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  • spacecaps
    Second Mouse
    • Aug 24, 2011
    • 2093

    Why the Star Wars Prequels Better Are Than The Original

    Just found this on Yahoo....I got about half way through and realized this is probably some kids political science term paper or something. I also couldn't get the Comic Book Guy's voice from the Simpsons out of my head when I was reading this....
    Why the 'Star Wars' Prequels Are Better Than the Original Trilogy - Yahoo! Movies
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  • Hector
    el Hombre de Acero
    • May 19, 2003
    • 31852

    #2
    I read that...and posted a nice reply...lol.

    Just look who the author of that article is...Timothy Sexton...some nobody Boy George reject...



    ...then you'll forget about this silly article in one nano-second...


    Read the Yahoo comments...poor Timothy Sexton...

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    • jwyblejr
      galactic yo-yo
      • Apr 6, 2006
      • 11147

      #3
      Dude needs to find a nice little corner and hide there for awhile. I wouldn't want to go out in public if I were him.

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      • sauce
        Removed
        • Jun 24, 2007
        • 3491

        #4
        good reading
        maybe some stretchers or some misplaced evidence, but overall argued more cleanly than most

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        • MIB41
          Eloquent Member
          • Sep 25, 2005
          • 15633

          #5
          I think that thesis could have been whittled down to one sentence... They like these movies, but they need someone else to like them too. Misery loves company.

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          • sprytel
            Talkative Member
            • Jun 26, 2009
            • 6661

            #6
            These websites are driven by hits. Posting flamebait like this is a surefire way to generate traffic, if you can withstand the double barrel blast of nerd rage that it brings with it.

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            • samurainoir
              Eloquent Member
              • Dec 26, 2006
              • 18758

              #7
              Originally posted by sprytel
              These websites are driven by hits. Posting flamebait like this is a surefire way to generate traffic, if you can withstand the double barrel blast of nerd rage that it brings with it.
              Very good point. It seems to be the basis for most of the Big Two DC and Marvel marketing for the past decade.

              Although they can start running on fumes as well... recalling the Black Spider-man costume explosion in the eighties (I think most folks forget what a huge negative reaction it got), it seems like Spider-man gets a specialty outfit variant a couple of times a year. Nary a real huge peep on the latest Spider-man costume that they just teased.

              A storm of publicity can be viral if they just remove Superman's shorts for the next movie and comics though.
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              • MIB41
                Eloquent Member
                • Sep 25, 2005
                • 15633

                #8
                Originally posted by samurainoir
                Although they can start running on fumes as well... recalling the Black Spider-man costume explosion in the eighties (I think most folks forget what a huge negative reaction it got), it seems like Spider-man gets a specialty outfit variant a couple of times a year. Nary a real huge peep on the latest Spider-man costume that they just teased.

                A storm of publicity can be viral if they just remove Superman's shorts for the next movie and comics though.
                That's a very good point. But it also underscores how different the standard was for storytelling back then. In those days, comics gave out recognition for discrepancies uncovered in story continuity. There was pride in keeping ONE story going and evolving it with all established characters. The challenge was to find engaging stories without compromising the hero. So when they finally started messing with Spider-man's outfit, it got major flack. I can remember specific conversations Emeraldknight and I had about that event back then. We both agreed it was a gimmick and it wouldn't last. And actually it didn't last. It's last gasp was in the spinoff "Web of Spiderman" title which eventually folded and the red/blue threads were back in circulation. I remember it took a pretty large out crying to get the black suit removed. Marvel was really married to the concept in the beginning. But they finally heard enough and changed the Symbiote story so that the creature went from being a positive force for Peter into what most know it to be today. Just think. If fans had warmed to the whole concept, Venom may never have happened.

                If memory serves it was the death of Superman that really started this whole
                way of thinking with comics. Slowly stories became less relevant. Continuity became passe' and what started to matter was the "event" aspect of a storyline. How much could they screw with the character to create hype and make people tune in to buy a copy? And that's been the flavor of comics ever since. Pretty much the Golden rule these days is nothing is sacred. Anything goes. And that's why changing outfits today is received with a collective ho-hum. It's the same tired formula they've been doing for over 25 years.

