I thought it was ok. I can see why people are pissed though......kind of. I hear alot of complaining about the annoying Jar-Jar scenes. Yes, they are very annoying and irritating, but at least there were few annoying Jar-Jar scenes. This could be the result of Fox cutting them to make way for the commercials, or the fact that I've missed the first half-hour of EP1, or both.
Overall, it was ok. The battles were cool, but unlike the first 3 Star Wars movies, I got this feeling that this Star Wars movie was deliberately made for 6-year olds.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
This was the first time you'd seen (as I'm sure Mim calls it) Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace: Televised Edition?
Seriously, it was released like what, 2 and a half years ago and you just saw it ... ?
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
Yes. I just saw it. I was unwilling to stand in line for a month to see it at the theaters and bad reviews left me reluctant to spend money to rent it.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Good for you, MIB.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Simon wishes he could be as un-mainstream.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I didn't see The Phantom Menace in the theaters, either. I didn't really care much too. I still wouldn't have seen it to this day except my boss invited a lot of us to her apartment for a Phantom Menace-themed party. Hey, it was free food and my friends were gonna be there. If it hadn't have been for that party, I wouldn't have seen it to this day. After all, Junkyard Megawars was showing on The Learning Channel at the same time. I had to watch that. Posted by Jernau Morat Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :
I was the only person in Ireland to watch The Phantom Menace 5 times. Probably. 'Twas good shtuff, so 'twas.
It just occurred to me that I haven't noticed Jar Jar Binks in any of the trailers for Episode 2. Does anyone know if Lucas kept his promise to have the inane moron in the film?
In credibly Minor Episode 2 spoilers ahead: $ $ $ $ $ $ $ You can see him briefly in the "Forbidden Love" trailer on the Star Wars site. I believe he is serving as the Gungan Senator in Episode 2. So, yes...he's in it.
[ November 26, 2001: Message edited by: Aban Rune ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Uh, some of that qualifies as spoilers on Ep II, guys. Lets be more careful (one would not expect Ep II spoilers in a thread about TPM anymore then they would expect it in a thread about ROTJ).
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Edited.
Posted by Jernau Morat Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :
Fair enough, point taken, Jeff. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ I saw the Gungan Ambassador, and it does look like Jar Jar, but he seems remarkably well-behaved. It has been several years, I suppose, maybe he's a bit older and wiser, in which case his presence may not bother me too much.
*continued really really minor spoilers because people who think that trailers are spoilers are possibly taking it just a natch too far*
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You can also see him briefly in "Mystery". But he's not focussed on in any of the trailers. For that matter, the clones are hardly made a big deal off either. We see a load of them marching onto a ship, and a call centre full of them, but that's it.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Well, for people who are *avoiding* the trailers, they can be spoilers. I'm not saying I'm avoiding them, but I didn't know Jar-Jar was a senator until Abane's post.
