It is well-known that R2D2 has the BBOC factor going for him.
For me, the two unforgivable things were Jar-Jar and the romantic wildflower scenes.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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flea - May 17, 2005 9:58:41 am PDT #2878 of 10002
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Glamcookie - May 17, 2005 10:00:39 am PDT #2879 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Love the cartoon Clone Wars. Genndy rocks.
I was 7 when the first Star Wars was in theaters and my brother was in my mother's belly.
Frankenbuddha - May 17, 2005 10:01:48 am PDT #2880 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
For me, the two unforgivable things were Jar-Jar and the romantic wildflower scenes.
The announcers during the pod race and just about everything C-3PO said in AotC (specifically, the factory scene) also go under that heading for me.
DawnK - May 17, 2005 10:01:50 am PDT #2881 of 10002
giraffe mode
It's actually really simple
Ahhhh, thanks Tommy... I basically got "and then the guy with the puple lightsabre goes jump, jump, jump with lots of spitting, and then the plastic lightsabre is headed toward my head and I'm not paying attention to anything but not getting hit... often parenting is dangerous.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 17, 2005 10:02:06 am PDT #2882 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I remember I saw it in 1979 at the re-release, but I can't recall if it was my cool moviegoing aunt or my cool moviegoing cousin that took me.
Betsy HP - May 17, 2005 10:02:17 am PDT #2883 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Anthony Lane re Revenge of the Sith:
The prize for the least speakable burst of dialogue has, over half a dozen helpings of “Star Wars,” grown into a fiercely contested tradition, but for once the winning entry is clear, shared between Anakin and Padmé for their exchange of endearments at home:
“You’re so beautiful.”
“That’s only because I’m so in love.”
“No, it’s because I’m so in love with you.”
For a moment, it looks as if they might bat this one back and forth forever, like a baseline rally on a clay court.
-t - May 17, 2005 10:06:12 am PDT #2884 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am Gloomcookie without the younger brother.
I enjoyed Phantom Menace until the Pod Race was over and I realized that that wasn't the end of the movie. Really enjoyed the Qi-Gon vs Darth Maul fight scene with the partitions. Have probably blocked out much of the rest.
DavidS - May 17, 2005 10:16:00 am PDT #2885 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I saw the first Star Wars movie on the day it opened. I had seen the trade paperback out on the rack at the 7-11 about a month beforehand and quickly gleaned that a space movie with sword fights was something I needed to see.
That first crowd was small. By the time I saw it a second time (two weeks later?) the theater was packed, and it stayed that way for the rest of the summer.
Kalshane - May 17, 2005 10:17:42 am PDT #2886 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Really enjoyed the Qi-Gon vs Darth Maul fight scene with the partitions.
When they're stuck in the partitions is a great, rare moment of Lucas showing and not telling.
ETA: And I was less than a year old when Star Wars was released. I have vague memories of seeing Empire in the theatre and more solid ones of seeing Jedi (most clearly of my then 4 or 5 year-old cousin leaping to his feet during the Endor battle shouting "Go, teddy bears!")
tommyrot - May 17, 2005 10:18:00 am PDT #2887 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I read the Star Wars novelization a month or so before the movie opened. However, I didn't actually see the movie until about three days after it opened - pro'lly because the closest theater showing it was 40 miles away, so we had to wait for a weekend.