Would U've liked SW if U saw TPM 1st?
Jason Jimenez
Sorry for the Prince like header. But I am just curious. I took my niece
and nephews to see this (they have never seen any SW films) and asked if
they wanted to watch eps 4,5,& 6
Answer: No. Too boring. Is there more fighting?
Kids these days- but I feel that if TPM was 1st in this series, we would
not have seen 4,5,&6... at best it would have become a TV show.
Jeffrey Davis
The new edition is fine: a little thin, a little bland. Nothing much
happens; nothing much is said. There's just not much there. To its
credit, it's as enjoyable as a glass of lemonade. I made the suggestion
before and I'll risk repetition by saying that I suspect that the makers
of Lethal Weapon 4 had access to an outline (or more) of Lucas's film.
Their version of the story has more snap, but not much. It's just not
much of a story.
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Jeffrey Davis <da...@ca.uky.edu> Did you all hear what Momma said?
Andy
what happens to this story, we have all seen ep's 1,2 & 3. All geogre lucas
is doing is filling us in so that we know what they're on about when we hear
people talking about "the clone wars" or we get asked questions on why did
anakin become dv, where did he get that suit from etc, etc.
Its going to be difficult to sustain any interest in a story that we already
know how it's going to end, so why not stop looking for plot-holes and just
enjoy it as a piece of entertainment.
HBOMB
irrelevant. It's not by chance that Lucas started with Episode IV and not
I. He was following the pattern set by most great epics which is to jump in
the middle of the story and not at the beginning.
Let's say, though, for argument's sake that this is the first SW film.
Well, obviously, he would have been freed of many of the constraints that he
was faced with in putting this particular film together. He wouldn't be
obligated to keep Obi Wan alive for Episode IV. He wouldn't be obligated to
explain how the droids met. There may have been no droids at all as we know
them. He wouldn't be obligated to explain how Anakin had twins that he
didn't know about and how they got seperated from each other. He wouldn't
be obligated to explain the rise of the Emperor and the Empire to the
position we know them in the Original Trilogy.
You see what I'm getting at? Lucas, to borrow a phrase, wrote himself
into a corner and much of the problem with the script not having a dramatic
enough narrative (as many people cite) has to do with the fact that he had
to remain consistent with established events we know are to come in later
episodes. As a result, it's extremely difficult to generate genuine
suspense when we all know Obi Wan isn't going to die, Anakin isn't going to
die, Amidala won't die until she gives birth at least, Yoda isn't going to
die, etc. If there is no Episode IV through VI, however, all that changes
and anything can happen. So, on both points, the question is moot.
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