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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 18, 2022 19:30:07 GMT
Hopefully not stepping on any toes here, but I thought these new promotional videos were awesome so I'll post them: That first one gave me chills from all the prequel nostalgia. I like how they presented each clip from a film with the full title including the episode number. Disney has often marketed the films without the episode numbers, so it's nice to see them respect George's vision. All the positivity and appreciation for his work is nice. And in the second one Hayden is the man! He's really professional and a good speaker. It's so cool to see him get all this time in the spotlight and to have the complex character that is Anakin/Vader finally getting appreciated. This has truly been a PT fan's dream come true.
Lots to unpack in the second video, I really enjoyed that one.
What stood out the most was Ewan voluntarily bringing up Ahmed Best and Jar Jar, not once but twice. Though the hatred for this pioneering digital character has largely receded, and is easily outperformed these days by the hatred of Padmé's death and the Anakin-Padmé romantic relationship, it's still a very generous thing to remind the audience of this new series of the importance of Jar Jar. It should be noted that there was no mocking irony to his tone either.
Hayden was very energetic for this promotion video. In a lot of solo interviews, it often seems like he's severely jet-lagged, or just plain uncomfortable being there. The fact that he introduces his character as Anakin Skywalker is notable, further reminding any OT fanboy doubters that he is one and the same as his Sith persona.
Not to Ewan: stop bringing up bluescreen/greenscreen. I know that in some videos you've shone some positive light on its historical significance to filmmaking, and that was all well and good, but at this point it's basically signalling "remember those bad fault in the prequels", whether you realise it or not.
Note to everyone else: I really hope they bring up the Anakin-Padmé relationship in this series, if nothing to just rub it into the OT fanboys faces. We'd all be thrilled to see Natalie Portman return, all would be forgiven  |
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Post by Ingram on May 18, 2022 19:32:52 GMT
I officially forgive Ewan for everything negative he has ever said if he is indeed serious about bringing Jar Jar back. I forgive him on account of the fact that he married my ex-girlfriend, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. I mean, how bad could he be?
The ex claim is dubious.
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 18, 2022 19:54:15 GMT
I go by track records over belief, and Disney +, alone, has yet to evince for me anything lastingly beyond meh.
Well, the general audience response, at least, has been very positive to The Mandalorian. Mixed to negative on the other one, though I've yet to watch it (Bubba Fett has never been anything special to me).
To be honest with you, I don't care a great deal about any of the non-Obi-Wan Kenobi projects. This one is different, two of my childhood heroes are returning, it's prequelesque.
I recognize it's already a part of TCW but there just might be rich soil in live-action Star Wars for an historical/literary 'inquisitor' archetype.
The inquisitors come from the Rebels animated series actually, therefore Disney era. I'm not fully convinced yet about them either. Stupid name, for sure.
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Post by jppiper on May 18, 2022 19:54:36 GMT
Hopefully not stepping on any toes here, but I thought these new promotional videos were awesome so I'll post them: That first one gave me chills from all the prequel nostalgia. I like how they presented each clip from a film with the full title including the episode number. Disney has often marketed the films without the episode numbers, so it's nice to see them respect George's vision. All the positivity and appreciation for his work is nice. And in the second one Hayden is the man! He's really professional and a good speaker. It's so cool to see him get all this time in the spotlight and to have the complex character that is Anakin/Vader finally getting appreciated. This has truly been a PT fan's dream come true.
Lots to unpack in the second video, I really enjoyed that one.
What stood out the most was Ewan voluntarily bringing up Ahmed Best and Jar Jar, not once but twice. Though the hatred for this pioneering digital character has largely receded, and is easily outperformed these days by the hatred of Padmé's death and the Anakin-Padmé romantic relationship, it's still a very generous thing to remind the audience of this new series of the importance of Jar Jar. It should be noted that there was no mocking irony to his tone either.
Hayden was very energetic for this promotion video. In a lot of solo interviews, it often seems like he's severely jet-lagged, or just plain uncomfortable being there. The fact that he introduces his character as Anakin Skywalker is notable, further reminding any OT fanboy doubters that he is one and the same as his Sith persona.
Not to Ewan: stop bringing up bluescreen/greenscreen. I know that in some videos you've shone some positive light on its historical significance to filmmaking, and that was all well and good, but at this point it's basically signalling "remember those bad fault in the prequels", whether you realise it or not.
