You poor bastard.

author is teh uber-geek

that poor kid

So, someone who has seen the 6 movies an uncountable amount of times is defending the series by suggesting we go watch them again with an objective, fresh start?

I agree that watching Star Wars with the "geeky baggage" getting in the way is less preferable than the virgin experience of seeing it new. I was absolutely wowed by Episodes 1-3, no matter how they are analyzed later.

indefensible the prequel trilogy is.

He watched Episode 1 70 times in the theater and he named his son Anakin?
If that's not a cry for help, I don't know what is.

Worst part? There's no way to coin a nickname from 'Anakin' that doesn't sound suspiciously swishy.

Annie?
Kin?
Nanki?

/Knows a guy who's legal given name is 'Darth'
//Goes by 'Mike'
///Can't imagine why

I want to name my firstborn Obi-Wan.

/No way the wife's gonna go for it, though.
//At least we could call him Ben.
///Slashies!

Why would you name a kid Anakin when Anakin becomes Darth Vader? Isn't that just asking for trouble? That's why no boys born in the mid-70s are named Damien.

Brammimonde
Worst part? There's no way to coin a nickname from 'Anakin' that doesn't sound suspiciously swishy.

I'm figuring by the 3rd grade he'll be going by "Fag" more times than not.

I think he'd have to go by the name 'Nick'.

Doesn't mean he won't get his ass kicked most days. That goes double if he's home schooled.

I felt a great sense of optimism after reading his article.

If a dude like that can have children then I don't have as much to worry about as I thought.

Star Wars geeks have surpassed Star Trek geeks in the pantheon of self deception. The prequels sucked. Rate them honestly as films and not as "Zomg Star Wars" and they fail at every level.

FTFA:

"Six years and two children later, I was able to see the final chapter in the Star Wars saga unfold in a theatre and I watched the galaxy unravel."


It's amazing to me that both the author and myself saw the exact same films and he saw what he states, while I saw a plot, several performances and a director's reputation unravel.

my former bro-in law was very very close to naming his son anakin... his wife overruled him last minute... thank goodness... that kid is gonna have a hard enough time growing up...

/ saw ep 1 on sat... shook my head the entire time thinking what a POS it was....

//thought i was watching sesame street

"I hate sand. It's rough... coarse... irritating... It gets everywhere... Not like you... You're soft... and smooooooth"



nuff said

Eh. The Enterprise-D could totally take an Imperial Class Star Destroyer in a fight.

bigwill64
//thought i was watching sesame street


You *were* watching Sesame Street. All the Star Wars movies are like that. We've just deluded ourselves into thinking that they were great because they were great when we were eight. Haven't you noticed how embarrassingly cheesy the original movies are? Haven't you noticed how dumb the dialog is? How terrible most (not all, thank you Alec Guiness) the acting is? Even Harrison Ford's lines come off as forced and wooden.

It is sesame street. I actually liked the last three movies because the plot was a bit more complex than the original three, and of course the special effects were outstanding. Of course Jar Jar was kiddie... the movies - ALL OF THEM - were made for kids!

One of the best lessons I feel that the prequels helped me teach my son was to be nice to people and things and creatures that you may not like or that you may find annoying. Jar Jar saved the day and the only reason he was able to do so was because of the kindness of Qui-Gon Jinn.

If that guy ever happens to read Lord of the Rings, he will be in tears for weeks.

That being said, I have yet to convince any of my friends of that last point, and I won't convince any of you either. I've succumbed to a world that thinks Eps. 1&2 weren't "real Star Wars," whatever the hell that means.

Worst part? There's no way to coin a nickname from 'Anakin' that doesn't sound suspiciously swishy.

Annie?
Kin?
Nanki?

/Knows a guy who's legal given name is 'Darth'
//Goes by 'Mike'
///Can't imagine why

Because 'Darth Mike' is awesome.

/I've had Knights of the Old Republic on the brain for a while. I should go play it

One of the best lessons I feel that the prequels helped me teach my son was to be nice to people and things and creatures that you may not like or that you may find annoying. Jar Jar saved the day and the only reason he was able to do so was because of the kindness of Qui-Gon Jinn.

