I do feel a bit like a prequel apologist. No, really, they could have been good! There were moments!
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Dana - Jan 07, 2016 2:05:43 pm PST #29657 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
SuziQ - Jan 07, 2016 2:30:17 pm PST #29658 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I discovered today that I actually own Episodes II and III. I could have sworn that I never spent a dime on those. And since I apparently did, why not Episode I? Meh, whatever. They will likely continue to gather dust at the bottom of the DVD pile.
Una - Jan 07, 2016 3:43:34 pm PST #29659 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
No, really, they could have been good! There were moments!
I have those same thoughts sometimes. Aaaaand then the next scene happens and I throw up a little in my mouth.
(I will fight people over the amazing swordplay in TPM, though. Amazeballs.)
Suzi, I only took my prequel DVDs out of the shrink wrap this summer (after many a year) in some fit of "hey, let's get ready for new SW".
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2016 4:20:07 pm PST #29660 of 30000
"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
And since I apparently did, why not Episode I?
Too much Jar Jar?
Consuela - Jan 07, 2016 4:43:08 pm PST #29661 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have enjoyed a fair bit of Rebels, although I'm a bit unclear on the endgame, since the setup for Ep IV indicates that ... everyone in Rebels is dead? I'm not sure. But Rebels does have a great voice cast, including SMG as an eeevil Inquisitor.
SuziQ - Jan 07, 2016 6:31:38 pm PST #29662 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Una, I wouldn't be surprised if the shrink wrap is still on them. Not digging through the pile again to look.
Fred Pete - Jan 08, 2016 5:22:25 am PST #29663 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I do feel a bit like a prequel apologist. No, really, they could have been good! There were moments!
I've probably said this a dozen times before, but Episode II sometimes seemed like two movies -- a passable action-adventure flick starring Ewan MacGregor, and a horrendous love story starring Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen.
All three movies would have been greatly improved if someone had shoved Jar Jar Binks out of an airlock early in Episode I.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 08, 2016 6:41:31 am PST #29664 of 30000
"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
They should have had Ellen Ripley make a guest appearance to do just that—she knows how to work the airlock shoving like a boss.
Una - Jan 08, 2016 7:37:59 am PST #29665 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Or Laura "Madame Airlock" Roslin!
Kalshane - Jan 08, 2016 8:39:02 am PST #29666 of 30000
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.
I'd be shocked at this point if Disney did anything that the prequels were required viewing for.
I'm a couple episodes behind on Rebels, but as of part way through season 2 having knowledge of The Clone Wars TV series has been far more relevant than anything that happened in the prequels.