Well the games are easily the best part of the EU and nobody's wrecked those. As for Matrix Revolutions, don't even get me started there. That's another essay for another thread.Abedeus said:
Star Wars EP1 trailer aimed at little kids. It hurts, it really does.
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I don't care if the movies are "aimed at kids". This was still painful to watch. It reminded of the horribly obnoxious commercials that were on kids channels when I was younger. Even then I hated them. Just cause something is aimed at kids, doesn't mean you have to go make a horrible commercial for it. Anyways, the people who might still care about star wars are the teen and adult fans who grew up with the movies, whether the original trilogy or the prequels. The most a seven year old would care about star wars is possibly the clone wars cartoon, seeing as there hasn't been an actual movie in almost seven years.
I once told a star wars fan that I enjoyed the whole series. He started yelling at me. Apparently I'm stupid for liking such a "bad" movie. Movie Bob put it straight, I was a kid when the old star wars came out, I watched all of them in a row and enjoyed them.
Overall the trailer looks silly, but it all depends on what you personally like, if you like something then nobodies opinion should not bother you.
On topic: Who cares. Its a movie meant for kids.
Overall the trailer looks silly, but it all depends on what you personally like, if you like something then nobodies opinion should not bother you.
On topic: Who cares. Its a movie meant for kids.
And one he's used repeatedly, should definitely not be a surprise. Whenever Lucas has been doing any one thing long enough, or has a long enough gap between releases, he worries less about the already established fanbase and more about bring in a new set of youth.Thomas Guy said:
Even when the original movies came out, we started off with a fairly middle ground movie. Not directed at kids, but containing enough of a serious theme with enough action and just enough light hearted humour to do alright with all ages. Then with the fanbase established, Empire Strikes Back comes along, a more less worried about taking in newcomers and as a result takes itself a bit more seriously.
But then, 6 years after the original, we get Ewoks. A pathetic addition to the serious but let's face it, the establish fans didn't abandon Star Wars because of Ewoks, and with it being the last entry for the time period, the childish aspect helped (or were intended to) draw in a new layer of youth that would go on to gain an interest in the series as a whole.
Then, decades later we get a new trilogy. The fan base is well established, any adult who is going to be interested in Star Wars likely already is, so what do we get? The most child oriented entry yet, The Phantom Menace. Perhaps upsetting a large number of old time fans, but at this point, most fans aren't jumping ship over a single release, and an entire new generation of youth comes into the fold.
And following that, you can see the movies get a bit more series with each entry, slowly easing off the intent to draw in youth as the new fans grow up, and then we end with episode 3. While consisting of questionable quality regarding acting and dialog, the plot itself gets pretty dark, with the slaughtering of children, purging of the galaxies "heroes", domination of evil over the galaxy, and so on...
And once again, years later the fanbase that still cares isn't going anywhere, so yet again, we get a movie directed to pull in a new layer of youth, who will then grow up with the re-releases of the more serious movies and join the hordes of adult rabid fans.
"This is podracing!"
...not a great selling point.
...not a great selling point.
Oh, and the idea it needed to have kids in it to appeal to kids. No-one wants to be "little Ani"! Everyone wants to be Obi-wan! And Luke! And Han! And... the gay ones wanted to be C3PO!Storm Dragon said:
I always thought Phantom Menace was aimed at kids...
Anyway I don't care - I like to forget the prequels were ever made.
Anyway I don't care - I like to forget the prequels were ever made.
while i must admit that trailer just screamed "if you're over 12 don't watch this" i must admit i don't care. Star Wars episode I is the worst of em all in my opinion and no trailer would have convinced to watch the 3D version. A 3D version of a turd is still a turd.
I don't really remember, but as far as I remember, there were only 2 deaths in this movie, Qui-Gon and Darth Maul, which is about as much as in the lion king. Considering the latter is much more emotionally engaging, and didn't ruin my childhood, I doubt the phantom menace will.
Kids don't understand movies anyway, so seeing their toys rendered in 3D is fine.
Kids don't understand movies anyway, so seeing their toys rendered in 3D is fine.
Here I was, coming to this thread with the intention of giving the OP a wag of the finger.
Then I watched the trailer.
Then I watched the trailer.
Gah! That's horrific...saying that the ones I've seen on TV have just been bog standard trailers
Eh. I didn't think it was that bad.
Of course this is coming from someone who has enjoyed the prequels.
Plus, I saw the original trilogy as a kid and enjoyed it. So what exactly is wrong with advertising the movies to them?
Of course this is coming from someone who has enjoyed the prequels.
Plus, I saw the original trilogy as a kid and enjoyed it. So what exactly is wrong with advertising the movies to them?
Agreed. With a new generation comes a new opportunity to create a new group of Star Wars fans to make money off of. It worked for me and it's more than likely going to work for them.Thomas Guy said:
Really? Because it's been a long time since I've seen it but I'm fairly sure in the original film a guy gets his arm chopped of and there's afair ammount of blood, especially by standards of the 70's.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
Also yeah like alot of people are saying I liked The Phantom Menace when I was 8, but you know what, I had awful taste then and when I rewatched it I hated it. Same goes for the other prequels and for the originals but too a lesser extent.
