" or "they're better than the sequels" it may have more to do with the rich worldbuilding and how the audience these days is more ready to accept it vs. 1999. And yes, I don't know how much weight to give the idea that most PT lovers are people who grew up with them and are now vocal online. While it's true to an extent, what I see is that the people who grew up on the OT and also liked the PT when it came out are the ones putting out the most, or at least most in-depth, content. The maker of this video being another example. Thor Skywalker just put out a video on this whole topic (i.e., is prequel hate real or overblown?):
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Post by natalie on Oct 3, 2021 0:35:17 GMT
You beat me to it Cryo Clearly, the media sided with the disgruntled fans against Lucas back in the day but now they're siding with Disney. No surprises here, I mean if downright criminal companies like Pfizer can CONvince people to suddenly trust them... Anyway, the hate was always overblown, even among the hardcore fans.
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