Well, at the very least, this movie is in the nice space between guilty pleasure and "so bad it's good". There are action scenes that are genuinely fun to watch, but the plot is easily made fun of. XD get the right crowd together and it's hilarious to point out the flaws. Why else is this review so funny?
everyone who hates the prequels grew up with the original trilogy. thats the main problem. they can't accept changes and they get mad because there is no actuall main protagonist and darth vader in action except the last minutes of episode 3. don't you realise that the prequelse where made for the new generation. i actually like the prequels and i think they are a great addon to the story. stop crying everyone! i don't think you guys couldn't make the movie better yourselves!
@eCenZz97 Dude, we would LOVE the prequels if they had good characters, a plot that made sense, or... ya know... something good in them. They all suck!
Star wars has a shit ton of plot holes, like the death star, design flaw? And how could you hide that big of a project? I bet they didn't even pay property tax to the space irs, palpatine has some explaining to do on his tax forms....
@MicahJ93 A design flaw in a technological fictional device is not a plot hole. It's kind of like during WW2 when France had huge defenses along the German border that could not be destroyed. Germany just attacked from the flank, around the defenses. I guess whoever wrote history had some major writing issues. And galaxies are so small that everyone notices every single moon-sized thing by looking at the sky. And emperors pay taxes, just like the Roma ones did! Yeah, so many plot holes! Damn!
Lol i love the fanboy arguements in the comments. So many butthurt people because of this review. And not to mention the "wise" munks that come out and argue with you using big paragraphs and shit.
My response to that is that the story is not well developed either, in either the characters behavior or an explanation of the world that has been created.That is probably the most effective part of his critique, because none of the characters seemed to know what they are doing other than Palpatine. Every bad guy is a mindless drone doing whatever he tells them, and the good guys seem to do things in the most convoluted way possible and doing things that make no sense like returning to Naboo.
I think Star Wars episodes were good movies even though I was ready to be explained why they are not and understand that. But it seems the argument is that they are not the normal Transformers/Spiderman/Superhero which almost every movie made now and should be dummed down because everything is too complicated.
About the blockade, it probably isn't about that they would die on the planet but some planets make space engines, weapons shit like that, things of higher quality than water or food.
Transformers films are just as stupid as the SW prequels, it's just Michael Bay is more diligent in putting distracting eye candy on screen than George Lucas is. This is because Michael Bay still thinks like a 12 year old, whereas George Lucas has the energy level of an old guy who doesn't want to work very hard. They are different kinds of bad, but they are still bad.
@aligborat That's not really my argument. Movies like Transformers/spiderman million other movies/books have the same cookie cutter storyline where it's always the same thing with the protagonist and antagonist. It's not wrong to deviate from this standard but rather refreshing.
And still the main argument in SWepisodes being bad seems to be that there's no clear protagonist. That's more a matter of an opinion if you want every movie to have the same basic storyline. Not a real argument.
Not the only reason, just one of them of many my friend. He also points out a lack of character development which is to me a far stronger critique. Remember he says clearly he doesn't think that every movie has to conform to this structure, but unless you are a gifted filmmaker and you are making movies for an adult audience ( Which Lucas clearly wasn't in Episode I ) then you develop a certain type of plot. Different than a cookie cutter Hollywood plot doesn't mean it's good.
@aligborat I think character development is major part of storytelling. Ive seen quite few movies where characters just seem stupid when they don't learn or change of the experiences they face. But in this case I feel the main focus is the development of the universe rather than stories of single jedis or sith. So in this case I think it doesn't need to be the focus.
"Different than a cookie cutter Hollywood plot doesn't mean it's good." True but being the same mold means being unimaginative.
@MattthePolishActor I actually think that came right off the special edition DVD, but I might be completely wrong because I never got the special edition DVD
Cant tell if just witty for purposefully misspelling/mispronouncing words, or super-genius to cover his tracks in case he actually fucks something up.
okay, dude, now you're dissing Lucas and that's the guy who fucking made and directed, with the shots only he accepted, the great movies that you idolize.Just shut the fuck up because your motive clearly is not presented with this series.
@OrionCinemas They like the original Star Wars trilogy, you know, the one that has the least amount of Lucas' influence. He was the original spark for Star Wars. but, I am now convinced that Lucas only created the bad things in Star Wars, and I don't credit him with any of the good parts. He calls a lightsaber a laser sword for fuck sake. He has no idea why Star Wars is popular.
Now go put Lucas' cock back in your mouth, you stupid fanboy fucktard.
@OrionCinemas Well I think it's clear that while making Episode I Lucas went full blown fucking retard. Hitler was a dashing guy before he became a dictator, after all. You don't have to respect people once they produce utter shit.
@Thatguywithlogic I can agree that Lucas declined as a producer and director. I'm just trying to explain to this guy that if it weren't for his spark of creativity, Star Wars: the original trilogy, the movie he makes love to, wouldn't exist.
Think back to the first movie, Imperial officers argue and debate the usefulness of the Death Star, and during the rebel attack a young staff officer tells Tarkin he has analyzed the attack strategy and found a danger to the station, which Tarkin bristles at and blows off a request to ready an escape craft. In the second film, we see a competent Imperial general ( A Marine perhaps? ) informing Vader of the fact that the Admiral has tipped off the Rebels, whom Vader executes promptly.
