better than the prequels.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 01/06/2020 at 11:29 • Filed to: off-topic., the star fights

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these guys crack me up and this one is golden.  

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2020 at 11:32

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Better than the prequels is a low bar. 

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 11:53

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You’re not wrong.  This was pretty great though.

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2020 at 11:55

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I feel like people complaining about Disney Star Wars have forgotten how bad T he Prequels are.

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 11:57

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“ Listen kid, I paid money...to watch someone trying to sell obi- wan crack...you can shut your mouth about your precious fran chise!”

jimz > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2020 at 12:08

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a vasectomy with no anesthesia is better than the prequels. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 12:20

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Excluding Attack of the Clones, I did rather watch the prequels than 8, or 9.

And I just watch every movie like 2 weeks ago. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jimz 01/06/2020 at 12:21

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You are forgetting about pod racing. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2020 at 12:25

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You’re a prick

Yeah ;) 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 12:33

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My approach is that the prequels are very bad to bad to mediocre movies, but good or at least acceptable Star Wars Worldbuilding and Operatic Pretense .

JJWars is Michael Bay Comes To Star Wars, and very bad Star Wars to boot.

Early in VII: *lens flare, jump cuts*

Me: stahp

Middle of VII: *wacky hall chase hijinx, bad Millenium Falcon chase with harmless smashing off ship wreckage, Disney channel “quirky teen dialogue” *

Me: what no

Late in VII: *Starkiller base sending out multibeam combo, killing multiple planets in multiple solar systems, and multiple inhabited planets within gravity range of each other*

My brain: ai ght i ma head out

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/06/2020 at 12:40

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Maybe it’s because I’m not the Star Wars turbo nerd I was when the prequels came out but I find the newer stuff to be ok. 

CalzoneGolem > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 01/06/2020 at 12:42

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So ... P hantom Menace is ok?

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2020 at 12:46

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That guy is named Elan Sleazebaggano. I’m not making this up.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Elan_Sleazebaggano  

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 13:02

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I slacked off somewhat on being such a Star Wars turbo nerd after the prequels, but it was more that I considered them wasted potential for a really kind of nice fictional space . I had not yet begun to experience what wasted potential could be.

If it superficially looks like Star Wars, but isn’t written like SW (or even up to the minimal levels of sci-fi fidelity in SW), isn’t shot like SW, doesn’t work like SW, and spends all its spare time not convincing you it’s SW but loudly proclaiming itself to be... it’s the Temple of Doom of SW. It’s the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter of SW.

I was indifferent after VII. “Sorry, JJ. No sale”. I resolved to watch them as Star Wars Brand Imitation Cheese Product with my brain off. I wasn’t outright irritated until VIII.

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/06/2020 at 13:10

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Ok but can we agree that The Mandolorian is good  Star Wars?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 13:16

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From everything I’ve heard, yes. Haven’t gotten around to it yet.

Would probably have leaned toward catching it this past weekend, but was watching James May’s Our Man in Japan with the same friends.

Rogue One is crying out for a fan edit, because it’s good Star Wars with some iffy pacing and framing. It is the Crackers Made With Genuine Star Wars Cheddar - something that has Real Star Wars in it, but is also something else.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > HammerheadFistpunch 01/06/2020 at 15:42

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I see it as everything made after 1983 as “the new adventures of starwars”  The other movies are each one unit of entertainment.  Some better than others.  I equate it to post golden-era Simpsons,  hit and miss, but crappy Simpsons is better than no Simpsons.   Also they can travel faster than light but fight with swords.  It doesn’t all have to line up. 

Patriot_Nate > CalzoneGolem 01/06/2020 at 16:22

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Yet somehow the Disney sequels are even worse...

CalzoneGolem > Patriot_Nate 01/07/2020 at 07:08

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It’s just because of the Disney name, right?

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 01/08/2020 at 06:28

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Thanks for introducing me to these guys theu are hilarious

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem 01/08/2020 at 10:13

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yeah they are my kinda humor