03-22-2005, 04:03 AM
Mr. Lucas has also done some things to target certain audiences. In several interviews he talked about how much he liked Jar Jar Binks and how the kids would love him. Jar Jar needs to get up close and personal with the wrong side of an airlock. Kids and adults like Star Wars because it's aliens, space battles, and lightsabers. Adults don't like Star Wars because of oxygen thieves like Jar Jar.
Star Wars used to have an edge to it. The Bad Guys were bad. The good guys were desperate and dammit, Han Shoots First! In Episode 1 the bad guys were almost comical in their ineptness and you couldn't root for Anakin or Jar Jar. Episode 2 had enough eye candy and the fact it was made simply as a way to get to Episode 3 allowed me to ignore that the film had no edge.
Any prominent character turning to the Dark Side should have a real edge to it. Darth Vader was sinister in Episode 4. Here's to hoping Anakin becomes sinister and not psychotic or whiney in Episode 3. But, as I said, my expectation meter is set to low.
Star Wars used to have an edge to it. The Bad Guys were bad. The good guys were desperate and dammit, Han Shoots First! In Episode 1 the bad guys were almost comical in their ineptness and you couldn't root for Anakin or Jar Jar. Episode 2 had enough eye candy and the fact it was made simply as a way to get to Episode 3 allowed me to ignore that the film had no edge.
Any prominent character turning to the Dark Side should have a real edge to it. Darth Vader was sinister in Episode 4. Here's to hoping Anakin becomes sinister and not psychotic or whiney in Episode 3. But, as I said, my expectation meter is set to low.
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The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. Robert A. Heinlein