@aligborat Ohhh... so this great evil empire... designed, produced, manufactured a weapon and for about 20 years no one noticed this flaw, no engineer, no high rank officer or anyone, and not even Tarkin himself who in books is pictured a good officer... but a young staff officer of propobly thousands of people working on DeathStar and than thousands serving on it, after 20 years of being dumb, finally adressed this issue? You're not helping the case of old trilogy even a bit here
I believe that the rebel commander in the first movie addressed that pretty clearly, he said the Empire didn't view small fighters as a threat or else they would have had a tighter defense. It was inconceivable to the Empire that the station would be attacked by small fighters, so it had no defenses for such an attack. Once it was obvious that rebels were attacking in that manner, within 15 minutes or so a smart staff officer realized it and informed Tarkin.
Plus no design is ever perfect, you can't possibly plan for every possible contingency, because you don't know every possible contingency and resources are limited even for the Galactic Empire.
A visual opening way better than boring dialogue. Even I was put off by TPM as an 8 year-old child when my cousin wanted to watch it. The lighting was too dark and it just started off with boring dialogue, would never have guessed 5-10 minutes down the line a lightsaber show down between the Jedi and the droids would've occured. Didn't even think there'd be military droids on that ship. Wow, just goes to show your opening is very important.
Yeaaaah Phantom Menace has a boring build up.... but in Return of the Jedi, after the opening say hello to an hour long block of robots walking over desert... cleaning robots... going through desert towards some town... talking a bit... going back, going to town again... more desert.
Also, in that build up we get to learn about the characters through dialogue, interaction, and exposition so that we give a shit about them when things start to explode.
PM doesn't do any of that, it just lets us know that the villains are stupid and the heroes appear to made of living cardboard.
And New Hope tells us that the evil guys want to rule the world cause they evil, and good guys are to save it because they're good. Look I'm not defending PM here, just point out the obvious, that if you bash the story and characters for not having enaugh of credible background... you can't really do that seriously and with straight face no matter what SW it is.
The biggest difference is that both the good guys and bad guys in the original trilogy behave rationally. I also think that many of the Imperial officers think that the rebels are traitors for wanting to overthrow a legitimate government in their eyes. In the sequels, the bad guys act evil for the sake of acting evil and outside of Palpatine never behave rationally. They all unquestioningly follow Palpatine's orders despite often having nothing to gain by doing so.
Rationally equiping their special forces to fight in white armors in middle of a jungle? Or rationally building a super-weapon with a vent shaft leading to reactor core? Rationally building the only ships in the universe to have shield generators on the outside of the hulk?
No... we never felt anything rationall going on, we never felt there is a reason for a rebelion other than "they have people wearing black" - and thats apparently bad. Never saw opression or unjustice of Imperium
@YuriPRIMEpoland A planet whose inhabitants have no weapons and are generally peaceful is getting blown up just to get information out of a prisoner, who has been tortured before yet was not revealing it. I think that is one damn indication who's bad. The problem with the prequels is that without the originals people wouldn't know _anything_ about what's happening, what a lightsaber or a jedi is, or why they can mind trick people.
@FrontlinerCdV Dude :P I know, the former guy said the original series badguys acted rationally and reasonably... no they didn't that's my damn point. Pointing out lack of rationallity and reason of new trilogy in relation to the old one makes really no sense.
I pointed this out an earlier post, but Jedi was the beginning of George Lucas' decline as a filmmaker, it was much weaker than Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, although not nearly as horrible as the prequels, and it had a the happy ending so everyone kind of ignored it's problems as a movie. Both of your criticisms are really leveled against that film, not the first two films.
@aligborat I state both new and old trilogy on the same level. I enhoy them a lot from visual and adventure standpoint, but when people start pointing out flaws of PM pointing out lack of sense that occures IN EVERY video, what I really see is an extreeme act of fanboyism towards idolised pieces. It's like I enjoy Pirates of The Caribeans, but if I hear fans of first movie dissing the other cause it wasnt historicly correct or magic and mythos were not explained... It's just crazy
Look I don't view the original series with rose colored glasses, I've already stated that Jedi was inferior to the first two movies, I'm just saying even that movie is still far better than the any of the prequel films which are just horribly written and completely incoherent.
We never learn wether economic situation is bad and what are the actual reasons for people to rebell. We never see any big planet and are people there living on some decent standard or what? The only place we see 'evil of the empire' is when Vader kills people, they destroy a planet like that makes a lot of sense other than "oooh we evil now, we show off" and emperor having black evil clothes shoots lightning... In sequels least to say thay are bad at some points...
they at least gave separatists reason to have their own ruling and governing conglomerate... to run their own economy without Republic's restrictions and having to be in relations to other planets that go by different views and policies imposed on them wether they like it or not. And we actually see palpatine as some kind of manipulative mastermind not just guy in black robes who laughs like a maniac and does pew pew pew with his fingers...
you're totally right - I recently made the mistake of watching "The Phantom Menace" again - in 3D. And believe me, it nearly killed me. Jar-Jar Binks in 3D.....aaaaargh!
Just a few seconds of listening to their talk of trade roots made me want to change away from C-SPAN. Then I remembered I'm watching the review of a Star Wars movie.
"Fuck you Rick Berman, you ruined this too!? Stop ruining..wait a minute that ain't Rick Berman. What is it with Ricks?" Yeah If I have a son he won't be named Rick for sure.
"Fuck you Rick Berman, you ruined this too!? Stop ruining..wait a minute that ain't Rick Berman. What is it with Ricks?" Yeah If I have a son we won't be named Rick for sure.
