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Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:20:42 GMT
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:03:45 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:18:34 GMT, "Jesse Long" <LongJR97@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > Terry K wrote in message <371d72ba.4919104@lugnet.com>...
> > > I think RotJ was the least appreciated because of the perception that the
> > > series had done a cardinal sin by trying to be "cute". The Ewoks were • just to
> > > cute, something I hate to see in a good movie. Taking the series as a • whole,
> > > the presence of the Ewoks is a jarringly sour note.
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> > So what makes people think that TPM, which stars a child for crying out
> > loud, isn't going to be just as cute and lame?
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> A very valid question. One can only hope.
> But one boy thrust into the center of galactic events could be a subject
> handled without reverting to being cute. I hope so, anyway.
Very true. Interesting that the second trailer barely mentions Anakin (I
hate when movies change advertising, and make themselves look like an
entirely different movie!).
> The Ewoks, on the other hand, were primarily portrayed as being cute little
> fuzzy bear-type beings. Something that could appeal to toddlers.
Plus, there's the hokey plot-line problem. Natives discover white hunters,
plan to do nasty things to white hunters, but then think the golden haired
(er, -plated) one is a god.
Steve
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| (...) I hate when the movie trailers are better than the movie. Or when they give away what should be a pivotal plot point in the movie. I *HATE* knowing what is going to happen from seeing the stupid preview. (go ahead and insert Titanic sinking (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) A very valid question. One can only hope. But one boy thrust into the center of galactic events could be a subject handled without reverting to being cute. I hope so, anyway. The Ewoks, on the other hand, were primarily portrayed as being cute (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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