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| In lugnet.castle, Jon Furman writes:
> I've always wondered why everyone who hates Jar-Jar Binks seems to not mind c-
> 3po, who is the slightly less annoying Jar-Jar of the original trilogy.
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> I understand that 3-po wasn't always mugging for the camera, had a few serious
> lines, and wasn't blatantly pandering to the child audience, but 3-po was
> walking comic relief throughout most of the entire trilogy. Just as Jar-Jar
> was.
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> He bumbles through laser battles (on the way to the escape pod)every bit as
> unbelieveably as Jar Jar destroys the droid army. Much like Jar-Jar He says
> stupid things at the worst times (Like whenever Han Solo is about to do
> something cool). He babbles on about things we could care less about.
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> They fill the same role in the films, but I submit that the reason that no one
> likes Jar-Jar and everyone likes threepio is that we experienced threepio as a
> child, and Jar-Jar as an adult.
Ummmm, errrrr, you are making a presumption about peoples' ages. Now, maybe if
you had mentioned Robby the Robot and Forbidden Planet...
Bruce
| | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> .>
> Ummmm, errrrr, you are making a presumption about peoples' ages. Now, maybe if
> you had mentioned Robby the Robot and Forbidden Planet...
You are correct sir. I, like quite a few of the Gen- Xers, seem to forget
that we are not the only ones on the planet(Grinning sheepishly). However,
most of the Jar Jar haters seem to be between the ages of 15-30 (another brash
generalization). Most people I've met over the age of 30 ,with children,
don't quite have such a visceral hatred for him.
I couldn't say anything bad about Robby the robot, or Dr. Morbius, or even
cookie for that matter. If only Jar-Jar were alittle more like Nova, from the
PotA! Jon
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