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Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.

Buffy ,'Beneath You'

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Dana - Jul 04, 2015 10:33:00 am PDT #29241 of 30000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

It's easy, watching Phantom Menace, to think "Yep, could lose this without any problem, cut all of the Jar-Jar stuff, this doesn't really matter..."

The only thing the movie really does is introduce Anakin and Padme and set up Palpatine's power grab.

Gris - Jul 04, 2015 10:46:02 am PDT #29242 of 30000

Hey. New board.

And have lightsabers

Dana - Jul 04, 2015 11:05:59 am PDT #29243 of 30000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Yes, but all of the movies have lightsabers.

Of course, the Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan shippers would be sad if I willed it out of existence.

Dana - Jul 04, 2015 12:04:50 pm PDT #29244 of 30000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Wow, I remember almost nothing of what happened in Attack of the Clones except the horrible sappy Anakin/Padme stuff.

Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2015 12:15:10 pm PDT #29245 of 30000

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I never made it all the way through Attack of the Clones.

Dana - Jul 04, 2015 12:16:56 pm PDT #29246 of 30000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

The thing is, I really like all of the worldbuilding stuff. My husband and I have played a lot of the games, he's read a lot of the tie-in novels, and there's definitely the bones of an interesting story in the prequels, the way that Palpatine completely wins this game, outsmarting the Jedi and everyone in the Republic's government. It's just buried under SO MANY bad choices.

Connie Neil - Jul 04, 2015 12:40:10 pm PDT #29247 of 30000

brillig

My favorite bit of the third movie is Anakin, after killing all the kids, standing on the balcony and knowing exactly how horrible what he's done is.

Burrell - Jul 04, 2015 8:47:01 pm PDT #29248 of 30000

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

We saw Inside Out yesterday and I loved it. It was a good movie to see as a family, and I found it interesting that the kids and the teens in the group really seemed to get a lot out of it.

Calli - Jul 05, 2015 3:33:47 am PDT #29249 of 30000

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I've discovered Revenge of the Sith is fun if you root for evil.

Hence the Sith Academy fic universe. I wrote my first fanfic for this, back in the 90s.

Jessica - Jul 05, 2015 4:31:18 am PDT #29250 of 30000

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

there's definitely the bones of an interesting story in the prequels

This is what makes them so frustrating - they're not just bad, they're disappointing because AotC especially really does have a good movie in there, it's just buried under 2 hours of "I hate sand" and galactic C-SPAN.

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