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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:
> 
> > 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.

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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  Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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