With those two example videos, I still agree with KG. When watching that first clip (from Episode 1, no?), nothing about it to me screams that the movie came from a bygone era of movie effects (except perhaps the hairdos ). It all looks real, probably because it all was real effects (except the lasers) and done extremely well. The ships were real miniatures. The explosions were real explosions. The end result in my opinion looks very believable to this day.
Then the 2nd video. Yes, the worlds they created in Ep. 1-3 far surpassed anything they could create in Ep. 4-6 in detail and depth. But the problem is, every bit of each one of those scenes in that video look just like a computer generated them. They look animated, when animation should make you forget that it's animated. Nothing about them feels real. It's all too perfect. Then couple that with the films, in my opinion, using CGI as a crutch for a lack of real character development or plot, and it just makes things much worse.
While Mark Hamil is not the best actor in the world, I find him far less douchey and annoying than Hayden Christensen. Hayden Christensen just annoys me with his smug and overdramatic acting style. Both series, 4-6 and 1-3 feature their fair share of mediocre acting, which is surprising given the decent actors who star in the films. Part of this is obviously the fault of Lucas who gives us some wonderful script:
"aggressive negotiations" lmao
and using the force to feed each other...
And that's just one of the HORRIBLE FUCKING LOVE SCENES. Come on. Remember the scene where he talks about how coarse sand feels or he is on a picnic with her and those animal things are running around.
At least Episodes 4-6 kept Han and Leia's relationship joke-based (for the most part).
I think the MOST offensive thing though was Lucas' decision to reduce the force to some chemistry experiment. Remember in Episode 1 when we find out that the force is just a bunch of super Jedi sperm that live in people? The midichlorians or whatever they are called.
The whole thing that made the Force cool was that it was some higher God-like power that has to comes from the inside, sort of like some kick ass zen thing. This was the source of much joy among losers and nerds (and my favorite parody scene in Mallrats).
The force has been reduced to the contents of Yoda's splooge after whacking it to some jedi porn. Way to go Lucas, you prick!
The force has been reduced to the contents of Yoda's splooge after whacking it to some jedi porn.
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They are microscopic life-forms that reside within the cells of all living things and communicate with the Force. Midi-chlorians compose a collective consciousness and intelligence, forming links between everything living and the Force. They are symbionts with all other living things; that is, without them, life could not exist. The Jedi have learned how to listen to and coordinate the midi-chlorians. In order to be a Jedi or a Sith, one must have a high enough concentration of midi-chlorians in one's cells.
Basic star wars knowledge fail.
The thing with Midichlorians, is everything has them. Not everyone who has a high enough concentration of them in their body is a Jedi - they have to learn to channel it.
Also: Anakin was the chosen one. Not Luke. Say whaaaat.
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The thing with Midichlorians, is everything has them. Not everyone who has a high enough concentration of them in their body is a Jedi - they have to learn to channel it.
Also: Anakin was the chosen one. Not Luke. Say whaaaat.
Oh come on, I was just joking about the Yoda sperm. But my point is valid. The force went from something you feel, "feel the force," to something tangible. The force was this intangible essence in the universe that only a few people could channel with great concentration. Now there are "microscopic life-form that resides within the cells of all living things" that dictate who can use the force or not. And to make matters worse these things are measurable with a little meter. I think it's kind of lame in a who-is-to-say-you-can't-inject-more-of-them-into-regular-people-kind-of-way. Just sayin' though, that is my opinion on the matter.
Anyway, enough bickering I don't care enough about Star Wars to invest this much thought into the subject.
My favorite part of Episode II: Attack of the Clones was the progression of Natalie Portman's outfit throughout the film from this:
to this
It was hotter and more revealing if I recall in movie format...but my point is, they totally had two costume and their is correlation between the quality of the movie as it progressed and the amount of time Lucas spent playing with his light saber on the set.
Oh come on, I was just joking about the Yoda sperm.
I was joking too. I'm not actually nerdy enough or in love with Star Wars enough to care.
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). It all looks real, probably because it all was real effects (except the lasers) and done extremely well. The ships were real miniatures. The explosions were real explosions. The end result in my opinion looks very believable to this day.
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