Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 5/22

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#61

Stoogebots! :smiley:

#62

Snidely Whiplash! :eek:

#63

“We’ll let fate decide.”

This is where I started to really wonder who the bad guys were here. Every chance he gets, Qui-gon tries to manipulate. I wondered if I was reading too much into it. But I kept following the theme of the film which is the duality of Amidala and Palpy.

#64

And once again, this kid is the one they chose out of thousands of possible actors. Really? REALLY?

#65

Dude purchases a child! And leaves his mother to rot in slavery on a desert hellhole planet!

Not exactly a hero’s actions. :frowning:

#66

OSSIM reason #13: I love the podrace. I don’t care what anyone says.

#67

I know there are people who love this part, but I couldn’t be more bored with this stupid race. How does this advance the plot, exactly?

#68

OSSIM reason #14: Jabba. I did enjoy his cameo.

E, “Who is behind Jabba?”

Me, “His wife.”

E, “That slimy thing has a wife?”

#69

Hive mind!

Well, sort of. :stuck_out_tongue:

#70

That’s the whole thing. Folks hate this because up until now, the plot is boring. I don’t blame the podrace. I blame poor story telling.

#71

OSSIM reason #14: Tuskan Raiders. I literally LOL in the theatre.

#72

Technically, Hutts are hermaphroditic, so “wife” and “husband” wouldn’t really apply.

#73

The podrace is meant to show Anakin’s special skills. You witness this little kid take on seasoned veterans. Besides that, he’s the only human that can do it and he is 9 years old. That is a major plot point and does advance the story. It’s like the scene when Luke rescues Han from Jabba. You see him in his true Jedi glory. He takes on the whole place and rescues his friends.

#74

I didn’t know that. Both my daughters are asking me about it. Thanks Badger.

#75

OSSIM reason #15: The music at the end of the podrace. heart racing

#76

I don’t like how the prequels essentially retcon the main trilogy into a quest for redemption for Darth Vader. Dude has literally murdered BILLIONS, putting Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot to shame hundreds of times over, and he deserves redemption? Not to mention, he kills children that he personally knew and cared for. One single act of heroism doesn’t undo all that.

No. Just no. :mad:

#77

That’s why I’m here. :smiley:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hutt

#78

E, “Anakin should throw a grenade at Sebulba. Sebulba has been cheating the whole time.”

Me, “But then Anakin wouldn’t be a good hero.”

E, “Yeah but that’s part of the game. There are no referees.”

#79

Before the prequels, I always thot of Vader as the Emperor’s strong arm. He kept the troops and the Empire in line. Literally following orders. Palpy was the Hitler and Stalin. I wrote my Prequels with that in mind.

#80

If you’re going to write a redemption story, write something worth redeeming not a murderous, psychopath story.