Phantom Menace 3D trailer robs Star Wars of its last shred of dignity

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"Hey Qui-Gon, you don't wanna be late to your own funeral..."

  On 2/3/2012 at 10:59 AM, Squee said:

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"Hey Qui-Gon, you don't wanna be late to your own funeral..."

is this for real?

Yup.

should this be interpreted as some kind of small victory for the older/longtime star wars fans? ie they know that we're fed up with it so they're going for the young'uns?

Everything in 3D, please!

I hope they give the holiday special a 3D makeover.

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Just don't throw any money at it. It'll go away if they understand it doesn't make any money.

  On 2/3/2012 at 11:50 AM, goDel said:

Just don't throw any money at it. It'll go away if they understand it doesn't make any money.

lol no it wont. Lucas will probably throw his own money out at it....or use the race card like he has been.

Face it, there are a million guaranteed buyers of any Star Wars merchandise for the rest of eternity.

  On 2/3/2012 at 11:39 AM, genocyber said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

i hold so much more love and respect for redlettermedia's star wars reviews than the star wars prequels. no joke/no exaggeration.

Lucas? Dunno. As far as I can tell Lucas (and his companies) is the businessman those redlettermedia reviews make him out to be. He's in it for the money. He'll only throw his own money at it, if he thinks it'll generate more money. Don't think for a minute he hasn't made a serious business case before he took the decision of going 3D.

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Face it, there are a million guaranteed buyers of any Star Wars merchandise for the rest of eternity.

Kill them with fire.

Well at least people will finally realise that Star Wars are kids films.....

*run forest run*

its a good thing we have yoda and the jedi keeping the galaxy safe!!!!!!!!!!!!

Star Wars is not good at all. Plot is simple, characters are bullshit rednecks soap opera-type of characters and the universe Lucas "created" is just to sell figurines.

the trilogy is still pretty cool, I thought it was my childhood memories fooling me, making everything better than it was, but I rewatched them with my kid recently and they're likeable films. Got a certain charm and realness to them that the new ones completely lack.

yeah. star wars and empire strikes back in particular are solid films.

These 3D remakes suck so heavily. And not enough that every movie gets its merchandise, LEGO theme, a triology or even more, a book, it even gets a 3D version. I could get so angry over it. People are so uninspired these days!

i tried watching The Phantom Edit recently and had to stop around 3 quarters in, when i realised i just had 0 zero interest in the film or it's stupid story and lack of characters/acting/emotion.

it really is one of the worst films ever made. kids shouldn't bother with this crap.

  On 2/3/2012 at 1:18 PM, YO303 said:

Star Wars is not good at all. Plot is simple, characters are bullshit rednecks soap opera-type of characters and the universe Lucas "created" is just to sell figurines.

While I don't love the originals, I think they were purposely a throwback to that kind of thing. They was like a Flash Gordon analogy. Also, 70s media was getting pretty boring and shitty around that time, and Star Wars helped fix that. Close Encounters was probably better (though I admit that I can't really remember it), but it came out after Star Wars, so what're you gonna do.

Ewoks sucked, though.

  On 2/3/2012 at 1:26 PM, tokn said:

I could get so angry over it. People are so uninspired these days!

lol

I always thought that Han Solo was too cool for Star Wars. Cooler than the movies he's a character in.

This thread title is way overly optimistic. Star Wars and dignity haven't crossed paths in ages.

they seem to have got the guy from America's Funniest Animals to do the voice-over.

  On 2/3/2012 at 12:24 PM, goDel said:

Lucas? Dunno. As far as I can tell Lucas (and his companies) is the businessman those redlettermedia reviews make him out to be. He's in it for the money. He'll only throw his own money at it, if he thinks it'll generate more money. Don't think for a minute he hasn't made a serious business case before he took the decision of going 3D.

 

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Face it, there are a million guaranteed buyers of any Star Wars merchandise for the rest of eternity.

 

Kill them with fire.

see id like to think that, but considering the whopping price tag of Red Tails paid with his own money compared to the net profits its making, it seems pretty clear from his interviews that he is doing exactly what redlettermedia called him on: trying to win over a black audience to check out the star wars series. Is it shallow and fairly racist? I'd say so. However this is speculation. But I'm not the only one doing it.

and yes, kill them with fire

Douche chills.