He says we really need to know the basics about why the trade federation was blockading the planet. This is one of those details you are supposed to fill in for yourself as it is not integral to the story. In the original trilogy we are never given specific reasons why the rebels and empire are at war.
@Nasiar000 The rebels by definition are a group that opposes the Empire, probably due to oppression, different ideals, or desire for segregate take your pick. The trade federation as an organization are never appropriately introduced into the story and are given no incentive to oppress anyone. So it begs the question, why invade Naboo? What did they ever do? Plinkets point is that the force of opposition in the film has no incentive to be antagonists.
They are interested in profit, that is their incentive. They are introduced the same way as the empire. In the opening sequence they are described as 'greedy', whereas the empire is described as 'evil'. And then they do bad things, so we know they are bad. Its very straightforward, we don't need every detail. We certainly didn't get detailed explanations in original trilogy.
@Nasiar000 The rebels by definition are a group that opposes the Empire, probably due to oppression, different ideals, or desire for segregate take your pick. The trade federation as an organization are never appropriately introduced into the story and are given no incentive to oppress anyone. So it begs the question, why invade Naboo? What did they ever do? Plinkets point is that the force of opposition in the film has no incentive to be antagonists.
@Nasiar000 It's not really clear as to why a blockade caused by a "Trade Federation" would benefit anybody, including those making the blockade. We see why the Rebels fight against the Empire because the Empire is clearly corrupt and evil, what with all the Death Stars, Darth Vader, harsh treatment to everyone, and so on.
@AvengerStar5 In the opening scene it explains the trade federation is blockading Naboo in order to resolve the taxation dispute. Perhaps blockading this planet will force them to cave into the trade federations demands for lower taxes? Or perhaps the trade federation profits from keeping some of this planets goods off the galactic market? Its consistent with the other movies to not explain everyone's motives precisely.
That was not World War I which was in 1914 to 1918 and the topic you are talking about is the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1960. If your going to reference history to explain why a movie is bad please use correctly placed events.
@wheresmapie1 I for one enjoy irony but also dislike ignorance. Subtle irony such as this is harmful to the general public's knowledge and many people barley know who we fought in World War I let alone why it happened.
@MrItsabeautifulday It's saying the actors were @#$%ing bored and the movie was @#$% boring and the protagonists in a movie aren't supposed to tap their fingers on their knees they're supposed to do big exciting things.
can you believe that Yahoo article was trying to say that the prequels were not only good but better than the originals? wtf, the guy was obviously high
although i dislike episode 1, but i think the trade federation was suppose to be a fictional futuristic version of the British East India Company, although they were suppose to be just for commerce but they also had military hardware.
Most anyone can review a shitty sci-fi movie. Can most eviscerate said movie with a Valium growl while their girlfriend plays captive in the basement? I thought not.
OK on this one I'd say the reason it starts slightly boringly is because this is set before the galaxy was in a civil war, this is Star wars before the ACTUAL star wars began, it's showing the start, from what, in the republic's terms, is a minor change to the routine running of the galaxy, to the start of the decent into chaos and war, you can't possibly have a big exciting opening because the exciting stuff hasn't happened yet, nor has the stuff that caused the exciting stuff.
The opening IS big and exciting, it's just that the exposition isn't done as well as ANH. In the end, if the setting calls for a boring plot, don't make the movie.
@twooffour The very start isn't exciting compared ANH opening with galactic civil war to PM, Taxing of trade routes, even though we all have an aversion to war most would rather watch a program about the invasion of Iraq than a debate about the taxing of import and export.
And with calling the first movie you ever make is episode IV, you know people are going to want to know what happens in I, II and III, which means you're going to have to cover the boring prelude to war, seems simple to me.
1) The political background doesn't matter, as the opening sequence is introduced with a sense of suspense and mystery, and quickly evolves into EXCITING ACTION.
The "tax dispute" is the backstory, Jedi shooting robots is what actually happens on the screen.
And the lack of "excitement" wasn't RLM's critique, it was rather the boring way of exposition in contrast to ANH's effective brevity.
For what it's worth, I personally rather like the opening sequence (most of it), it has
Well, at the very least, this movie is in the nice space between guilty pleasure and "so bad it's good". There are action scenes that are genuinely fun to watch, but the plot is easily made fun of. XD get the right crowd together and it's hilarious to point out the flaws. Why else is this review so funny?
yanipheonu 4 hours ago
Don't diss novels! Novels are amazing!
croc560 6 hours ago
LOL, skull and bones in the basement
shoopdeedoop 12 hours ago
2 years 3 months and no pizza roll....
wtf!!!
MaTchBoOkPoEt 15 hours ago
LOL!
U need take more respect to your victims, and nice vid!
freedoomlander 1 day ago
You know a movie sucks when the review is more entertaining....
rodhdzmtz 1 day ago 8
@rodhdzmtz plinket reviewed babys day out and its was more entertaining than the prefails
MaTchBoOkPoEt 15 hours ago
These sequels are just C-Span with lightsabres
Caspian50 1 day ago
The prequels are terrible.
ank2000 1 day ago
everyone who hates the prequels grew up with the original trilogy. thats the main problem. they can't accept changes and they get mad because there is no actuall main protagonist and darth vader in action except the last minutes of episode 3. don't you realise that the prequelse where made for the new generation. i actually like the prequels and i think they are a great addon to the story. stop crying everyone! i don't think you guys couldn't make the movie better yourselves!
eCenZz97 2 days ago
@eCenZz97 Dude, we would LOVE the prequels if they had good characters, a plot that made sense, or... ya know... something good in them. They all suck!
