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Re: "There are always possibilities" (possible braod Ep. II Spoilers)
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Date: 
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:30:36 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
POSSIBLE Spoilers for Episode II are below....








In lugnet.starwars, Terry Keller writes:

I just saw ST-EP1 again today, and found myself getting annoyed at many of • GL's
inclusions of "cute" stuff.  Those lighthearted, humorous moments really
detract from the experience, IMO.   I really hope the next episode is more
serious - which would be a good reason to have Cameron direct.   If they are
going to depict the Republic embroiled in the clone wars, I would hope they • get
a director who is adept at creating a visceral, edge-of-your-seat, yes - even
Rambo-esque - excitement.

Enough of the pandering to 6 to 10 year-olds who want 'cute'.

Well, to that end, I read today that Ahmed Best (aka Jar Jar Binks) was
reporting that Jar Jar is only to be in Episode I.  Apparently, he's hoping • for
a groundswell of fan support to get Lucas to put Jar Jar in future Episodes
(snort).

Don't get-a me wrongo.  I like Jar Jar well enough, and I feel he had a role • to
fill in this movie, but I'd be perfectly happy if we never, ever saw him
again.

I have to agree with Eric. The character was different enough so that not
everyone in the universe seemed or talked the same, but apparently like most of
the characters in the film I have no great love for Jar-Jar.

I occasionally found it difficult, if not impossible, to understand his
dialogue, as his accent was often affected to the point of unintelligibility.
I think the Jar-Jar character would have sounded much better with a
lower-pitched voice.

The trade federation toadies also suffered from unintelligibility, but not as
much. I understand these are not supposed to be "English" speaking characters,
but the audience here in America is, and if we can't readily understand them,
then either redub the voiceovers or use subtitles.

It is also quite likely the theatre in which I saw the movie twice(1) suffers
from an inferior sound system, but I thought all that was supposed to be taken
care of.

-Tom McD.
when replying, meesa gonna cuddout da spamcake.

(1) Much of the reason I went the second time was to try and understand more of
the lines I couldn't make out before.(2)
(2) I even sat in a different place in the theatre thinking that I might be in
a "dead spot".(3)
(3) I might go again just to make sure ;-)



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  Re: "There are always possibilities" (possible braod Ep. II Spoilers)
 
In lugnet.starwars, Tom McDonald writes: <possible spoilerage> (...) I don't think the quality of the sound system has a tremendous amount to do with the unintelligibility of both Jar Jar and the trade fed toadies. I'm not sure what the condition of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: "There are always possibilities" (possible braod Ep. II Spoilers)
 
(...) Shouldn't that be 'yousa betta cuddout da spamcake'? (...) Kind of a tangential thought, but do hearing impaired theatres exist? Or even a theatre with the equivalent of closed-captioning? I don't ever recall seeing anything like that in a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: "There are always possibilities" (possible braod Ep. II Spoilers)
 
Tom McDonald <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FD0oJ0.7zu@lugnet.com... (...) suffers (...) taken (...) Well, I can tell you for certain a "superior" sound system will do you no better. The one I was in (along with only about 30 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: "There are always possibilities" (possible braod Ep. II Spoilers)
 
POSSIBLE Spoilers for Episode II are below.... (...) GL's (...) get (...) Well, to that end, I read today that Ahmed Best (aka Jar Jar Binks) was reporting that Jar Jar is only to be in Episode I. Apparently, he's hoping for a groundswell of fan (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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