If that guy ever happens to read Lord of the Rings, he will be in tears for weeks.

Eessa hobbits throw Precious in lava?! *unintelligible gibbering and hand-waving*

I don't care what the haters say, I enjoyed/still enjoy episode II and III. Yeah, it has its problems (namely acting and dialogue...I wanted to pimp slap Anakin on several occasions), but I thought they were enjoyable movies. Especially when put in context with the original trilogy.

Episode I is only fun (for me) when I watch the original trilogy, then episodes I-III. When I first saw Ep. I in the theaters, I enjoyed it, but I think that was namely because I wanted to see how it all began. When I saw the movie a second time a year or two later, I couldn't even finish it.

Either way I still don't think they compare to the originals, except that I would put Ep. III above Return of the Jedi.

The Empire lost to Ewoks??? WTF?

Dr. Frisbee

Either way I still don't think they compare to the originals, except that I would put Ep. III above Return of the Jedi.

The Empire lost to Ewoks??? WTF?


Yeah, just... yeah. I think that was the beginning of the dementia that led into the prequels. I think though at the end of the day, it comes down to the fact that Irvin Kershner was the right director for these films, and George Lucas was not.

/wishes Lucas had just kept him for all the remaining films and just focused on the story and effects.

...Which is part of why I named my son Hunter.
/can't stop here.
//This is bat country.

///Can't find good pic of the real Doc...

I remember being excited to see The Phantom Menace. Star Wars was finally back.

After the film I was in a state of shock. The only denial taking place around Star Wars is that the prequel films are indeed "that bad."

The original Star Wars made me a lifetime film fan. I now celebrate great movies and love to have a good time at the theater.

The prequel triology is none of that. Hang it up Lucas.

All three prequels are SHIAT!

AROUND THE SURVIVORS A PERIMETER CREATE!!!

I named my cat Anakin a long long time ago.

/take that.

and which one of these buttons calls your parents to pick you up?

Just checking in to make sure it's still cool to hate on the prequels.


Well... as cool as SW nerds can realistically be.

Any time you make a prequel, you are limited. Later parts of the story are known, you can't change it. They could have killed off Han Solo in Episode VI if they had really wanted to. But they couldn't have killed Yoda in Episode III. So no matter what situation Yoda got into, you know he won't die in III.

Oh, come on. While The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were largely piles of trash, Revenge of the Sith was pretty good, IMO. In fact, I'd rather watch it than Return of the Jedi.

Rogh-sensei

Which is part of why I named my son Hunter.


I wish my wife was as cool as yours :(

I checked out the DVD of Revenge of the Sith (III) last week from the library for $1 for a week. I stopped watching it because the dialogue and acting was wretched.

In the theater the movie was just ok (CGI effects an all on te big screen) but even that one time I watch the movie, I was thinking, "Why do the droids act and sound like retards? Can't any of them shoot straight?"

//Where's my flying car?

If you loved the prequels, you're a fanboy.

If you hated the prequels, you're a fanboy.

/hated the prequels

If you're gonna name your kid after a film character, for chrissake, go for Leonides. No one will ever fark with him.

/I know Leonides actually existed but for the sake of this discusssion I'm talking about the character in the film

CountMonsterRodVonHugenstein: Can't any of them shoot straight?

Did you ever ask this of the stormtroopers?

/Cobra Syndrome, all the way

Now Clone Wars, on the other hand...damn. Now that's some Star Wars!

This is the only way that I can enjoy the Prequels.

Luke...I am your father!
- That's impossible!
And Leia...is your sister!
- That's ...highly improbable!
(cut)
And as a child, I built C3-PO!
- (smoking a cigarette) Uh huh, yeah...
And the Empire...will be defeated by Ewoks!
- (puts out cigarette, starts to walk away) Look, if you're not going to take this seriously...

// What the hell's an aluminum falcon?!

"jar jar binks made the ewoks look like..... farking.... Shaft!"

-courtesy of simon pegg

"Why would he show us action when he can have people talking about action in front of mildly decent special effects?"

-courtesy of mike nelson