Return of the Prequel Hatred Poll... (Better...!!)
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More a matter that the galactic populous just fought a war against droids. Hardly going to be happy to have an army of them. You have to know your audience.
Do you honestly believe that over Lucas wanting to pump up the action in the prequels? Seems like people hate the Empire anyway, and the idea that they'd stop using that technology is insane.
I don't see the two as completely incompatible. The people didn't start out hating the Empire any way so the rhetoric would need to match the needs of the people.
There's always some kind of reason people can think up to explain these inconsistencies. I just find it odd when people seem to cite them instead of the vastly more obvious 'because George wanted more action and enemies that could be 'killed' without living in the first place' thing.
One is in universe one is out of universe. I try not to conflate the two
I have a fair understanding of why Lucas did things the way that he did.
Voted other- I don’t hate them. I actually really like AOTC (at least, the B plot following Kenobi’s bounty hunter mystery). A lot of aspects are bad- how Anakin is handled, the atrocious dialogue, the child-focused first film, much questionable directing, etc. Loved the political stuff- was reminded a bit of Asimov’s Foundation as we saw how the Republic slid into Empire. The films felt much larger in scope than the original trilogy.
I agree, I just find it annoying how people who like the prequels often seem to assert these odd excuses instead of accepting the inconsistency. Also, looking at in-world differences is a good way to get into quality differences.
But the political stuff was so poorly handled...
Out of the PT, AOTC is the one that I find most enjoyable to sit back and watch with a bowl of popcorn and a beer.
Kor
A one billion dollar box office is a bomb?!? Color me confused.
Come on, you know what I mean.
I don't know, I feel like the acting got a little worse. The reason I like TPM most is that it seemed to at least have some kind of pace that wasn't dictated around numerous disjointed action sequences. I think after TPM was so poorly received George lost a lot of confidence and started relying more on what you fittingly call 'effects-padding'. Look at ROTS and it's almost all over-the-top action sequences, with dialogue mostly just inserted for key exposition.
No, I don't. "Bomb" has a more or less specific meaning. A one billion dollar box office isn't close to any reading of the term.
Try again. Did you mean to say that Lucas was surprised when TPM wasn't as well received as he'd hoped it would be? If that's what you were trying to say, then say that. Say what you mean. TPM didn't bomb, and that's a fact.
I guess you did know what I meant.
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To each their own. I feel no desire to revisit the PT, or even Rogue One. I can't say the same about TFA or TLJ.
