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Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Wed, 31 May 2000 18:31:24 GMT
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I've been meaning to post this for some time.
I think one of the major problems with The Phantom Menace is that it is not
a 'buddy movie.' In the original trilogy, you have several strong friendships/partnerships that
aren't present in TPM. Examples would be
R2/C3P-O, Luke/Han, Han/Chewie, Han/Lando, Chewie/Lando, Luke/R2, Leia/Han,
etc. In TPM, all you basically have is Qui-Gon and Obi-wan and that relationship is more of a
mentor/apprentice, rather than best-buds type.
I guess a case could be made for Artoo and Threepio meeting and getting to
know one another.
This isn't the whole reason behind why TPM disappointed many of us, but it could explain why parts
of it were lacking. Anyone have any opinions?
-chris
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| In lugnet.starwars, Christopher Tracey writes: A very interesting thought! I hadn't looked at it this way before. Almost everyone will agree that the effects are good, the technology is no more laughable than in the original trilogy, etc, but this (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| (...) not (...) I don't see this as a problem. I think one of the real problems is that people went to see TPM, expecting it to be a stylistic copy of ANH: a swashbuckling adventure against a powerful Empire. That's not what it's about. TPM was (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| (...) not (...) friendships/partnerships that (...) Leia/Han, (...) relationship is more of a (...) could explain why parts (...) That is a good point about the friendship aspect of the TPM. I read the book version of the movie, and it made a whole (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| (...) A great observation, Chris. By trying to second-guess Lucas, you could suppose that he's making a point about life in the last days of the Old Republic. It shows only relationships gapped by large differences of authority: "Queen"/subjects, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| (...) friendships/partnerships that (...) relationship is more of a (...) could explain why parts (...) Sorry, just had to drop in two more cents to the collection plate... You're pretty darn close to right. One of the things that makes stories (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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