FooFilmOfficial 2 days ago
@eCenZz97 I hate the prequels, but I was in '97 sooooo....
TheRitchardgaleHater 1 day ago
@eCenZz97 I forgot to type born
TheRitchardgaleHater 1 day ago
Fuck the pain away!!! - Babys day out review
SamyLakhdar 2 days ago
Star wars has a shit ton of plot holes, like the death star, design flaw? And how could you hide that big of a project? I bet they didn't even pay property tax to the space irs, palpatine has some explaining to do on his tax forms....
MicahJ93 2 days ago
@MicahJ93 A design flaw in a technological fictional device is not a plot hole. It's kind of like during WW2 when France had huge defenses along the German border that could not be destroyed. Germany just attacked from the flank, around the defenses. I guess whoever wrote history had some major writing issues. And galaxies are so small that everyone notices every single moon-sized thing by looking at the sky. And emperors pay taxes, just like the Roma ones did! Yeah, so many plot holes! Damn!
Maermaethor 2 days ago
space obama?
king14166 3 days ago
0:10 - "From the very start of this movie I could tell that something was really wrong, Just by the way it started."
I had that same exact feeling when I first saw it!!
Encom7 3 days ago
"Gay Robots.." Haha, That was so unexpected I had to laugh..
feh2 4 days ago
LOL, u have an awesome basement! XD
NodDisciple1 4 days ago
Lol i love the fanboy arguements in the comments. So many butthurt people because of this review. And not to mention the "wise" munks that come out and argue with you using big paragraphs and shit.
thematrix9852 5 days ago
@thematrix9852 you obviously do not understand any of this.
I'm sick of explainging to you the hidden meanings here.
Mr Plinkett obviously doesn't understand, and neither do you.
And it's pretty pathetic.
AnonymousElektron 3 days ago
...the basement scene got me.
jojishigesso 5 days ago 2
WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THE RECOMMENDED VIDEOS!???
Blomsternisse 5 days ago 20
My response to that is that the story is not well developed either, in either the characters behavior or an explanation of the world that has been created.That is probably the most effective part of his critique, because none of the characters seemed to know what they are doing other than Palpatine. Every bad guy is a mindless drone doing whatever he tells them, and the good guys seem to do things in the most convoluted way possible and doing things that make no sense like returning to Naboo.
aligborat 5 days ago
Our blockade around Cuba wasn't World War 1. It was the Cuban Missile Crisis.
OnlyBrainLeft 5 days ago
@OnlyBrainLeft It's a joke
TheRitchardgaleHater 5 days ago
@OnlyBrainLeft Take a joke?
nera427 4 days ago in playlist Plinkett Reviews
@OnlyBrainLeft No shit
Chev427BB 4 days ago
I think Star Wars episodes were good movies even though I was ready to be explained why they are not and understand that. But it seems the argument is that they are not the normal Transformers/Spiderman/Superhero which almost every movie made now and should be dummed down because everything is too complicated.
About the blockade, it probably isn't about that they would die on the planet but some planets make space engines, weapons shit like that, things of higher quality than water or food.
Raumance 6 days ago
Transformers films are just as stupid as the SW prequels, it's just Michael Bay is more diligent in putting distracting eye candy on screen than George Lucas is. This is because Michael Bay still thinks like a 12 year old, whereas George Lucas has the energy level of an old guy who doesn't want to work very hard. They are different kinds of bad, but they are still bad.
aligborat 6 days ago
@aligborat That's not really my argument. Movies like Transformers/spiderman million other movies/books have the same cookie cutter storyline where it's always the same thing with the protagonist and antagonist. It's not wrong to deviate from this standard but rather refreshing.
And still the main argument in SWepisodes being bad seems to be that there's no clear protagonist. That's more a matter of an opinion if you want every movie to have the same basic storyline. Not a real argument.
Raumance 6 days ago
Not the only reason, just one of them of many my friend. He also points out a lack of character development which is to me a far stronger critique. Remember he says clearly he doesn't think that every movie has to conform to this structure, but unless you are a gifted filmmaker and you are making movies for an adult audience ( Which Lucas clearly wasn't in Episode I ) then you develop a certain type of plot. Different than a cookie cutter Hollywood plot doesn't mean it's good.
aligborat 5 days ago
@aligborat I think character development is major part of storytelling. Ive seen quite few movies where characters just seem stupid when they don't learn or change of the experiences they face. But in this case I feel the main focus is the development of the universe rather than stories of single jedis or sith. So in this case I think it doesn't need to be the focus.
"Different than a cookie cutter Hollywood plot doesn't mean it's good." True but being the same mold means being unimaginative.
Raumance 5 days ago
WWI...that was it for me. I laughed so hard
SWASDN 1 week ago
does anyone know which documentary the "its so dense" line is from?
MattthePolishActor 1 week ago
@MattthePolishActor I actually think that came right off the special edition DVD, but I might be completely wrong because I never got the special edition DVD
Chev427BB 4 days ago
Wait isn't that Grim Reaper hologram guy the clear villain in this movie?
elcap22 1 week ago
I would like one pizza roll please.
tomot87 1 week ago
this guys a genius
RMPoidet 1 week ago 2
I want some pizza roll.
okendido 1 week ago
Now I can't stop quoting: "WHAT IS IT WITH RICKS?"