Note to everyone else: I really hope they bring up the Anakin-Padmé relationship in this series, if nothing to just rub it into the OT fanboys faces. We'd all be thrilled to see Natalie Portman return, all would be forgiven Did the OT Fanboys forget that if Anakin and Padme didn't get together Luke and Leia would never have been born? |
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Post by jppiper on May 18, 2022 19:55:24 GMT
I go by track records over belief, and Disney +, alone, has yet to evince for me anything lastingly beyond meh.
Well, the general audience response, at least, has been very positive to The Mandalorian. Mixed to negative on the other one, though I've yet to watch it (Bubba Fett has never been anything special to me).
To be honest with you, I don't care a great deal about any of the non-Obi-Wan Kenobi projects. This one is different, two of my childhood heroes are returning, it's prequelesque.
I recognize it's already a part of TCW but there just might be rich soil in live-action Star Wars for an historical/literary 'inquisitor' archetype.
The inquisitors come from the Rebels animated series actually. I'm not fully convinced about them either. Stupid name, for sure.
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 19, 2022 1:07:18 GMT
Did the OT Fanboys forget that if Anakin and Padme didn't get together Luke and Leia would never have been born?
There was never going to be a romantic plot they would fully approve. The dialogue could have been super modern, and they'd still be complaining. As I've said elsewhere, they didn't even like the love story in Titanic either, and that's as good as it comes.
If Freud were with us, I think he'd tell us much of the bashing stems from the fanboys being jealous of Hayden getting to hook up with the hot girl. The fanboys see Anakin as a wimp, and will only except the captain of the football team getting the woman.
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Post by Cryogenic on May 19, 2022 14:27:38 GMT
I'm not sure how you derive that value. It's a radical, yet eminently sensible, way of approaching their relationship in light of the complexities thrown up by the PT. Padme literally loses the will to live because of Anakin's crimes, and her final words to Obi-Wan are that there's still good in him. This might just shake Obi-Wan's conscience a tad, especially after he laments failing Anakin on Mustafar. Moreover, Obi-Wan is left with a ray of hope when Yoda tells him that Qui-Gon has returned from the Netherworld of the Force and that it's possible to communicate with him. And it's Qui-Gon himself who is supposedly now an avatar of compassion -- compassion, Lucas tells us through Qui-Gon, is the answer to the dark. So why wouldn't Anakin's awful fate as Darth Vader play profoundly on Obi-Wan's mind? If anything, the issue here is that this material is quite psychologically weighty for Star Wars, especially for someone who isn't George Lucas to dare to pursue. I stand by it.
Sometimes drama is best stark, where not all endearing relationships are enhanced by being deconstructed down to their last moving parts. I take your point, but I don't see how a short-form, one-off streaming series is going to deconstruct Anakin and Obi-Wan's relationship down to its "last moving parts". If anything, that side of the show might be just that: a sideshow, a tease, an aside. Much more of the show could be about Obi-Wan or Reva. Right. But that doesn't detract from this show -- or vice versa. It's set nine or ten years after ROTS and therefore nine or ten years before ANH. There is plenty of room to explore a transitional point in their PT-OT relationship, such that, when they see each other again on the Death Star, we understand the finality of their latter confrontation in a deeper way than before. I know you alluded to this perspective below, but I'm airing it here, because it seems like the natural counterpoint to your comment above. Even in the context of the trailers, I'll just add, Obi-Wan may be in denial of any connection/attachment to Vader, hence the taunt that he "can't escape him". So circumstances in the series may force Kenobi's hand, and then, whatever happens deals the decisive blow that Anakin is a twisted remnant -- unreachable, in Obi-Wan's eyes. Yes, the elliptical nature of the Star Wars Saga's (Lucas Saga's) storytelling is a strong draw. Gaps and elisions are what make the whole thing work. That said, Obi-Wan still watches over Anakin's son the whole time in that same canon, like he feels personally responsible and is trying to make amends. Moreover, you're focusing on the Luke side of the equation and ignoring Leia. Leia, in contrast to Luke, does recall their mother -- albeit fleetingly. And it's the precious memory of Padme that Vader and Luke are fighting over in the end. Even the shot blocking, when Luke unleashes on Vader and all but cripples him all over again, recalls Anakin frenzying-up against Dooku, which leads back to his frustrations toward Dooku left simmering at the end of Episode II -- that all began with Anakin unwisely charging at Dooku in a vain attempt to purge his guilt/pain over the loss of his own mother at the Tusken camp. Now, granted, much of this is in the subtext ("You have a twin sister" = Luke's maternal lineage under threat of annihilation), but the way-signs for it are clearly there in the visible film text. You almost invoke the Force at the end ("in the netherworld") and it is of critical importance in everything Star Wars. Some glimmers of reconstruction and resolution must be possible