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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes: (snipped into pieces, to make reply "more readable") I first must say that I take it for granted that those of you that dislike TPM like the first movies and thought TPM was bad in comparison. I must also (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Aside from serving in several (admittedly small) moments as translator, no, not really. Other than with the Ewoks, of course, where his translation was instrumental. Neither was 3PO an actively negative force working against the texture of the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) A lot of people argue that kids love Jar Jar, and that he was therefore a great success; I say of course kids were amused by Jar Jar; kids are always amused by slapstick and bathroom humor. (...) The Trade Federation knew full well that (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I clearly remember that this script continued like "..for a clear transmission". So I can't see any character point here. (...) I didn't irritated with this two headed thing, too. And I don't feel myself as silly for that, although I'm (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Trade federation was obeying to the rule of Darth Sidious, which is apparently senator Palpatine. As long as the election of Palpatine as the supreme counselor is greatly related to the actions of Queen in Croscunt is concerned, I'm not sure (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Sigh. My point is that, if the search for the MF were of paramount importance, Vader could have kept his ship in the field and sent a less-than-clear transmission; after all, the Emperor was able to contact Vader's ship, so some communication (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That's fine, and may very well be consistent with what was on the screen, but if this is the case then there should have been some indication that this is what was happening. As it stands, the ships just disappear without a comment from (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes: [snipped] (...) I wasn't attempting to say that TPM could get away with it's lack of emotion, I was simply trying to point out that another film (ANH), which is touted as being excellent, shares the same (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Fair enough. I haven't made this clear, but I'd criticize the original trilogy for the same sorts of things I find in TPM. (...) I don't know. I didn't care for the "cartoony" feel of the pod race sequence, from the humpty-dumpty-style pilot (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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