PSYCHOcatholic Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Woot Woot...decades of entertainment with HUGE cult/geek followings making OOBER MONEY!! Now, on Cinemax they have been running basically marathons of Star Wars. All Six of them. And i still cant decide my favorite. Of course i want to jump to Return of the Jedi, but yet im not sure. It might be Revenge of the Sith. Anywho, any Star Wars fans out there? Favorite characters? Favorite movie...which is hard to tell. So...this is the OFFICIAL! Star Wars Thread!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 As a "Star Trek" fan, I prefer the "original trilogy. I have the "spare, no money for DFX" versions on Ye Olde Laserdisc, and have the modern "special edition" set on DVD. I have seen "Star Wars I/II/III and find it a kid's trilogy. (The best thing about #1 is Weird Al Yankovic's musical take on it in the key of "American Pie.") So, let's fire up the "Millennium Falcon" and see if we can shave a few Parsecs off Han Solo's best run. (Oy, I see Capt. Sheridan and some Rangers in Hyperspace!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 of course the first three movies (Episodes 4-6) were much, much, MUCH better than the commercialized, flat, un-funny, badly acted, boring episodes 1-3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 I'm a trekky personnally, but my ex-boyfriends obsessed with Star Wars, It is good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 I saw A New Hope today again...on MAX. Anywayz, i realized that i HATE the ending! It just...stops...nothing good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I suggest you find a copy of LucasArts' "X-Wing" and see if you can earn the Kalidor Crescent or better for taking out "Death Star." (Yes, it's a clunky DOS or Windows 98 computer game, but you won't need a PS3, Wii, or XBox to play it!) I got one for taking out every robot freighter, then wiping out every single TIE craft carried by an Imperial destroyer. (The X-Wing missiles did little more than scratch the destroyer's paint; one needs a Y-Wing plus X-Wings to take on such a "capital ship.") Yes, I was a Wing Commander I player on my crash-prone IBM Intel 80386DX minitower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I just bought A New Hope on DVD and plan to get Empire very soon. I like ANH because it is the first (chronologically, not story wise), but I lean toward Empire because it was darker and didn't end with the heroes triumphing. And Yoda kicks a--. My favorites have always been Leia, because she is a butt kickin' female in ANH, and Han, because what girl can resist a bad boy space pirate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 My heart belongs to Episodes 4-6. I saw them when they first come out, and nothing can top the wonder and excitement I felt then. The only one of the "earlier" episodes I'd watch again is 3. That's the only one where I actually felt something for any of the characters. Episodes 1&2? Yawners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Episode 3 would have been almost up to par with the original trilogy if it weren't for the gag-inducing scenes with just Anakin and Padme. I mean, at least Han and Leia were fun to watch and had personalities. Episodes 1 & 2, while watchable, were complete crap compared to the originals (of course, being the Star Wars nerd I am, I still own them). With a cast that includes Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, and Samuel Jackson, there's no excuse for how wooden the acting was. At least Yoda was still Yoda. I live by the words of Yoda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I agree, Tim, there was no excuse for that horrible acting. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher were acting newbies, but they had great chemistry. Maybe that was the problem with Episodes 1-3, the profile for those movies was higher, so the names on the marquee were bigger and the writers were more concerned with showcasing everyone instead of developing characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 George Lucas is a great conceptualist but a horrible director. I love the Star Wars movies as much as I love life, but man...He has no idea how to coach an actor. Even Alec Guiness sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yeah, I remember that on the documentary that came with the special edition Episode 4-6 DVDs. When the actors asked for direction, they got "do it again, but faster" or something like that. I feel like I'm hogging this thread, but I'm an Episode 4-6 GEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 At least Yoda was still Yoda. I live by the words of Yoda. Not exactly. I just didn't like the computerised Yoda as much as the puppet. Admittedly a puppet couldn't exactly participate in a lightsabre duel, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Judge me by my animation, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted December 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 With You The Force Is Young Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexxi Marie Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Haha who ISN'T a Star Wars fan? My dad and I have seen them all together, whether in theaters or rented. Everyone looks at me oddly when I tell them I like Star Wars haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted December 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 *looking at you oddly* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexxi Marie Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 haha . I dunno if it's my age or my gender or the other things I like that make people think Star Wars is so out of place in my likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted December 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Haha, heck no, i think its awesome! Glad to know there are girls my age out there that like talkin about that kind of stuff... Im that kinda person where my parents always say to me that i was born in the wrong decade! They said i should have been born in the 60's maybe thats how it is for you too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 George Lucas is a great conceptualist but a horrible director. I love the Star Wars movies as much as I love life, but man...He has no idea how to coach an actor. Even Alec Guiness sucked. I agree with that and think that Speilburg could be accused of the same for another big hit , the " Jurrasic Park " series , though he is usually much better in other efforts .Perhaps intentionally , though , our memories of both efforts are likely filled more with the effects in each rather than the efforts of the actors . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 The acting in Jurassic Park was so bad I couldn't help but hope that the dinosaurs won. I was sorely disappointed that there were survivors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexxi Marie Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Haha, heck no, i think its awesome! Glad to know there are girls my age out there that like talkin about that kind of stuff... Im that kinda person where my parents always say to me that i was born in the wrong decade! They said i should have been born in the 60's maybe thats how it is for you too! Haha that's me too! My mom says anywhere from the 60's to the early 80's would have been great for me ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Judge me by my animation, do you? Indeed, judge you by your animation, I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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