before their actualisation; in a parallel manner to how, when Anakin begins sliding down the dark path, we must at least dimly see ways for him to yet escape and avoid his tragic and pitiable fate. Remember that the main Star Wars Saga and its attendant pieces still arc to conclusion in Episode VI. Or Episode IX if The Skywalker Saga is your bag. Thus, like the prequels, this miniseries isn't really out to contradict as much as add more context and clarify. You may find that excessive and unwanted and that's fine. I, too, tend to not care greatly for spinoff material. The prime data matrix of Star Wars is the original six episodes. That precious block literally constitutes a monolith or sky-piercing obelisk unto itself. Nothing more is really needed. And yes, jewellery work around the edges, or within the interstices, of Lucas' tale feels indulgent at best, desperate at worst. But I still want to see if they've cooked up anything half-way decent here. What Arch Duke and I are responding to, I think, is the sense of this series righting some wrongs -- albeit wrongs started entirely by Disney, not George Lucas. Just as TFA set out to "correct" the errors of the prequels, so this miniseries gives off a mild anti-sequel, pro-prequel vibe. Having prequel actors heavily in the mix gives this series a certain pro-Lucas currency that the ST never attained or seriously pursued. Of course, that's not to say it will be faithful or much cop; and yes, some of the presentation looks to be boilerplate TV Disney. Still, for now, I want to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Well, yeah, Lucas did bring down the house in grand style -- no arguments there. Nothing will ever top the last 45 minutes of ROTS. This may be why he abandoned his epic creation at the 11th Hour and turned away from making the sequel films himself. How do you follow a performance like that? Thanks to ROTS, the PT is a dramatic Colossus: a Star Destroyer floating tenuously yet imposingly in the atmosphere of fantasy cinema. Even in the recent PR for the new show, Hayden called the third prequel "a phenomenal film" the other day. Just as Reva taunts Obi-Wan that he cannot escape Vader, so Star Wars cannot escape Episode III and the prequels -- no matter how hard it seems the new makers have been trying to do so.
Fair enough. Maybe I'm also approaching it as more of a product/item than a grand dramatic vehicle. That is to say: I'm looking at it as as a proof-of-concept that something at least superficially faithful to the PT can work just as well in a live-action television format as anything that slavishly adheres to a denatured OT aesthetic.
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Post by Ingram on May 19, 2022 20:27:15 GMT
Remember that the main Star Wars Saga and its attendant pieces still arc to conclusion in Episode VI. Or Episode IX if The Skywalker Saga is your bag. Thus, like the prequels, this miniseries isn't really out to contradict as much as add more context and clarify. You may find that excessive and unwanted and that's fine. I, too, tend to not care greatly for spinoff material. The prime data matrix of Star Wars is the original six episodes. That precious block literally constitutes a monolith or sky-piercing obelisk unto itself. Nothing more is really needed. And yes, jewellery work around the edges, or within the interstices, of Lucas' tale feels indulgent at best, desperate at worst. You said it better than I did.
Stop hitting yourself, Cryo! lol ...I don't see how a short-form, one-off streaming series is going to deconstruct Anakin and Obi-Wan's relationship down to its "last moving parts". If anything, that side of the show might be just that: a sideshow, a tease, an aside. Much more of the show could be about Obi-Wan or Reva. Putting aside for the moment Hayden's return on the chance that it's little more than promotional pomp 'n' circumstance, I'm speaking as much generally about a 'method drama' default of Obi-Wan himself and his angst over the events of Episode III. I mentioned earlier components of story discipline while forgetting perhaps the most vital one to this debate: inference. It's an incredibly powerful dramatic device, and one that supports Lucas' Star Wars in all the right places. Draining a storied conflict/character arc for every last drop of its mana and serving it up as histrionic "feels" to audiences on (plastic) silver platters only ever amounts to a one-way conveyor belt, and yet this has long since become such a deadening convention of mainstream genre entertainment, big and small screen alike. Inference dose something else, something richer, by enticing a kind of two-way relationship with audiences. You give them just enough; they intuit, interpret and empathize on their own that which goes unspoken. It's a relationship, not glorified fast food. Lifeforms, living together for mutual advantage. Best possible outcome here? They really do strip this show of any pseudo-sophistication with an Obi-Wan who is, wouldn't ya know it, altogether indifferent, stoic and maybe just a tad bored at the start of his Tatooine adventure—he's just Columbo or Thomas Magnum on a case. And in doing so, they allow with little touches and nuances yet more opportunity for audiences to infer deeper emotionality still resonating from the operatic movements of Lucas' saga. Best possible outcome. Likely? Eh... *shrugs* Ultimately I'm arguing Form over Content. Over, not without. Content is the serf, Form its feudal lord. Chow meanwhile be goin' on about "love" and stuff, and I'm like "Oh brother..."
