Current Events > Worst SW scene r2 FINAL: Prank call vs Somehow, Palpatine returned (spoilers all

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Previous thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78980474

Result: The dead have spoken: Ep IX's opening crawl takes it.

Thanks to PiOverlord, our bracket has moved to challonge. It can be found here.
https://challonge.com/brxe8v2r

The winner will receive the coveted Current Events George Lucas award.

ROUND SIXTEEN

"Holding for General Hugs"

https://youtu.be/PxB6Dx_x7SI?t=62

Vs

Oscaar Isaac tries his best to earn a paycheck with a straight face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz6PgdhhkUM

May the worst scene win!

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I think they were smoking some really cheap meth when they decided to put the prank call scene in. At any point during that writing session did anyone think it was a seriously good idea?

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The prank call is legitimately awful. It doesnt even feel like something out of a Star Wars movie. It felt like a B-side Marvel quip that they just decided to shoehorn in for some reason.

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They are both really awful for different reasons.

I guess it comes down to the question: "Which is worse? Tone-Deafness or complete incompetence and laziness?"

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Palpatine should sweep this tbh. The prank call was extremely stupid and out of place sure, but Palp? rofl

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I think Vader's Noooo should still be in the running, I'm guessing it didn't get enough votes because people didn't realize we were talking about the HORRIBLE RotJ edit.

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joe40001 posted...

I think Vader's Noooo should still be in the running, I'm guessing it didn't get enough votes because people didn't realize we were talking about the HORRIBLE RotJ edit.

I did my best to make that clear :/ sometimes it can be hard to differentiate between the edit and the rest of the scene.

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Tie game so far

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Ving_Rhames posted...

Palpatine should sweep this tbh. The prank call was extremely stupid and out of place sure, but Palp? rofl

Agreed.

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The prank call is so bad. I liked TLJ, and I legitimately hate that scene. You can't just ignore it either, cause it's like a minute long, not some two second clip that became a meme.

Im surprised the knife scene from RoS isn't in the bracket? Unless I somehow missed it.

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I'm sorry, why the hell is this tied?

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Prank call set the tone for the whole movie for me. Felt off from the very start

Blightzkrieg posted...

The prank call is so bad. I liked TLJ, and I legitimately hate that scene. You can't just ignore it either, cause it's like a minute long, not some two second clip that became a meme.

Im surprised the knife scene from RoS isn't in the bracket? Unless I somehow missed it.

It was in there (assuming we mean the same knife scene)

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marthsheretoo posted...

It was in there (assuming we mean the same knife scene)

My mistake

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LethalAffinity posted...

The prank call is legitimately awful. It doesnt even feel like something out of a Star Wars movie. It felt like a B-side Marvel quip that they just decided to shoehorn in for some reason.

That. My friend whos obsessed with Star Wars refuses to see why its horrible. He defends it as Star Wars evolving its humor to match modern humor but I keep explaining that TFA, R1, and Solo have modern humor that still fit the Star Wars writing style. Even TROS has modern humor at times that isnt as cringe as the opening scene of TLJ, although that one still has some bad ones.

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One more bump - not quite at the cutoff

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Aaaand we're all tied up again.

New thread coming in a bit, just gotta break the tie.

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Theyre both awful, but the Hux prank call ruined TLJ within the first five minutes.

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Oscar Isaac is one of the greatest actors of his generation and didn't deserve this schadenfreude ruse they dragged him through.

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I remember hearing the awkward forced laughter in the theater after the prank call, and looking over and seeing a slightly worried expression on my friend's face

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"Secrets only the sith knew"

Not much of a secret then??

Like, the prank call is way too obviously an invention of Disney's Marvel philosophy, but Star Wars isn't always super serious, Luke and co used the dumb old code trick in OT and the prequels are full of childish crap. The Palpatine Returned scene on the other hand is like the writers looking into the camera and saying "fuck if we know, nobody thought this out"

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Palpatine by a mile.

Palpatine has a "jesus you're really doing this lmao" quality to it.
Prank call has a "jesus....you're really doing this" quality to it.

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Doe posted...

Oscar Isaac is one of the greatest actors of his generation and didn't deserve this schadenfreude ruse they dragged him through.

It's funny bc this could be referring to either scene

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marthsheretoo posted...

It's funny bc this could be referring to either scene

I was referring to the whole sequel trilogy lol

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