NexusVerbal 1 week ago 4
Cant tell if just witty for purposefully misspelling/mispronouncing words, or super-genius to cover his tracks in case he actually fucks something up.
Mailman4187 1 week ago
@vigtigyou2ber I've never heard a baby say Coruscant
PyneAiple 1 week ago
Did anyone notice the names of the planets in the prequel trilogy all sound like sounds babies make?
vigtigyou2uber 1 week ago
WORLD WAR I ROFL!
sprish00 1 week ago
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DusmarFilms 1 week ago
Now I want a pizza roll...dammit.
JimmyCaravan 1 week ago
I LIKE PIE!!!!!
Tkirby1011 1 week ago
okay, dude, now you're dissing Lucas and that's the guy who fucking made and directed, with the shots only he accepted, the great movies that you idolize.Just shut the fuck up because your motive clearly is not presented with this series.
OrionCinemas 1 week ago
@OrionCinemas They like the original Star Wars trilogy, you know, the one that has the least amount of Lucas' influence. He was the original spark for Star Wars. but, I am now convinced that Lucas only created the bad things in Star Wars, and I don't credit him with any of the good parts. He calls a lightsaber a laser sword for fuck sake. He has no idea why Star Wars is popular.
Now go put Lucas' cock back in your mouth, you stupid fanboy fucktard.
LaccaTony 1 week ago 3
@OrionCinemas Well I think it's clear that while making Episode I Lucas went full blown fucking retard. Hitler was a dashing guy before he became a dictator, after all. You don't have to respect people once they produce utter shit.
Thatguywithlogic 1 week ago
@Thatguywithlogic I can agree that Lucas declined as a producer and director. I'm just trying to explain to this guy that if it weren't for his spark of creativity, Star Wars: the original trilogy, the movie he makes love to, wouldn't exist.
OrionCinemas 1 week ago
Think back to the first movie, Imperial officers argue and debate the usefulness of the Death Star, and during the rebel attack a young staff officer tells Tarkin he has analyzed the attack strategy and found a danger to the station, which Tarkin bristles at and blows off a request to ready an escape craft. In the second film, we see a competent Imperial general ( A Marine perhaps? ) informing Vader of the fact that the Admiral has tipped off the Rebels, whom Vader executes promptly.
aligborat 1 week ago
@aligborat Ohhh... so this great evil empire... designed, produced, manufactured a weapon and for about 20 years no one noticed this flaw, no engineer, no high rank officer or anyone, and not even Tarkin himself who in books is pictured a good officer... but a young staff officer of propobly thousands of people working on DeathStar and than thousands serving on it, after 20 years of being dumb, finally adressed this issue? You're not helping the case of old trilogy even a bit here
YuriPRIMEpoland 6 days ago
I believe that the rebel commander in the first movie addressed that pretty clearly, he said the Empire didn't view small fighters as a threat or else they would have had a tighter defense. It was inconceivable to the Empire that the station would be attacked by small fighters, so it had no defenses for such an attack. Once it was obvious that rebels were attacking in that manner, within 15 minutes or so a smart staff officer realized it and informed Tarkin.
aligborat 6 days ago
Plus no design is ever perfect, you can't possibly plan for every possible contingency, because you don't know every possible contingency and resources are limited even for the Galactic Empire.
aligborat 6 days ago
Despite all of its flaws, I still love the Phantom Menace
riverbendtwain 1 week ago
dude! what have u done with emma watson?!
53knights 1 week ago
This is the funniest thing ever.
700Penguin 1 week ago
I can haz pizza roll?
Billyeallen 1 week ago
I love seeing these paragraph responses on this page like anyone's actually reading them.
RockLobsta23 1 week ago 2
3 years and I'm still waiting for my pizza rolls. I bet they're all moldy now :(
FilmmakerRyan 1 week ago
...gay robots! I DIED XDDDDDDDDDD
Carkui 1 week ago
Holy Shit Eminem!
Carkui 1 week ago
1:40 OWNED!!
EliteDoomer 1 week ago
5:17 - the Cuban missile crisis wherent called world war 1
Americans and their history lessons :S
Wrune 1 week ago
@Wrune That's the point... it's a 'joke'.... Jeeeeeeesus.
planetgilbo 1 week ago
A visual opening way better than boring dialogue. Even I was put off by TPM as an 8 year-old child when my cousin wanted to watch it. The lighting was too dark and it just started off with boring dialogue, would never have guessed 5-10 minutes down the line a lightsaber show down between the Jedi and the droids would've occured. Didn't even think there'd be military droids on that ship. Wow, just goes to show your opening is very important.
arsenalrulez1000 1 week ago
I'm gonna ask questions god damn it!!!!
SamyLakhdar 2 weeks ago
Yeaaaah Phantom Menace has a boring build up.... but in Return of the Jedi, after the opening say hello to an hour long block of robots walking over desert... cleaning robots... going through desert towards some town... talking a bit... going back, going to town again... more desert.
YuriPRIMEpoland 2 weeks ago
@YuriPRIMEpoland
I think you're talking about A New Hope.
Also, in that build up we get to learn about the characters through dialogue, interaction, and exposition so that we give a shit about them when things start to explode.
