Day 1: What was the 1 redeeming feature of The Phantom Menace? [Star Wars Week!]

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Ngamer64
12/11/2017
08:23 PM
#1
What was the one redeeming feature of The Phantom Menace?








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Welcome to Star Wars week on Board 8- a new poll every day until the release of The Last Jedi ! Search "star" to cast your votes all this week.

Question for Day 1: What was the one redeeming feature of The Phantom Menace?

Here's links for some the stuff you may not have heard/seen recently:

Duel of the Fates -

The Saga Begins -

Jar Jar, Sith Lord - https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trained_force_user/
The Destined Duel -

Keira's debut - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keira_Knightley#1993 2002:_Career_beginnings_and_breakthrough

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Ngamer64
12/11/2017
08:25 PM
#2
I would have voted for the lightsaber climax in '99, but looking back on it now I've got to go with The Saga Begins; nothing else has held up as well.

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PrinceKaro
12/11/2017
08:26 PM
#3
podracing
http://i.imgur.com/ptVv7Hu.jpg
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LordoftheMorons
12/11/2017
08:27 PM
#4
The droids made for some pretty sweet lego sets
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MysteriousStan
12/11/2017
08:28 PM
#5
PrinceKaro posted...
podracing

Ngamer really Anagramed this poll huh?
Snake5555555555
12/11/2017
08:30 PM
#6
It gave us the best review of a film ever.
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Ngamer64
12/11/2017
08:30 PM
#7
PrinceKaro posted...
podracing

The actual scenes are hot garbage but the concept is cool and I should have included it as an option, because it inspired Star Wars Episode I: Racer . That's my bad.

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pjbasis
12/11/2017
09:04 PM
#8
Pod racing was pretty cool.

But saga begins is a fantastic weird Al song.
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LOLIAmAnAlt
12/11/2017
09:14 PM
#9
Jar Jar Binks being the ultimate evil mastermind
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Seginustemple
12/11/2017
09:15 PM
#10
The podrace for sure, one of the few scenes of that trilogy that feels inspired and alive. Star Wars is best when it lets the sound and fury tell the story and not the dialogue (with the exception of ESB)
redrocket_pub
12/11/2017
09:29 PM
#11
It doesn't "redeem" shit, but Duel of the Fates was the best thing to come out of that pile of Bantha Poodoo.
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CaptainOfCrush
12/11/2017
09:47 PM
#12
Picked the second option because, even though they kinda sucked in this movie, Ewan McGregor turned out to be a great casting choice and was the star of II and III.
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WickIebee
12/11/2017
09:59 PM
#13
I mean, I wouldn't say 1 thing. Duel of the Fates and Darth Maul were both pretty good. The fight in the laser room was really good. Podracing also had its moments. In addition, the settings were actually really good. It also introduced the separatists pretty well, didn't make us assume we knew what they were, but never had us questioning why we had a droid army in Star Wars.
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AquaArcane
12/11/2017
10:04 PM
#14
The music is the only really good part of the prequels, so I voted Duel of the Fates. Don't much care for the overly choreographed lightsaber duels though.

When rewatching the series early this year, I told myself to pick out at least one positive thing for each prequel movie besides the music. For Phantom Menace I chose the Naboo starfighters. They just look cool, and I believe they were still practical effects back then which I've always considered better than CGI.
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Ngamer64
12/11/2017
11:44 PM
#15
With over 50 votes recorded we've still got ZERO people supporting the one aspect of the film everyone agreed was top notch at the time (the Oscar-nominated special effects).

And... can't say I disagree!

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HaRRicH
12/11/2017
11:57 PM
#16
It allowed for that racing game on the Nintendo 64. That was rad.
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LinkMarioSamus
12/12/2017
03:33 AM
#17
For me the true sole redeeming aspect of Episode 1 was its epic feel/ambitiousness.
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htaeD
12/12/2017
07:07 AM
#18
duel of the fates
and even the movie tried to ruin that by cutting it up to pieces
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Paratroopa1
12/12/2017
07:39 AM
#19
I'm legitimately trying to think of a scene in this movie that I liked - really, honestly - and coming up blank. I just can't think of anything. Not a character, or a plot idea, or a location, or even like, a single line. There's nothing. Nothing about this movie is good.
Paratroopa1
12/12/2017
07:42 AM
#20
Okay, no, I've got one thing. I like the Gungan city. I think it looks cool. I like that setting.
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