But I still want to see if they've cooked up anything half-way decent here. What Arch Duke and I are responding to, I think, is the sense of this series righting some wrongs -- albeit wrongs started entirely by Disney, not George Lucas. Just as TFA set out to "correct" the errors of the prequels, so this miniseries gives off a mild anti-sequel, pro-prequel vibe. Having prequel actors heavily in the mix gives this series a certain pro-Lucas currency that the ST never attained or seriously pursued. Of course, that's not to say it will be faithful or much cop; and yes, some of the presentation looks to be boilerplate TV Disney. Still, for now, I want to give it the benefit of the doubt. Well, if prequel actors alone -- even prequel content in the strictest sense -- constitutes a metric for prequel vibe, for me it's only surface level as opposed to vibes given off by writing and overall auteur vision. And Disney custodians cleaning up their own in-house disingenuous messes is a rather paltry standard for quality Star Wars by my count. But then, yes, I too am willing to give this show the benefit of the doubt a) for reasons mentioned on the previous page in response to ArchDuke, and b) because its premier will follow just in time my annual sit-down with the saga, concluding early next week with the PT; from there I can indulge with some tolerance non-Lucas content such as The Last Jedi, Solo and Rogue One, and now with this series sprinkled in-between. Such is really the best opportunity for it to win me over. I'm just not holding my breath, is all.
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Post by Cryogenic on May 19, 2022 22:07:37 GMT
Remember that the main Star Wars Saga and its attendant pieces still arc to conclusion in Episode VI. Or Episode IX if The Skywalker Saga is your bag. Thus, like the prequels, this miniseries isn't really out to contradict as much as add more context and clarify. You may find that excessive and unwanted and that's fine. I, too, tend to not care greatly for spinoff material. The prime data matrix of Star Wars is the original six episodes. That precious block literally constitutes a monolith or sky-piercing obelisk unto itself. Nothing more is really needed. And yes, jewellery work around the edges, or within the interstices, of Lucas' tale feels indulgent at best, desperate at worst. You said it better than I did.
Stop hitting yourself, Cryo! lol Well, I don't know if I said it better than you. As well as you, perhaps. I think I was channelling my "inner Ingram" when I wrote that. Yeah, it does feel that the "lesson" they learned from the prequels was: "Don't do what George did. Don't be all experimental and inferential and subtle and shit. RAM EVERY LAST POINT HOME LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA." Disappointing, to say the least. And I remember your steadfast admiration for the way The Lucas Saga handles drama and juicy revelations from prior exchanges. Such as: boards.theforce.net/threads/the-obi-wan-padme-deleted-scene-a-potential-high-point-of-rots.50009589/#post-50443257Or a year earlier on IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/board/reply/197226430(Link now defunct). (Yes, apparently, all that marvelous prose aside, you were using the number 1 instead of an "I" back then -- who knew?). Anyway, I still think there's a case -- albeit, perhaps, a thin and slightly limp case -- for having a bit more Star Wars, even if it gilds the lily and retreads old ground. Everyone is operating in the shadows of what Lucas did. He flexes at 100. They flex at around 20. Did I mention the scale is logarithmic? I'm more intrigued, in a way, by the new elements in the mix. How will the Inquisitors be handled? What is Daiyu (the "Blade Runner" planet) like and will it feature much? Is the conflict between Owen and Obi-Wan going to be worth a damn? At the moment, the show is thriving on a certain opacity and a fog of viewer ignorance, but that isn't going to last much longer. Like the Sequel Trilogy, we will soon be left with... the product itself.