PM doesn't do any of that, it just lets us know that the villains are stupid and the heroes appear to made of living cardboard.
nosorab3 1 week ago 20
@nosorab3 *palmface*
And New Hope tells us that the evil guys want to rule the world cause they evil, and good guys are to save it because they're good. Look I'm not defending PM here, just point out the obvious, that if you bash the story and characters for not having enaugh of credible background... you can't really do that seriously and with straight face no matter what SW it is.
YuriPRIMEpoland 1 week ago
The biggest difference is that both the good guys and bad guys in the original trilogy behave rationally. I also think that many of the Imperial officers think that the rebels are traitors for wanting to overthrow a legitimate government in their eyes. In the sequels, the bad guys act evil for the sake of acting evil and outside of Palpatine never behave rationally. They all unquestioningly follow Palpatine's orders despite often having nothing to gain by doing so.
aligborat 1 week ago
Rationally equiping their special forces to fight in white armors in middle of a jungle? Or rationally building a super-weapon with a vent shaft leading to reactor core? Rationally building the only ships in the universe to have shield generators on the outside of the hulk?
No... we never felt anything rationall going on, we never felt there is a reason for a rebelion other than "they have people wearing black" - and thats apparently bad. Never saw opression or unjustice of Imperium
YuriPRIMEpoland 1 week ago
@YuriPRIMEpoland A planet whose inhabitants have no weapons and are generally peaceful is getting blown up just to get information out of a prisoner, who has been tortured before yet was not revealing it. I think that is one damn indication who's bad. The problem with the prequels is that without the originals people wouldn't know _anything_ about what's happening, what a lightsaber or a jedi is, or why they can mind trick people.
FrontlinerCdV 1 week ago
@FrontlinerCdV Dude :P I know, the former guy said the original series badguys acted rationally and reasonably... no they didn't that's my damn point. Pointing out lack of rationallity and reason of new trilogy in relation to the old one makes really no sense.
YuriPRIMEpoland 1 week ago
@YuriPRIMEpoland I would love to know which moments you have in mind when the characters in the original trilogy acted irrationally.
FrontlinerCdV 1 week ago
@FrontlinerCdV the whole movie...
YuriPRIMEpoland 1 week ago
I pointed this out an earlier post, but Jedi was the beginning of George Lucas' decline as a filmmaker, it was much weaker than Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, although not nearly as horrible as the prequels, and it had a the happy ending so everyone kind of ignored it's problems as a movie. Both of your criticisms are really leveled against that film, not the first two films.
aligborat 1 week ago
@aligborat I state both new and old trilogy on the same level. I enhoy them a lot from visual and adventure standpoint, but when people start pointing out flaws of PM pointing out lack of sense that occures IN EVERY video, what I really see is an extreeme act of fanboyism towards idolised pieces. It's like I enjoy Pirates of The Caribeans, but if I hear fans of first movie dissing the other cause it wasnt historicly correct or magic and mythos were not explained... It's just crazy
YuriPRIMEpoland 6 days ago
Look I don't view the original series with rose colored glasses, I've already stated that Jedi was inferior to the first two movies, I'm just saying even that movie is still far better than the any of the prequel films which are just horribly written and completely incoherent.
aligborat 6 days ago
We never learn wether economic situation is bad and what are the actual reasons for people to rebell. We never see any big planet and are people there living on some decent standard or what? The only place we see 'evil of the empire' is when Vader kills people, they destroy a planet like that makes a lot of sense other than "oooh we evil now, we show off" and emperor having black evil clothes shoots lightning... In sequels least to say thay are bad at some points...
YuriPRIMEpoland 1 week ago
they at least gave separatists reason to have their own ruling and governing conglomerate... to run their own economy without Republic's restrictions and having to be in relations to other planets that go by different views and policies imposed on them wether they like it or not. And we actually see palpatine as some kind of manipulative mastermind not just guy in black robes who laughs like a maniac and does pew pew pew with his fingers...
YuriPRIMEpoland 1 week ago
@nosorab3
you're totally right - I recently made the mistake of watching "The Phantom Menace" again - in 3D. And believe me, it nearly killed me. Jar-Jar Binks in 3D.....aaaaargh!
Woggyflush 1 week ago
Just a few seconds of listening to their talk of trade roots made me want to change away from C-SPAN. Then I remembered I'm watching the review of a Star Wars movie.
ElvenRaptor 2 weeks ago
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"Fuck you Rick Berman, you ruined this too!? Stop ruining..wait a minute that ain't Rick Berman. What is it with Ricks?" Yeah If I have a son he won't be named Rick for sure.
SirHawkeyeWho 2 weeks ago
"Fuck you Rick Berman, you ruined this too!? Stop ruining..wait a minute that ain't Rick Berman. What is it with Ricks?" Yeah If I have a son we won't be named Rick for sure.
SirHawkeyeWho 2 weeks ago
He says we really need to know the basics about why the trade federation was blockading the planet. This is one of those details you are supposed to fill in for yourself as it is not integral to the story. In the original trilogy we are never given specific reasons why the rebels and empire are at war.
Nasiar000 2 weeks ago
@Nasiar000 The rebels by definition are a group that opposes the Empire, probably due to oppression, different ideals, or desire for segregate take your pick. The trade federation as an organization are never appropriately introduced into the story and are given no incentive to oppress anyone. So it begs the question, why invade Naboo? What did they ever do? Plinkets point is that the force of opposition in the film has no incentive to be antagonists.
