The Phantom Menace

[Section_31]

On ITV now, man I'd (almost) forgotten how shit it was.

 

It reminds me of Jerry Anderson's Space Precinct.

 

And those Jap trade federation blokes are about as evil as morcombe and wise.

[Thants]

It's a film about a Council but in space. And then a ladybird with a stick jumps a bit.

[Harry Squatter]

Can remember everyone waiting for this to come out in 1999 and everyone was disappointed. People thought Darth Maul would be the ultimate badass with his double lightsabre and he's in the film for about 15 minutes.

[Guest TK-421]

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[Harry Squatter]

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Totally agree mate

[Aaron Miller]

I like it.

 

everyone would like it if they watched it with the same eyes they watched a new hope, empire, and jedi with.

[Anubis]

Never heard of it. This alleged film doesn't exist.

[wiiksie]

everyone would like it if they watched it with the same eyes they watched a new hope, empire, and jedi with.

Nope, not buying that.

 

Star Wars, Empire and Jedi weren't a jumped up firework display of a toy advert.

[Ted]

I prefer Battlefield Earth.

[Paul]

It's the best of the new ones and has got some great moments in it.

[Guest TK-421]

everyone would like it if they watched it with the same eyes they watched a new hope, empire, and jedi with.

 

You are a wise man.

[RedKnight]

It would have benefitted from having a decent scriptwriter and editor work on it but it's CGI was more a help to the story than it was in II and III. At least real locations were used in this film. Liam Neeson rocks the shit too.

[Ted]

Joss Whedon would have been a good choice as writer. Or anyone without the initials GL.

[RedKnight]

Just someone to polish it and make it leaner. It didn't need to be as long as it was.

[philyhamann]

Joss Whedon would have been a good choice as writer. Or anyone without the initials GL.

 

Whedon? :lol:

[Unrighteous]

Shit... but enjoyable shit. Like Battlefield Earth(hey! I liked it... for some reason)

[Rocky Sullivan]

everyone would like it if they watched it with the same eyes they watched a new hope, empire, and jedi with.

 

 

You're so wrong on so many levels there I'm not even going to begin arguing with you. Well, maybe a bit and then only ineptly.

There's no way of backing up this argument unless you were, for example, 28 years old watching the Star Wars trilogy (the holy one) for the first time but let's imagine for a second that that was me. Superb, excellent Han, Luke , Chewie all kick ass motherfuckers doing what they can (despite some, I'm looking at you Solo, going against there baser instincts) to defeat the evil Empire. An Empire ruled by the biggest baddest blackest weeziest cunt in the whole of Christendom...so to speak.

No Space ship is cooler than the Millenium Falcon. No one person in entire rest of the "saga" is as downright fucking cynical as Han Solo. " There's no mystic force trying to control My destiny" Is right Han. Where the fuck was that in the Prequels? More concerned with Jedi's not fucking around with girls than getting on and saving the galaxy.

I mean let's face it Yoda's a complete fucking bore who can't construct coherent sentences. Something I share with him admittedly. But honestly in the "prequels" he's a nightmare to be around. He's like a staunch Catholic Mother who know's what you're up to even though you're two rooms apart.

I mean come on, Luke might have been a bit of a drip but compare him with Anakin? This is the former person of Darth "fuck you" Vader? Wetting himself over slightly killing a few incoherent socially inept sand people? Darth had one of his Star Destroyer commanders oblitorated into tiny chunks before his cold metallic helmet and didn't bat an eyelid. These are the same people????

Darth Maul, General Grevious (sic)? Dracula, are these as good villains as even Grand Moff Tarkin? Fuck that. Bag of Wank.

I'm going to stop now before I make a point.

[Thants]

I think some people on here are now saying they like it because everyone else doesnt.

Ah a rise if ever there was one.

 

Its awful. The script is pathetic. The characters are wafer thin. It's not even a kids movie. It's terrible.

[Section_31]

On again now.

 

Still shit.

[Dicko]

The only asset that film had was Ray Park.

And he's hardly in it.

 

Oh and Peter Cushing was superb in the original.

[Red Mist]

Fucking Yoda and his fucked up speech. He was never this retarded in the original movies. Trust Lucas to screw it up by making Yoda totally incomprehensible.

"How feel you?" Fuck off, Lucas.

[Section_31]

Yeah Darth Maul is quality, and as you say completely underused.

 

Jar Jar Binks fucks me up.

[Kopite]

Yeah Darth Maul is quality, and as you say completely underused.

 

Jar Jar Binks fucks me up.

 

Is the right answer. It's not necessarily a bad film, but Binks is the epitomy of sh*t. I'm talking the post-kebab, really smelly, sloppy stuff too.

 

As regards the original both Peter Cushing & Alec Guinness were absolute top-quality actors, then again The Phantom Menace had the legend that is Brian Blessed.

 

Had the scriptwriters had any nous they'd have got Boss Nass to utter "Gordon's Alive". Killer line.

[RedKnight]

There's plenty wrong with the Phantom Menace but I can't be arsed going into it now.

[Tom R]

NEWSFLASH - All Star Wars is fucking shite.