bedlamsbard (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bedlamsbard) wrote2007-08-23 01:34 pm
bedlamsbard) wrote2007-08-23 01:34 pm
Entry tags:
(no subject)
Not much to say with this one -- I wasn't paying close attention for the first half (I was fringing David's scarf; all my attention was on that).
I know it makes sense because Ewan McGregor plays Obi-Wan in all three movies, but I kept getting the weirdest flashes of AotC Obi-Wan all through TPM. I'm serious, it was really weird. I kept going, "Oh, the actor knows Obi-Wan so well! ...right, he's Obi-Wan in all three prequels." And TPM's the first one, so those flashes of AotC Obi-Wan (not so much RotS Obi-Wan, but I haven't watched RotS recently) were continuity, but I'm serious, it was really weird. I kept going, "Oh, look, it's all-grown-up Obi-Wan! ...no, it's not," not just in speech, but in action, too. Huh.
Obi-Wan has a really flashy fighting style. Goes back to the enjoyment I mentioned in this entry -- not enjoyment, per se, at least not here, but it's definitely flashier than Qui-Gon's.
Qui-Gon annoys me. *sigh* A little too zen, I think.
It will never fail to amaze me how Star Wars has these shining moments of brilliance quickly interspersed with these moments of sheer idiocy. I like the Gungan battle except for -- no, really, wait for it! -- Jar Jar, who didn't annoy me as much in the rest of the movie as he did in the battle. Same with Anakin -- "Oh, what's this do?" Kaplooey! At least have him do it on purpose, not by accident.
I don't mind the podrace as much as most people in the fandom. Although, yeah, Tuscan raiders = audience participation.
Everyone talks about how hard it must be for Anakin to go from addressing Watto as Master to addressing Obi-Wan as Master, but, uh, he never calls Watto "Master." He's pretty obnoxious to the guy, actually. And the only person he calls "Master" in the movie is Qui-Gon.
I wish we'd had more Anakin-Obi-Wan interaction. I mean, yeah, the next two movies basically are Anakin-Obi-Wan interaction, but let's see them before they're forced together by circumstance! Let's see Qui-Gon going, "Keep him company, Obi-Wan," and wandering off, or Anakin and Obi-Wan staring at each other in the Temple while Qui-Gon argues with the Council.
Contrary to fannish belief, Obi-Wan does not have his Padawan braid in the final scene on Naboo. Ergo, he cut it off on Naboo, not Coruscant.
What the hell is so great about Darth Maul anyway? All he does is fight and die and say, "Yes, my Master," a couple times.
A mysterious one-second sighting of Quinlan Vos! Who else is excited for the live action TV series?
I really want to write a scene where a grown-up Anakin podraces, now. Maybe in the Lostverse, where everyone's all, "Oh, a human can't do it," and Anakin -- Nakin, maybe -- has one of those "Screw you, bitches, watch me" moments. And possibly races against Sebulba, who has a dramatic moment of, "Only one human's ever beat me, and no other human ever will again!" where Anakin goes, "Hi, yeah, that was totally me."
Anyone else think Qui-Gon probably wouldn't have made Anakin all that good a Master? Just me, then.
Padme rocks, dude. She's right on it, with everything, and her consternation on Tatooine is great, especially with Qui-Gon refusing to treat her as a queen.
Sabe bitchiness alert -- "Padme, go clean up this droid." *cackles*
Obi-Wan: hand-to-hand, or should we say, boot to head. Nnnggh. Not as hot as AotC Obi-Wan, though.
TPM Padme is totally Leia's mother, can anyone else tell? Female empowerment for the win!
Qui-Gon's Jedi robe is a much darker color than Obi-Wan's, which is lighter than Mace Windu's. Yoda's is cream-colored, but in AotC, it's brown, if I remember correctly.
Sabe's look towards Padme on Naboo, when they're talking to the Gungans, is totally Sabe going, "You lunatic, what the hell do you think you're doing? I have it under control."
No, seriously, Obi-Wan without a beard and without long hair is just weird.
Throughout the entire movie, Obi-Wan has this whole low level "I will hunt you down and kill you in your sleep, bitch!" expression. The entire movie.
Re: the deleted scenes. How many fucking podrace scenes did they film? And why didn't they film more lightsabering instead?
Naboo is so pretty.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Greedo the guy Han shoots in ANH? Because for some reason, that makes the deleted Anakin-Greedo fight hilarious, which I think is the point. Well, actually, I think the point is Anakin's anger, but the tagline makes it better.