W00dstockSJ 2 weeks ago
@W00dstockSJ
They are interested in profit, that is their incentive. They are introduced the same way as the empire. In the opening sequence they are described as 'greedy', whereas the empire is described as 'evil'. And then they do bad things, so we know they are bad. Its very straightforward, we don't need every detail. We certainly didn't get detailed explanations in original trilogy.
Nasiar000 2 weeks ago
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@Nasiar000 The rebels by definition are a group that opposes the Empire, probably due to oppression, different ideals, or desire for segregate take your pick. The trade federation as an organization are never appropriately introduced into the story and are given no incentive to oppress anyone. So it begs the question, why invade Naboo? What did they ever do? Plinkets point is that the force of opposition in the film has no incentive to be antagonists.
W00dstockSJ 2 weeks ago
@Nasiar000 It's not really clear as to why a blockade caused by a "Trade Federation" would benefit anybody, including those making the blockade. We see why the Rebels fight against the Empire because the Empire is clearly corrupt and evil, what with all the Death Stars, Darth Vader, harsh treatment to everyone, and so on.
AvengerStar5 2 weeks ago
@AvengerStar5 In the opening scene it explains the trade federation is blockading Naboo in order to resolve the taxation dispute. Perhaps blockading this planet will force them to cave into the trade federations demands for lower taxes? Or perhaps the trade federation profits from keeping some of this planets goods off the galactic market? Its consistent with the other movies to not explain everyone's motives precisely.
Nasiar000 2 weeks ago
@Nasiar000 That just leaves the audience confused, especially those that watch the original trilogy in the first place.
AvengerStar5 2 weeks ago
"my plastic bin!" lol
Eric21ND 2 weeks ago
"my plastic bin!" lol
Eric21ND 2 weeks ago
"my plastic bin!" lol
Eric21ND 2 weeks ago
LOL, I like how he calls the Cuban Missile Crisis, World War I even though it took place after World War II.
connerspencern 2 weeks ago
@connerspencern LOL, i like when people explain why purposefully inaccurate jokes are inaccurate by explaining what actually happened.
MegamaXX500 2 weeks ago
instead of comparing to flash gordon, compare to doctor who!!!
DoctorWho50Years 2 weeks ago
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JGaRRoWay08 2 weeks ago
what is it with ricks?
goldbondisgod 2 weeks ago
i want a pizza roll!
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That was not World War I which was in 1914 to 1918 and the topic you are talking about is the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1960. If your going to reference history to explain why a movie is bad please use correctly placed events.
MrBarr93 2 weeks ago
@MrBarr93
Haha good one.
Caliente1593 2 weeks ago
@MrBarr93 It's a joke genius, I guess irony is lost on you.
wheresmapie1 2 weeks ago
@wheresmapie1 I for one enjoy irony but also dislike ignorance. Subtle irony such as this is harmful to the general public's knowledge and many people barley know who we fought in World War I let alone why it happened.
MrBarr93 2 weeks ago
@MrBarr93 He was being ironic :/
JGaRRoWay08 2 weeks ago
@MrBarr93 Wow, you're a genius.
MegamaXX500 2 weeks ago
@MrBarr93 it's a joke
tobbeiskingofc 2 weeks ago
a movie with no clear protagonist or antagonist.... how could you fuck it up that bad? Surely this is a movie for the Seinfeld generation.
anime1973 2 weeks ago
Can I have a pizza roll?
1983Bantam 2 weeks ago
Bucking Frilliant!....funny, funny shit
tune2u 2 weeks ago 38
Sound's like that Woodshop teacher on South Park who always says
"Hey, don't SCREW AROUND, you SCREW AROUND too much!"
Resurrected2011 2 weeks ago
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dverespey 2 weeks ago
Hey now, nothing in the world can match the start of the original Star Wars. NOTHING!!!!
CCHSLAXGOALIE 2 weeks ago
2:33 Funniest fucking thing EVER.
PaddyCollector 2 weeks ago
it was called WWI hahahaha
peruvianhitman 2 weeks ago
0:32 What's the arrow pointing at? Is it "Arrow to the knee" joke. or what?
MrItsabeautifulday 2 weeks ago
@MrItsabeautifulday It's saying the actors were @#$%ing bored and the movie was @#$% boring and the protagonists in a movie aren't supposed to tap their fingers on their knees they're supposed to do big exciting things.
FantasticBob7000 2 weeks ago
@MrItsabeautifulday Yeah, he used to play skyrim when he made this review.. Are you a fucking idiot?
sniffman1 2 weeks ago
Anyone who saw this in 3D is a moron.
WhallonJesse 2 weeks ago
What is it with Ricks?!
Cracked me up.
MrBuch169169 2 weeks ago
...gay robot...
igreatbritishweather 3 weeks ago
can you believe that Yahoo article was trying to say that the prequels were not only good but better than the originals? wtf, the guy was obviously high
1androo2 3 weeks ago
@1androo2 I totally agree. That's why i posted this video on there
ryalgrave 3 weeks ago
@ryalgrave - definitely, as did I lol... hopefully people will see the videos and know that the writer of that article was full of shit
1androo2 3 weeks ago
@1androo2
WHat yahoo article?
twooffour 2 weeks ago
@twooffour search yahoo for "why star wars prequels are better than the original trilogy".
devpoke513 2 weeks ago
@devpoke513
Ah that one, yea, I had read that on the RLM forum... such nonsense :D
twooffour 2 weeks ago
@twooffour exactly, it's insulting that he even attempted to argue. the comments section really proves how much better the original trilogy is :D
devpoke513 2 weeks ago
@devpoke513 haha i just read that article and i almost died from how shitty it was
dontrelle24 2 weeks ago
Dear George, Reboot. Let Kasdan write it and Cameron direct, you fat fuck.
