Star Wars (was Re: WotC)

Well, when you spend all your money on cimputer animating gungans, Yoda, and
every space battle, how do you spend money on actors who can act?

Personally, I thought that Obi Wan, Anakin, and those Trade Federation dudes
were doing a very substandard job. I would give Boss Nass an academy award,
though.

"Da Nabu, dey tinkin dey so bom-big. PHBWRRRHHHHBBBLLLLT!"


>From: "Downer, Chris" <Chris.Downer@?????????.com>
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>Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:38:41 -0500
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>Well I liked the special effects. And I do prefer computer graphics over
>latex it was just the story and the bad acting that got me.
>
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>That and it downplayed two of my favorite things from the original:  The
>fighter pilot dialogue (I can hold it!  I can hold it!  Ahhhhh-*boom*), and
>the tech.  I miss the switchs and buttons and knobs, not it looks like Star
>Trek.  Oh, and too much computer graphics when latex could have done just
>as
>well if not better.
>
> >From: "Downer, Chris" <Chris.Downer@?????????.com>
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> >Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 13:29:56 -0500
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> >That's what happens when you "kiddy up" a movie.
> >And what was he thinking when he put JA JA Binks in it. That character
> >ruined the movie. It maid all the other blaring mistakes minor. The only
> >other mistake that comes close was the kid, he couldn't act his way out
>of
> >a
> >paper bag. It is a shame they couldn't get the kid from that Bruce Willis
> >movie, the one where the kid saw dead people (can't remember the name)
> >
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> >From: woodelf [mailto:woodelph@???????.net]
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> >
> >At 16:51 -0500 5/1/02, Eric Anondson wrote:
> > >IMO, a bigger blunder was Hasbro paying George Lucas $600,000,000 (yup,
> > >that is the correct number of zeros) for the license to Star Wars toys,
> > >and then watching what Lucas did to devalue the entire Star Wars
> > >franchise with The Phantom Menace overkill.  This certianly hasn't been
> > >a good time for management at Hasbro.
> > >
> >just an honest mistake.  could *anyone* have guessed, based on the
> >first three movies, or even Lucas' record in general, that Phantom
> >Menace would be such dreck?  i kinda figured it wouldn't live up to
> >anybody's favorite of eps 4-6, but i expected it'd be better than the
> >vast majority of non-Star Wars SF movies, rather than beneath even
> >the median.
> >--
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> >by...what are those Earth creatures called?  Feathers, long bill, webbed
> >feet...go quack..."   "Cats."   "Cats.  I'm being nibbled to death by
> >cats." -- Londo and Vir
> >
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