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For that matter, they’re also better written than they’re given credit for, setting aside Lucas’ sometimes hilarious fumbling with the English language. The actual story told across the three movies, wherein the fall of Anakin Skywalker is part of a larger plan by Senator Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) to realign the Galactic Republic into a Galactic Empire, brings shading to the vast Star Wars universe. The original trilogy positions the Empire right away as a tyrannical evil; the prequel trilogy exposes, in an offhand way, the ills of the Republic it replaced. It begins in the more lighthearted Phantom Menace, which nonetheless puts forth the idea that the Republic turns away from its underclass on planets like Tatooine. Anakin’s home planet turns out to not be so different under democracy, and when the future Darth Vader (Jake Lloyd, very much a child actor but likable in his gee-whiz way) is freed from slavery, there’s sadness in his inability to free his mother, or anyone else stuck in the dregs of the desert planet.

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The eye-filling color and movement of this sequence is like a painting somehow kicked into hyperspeed. The visual density never descends into Michael Bay-style distraction.

It has, however, been turned into a meme, based on producer Rick McCallum’s apparently foolish boast that his epic sci-fi/fantasy trilogy features expansive visuals. The refrain may be familiar from snarky comments sections: “It’s so dense. Every single image has so much going on.” This meme comes courtesy of the internet-famous Red Letter Media prequel reviews, which dedicate feature-length amounts of time to nerdsplaining why the prequels aren’t good, and include repeated footage of McCallum’s quote, an indictment via repetitive implication. The idea, not uncommon in film criticism, is that no amount of visual splendor can make up for the lack of a good story. Through snide repetition, Red Letter Media takes this idea a little further, making visual splendor seem almost inherently stupid.

Hell Yeah posted:

eye-filling color

Cacator posted:

av club hasn't had credibility in years op hth

smoobles posted:

Isn't red letter media that weird series that started out as a phantom menace review then became a really edgy rape comedy about the reviewer kidnapping women

smoobles posted:

Isn't red letter media that weird series that started out as a phantom menace review then became a really edgy rape comedy about the reviewer kidnapping women

mr sad posted:

To his credit, you do have to put words in an article in order to write an article.

I just don't think these are very good words to use.

smoobles posted:

Isn't red letter media that weird series that started out as a phantom menace review then became a really edgy rape comedy about the reviewer kidnapping women

A misanthrope posted:

if you dont like redlettermedia then you are for sure a goon -- because you are officially the most contrary motherfucker on the planet

Arian_Samurai posted:

I think just knowing of it's existence guarantees goon status. Favorable opinion or not.

A misanthrope posted:

oh god youre right what am i doing with my life

Blue Raider posted:

Blue Raider posted:

that coon does not understand the art of chemestry

Ork of Fiction posted:

Chemistry is a scinece, actually, like raps or rastafarian magic.

Blue Raider posted:

tell that to the coon

A misanthrope posted:

coon dont know science

coon only knows love

Hell Yeah posted:

http://www.avclub.com/article/star-wars-prequels-dont-deserve-your-hatred-226732

lol.


lmao

Blue Raider posted:

tell that to the coon

Vorik posted:

star wars is loving garbage. all of it.