I guess it just reflects the times we're living through. It's funny, in a way, such a rationalisation is voiced by a Lucasfilm employee. Obi-Wan still loves Anakin like a brother, yet many of these same people at LFL are big on pointing fingers and cancelling fans for uttering a single negative sentiment, quickly labelling them sexist, racist, etc. But ohhhh, can't you feel the love Obi-Wan still has for a twisted, fascist, mass-murdering psycho-robot who commands armies, chokes people on a whim, and sips his coffee through a straw? But yeah, if the show can make things a bit internal, more about ruminations, intuitions, dark dreams... then maybe it'll have something.
I agree that writing and overall vision are more important, ultimately. I'm just saying this thing represents an improvement, of sorts. Like, a better version, in theory, of what Disney/LFL has attempted before. That's not to say it'll be any good. Even their shitty "Volume" technology doesn't impress me much. Video footage, including pre-rendered material, on a giant wrap-around LED screen. So fucking what? Just tell a compelling story. Hayden and Natalie actually went to Italy, you plebs -- Lake frickin' Como. Who cares about some overpaid assholes waving glowsticks around on a tiny smattering of sand in front of a bright video screen? That's so dumb. And remember: ROTS had an enormous miniature built to simulate flowing lava. It wasn't all done on computers or faked in the background. Goddamn assholes.
Trust me, my dear Ingram, I can roast 'em with the best of them. I'm not afraid to. I've never been reticent about publicly rolling my eyes at Disney/LFL for their "offerings". All their Star Wars output -- or most of it, most of the time -- is stiff as a board. Funny that was constantly said about the prequels. But us smarter fans know it's way more true about these newer ones. Before, "stiffness" was an artistic choice, and usually a failure (on the part of the viewer) at not looking close enough, or quieting the mind and paying attention. But now everything is so lacquered and taxidermed up the wazoo. It's like the difference between a gallery of magnificent paintings and a warehouse of shop-window display dummies. Imagine the universe with no alien life anywhere -- just a vacant, lonely void. That's Disney Star Wars. With Lucas, myriad possibilities are always exploding right in front of you.
Still, hey, maybe there's some attempt that's been made to fill the void this time. You know, now and again, these assholes can surprise us. Star Wars is still capable of being interesting and engrossing on occasion.
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Post by smittysgelato on May 19, 2022 22:13:41 GMT
I secretly admire this about Cryo, but not so secretly anymore haha. I'm not a confrontational personality, I focus on what I like most of the time. But there is a Cryo-style-roasting-fanboy in me somewhere, I'm sure. Haha.
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 19, 2022 22:31:28 GMT
Good reading ahead here folks, settle in, and make yourselves comfortable. They shed light on the bond between McGregor and Christensen as actors, and are very generous to the prequels. If you want to be cynical about this, then I've no words for you.
Full video of the cast on German TV (gameshow included):
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Post by Cryogenic on May 19, 2022 22:33:08 GMT
I secretly admire this about Cryo, but not so secretly anymore haha. I'm not a confrontational personality, I focus on what I like most of the time. But there is a Cryo-style-roasting-fanboy in me somewhere, I'm sure. Haha. I do tend to be a miserable, moaning bore ("You're focusing on the negative" -- a line that triggers me a bit!), but I try to celebrate positives, as well -- well, when there are any. See?  Of course, the trap of being negative is that it's easier to sit in judgement or break something than it is to have patience and look for hidden strengths. The latter can be a lot of work, and when you've got other people trying to hurry you into a negative space, you probably need a strong character to be able to do it. On the other hand, without negativity and roasting, we're confining ourselves to a closed universe: a dull, Orwellian echo chamber. Or worse (if anything): making ourselves into mindless consumers ("machines making machines"). There has to be tolerance of negativity; and, ultimately, tolerance of ambiguity, as we (ideally) should hold many things in a kind of suspended animation and never pass complete judgement (how can incomplete entities make a complete judgement of anything?). What these arrogant little forum police and mouthpieces for Disney, or their own pet causes, don't get is that humanity needs its promoters and its critics. And these should really be combined, if not entirely in one person, then in any given social space. Because like individual human beings, society itself is not a finished product. Rather, it is a chaotic assembly; or, at best: a gorgeous anarchy. A strong forest has many trees with many roots. Diversity of thought should be nourished and protected. But "diversity" to some is merely the amount and range of insults -- and punishments -- that can be thought up about people who think differently and who dare to be human in the process. |
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Post by smittysgelato on May 19, 2022 22:46:54 GMT
The Speisequark is going to be long remembered as a legendary moment in Star Wars history. They're so excited for that Speisequark. Fans are going to be asking them about it for the rest of their lives.
