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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    rfilyaw wrote: »
    He gets a lot of hate, but I love Plinkett and most fake reviewers. I don't like his short film stuff he puts into the reviews, but I just skip over that. I do like the little short jokes like the one with his cat.

    I also really like this, which reminds me a lot of plinkett, in a way.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbE2SMCK5Q0

    Those bugs were such bullshit jesus

  • rfilyawrfilyaw Registered User regular
    Jasconius wrote: »
    How is he a fake reviewer.

    If you stuck around for the whole Episode 3 review he makes a lot of excellent points on the technical failings of the movie that aren't just "hahaha the opening scene is bad"

    Sheesh, you know what I mean. It's a real review but he's using a false persona as a gag. I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to call it.

    I've seen all of his reviews including the newest one. I'm well aware that he's a competent and fo-reals reviewer.

  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    NO! They don't make stuffed bagel bites anymore!?

  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
  • redheadredhead Registered User
    Macro9 wrote: »

    wow

  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    everyone was on revenge of the sith's nuts when it came out. the news paper review guy gave it a 10. I didn't see it for a few years and man what were they talking about.

  • AshcroftAshcroft Gimme dem Yens Registered User regular
    Jars wrote: »
    everyone was on revenge of the sith's nuts when it came out. the news paper review guy gave it a 10. I didn't see it for a few years and man what were they talking about.

    Well, it was the best Star Wars movie in over 20 years.

    And like the first 2 prequels, it only gets bad when you turn your brain back on. While you're watching it, you're blinded by the fact that it's Star Wars. I mean, I didn't realise how awful TPM was until I got home later.

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  • ultimakayultimakay Rowing Registered User regular
    Im only half way through episode 2, but this guy's reviews are really informative. I also realized I have a very low movie watching threshold.

    "No, he DOESNT row"
  • DruhimDruhim Usagi's cuddlefish Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Jars wrote: »
    everyone was on revenge of the sith's nuts when it came out. the news paper review guy gave it a 10. I didn't see it for a few years and man what were they talking about.

    Well, it was the best Star Wars movie in over 20 years.

    And like the first 2 prequels, it only gets bad when you turn your brain back on. While you're watching it, you're blinded by the fact that it's Star Wars. I mean, I didn't realise how awful TPM was until I got home later.

    I guess I never turned my brain off then, because I thought it was pretty bleh when I watched it the first time

    I wasn't blinded by anything except by how idiotic the plot of the entire prequel series is, how hamfisted the acting is, and how terrible the dialog is

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate Registered User regular
    Usually when I'm watching something as poorly written and as disappointing as the Star Wars prequels, I get fairly depressed. It just seems like there's so much time and effort put into them and, despite all of that, they still manage to suck. They've got every reason in the world to be good and they aren't. That's kind of scary.

    But, on the other hand, In a strange way it's kind of encouraging to me, because Plinkett's points, if anything prove that it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to take something that's pointless and lame and making it into something interesting.

    It's a far better lesson that I would have got out of the Star Wars prequels otherwise.

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist Look at the faces. Listen to the bells. It's hard to believe we need a place called hell.Registered User regular
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Taylor Swift as Princess Leia

    brb private time

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Well, it was the best Star Wars movie in over 20 years.

    And like the first 2 prequels, it only gets bad when you turn your brain back on. While you're watching it, you're blinded by the fact that it's Star Wars. I mean, I didn't realise how awful TPM was until I got home later.



    no the star wars prequels are pretty much terrible all of the time

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  • AshcroftAshcroft Gimme dem Yens Registered User regular
    Druhim wrote: »
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    Jars wrote: »
    everyone was on revenge of the sith's nuts when it came out. the news paper review guy gave it a 10. I didn't see it for a few years and man what were they talking about.

    Well, it was the best Star Wars movie in over 20 years.

    And like the first 2 prequels, it only gets bad when you turn your brain back on. While you're watching it, you're blinded by the fact that it's Star Wars. I mean, I didn't realise how awful TPM was until I got home later.

    I guess I never turned my brain off then, because I thought it was pretty bleh when I watched it the first time

    I wasn't blinded by anything except by how idiotic the plot of the entire prequel series is, how hamfisted the acting is, and how terrible the dialog is



    Well, you're old enough to have seen the first one at the pictures, it was my first Star Wars on a big screen and I was so excited that the entire movie could have been a 2 hour text crawl and I probably wouldn't have noticed.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    yes I too was excited to see the phantom menace in theaters

    the lesson to take away from this is that children are stupid

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    I saw Phantom Menace in theatres 3 times, it was about halfway through the 3rd time that it started to sink in that this wasn't anywhere near as good as I wanted it to be

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  • AshcroftAshcroft Gimme dem Yens Registered User regular
    I had a 3 month pass to the movies so I saw it twice. The 2nd time was more of an autopsy.

    Technically I went to see it a 3rd time, but I only went because there was a storm and I worked right next door. I napped through almost the entire thing as it was right after work and I was tired.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    I went to a midnight show of episode 3 (I don't know why) and I slept through about an hour of it. I've still never actually sat through the entire thing.

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  • runaway_pancakerunaway_pancake Registered User regular
    redhead wrote: »
    Macro9 wrote: »

    wow
    It must have been an awkward moment when Ebert got to the part where Plinkett flat out calls him a shill.

