Current Events > Reminder: the prequels are complete trash compared to what Disney gave us

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Youve got to be kidding yourself if you seriously say that the prequels were better.

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Nah, the prequels were pretty good.

Purely posted...

Nah, the prequels were pretty good.

Whens the last time you watched them?

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Shablagoo posted...

Whens the last time you watched them?

Last month

Like 95% of people who suddenly love them are just playing their perceived role in the ongoing culture wars. Sequels = sjw corporatism!! Prequels = masterful visions of an auteur filmmaker, definitely not used to sell every sort of merch imaginable

Agreed. Ep. 3 was decent, but 2 and especially 1 were trash.

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The prequels aren't nearly as bad as people make them out to be. It's insane

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I watched 1 on newyears and was actually somewhat pleasantly surprised

it's nothing super spectacular but I'd basically forgotten everything about it and all I really knew is that everyone constantly hates on it but overall I don't think it really deserved all that hate

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1 is tolerable, 2 is utter trash and 3 is a good movie

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I'd almost argue 2 is better than 1 cos it's just unintentionally hilarious throughout whereas 1 is just boring as shit

I haven't seen the Disney movies but the prequels were so bad that being better than them doesn't mean anything.

Its like claiming your cooking tastes better than your shits

That's not praising your cooking at all, it would be disturbing If it wasnt
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Yeah they're awful. These Disney ones are more boring than bad. Tbh the OT is overrated too tho

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Episode 2 is great. The bad romance acting from Anakin is just a small part of it. There's a lot more to the film. That battle with all the Jedi at the end is amazing.

The overall plot of the prequels is better imo, but the writing is absolute trash.

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Neither are good

Does it matter which is worse?
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Prequels set up for the best vijaya games

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Malfunction posted...

Like 95% of people who suddenly love them are just playing their perceived role in the ongoing culture wars. Sequels = sjw corporatism!! Prequels = masterful visions of an auteur filmmaker, definitely not used to sell every sort of merch imaginable

Lmao. This is one of the dumbest posts I've read on here.

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I think the individual Disney Star Wars movies better but overall but the PT is a more cohesive trilogy. That's the biggest thing I'd give it a win for.
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DoctorVader posted...

Lmao. This is one of the dumbest posts I've read on here.

it's really not an outrageous assessment at all and tellingly you can only say it's dumb rather than anything substantial

At least I have some nostalgia for the prequels. I have nothing for the sequels.

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Malfunction posted...

Like 95% of people who suddenly love them are just playing their perceived role in the ongoing culture wars. Sequels = sjw corporatism!! Prequels = masterful visions of an auteur filmmaker, definitely not used to sell every sort of merch imaginable

people liked them as kids because episode 2 and 3 were nothing but ridiculous action scenes connected by scenes of people walking around in hallways talking to each other awkwardly. Theyre like the movie equivalent of shitty shounen anime that people like despite being almost wholly terrible because its really cool when the guy powers up and does a flip

they are perfect for kids of that era of movies where over the top action fight sequences were the same and the popularity of anime was on the rise. But theyre something you -should- grow out of at one point. A lot of people never did though

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ultimate reaver posted...

people liked them as kids because episode 2 and 3 were nothing but ridiculous action scenes connected by scenes of people walking around in hallways talking to each other awkwardly. Theyre like the movie equivalent of shitty shounen anime that people like despite being almost wholly terrible because its really cool when the guy powers up and does a flip

they are perfect for kids of that era of movies where over the top action fight sequences were the same and the popularity of anime was on the rise. But theyre something you -should- grow out of at one point. A lot of people never did though

Now tell me about the timeless majesty of Avengers 3 or Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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Malfunction posted...

it's really not an outrageous assessment at all and tellingly you can only say it's dumb rather than anything substantial

Lol, because it's dumb as fuck and makes no sense. Everybody hates Lucas for the prequels. People enjoy the prequels because of things like nostalgia and the world building and the few things that actually turned out good. It's also different.

The ST is the same EXACT same problem as the OT. Palpatine is back and the Empire never really fell.

And all Star Wars have had merchandise in mind. It's a franchise. Not sure what you expect.

None of this has to do with culture wars or SJWs or whatever nonsense.

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oh man I thought you had some sort of impassioned defence or counter argument as opposed to plain old denial

The ST really just completely soulless and not even fun in a bad way unlike the prequels

Malfunction posted...

oh man I thought you had some sort of impassioned defence or counter argument as opposed to plain old denial

You literally made up some BS about 95% of people thinking the PT is some "masterful visions of an auteur filmmaker" when no one does that.

Come back when you have something backing up your BS instead of resorting to trolling for having a dumb statement being called out as dumb.

Politics have sullied your brain.