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 19, 2022 23:24:26 GMT
The Speisequark is going to be long remembered as a legendary moment in Star Wars history. They're so excited for that Speisequark. Fans are going to be asking them about it for the rest of their lives.
But then a little later, when the three of them are conferring on an answer, after Hayden makes a suggestion:
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Post by Cryogenic on May 20, 2022 0:22:38 GMT
The Speisequark is going to be long remembered as a legendary moment in Star Wars history. They're so excited for that Speisequark. Fans are going to be asking them about it for the rest of their lives. But then a little later, when the three of them are conferring on an answer, after Hayden makes a suggestion:
Well, geeze, that was a little pathetic... The stupid things they have to go through for the sake of promotion of a television show. Ewan kinda ruined the first one by getting too close and peering round the back. But it was kinda funny to see Hayden getting impatient and irritable over all that nose-hair and ear-hair talk. Maybe he was triggered when the host said, "They just cut your hair with fire."  |
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Post by ArchdukeOfNaboo on May 20, 2022 0:46:31 GMT
The show was definitely a bit on the cringey side, but I don't think there was anything mean-spirited about what Ewan said. It was just a little joke, making reference to their characters rather gruesome parting in ROTS.
On the other hand, Ewan constantly bringing up greenscreen/bluescreen is getting on my nerves. It does seem like the critics' response really got to him too:
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Post by smittysgelato on May 20, 2022 1:13:30 GMT
Oh man, Carlos and I go WAY back (The ET Interviewer). He used to host a children's program on Canadian TV when I was a kid. My past is converging on me from multiple directions!
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Post by Cryogenic on May 20, 2022 1:28:32 GMT
The show was definitely a bit on the cringey side, but I don't think there was anything mean-spirited about what Ewan said. It was just a little joke, making reference to their characters rather gruesome parting in ROTS. I didn't even catch that part. I was just talking about the nose-hair, ear-hair chatter. Gosh, darn it, AD! Now I've mentioned nose-hair and ear-hair stuff twice over. Three times. I'll say one thing for him: he's consistent. And yes, his saying that the critics "weren't very kind", and that "the taste left in [his] mouth was a negative one", at least strikes me as honest. From his point of view.Then he lifts it to more of a positive: Also, for as many times as he's moaned about greenscreen, he's probably expressed his affection and admiration for Sir Alec Guinness, just as he does in that clip. Just as it grinds to hear him painting the prequels as a slog to make, and a disappointment due to the backlash, it warms the heart to hear him constantly speaking with reverence toward AG -- perhaps, when all else failed, doing right by an iconic actor Ewan holds in high regard became his motivation, his handhold. On the other hand, there's his passive-aggressive "they were for children, anyway" perspective that is dull, cliched, and an ignominious half-truth. Or trite. It's just too much of an evasion and a refusal to speak of the PT's strong storytelling qualities to proclaim the movies were for children; like there is nothing for adults to connect with or be moved by. He never qualifies that remark any time I've heard him make it (which must be four or five times now and counting). Does Ewan not get Star Wars? He kind of comes off as obtuse and somehow slightly above the whole thing. Like he's only still doing it and lowering himself to this simplistic "for kids" franchise in memory of his childhood. |
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Post by Ingram on May 20, 2022 1:45:46 GMT
I agree that writing and overall vision are more important, ultimately. I'm just saying this thing represents an improvement, of sorts. Like, a better version, in theory, of what Disney/LFL has attempted before. That's not to say it'll be any good. Even their shitty "Volume" technology doesn't impress me much. Video footage, including pre-rendered material, on a giant wrap-around LED screen. So fucking what?! Just tell a compelling story. Hayden and Natalie actually went to Italy, you plebs!! -- Lake frickin' Como. Who cares about some overpaid assholes waving glowsticks around on a tiny smattering of sand in front of a bright video screen?!!! That's so dumb. And remember: ROTS had an enormous miniature built to simulate flowing lava. It wasn't all done on computers or faked in the background. Goddamn assholes!!!! When Cryo goes big instead of home. Also, I won't deny a slight pang of paranoia concerning other things of mine you may have locked away in a filing cabinet. Those links we're like meeting a Timecop-style past version of myself. |
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Post by Ingram on May 20, 2022 1:53:18 GMT
On a sidenote, I'll afford at least one point for casting an actual black actress instead of, ya know, the fashionable type with skin tones 1.7 shade darker than Greek.
And hate me for objectifying, but, Moses Ingram is a fine-ass sista. Just sayin'.
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