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[Graknorke]

Alright, thanks.

[Tiruin]

I've been hearing about talks of late on the Star Wars prequels and have been wondering...why I hear more dislike than amiable commentary about it. It seemed fine to be when I first watched it--however I don't know much about the backstory or more details that I hear being discussed. What makes the prequels different from the rest of the story?

[Comrade P.]

I've been hearing about talks of late on the Star Wars prequels and have been wondering...why I hear more dislike than amiable commentary about it. It seemed fine to be when I first watched it--however I don't know much about the backstory or more details that I hear being discussed. What makes the prequels different from the rest of the story?

Same here. Then again, when I first saw Star Wars, I was, like, 10, and couldn't quite apprehend the storylines and stuff. Later on, I haven't rewatched the complete saga, but the separate episodes are on TV occasionally, and I still cannot say why there is so much negative towards the prequels.

[Shadowlord]

Jar jar isn't really any worse than Threepio, IMHO. I've rewatched them all more than once and I agree with the people who think that the prequel trilogy isn't very good, but unlike most of them I also think the original trilogy isn't very good either. I arrived at that conclusion by watching all six films in chronological in-universe order, and by comparing them to what I considered to be excellent modern films or shows.

For example, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight. The Avengers, both Captain America films, etc. Or in TV, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Farscape, Firefly and Serenity...

[Aklyon]

Well, the prequel movies aren't as cool as this was, but they did kinda have to fill in the plot, not just be cool to watch. I guess I can let them off there.

[Rolan7]

This is basically spoiler free I think:

Dooku's arc doesn't really make sense, possibly because it was changed abruptly between movies 2 and 3.  He gets fleshed out a lot more in the Clone Wars cartoon, but not in the movies.
Similar situation with Grievous...  Had an interesting backstory which wasn't covered at all.  Basically comes off as a chump.
The romance is pretty bad

Spoiler: Eh just in case (click to show/hide)

Anakin's arc in the third movie made more sense once I watched it with my Absolute Fanboy brother explaining, I think that part's actually good.  It's complicated but all the clues were there.

The Jedi Council is a bunch of morons though.

I fully support the Sithlord Binks theory, it seems to hold up in every way.  Explains a *lot*, including the overall plot and Dooku.  If he's just supernaturally lucky, he still has more plot relevance than he should (why the heck did they make a bumbling moron a senator??  Which turned out to be an awful decision - and not for the reasons one would expect).  I can understand the C3PO comparison though.

[Neyvn]

Well, the prequel movies aren't as cool as this was, but they did kinda have to fill in the plot, not just be cool to watch. I guess I can let them off there.

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I can't stop laughing, THIS is Fantastic! OMG 20mins of battle scenes with like a few lines of script, maybe close to like 20 sentences said wit Obiwan having the most lines yet with Yoda coming second, Anikan's lines and voice acting as painful as the movies, yet this was only once, and he's A PRETENTIOUS GIT in appearance as well. OMG. The 'ARC Troopers' who say nothing but one line yet have the most awesome scene!!! The FISH JEDI! OMG THAT SCENE!!!. WTH!?! LANCE SPEEDERS SITH GUY AND BOTLANCERS!?!?!?!

Count Dooku arriving on planet with giant Colosium battle going on.
*Alien guy speaking Alien language*
Count Dooku, "Indeed"
Cut away to different scene...

OMG FUCKING BRILL!!! HIS FIRST LINE IS ONE WORD!!! OMG THATS EPIC!!!

[Aklyon]

I can't tell if you're serious there or not, but they originally weren't all linked together like that. Most of them were seperate minisodes.

[Neyvn]

I can't tell if you're serious there or not, but they originally weren't all linked together like that. Most of them were seperate minisodes.

It doesn't matter, this is epic... The Clone Troopers also got onto Speeders with lances... WTF I thought this was a Scifi thing, not a Medieval Battle... LOL!!!!

[Aklyon]

Clearly it was a scifi joust. They can have those, what else are speeder bikes good for besides exploding?

[Shadowlord]

Since when is a full series only 2 hours and 9 minutes long?

[Aklyon]

Since when is a full series only 2 hours and 9 minutes long?

originally weren't all linked together like that. Most of them were seperate minisodes.

This isn't the new fancypants clone wars series, with its talking and anakin apprentice and 3d-look. These were really short and showed up on cartoon network a lot before all the weird new stuff and adventure time was even on the air.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Hey it's me again with another random relationship/awkward friendship/I don't even know question.

Is it weird to buy someone, who you've only known for a couple months, a small (~$5) present for their birthday or Christmas?

[i2amroy]

Hey it's me again with another random relationship/awkward friendship/I don't even know question.

Is it weird to buy someone, who you've only known for a couple months, a small (~$5) present for their birthday or Christmas?

Depends a lot on how you know them, if you consider them a friend, etc.. General answer in most places is that it's fine, but you shouldn't necessarily expect anything back in return. (Heck, you might want to even come out and say that you don't expect anything back after you give it to them, that it's intended just as a gift). That said it's definitely one of those grey areas where the answer depends heavily on the exact nuances of how you know them, where exactly you are and the surrounding culture, etc., so we can't really make that judgement call for you since we don't know all the details.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

Alright
Yeah I wasn't expecting anything in return just kinda saw something they might like and bought it then contemplated if I actually should have or not.
Sooooo this person is getting a small gift whether they like it or not I guess