Massa5306 3 weeks ago
WHERE'S MY PIZZA ROLL?!
geeemtee22 3 weeks ago
why would a organization called the trade federation want to blockade trade? lmao. fucking brilliant.
ighip 3 weeks ago
@ighip I know, its not like trade organizations have ever done that before!
Nasiar000 2 weeks ago
"In fact, this scene is so genius that I think George Lucas had nothing to do with it and fought against in" ohhh, so hilarious and true
choff14 3 weeks ago 27
Dear George Lucas,
Less is more.
austinthebookworm5 3 weeks ago
did anyone actually receive their pizza roll?
carlopez3 3 weeks ago
"Please let me go"
"Quiet! I'm doing my Star Wars review!"
H1sMaj3sty 3 weeks ago
okay i almost shit my self laughing at that basement scene
jetfa9 3 weeks ago
Please send a pizza roll and some medicine.
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EatonBeeverUG 3 weeks ago
0:40 PURE RAAAAAAAAAGE!
Janograd 3 weeks ago
GIVE ME A FUCKING PIZZA ROLL!!!!
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pwncat 3 weeks ago
@pwncat I am so sending you an Adam and Eve Catalog.
acoldbrew 3 weeks ago
The 'World War 1' part really made me laugh XD
YoloCato 3 weeks ago
this guy has a sick scenes of humor, i like it
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although i dislike episode 1, but i think the trade federation was suppose to be a fictional futuristic version of the British East India Company, although they were suppose to be just for commerce but they also had military hardware.
nodinitiative 3 weeks ago
what is the background song?
MegaDarkCow 3 weeks ago
Better acting in that basement scene than in most of the movie.
TexanV1 3 weeks ago 65
@TexanV1
hahaha
Acting. You crack me up.
hedonism13 2 weeks ago
@TexanV1 Acting?
MiningGoldsClan 2 weeks ago
William Shakesman
ItchingJ 3 weeks ago
7:38 "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
X-o
IggyHazard 3 weeks ago
Kind of weird how Part 1 has almost 4 million views, but Part 2 only has ~1.6 million
Guess some people couldn't handle the truth
Homestar20845 3 weeks ago 2
@2:12 Oh lord
MadSliceMeister 3 weeks ago
Most anyone can review a shitty sci-fi movie. Can most eviscerate said movie with a Valium growl while their girlfriend plays captive in the basement? I thought not.
SkeletonMurderer 3 weeks ago
haha i just kept watching cause the comedy attempt is successful,
i guess most of these opinions are true and i agree wit most but i can oversee them
knowing the fact the old films are the important ones,the new ones were the eye candy and hey what the hell its star wars,cant not watch..
KurisuDikei 3 weeks ago
lmao Forgot About Dre
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I want a fuckin Pizzaroll
HatterMadigan 3 weeks ago 25
What is the background music?
MegaDarkCow 3 weeks ago
OK on this one I'd say the reason it starts slightly boringly is because this is set before the galaxy was in a civil war, this is Star wars before the ACTUAL star wars began, it's showing the start, from what, in the republic's terms, is a minor change to the routine running of the galaxy, to the start of the decent into chaos and war, you can't possibly have a big exciting opening because the exciting stuff hasn't happened yet, nor has the stuff that caused the exciting stuff.
Generalscorpio 3 weeks ago
@Generalscorpio
So why make the movie in the first place then? You contradicted yourself.
marvelfannumber1 3 weeks ago
@marvelfannumber1 MONEY!!!! It's George Lucas, everyone knows he's a capitalist and geeks will pay money to learn more about a fantasy universe
Generalscorpio 3 weeks ago
@Generalscorpio
Bullshit.
The opening IS big and exciting, it's just that the exposition isn't done as well as ANH. In the end, if the setting calls for a boring plot, don't make the movie.
twooffour 3 weeks ago
@twooffour The very start isn't exciting compared ANH opening with galactic civil war to PM, Taxing of trade routes, even though we all have an aversion to war most would rather watch a program about the invasion of Iraq than a debate about the taxing of import and export.
And with calling the first movie you ever make is episode IV, you know people are going to want to know what happens in I, II and III, which means you're going to have to cover the boring prelude to war, seems simple to me.
Generalscorpio 3 weeks ago
@Generalscorpio
1) The political background doesn't matter, as the opening sequence is introduced with a sense of suspense and mystery, and quickly evolves into EXCITING ACTION.
The "tax dispute" is the backstory, Jedi shooting robots is what actually happens on the screen.
And the lack of "excitement" wasn't RLM's critique, it was rather the boring way of exposition in contrast to ANH's effective brevity.
For what it's worth, I personally rather like the opening sequence (most of it), it has
twooffour 3 weeks ago
@Generalscorpio
... a nice gloomy "mysterious" atmosphere.
The cold, boring dialogue would be excusable and rather pleasant if the charterization had been handled better in the rest of the movie.
It also resembles the first few shots of ROTJ, which also begin with random pilots discussing their permission to land, or whatever.
So that's kind of a nitpick on his side, but you, man, you totally get the point wrong.
2) What? No one ever said the "prelude to war" had to be boring, you idiot.
twooffour 3 weeks ago