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Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:43:24 GMT
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:20:42 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:03:45 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
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> > 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.
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > 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.
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> 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!).
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 jokes here) <g>
> > The Ewoks, on the other hand, were primarily portrayed as being cute little
> > fuzzy bear-type beings. Something that could appeal to toddlers.
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> 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.
Yuck. I had forgotten that segment of plot drivel.
-- Terry K --
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| (...) 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!). (...) Plus, there's the hokey plot-line problem. Natives discover white (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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