"Yeah, I guess we should start from Episode 1. It has 1 in the name!
Wow, that was awful, I won't bother watching the rest."
It's probably this.
Or because it's been memed to death.
It's a bad movie.
"Yeah, I guess we should start from Episode 1. It has 1 in the name!
Wow, that was awful, I won't bother watching the rest."
Same thing that happened with the original trilogyThe generational shift on the prequels has been fascinating to see
Man it's gonna be one hell of a wake-up call to the Gen Xers and Millenials who despise the sequel trilogy when, in 10-15 years time, Zoomers who grew up with those movies as their Star Wars enter their 30s and start getting all nostalgic for them. They'll receive mass fan re-appraisal like the prequels have, just watch.
Every line of dialogue that people hate and clown on now ("They fly now?!") is gonna be meme'd into being good, like Anakin's diatribe about sand.
It's this.
Also this. I'm expecting a lot of "the sequels were actually underrated" videos in a few years and (if Era is still around then) reaction threads to those videos
I was a older teen whose entire friend group looked down upon the prequels and anyone who liked them when they were released. Nothing could compare the to the OT. Then I rewatched the OT as an adult and fell asleep during ESB.I actually liked episode I the best. I watched it in my 20s over a decade after it was released. I went into it with no nostalgia or general interest in the franchise.
Come at me. I think this is a heavily nostalgia based franchise where people feed off their memories and base their favorites off of where they started. Regardless of quality. If you sit down and watch Empire Strikes Back with no nostalgia you'll see it's actually the weakest of the original trilogy, and Attack of the Clones caliber of quality.
I just rewatched Episode I in the theaters. Aside from some awkward dialogue, effects, and Jar Jar Binks goofiness it's still the best Star Wars film. That final duel against Darth Maul is the best moment in Star Wars history.
Liam Neeson in his role as Qui Gon Jinn is by far the best personification of everything the franchise has ever described a Jedi as.
I was a older teen whose entire friend group looked down upon the prequels and anyone who liked them when they were released. Nothing could compare the to the OT. Then I rewatched the OT as an adult and fell asleep during ESB.
I think humans are just very nostalgic creatures even for bad things. When I rewatch episode 1 I get while people like it (especially kids), but it is still just a bad movie with some memorable moments and characters. I'm also of the camp that the ST isn't as bad as people say. It will also probably have some sort of undeserved revival in the future.
A prime example is I still have nostalgia for a time I was young even though I distinctly remember my mental state was a complete dumpster fire the whole time.
Also this. I'm expecting a lot of "the sequels were actually underrated" videos in a few years and (if Era is still around then) reaction threads to those videos
Again, I get it TRoS burned y'all, but are y'all really gonna rewrite 2012-2019 just to cope with this.y'know... I honest to god doubt this. the ST (in my view) didn't have near enough cultural impact the PT did for its time
will there be some rose tinted nostalgia? sure. but it won't be anywhere near the same
y'know... I honest to god doubt this. the ST (in my view) didn't have near enough cultural impact the PT did for its time
will there be some rose tinted nostalgia? sure. but it won't be anywhere near the same
Since when are we allowed to be nostalgic for one thing?Also the PT's biggest cultural competitors of the time were LOTR and a couple Spiderman movies.
The ST is going to compete with the nostalgia for that phase of the MCU coming back around. Also there'd have to be nostalgia for TRoS as the culmination of that story which is kinda hard to imagine. I'd think it'd end up in the Game of Thrones bucket of "it was great up until…"
Since when are we allowed to be nostalgic for one thing?
Not to mention the other popular mid 2000s things you're forgetting.
Again, I get it TRoS burned y'all, but are y'all really gonna rewrite 2012-2019 just to cope with this.
Hell, since when is this place even in tune with cultural impact?
Disney, you know what you have to do. Bring in George, give him total creative freedom and an unlimited budget and let him create the real sequel trilogy.
Okay, but not everyone likes the MCU. 2015 was a pretty varied year, just like 2002. I'm pretty indifferent toward LotR, but there were like 4 other properties just as popular.I mean we are but are people going to get as worked up about the MCU? Eh I doubt it
I'm just not sure if I see it as an absolute given that the cycle will repeat itself. I guess we won't know for another 15ish years so.