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                • ctc
                  Fear the monkeybat!
                  • Aug 16, 2001
                  • 11183

                  #9
                  >If memory serves it was the death of Superman that really started this whole way of thinking with comics. Slowly stories became less relevant.

                  I think the "death" of Superman was the last gasp of the whole thing. I consider Secret Wars the primarch of the non-event; some of my friends cite Inferno.... but around that time there were a fair number of them. Legends comes to mind, as does Fall of the Mutants.

                  Crisis (the first one) was the real origin of it all, but the changes made by Crisis held for a while, and were always intended to be permanent so I don't count it. It was the later versions which tried really hard to recapture the "event" feel without actually providing an event that hashed it all. 'Course you can go back BEFORE Crisis and see this sort of thing; continuity wasn't as fixed as we tend to think prior to the 80's. Things changed every few years so's to better serve the current crop of fans. It wasn't until Flash 123 that they drew attention to it; so maybe THAT'S the start of it all?

                  >Continuity became passe'

                  That's been a confounding variable for ANY long-term franchaise. How do you deal with the changing fan base? Usually a total redo was the thing; look at the 70's Buck Rogers and how little it shares with the comic strip. Hell; look at the Buck Rogers comic strip itself! It went from post-apocalypse story to space opera fairly quick....

                  Star Wars is approaching that point. The prequels were an attempt at that.... with, er.... mixed results. The current Clone Wars cartoon is a much better attempt, but it still brings up some awkward questions when juxtaposed against the original films. (Such as: when does Anakin chop Asoka's head off?)

                  Don C.

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                  • rche
                    channeling Bob Wills
                    • Mar 26, 2008
                    • 7391

                    #10
                    On a purely intellectual level, I can see where the structure and storyline of the prequels is fairly deep and interesting. Which makes it all the more sad to see said storyline butchered by horrid acting and bad cgi tomfoolery.

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                    • Mikey
                      Verbose Member
                      • Aug 9, 2001
                      • 47258

                      #11
                      Besides the super-lousy acting the biggest thing I didn't like about the prequels is they are too complicated and hard to follow.

                      It's like the classic trilogy was written for the whole family and the prequels were written for somebody else.

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                      • Wise4671
                        Banned
                        • Aug 11, 2007
                        • 1389

                        #12
                        yeah I read this and posted as well here is my post on the matter:

                        This isnt even worth talking about whoever thinks the prequels are better then the Originals obviously have never actually watched the movies. Now go grab your Jar-Jar figure and go enjoy the brand new 3D movie oh wait nope its still that horrible movie that is using the Star Wars name to sell tickets.

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                        • Adam West
                          Museum CPA
                          • Apr 14, 2003
                          • 6822

                          #13
                          For what it's worth, my 11 year old likes the prequels. He asked me to take him to see Episode 1 in 3-D.
                          "The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
                          ~Vaclav Hlavaty

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                          • Bruce Banner
                            HULK SMASH!
                            • Apr 3, 2010
                            • 4335

                            #14
                            For me, SW will always be the original trilogy. That's my SW... it's the one I grew up with and love.

                            But I don't hate the prequels. In fact, there are certain aspects of them that I like.

                            I actually like the political aspect of the prequels' storyline a great deal.
                            I would have liked a lot more of that side of things in the movies.
                            (I think Lucas should have kept the scenes showing the origin of the Rebel Alliance with the founding senators intact in Revenge of the Sith. That was a pretty important subplot to cut out.)

                            One of the most intriguing aspects of the SW universe was how a supposedly democratic (albeit corrupt) republic became a totalitarian empire.

                            Ever since reading the preface to the original SW novelization back in the day where it describes the corruption in the senate and how Palpatine caused himself to become elected leader, I always wondered how that happened, and how exactly the Empire rose to power.
                            Now, we know.
                            Last edited by Bruce Banner; Feb 15, '12, 4:22 AM.
                            PUNY HUMANS!

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                            • Apositive
                              Career Member
                              • Apr 3, 2011
                              • 609

                              #15
                              Yahoo! news is silly, and not just for this article. Their articles on nutrition are full of misinformation and the front page fluctuates between really serious, dire matters and articles like this.

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