I need more Star Wars icons.
I know it makes sense because Ewan McGregor plays Obi-Wan in all three movies, but I kept getting the weirdest flashes of AotC Obi-Wan all through TPM. I'm serious, it was really weird. I kept going, "Oh, the actor knows Obi-Wan so well! ...right, he's Obi-Wan in all three prequels." And TPM's the first one, so those flashes of AotC Obi-Wan (not so much RotS Obi-Wan, but I haven't watched RotS recently) were continuity, but I'm serious, it was really weird. I kept going, "Oh, look, it's all-grown-up Obi-Wan! ...no, it's not," not just in speech, but in action, too. Huh.
Obi-Wan has a really flashy fighting style. Goes back to the enjoyment I mentioned in this entry -- not enjoyment, per se, at least not here, but it's definitely flashier than Qui-Gon's.
Qui-Gon annoys me. *sigh* A little too zen, I think.
It will never fail to amaze me how Star Wars has these shining moments of brilliance quickly interspersed with these moments of sheer idiocy. I like the Gungan battle except for -- no, really, wait for it! -- Jar Jar, who didn't annoy me as much in the rest of the movie as he did in the battle. Same with Anakin -- "Oh, what's this do?" Kaplooey! At least have him do it on purpose, not by accident.
I don't mind the podrace as much as most people in the fandom. Although, yeah, Tuscan raiders = audience participation.
Everyone talks about how hard it must be for Anakin to go from addressing Watto as Master to addressing Obi-Wan as Master, but, uh, he never calls Watto "Master." He's pretty obnoxious to the guy, actually. And the only person he calls "Master" in the movie is Qui-Gon.
I wish we'd had more Anakin-Obi-Wan interaction. I mean, yeah, the next two movies basically are Anakin-Obi-Wan interaction, but let's see them before they're forced together by circumstance! Let's see Qui-Gon going, "Keep him company, Obi-Wan," and wandering off, or Anakin and Obi-Wan staring at each other in the Temple while Qui-Gon argues with the Council.
Contrary to fannish belief, Obi-Wan does not have his Padawan braid in the final scene on Naboo. Ergo, he cut it off on Naboo, not Coruscant.
What the hell is so great about Darth Maul anyway? All he does is fight and die and say, "Yes, my Master," a couple times.
A mysterious one-second sighting of Quinlan Vos! Who else is excited for the live action TV series?
I really want to write a scene where a grown-up Anakin podraces, now. Maybe in the Lostverse, where everyone's all, "Oh, a human can't do it," and Anakin -- Nakin, maybe -- has one of those "Screw you, bitches, watch me" moments. And possibly races against Sebulba, who has a dramatic moment of, "Only one human's ever beat me, and no other human ever will again!" where Anakin goes, "Hi, yeah, that was totally me."
Anyone else think Qui-Gon probably wouldn't have made Anakin all that good a Master? Just me, then.
Padme rocks, dude. She's right on it, with everything, and her consternation on Tatooine is great, especially with Qui-Gon refusing to treat her as a queen.
Sabe bitchiness alert -- "Padme, go clean up this droid." *cackles*
Obi-Wan: hand-to-hand, or should we say, boot to head. Nnnggh. Not as hot as AotC Obi-Wan, though.
TPM Padme is totally Leia's mother, can anyone else tell? Female empowerment for the win!
Qui-Gon's Jedi robe is a much darker color than Obi-Wan's, which is lighter than Mace Windu's. Yoda's is cream-colored, but in AotC, it's brown, if I remember correctly.
Sabe's look towards Padme on Naboo, when they're talking to the Gungans, is totally Sabe going, "You lunatic, what the hell do you think you're doing? I have it under control."
No, seriously, Obi-Wan without a beard and without long hair is just weird.
Throughout the entire movie, Obi-Wan has this whole low level "I will hunt you down and kill you in your sleep, bitch!" expression. The entire movie.
Re: the deleted scenes. How many fucking podrace scenes did they film? And why didn't they film more lightsabering instead?
Naboo is so pretty.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Greedo the guy Han shoots in ANH? Because for some reason, that makes the deleted Anakin-Greedo fight hilarious, which I think is the point. Well, actually, I think the point is Anakin's anger, but the tagline makes it better.
I need more Star Wars icons.