It is really weird that there's a 5 minute long grandiose and bombastic fight with a guy who is presented by the film as essentially a random henchman. I don't know why people love that scene so much, it carries zero weight for me.It remains a completely boring film. Even the best part, the duel at the end, falls flat for me because the characters don't even talk to each other. You'd think Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would have a few questions for the first Sith they've seen in hundreds of years but apparently not. George completely forgot how to make a film, SW worked bevause of the characters stuff not the effects.
The taxation of trade routes? 5 year old me looking for a fun time at the movies is IN
Makes sense.
Us olds will never get the love for Phantom Menace. It was not for us.
Not saying everyone would love it haha.I was the prime demo (kid under 10) at the time and thought it was the drizzling shits. Jar jar was annoying, wato was annoying, the kid was annoying, the jedi were boring, Darth maul was cool but he didn't do anything. I didn't understand pretty much anything that was happening. The story was hard to follow.
Compared to the Star Wars trilogy tapes I watched religiously, it didn't even come close. Those were perfect films, and this was a bad movie. It was the first time I really experienced disappointment watching a movie.
The reason Naboo is a big deal is pretty clear, it's where Palpatine is from. The whole conflict is part of his larger scheme to gain power, the ending ceremony, where they go so far as to play a triumphant rendition of his theme hammers it home.It would have been more interesting if they explained why Naboo was such a big deal, and how what's essentially a big business has its own private army.
It would have been more interesting if they explained why Naboo was such a big deal, and how what's essentially a big business has its own private army.
Not saying everyone would love it haha.I was the prime demo (kid under 10) at the time and thought it was the drizzling shits. Jar jar was annoying, wato was annoying, the kid was annoying, the jedi were boring, Darth maul was cool but he didn't do anything. I didn't understand pretty much anything that was happening. The story was hard to follow.
Compared to the Star Wars trilogy tapes I watched religiously, it didn't even come close. Those were perfect films, and this was a bad movie. It was the first time I really experienced disappointment watching a movie.
Now that those kids, whose introduction to the Star Wars world was The Phantom Menace, are adults, it's unsurprising the film is remembered more fondly. The "prequel kids," as Schwartzel puts it, hold The Phantom Menace as dear to them as older fans revere A New Hope.
After a recent anniversary screening of the film in D.C., All Things Considered host Scott Detrow met 29-year-old Eleni Salyers, who said she's been a fan of the prequels since she was a kid: "For me it's nostalgic. Growing up I always preferred the prequels, which is a hot take for many Star Wars fans."
If you want to evaluate "impact" just look at what content Disney is currently pumping out. It's not sequel era.Again, I get it TRoS burned y'all, but are y'all really gonna rewrite 2012-2019 just to cope with this.
Hell, since when is this place even in tune with cultural impact?
Yep. Jar Jar doesn't fawn over space nazis, he gets with a Queen.
They aren't exactly rushing to put out Prequel era stuff either.If you want to evaluate "impact" just look at what content Disney is currently pumping out. It's not sequel era.
Man it's gonna be one hell of a wake-up call to the Gen Xers and Millenials who despise the sequel trilogy when, in 10-15 years time, Zoomers who grew up with those movies as their Star Wars enter their 30s and start getting all nostalgic for them. They'll receive mass fan re-appraisal like the prequels have, just watch.
Every line of dialogue that people hate and clown on now ("They fly now?!") is gonna be meme'd into being good, like Anakin's diatribe about sand.
Yep. Absolutely guaranteed to happen. I don't know how many people started statements with "at least the Prequels TRIED something new/felt like Star Wars" when critiquing the sequel trilogy, and look where we are now. I can only hope the prequel defenders have enough self awareness to hold their tongue in the face of zoomers playing up the new trilogy when the time comes lol.
They're doing another Rey movie right now.If you want to evaluate "impact" just look at what content Disney is currently pumping out. It's not sequel era.
Solo and the Obi Wan show are better prequels than any of the actual prequels.
I actually liked episode I the best. I watched it in my 20s over a decade after it was released. I went into it with no nostalgia or general interest in the franchise.
Come at me. I think this is a heavily nostalgia based franchise where people feed off their memories and base their favorites off of where they started. Regardless of quality. If you sit down and watch Empire Strikes Back with no nostalgia you'll see it's actually the weakest of the original trilogy, and Attack of the Clones caliber of quality.
I just rewatched Episode I in the theaters. Aside from some awkward dialogue, effects, and Jar Jar Binks goofiness it's still the best Star Wars film. That final duel against Darth Maul is the best moment in Star Wars history.
Liam Neeson in his role as Qui Gon Jinn is by far the best personification of everything the franchise has ever described a Jedi as.