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TC, how old are you? Did you see the prequels when they first came out? Because I did, at midnight, and people were cheering and having a great time. In the second movie when Yoda pulls out the Lightsaber is by far the biggest 'pop' I have ever heard in a movie theater. They fucking loved it

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At least there was imaginative stuff going on in the prequels, even if it wasnt executed well. The sequels are just sterile corporate products.

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Bad_Mojo posted...

TC, how old are you? Did you see the prequels when they first came out? Because I did, at midnight, and people were cheering and having a great time. In the second movie when Yoda pulls out the Lightsaber is by far the biggest 'pop' I have ever heard in a movie theater. They fucking loved it

Yeah, nothing has beaten the reaction of Yoda during his fight in my experience. Not even the Endgame scene at the end, which probably the second. The theater went crazy. It was really hyped back then.

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Saying its 95% those people is far less egregious than saying its nothing to do with those people. It's not exactly hard to find people of a particular leaning doing exactly as I described, even on here

The Palpatine arcs weren't bad. While the politics was done in such a horribly paced way it was interesting knowing what it would all eventually become and it did well tying in the story.

How Anakin turned was horrible along with his entire romance arc. They had zero chemistry. I felt more chemistry with Obi-wan when he asked Padme if the child was Anakins in revenge of the Sith. I think it was a mistake to get rid of Maul so fast. He'd have been a good trilogy bad guy to have. Somewhere in film three he'd be dealt with and it would coincide with Anakin going dark.

I will say this. The Phantom Menace has the greatest light saber fight choreography I have seen in any of the films. I just mean the final one on one fight at the very end though. Not the fight choreography of all the fights in the movie.

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au_gold posted...

At least there was imaginative stuff going on in the prequels, even if it wasnt executed well. The sequels are just sterile corporate products.

The prequels also gave us some stellar video games and spinoffs

BruceWayneJr posted...

Now tell me about the timeless majesty of Avengers 3 or Ant-Man and the Wasp.

marvel has never made a movie with less value than the prequels, sorry. People who are from planet earth actually write the scripts for one thing

the prequels arent bad because they have too much action, theyre bad because they have the worlds worst political drama written in between their action sequences which removes all stakes from the things youre watching. And then said action sequences go on for an eternity

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PT > ST

Alot of interesting things came from the PT.

Maul, Clones, other Jedi masters.

Can't say the same for thr ST.

Can't see a Clone Wars like Cartoon based on the ST. Just no interesting characters.

Malfunction posted...

Saying its 95% those people is far less egregious than saying its nothing to do with those people. It's not exactly hard to find people of a particular leaning doing exactly as I described, even on here

What's egregious is you doubling down on the BS.

If it's so easy, you shouldn't have a problem providing some examples.

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Maul isn't interesting.

Clones was a concept from the OT

The PT take on jedi masterism is stupid and bad
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ultimate reaver posted...

marvel has never made a movie with less value than the prequels, sorry. People who are from planet earth actually write the scripts for one thing

the prequels arent bad because they have too much action, theyre bad because they have the worlds worst political drama written in between their action sequences which removes all stakes from the things youre watching. And then said action sequences go on for an eternity

That's a very cute opinion you have. Other people know differently.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Maul isn't interesting.

Then why did fan demand make him come back?

ultimate reaver posted...

people liked them as kids because episode 2 and 3 were nothing but ridiculous action scenes connected by scenes of people walking around in hallways talking to each other awkwardly. Theyre like the movie equivalent of shitty shounen anime that people like despite being almost wholly terrible because its really cool when the guy powers up and does a flip

they are perfect for kids of that era of movies where over the top action fight sequences were the same and the popularity of anime was on the rise. But theyre something you -should- grow out of at one point. A lot of people never did though

This is also very true tbf, lots of these people basically grew up watching these (although most were clearly too young to remember the extremely aggressive merchandising cos plenty suggest that the ST is entirely a marketing exercise by comparison lol) so have some positive associations. Tbh I watched TPM like 10 times as a kid and I still thought it was highkey kinda boring

I dunno why stupid people want bad things.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

I dunno why stupid people want bad things.

Because they're stupid?

I dunno why you can't acknowledge that other people like things that you don't.

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I grew up with the OT and didn't like the PT much when they first came out. An older me appreciates them more than kid me.

There are some great scenes from them.

Mainly from episode 3 though tbh.

All of the prequel criticism really boils down to "The PT isn't enough like the OT," which explains why they went gaga over the warmed over rehash that is The Force Awakens. God forbid your characters walk in a hallway and discuss what's going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAc7PzTNPk0

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You definitely argue like someone who never developed past liking things like the prequels

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The worst thing about the PT is that it skipped the majority of the clone wars.

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I liked both tbh
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God forbid people discuss things like actual humans and not robots programmed to regurgitate random pseudo Shakespearean snippets

Lonestar2000 posted...

The worst thing about the PT is that it skipped the majority of the clone wars.

Well, they got the first twenty minutes and the last, like, day and a half.

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