  • The Geebs That Is A PonyThe Geebs That Is A Pony Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    I didn't see episode two until like two months after it came out

    which was insane, but I guess even if I didn't hate phantom menace at the time, it had shaved off a lot of excitement for the new ones

  • KoshianKoshian __BANNED USERS
    I liked the prequels when they first came out

    but I was like, 9-14 at the time

  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User
    I was pretty excited about the Star Wars prequels when I was fuckin 13

    my opinion of them got progressively worse each year afterwards

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  • DruhimDruhim Usagi's cuddlefish Registered User, ClubPA regular
    redhead wrote: »
    Macro9 wrote: »

    wow
    It must have been an awkward moment when Ebert got to the part where Plinkett flat out calls him a shill.

    or maybe Ebert has enough perspective to just laugh at it instead of getting huffy
    considering he posted it on his blog

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky Tails, You're my realest friend.Registered User regular
    Even at 12 years old I knew RotS sucked.

    I still stand firmly behind my ordering of the prequels.

    Kochikens wrote: »
    oh man I saw an otter with a boner at the seattle one and this kid asked his dad, IS HE EATING A HOT DOG
    and I laughed forever
  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Usually when I'm watching something as poorly written and as disappointing as the Star Wars prequels, I get fairly depressed. It just seems like there's so much time and effort put into them and, despite all of that, they still manage to suck. They've got every reason in the world to be good and they aren't. That's kind of scary.

    But, on the other hand, In a strange way it's kind of encouraging to me, because Plinkett's points, if anything prove that it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to take something that's pointless and lame and making it into something interesting.

    It's a far better lesson that I would have got out of the Star Wars prequels otherwise.

    I retain hope that the effects were good enough where a lot of the computer animators and special effects guys used the movies as points on their resumes to get jobs with better production companies

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky Tails, You're my realest friend.Registered User regular
    Oh yeah by the way I can't stand reviewers with personalities anymore after Spoony went to shit.

    Kochikens wrote: »
    oh man I saw an otter with a boner at the seattle one and this kid asked his dad, IS HE EATING A HOT DOG
    and I laughed forever
  • BucketmanBucketman Dyslexic Puppy Skraggle RockRegistered User regular
    So was I the only person that thought that Anakin brought balance to the Force like they said he was destined to? I mean he killed all the Jedi except 2, and then there where 2 Sith. That seems balanced to me. Yet i never hear anyone mention this ever.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff Registered User regular
    It depends on how you interpret balance and what that means. If it meant equal number of Jedi and Sith then yes, Anakin did bring balance at the end of 3. But, if it was intended to mean eliminate the Sith (which I think is what Lucas meant, and I believe to be the right interpretation), then he fulfilled the prophecy in RotJ.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    it was a stupid, poorly established plot device

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  • BucketmanBucketman Dyslexic Puppy Skraggle RockRegistered User regular
    I guess I assume balance is as much negative and positive at once.

    Also wow I never noticed the shot reverse shot stuff

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  • The Geebs That Is A PonyThe Geebs That Is A Pony Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    well lucas is all "see he brings balance to the force by killing the sith which is palpatine and himself so there" and it's like, well that doesn't make sense

  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    but it rhymes

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  • BucketmanBucketman Dyslexic Puppy Skraggle RockRegistered User regular
    Like a neutrally charged atom. It has just as many electrons (negative/sith) and protons (positive/jedi)

    Whatever. The prequals suck ass. the new MMO will rock.

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  • AistanAistan Registered User regular
    Yeah, Lucas interprets balance as being "no more Sith anywhere ever."

  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Registered User regular
    No, no, I remember thinking that when I first saw the movie too, Bucketman! It is a legitimate point. When the Jedi were all talking about bringing balance to the Force and all that Jazz, I was all "hmmm... there are only ever two sith at a time. And right now there are approximately seventy bajillion jedi. This prophecy doesn't bode well for the Jedi, here"

    But Dichotomy is right, It seems like there wasn't a lot of thought put into the prophecy and its implications!

    And I really do enjoy these reviews, although sometimes I feel the torture scenes go a little too far. This latest one wasn't so bad, but the Attack of the Clones review had a few bits that got really uncomfortable.

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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Like a neutrally charged atom. It has just as many electrons (negative/sith) and protons (positive/jedi)

    Whatever. The prequals suck ass. the new MMO will rock.

    This always really bothered me because in a sane world this prophecy would not be a positive for the Jedi.

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  • MaceraMacera Registered User
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    but it rhymes

    it's like poetry

    man Lucas

    maaaaaan

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    it's a prophecy it doesn't have to make sense

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff Registered User regular
    Yeah I think by balance it means tranquility in the Force. If there's only Jedi, and only the light side, then things are at peace. Even. Undisrupted. Once Sith are brought into the mix then there's conflict. So I think the balance part of the prophecy implies that the Sith need to be destroyed.

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    if I didn't know that any resemblance is completely unintentional I'd delight in the similarity of this mystery prophecy to the statement Croesus got out of the oracle at delphi re: attacking persia

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  • BucketmanBucketman Dyslexic Puppy Skraggle RockRegistered User regular
    I have to say I disagree with Plinket in some of the stuff about borrowing from the previous films. I mean yeah, ok they could have had something other then Lightning, even though I think the lightning is cool. But man it is totally OK for sith to have light sabers

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