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The Revenge of the Sith Discussion Thread…

Consider the comments field for this entry your discussion thread for Revenge of the Sith. Those wanting to avoid spoilers should be careful while scanning through. I'll be seeing the flick tonight (passed on the midnight opener knowing that it'd require taking today off), and I can't wait. Three and a half stars from Ebert, fifty and a half stars from people who know who played the Wampa in ESB. Can't wait can't wait can't wait. Share your thoughts, anticipations and questions in the comments.

EDIT: Saw it last night. Didn't leave the theater knocked out, but it's grown on me overnight. Will have more to say on Sunday. Oh, those DVD contests? I got a shitload of entries, so let's make the cutoff Saturday, 11:59 PM for entries. Also, since I got waaaay more entries than I was anticipating (likely in the realm of 700 or so), I asked if the PR comp would mind supplying two of each set. So, there will be four winners total. :)

Posted by Matt on 05/19/2005. E-mail me!



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Wish I could see the movie.

Sigh…

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 05/23/2005 4:35 PM

Will no one make a copy for Erik? How much could it be to send a dvd to germany $5 to $10? heard on the radio you can buy it in china for $2.50. What do you think Erik? would you want someone to send you a copy?

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 05/23/2005 5:10 PM

I would not recommend that.
I am watching you.
We all are. Always.

Chestnuts roasted by John Ashcroft, US Attorney General @ 05/23/2005 5:14 PM

Hey, quick question…

A friend of mine mentioned to me the other day that they are planning on starting work on a Star Wars TV series….

Anyone have any word on this?

Chestnuts roasted by Noob @ 05/23/2005 5:16 PM

reminds me of head of state, silly chris rock movie, "how do you know that?" "we’re the government we know everything"

How old does something have to be to be nostaglic over, can we include early ninties? It was 15 years ago now or do we wait until it’s 20′s years old?

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 05/23/2005 5:24 PM

Thanks to theforce.net for this link…….. see what mostly college professors were saying about ROTJ in 1983!!!!

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/net.movies.sw/threads?start=270&order=recent

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 05/23/2005 6:12 PM

phunqsauce:

that’s crazy…especially considering I was only a few months old at the time…cool link…

I wonder how far back archives like this go? Can you still, somewhere out there, access old ARPANET posts and such?

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 05/23/2005 6:40 PM

To those how hated Palpatine’s whining, he was doing that to get Anakin to attack Mace. Sure, his acting may have been bad too, but the motivation was, as in everything else he does, to get Anakin to turn to the darkside. He was far from beaten.

Chestnuts roasted by Zebez @ 05/23/2005 6:47 PM

I’d love a copy. How much is Lucas charging to see it in the states?

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 05/24/2005 2:33 AM

Starreh: The Deluxe’s action feature hinders posability. I would reccomend picking up either the Sneak Preview version or the Four Lightsaber Attack version of Grevious if you want posability.

The 12" figure sucks balls because it’s next to impossible to get him to stand up, and his fingers are made of soft plastic, so you can’t even have him hold his fucking lightsabers. His cape is the most badass cape I’ve ever seen, though. I’m thinking I’ll give him a black wash to bring out all the details of his sculpt, and then give him a top hat. Then he can do a song and dance number with my 12" Xenomorph (who is currently singing a solo with my other 12" Star Wars figures in a kickline behind him).

Chestnuts roasted by DarkPrimus @ 05/24/2005 5:13 PM

Oh, as a note: I don’t own either of those figures I recccomended, but judging from the picures on rebelscum.com, they’re the best. Good luck finding a Sneak Preview Grevious, though.

Chestnuts roasted by DarkPrimus @ 05/24/2005 5:15 PM

Erik M- If you want figures, but hate ebay, go to cloudcity.com- Way better, and lots of diff. stuff. I am sorry you hadn’t had the chance to see the movie!!!

Chestnuts roasted by TW @ 05/29/2005 4:02 PM

"Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother….you’re real mother…?"

Galvatron, here’s my attempt at explaining this apparent inconsistency: maybe Bail Organa’s first wife died early on when Leia was a child, and the Bail remarried. Leia would think his first wife was her "real mother", when in fact it was just her first adoptive mother. Howzzat?

Anyway, I thought it was a good movie, though obviously it could’ve been much better. I still won’t accept Hayden Christensen as Anakin. The guy is such a TERRIBLE actor. It’s no wonder he’s thinking of quitting acting and becoming an architect- at least he knows his acting career will only go downhill from here on out.

The best part of the movie was when Anakin was lying there legless and literally fuming while Obi Wan confesses his disappointment and frustation- I thought that scene was so genuine, and of course mostly due to Ewan MacGregor. He’s everything Hayden isn’t. Although I think Ewan was perfect as Obi Wan, I can’t help but wish HE had played Anakin instead. I think he could’ve singlehandedly raised Episodes 2 and 3 to OT status had he been chosed to portray Anakin. He’s sort of wasted as Obi Wan, but still, he did a helluva job.

Chestnuts roasted by Al @ 05/30/2005 9:54 PM

When my husband and I left the theatre last week, I reflected on Christopher Lee and Ewan Macgregor. Both of them are genuinely trained actors that weren’t pulled from a headshot portfolio and given the roll on looks alone. I am beginning to wonder whether well-trained acting in big film is a dying art.

I guess there are a few greats in the work such as Toby McGuire and Ewan, but honestly, since I’m a woman who’s not afraid to dis a pretty actress, I can say Natalie Portman just may not have been the best pick for the role. She looked the part, but the film just never played off with any real depth from neither of the young portrayals of Padme and Anikan. Both Christensen and Portman seemed under confident in most scenes.

I’ve watched Portman in other roles where she’s able to interpret more. She has talent to spare. I can’t help but wonder whether Lucas buried any creative juices that flowed on the set that weren’t his own creation.

If he does make another trilogy, he really needs to step aside and let another director take the reins.

Chestnuts roasted by Christi Leigh @ 06/01/2005 8:28 PM

Yo matt,
I found your site in the links on maddox’s site and have been reading your site avidly for about a year and a half. I just realized you have no links to his site. I just thought you should know.

Chestnuts roasted by Freakyzipcode @ 06/04/2005 4:33 PM

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