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lederhosen- Anakin/Amidala romance, as vital as it might be to Star Wars continuity, felt contrived and unconvincing. If sophisticated, strong-willed, scantily-clad older women in Real Life fell for whiny, pushy fifteen-year-olds who don't take "back off, you're making me uncomfortable" for an answer, well... let's just say there'd be a lot less fifteen-year-olds watching George Lucas movies.
- I don't care if they *did* roll through a meadow together, ever so spontaneously.
- "One parsec from Tatooine". I get the impression Lucas doesn't know what a parsec is: by astronomical standards, literally next door. The odds of that happening by chance in a Milky Way-sized galaxy are about one in a million million... EIII had better explain this as something other than an absurd coincidence.
- Major planet that relies on *selling stuff to other planets* for its income. They probably advertise in the Yellow Pages, for crying out loud. Making them 'vanish' by deleting them from a single database is pretty... feeble. Even if Darth Foo *wanted* to put up a red flag saying "Come Investigate Camino", this is a pretty dodgy way to do it.
- Christopher Lee reprises his Wizard Wrestling Federation moves.
- Whole Anakin's-mom-dying bit more than a little cheesy.
- Special effects are nice, but at some points it looks like the plot was abridged to make room for more exploding droids.
- I think 'Galaxy Quest' said all that needed to be said about 'chompers' scenes in sci-fi movies.
- I don't care if they *did* roll through a meadow together, ever so spontaneously.
- "One parsec from Tatooine". I get the impression Lucas doesn't know what a parsec is: by astronomical standards, literally next door. The odds of that happening by chance in a Milky Way-sized galaxy are about one in a million million... EIII had better explain this as something other than an absurd coincidence.
- Major planet that relies on *selling stuff to other planets* for its income. They probably advertise in the Yellow Pages, for crying out loud. Making them 'vanish' by deleting them from a single database is pretty... feeble. Even if Darth Foo *wanted* to put up a red flag saying "Come Investigate Camino", this is a pretty dodgy way to do it.
- Christopher Lee reprises his Wizard Wrestling Federation moves.
- Whole Anakin's-mom-dying bit more than a little cheesy.
- Special effects are nice, but at some points it looks like the plot was abridged to make room for more exploding droids.
- I think 'Galaxy Quest' said all that needed to be said about 'chompers' scenes in sci-fi movies.
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Date: 2002-05-22 09:08 am (UTC)* Completely agreed about the chompers scene. I don't think Lucas ever saw Galaxy Quest. He should be made to memorize it.
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Date: 2002-05-22 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-05-22 07:46 pm (UTC)Just out of curiosity...
Date: 2002-05-22 11:22 pm (UTC)Re: Just out of curiosity...
Date: 2002-05-23 10:50 am (UTC)But, quick recap of what I am: Doctorate student in electrical engineering, musician, dancer.
Re: Just out of curiosity...
Date: 2002-05-23 06:35 pm (UTC)