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Post by Torgaman on May 19, 2005 9:30:23 GMT -8
Waited 12 hours to see a midnight showing of REVENGE OF THE SITH.It was well worth it.Besides it was the smart thing to do since the local tv coverage were interviewing people coming out of the midnight screenings and these morrons were telling all the stuff that happens on tv.I managed to keep myself spoiler free and the film was worth it.
Though I'll assume some members here will say it wasn't as good as GODZILLA VS MEGALON.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 19, 2005 9:35:44 GMT -8
oh come on, what could possibly better than GODZILLA VS MEGALON? that's right, NOTHING! i'm going to sticky this, so people can post reviews and such for the next couple weeks (if they so desire). the movie got a so-so review in the paper today, just FYI. David
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Post by Torgaman on May 19, 2005 9:52:45 GMT -8
Sorry Xeno bu in my opinion REVENGE OF THE SITH makes GODZILLA VS MEGALON look like......................... well GODZILLA VS MEGALON.
This movie will probably only appeal to REAL Star Wars fans.And I don't mean the idiots who only go see Light Saber fights.I mean the people who followed the plot Lucas created.Everything makes sense if you really look at it right.
Besides that scene with Jar Jar mistaking the parking meter for a pleasure droid was just so awesome.
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Post by amphiboid on May 19, 2005 12:02:39 GMT -8
Sounds like you had fun!
I waited about three hours myself (my feet were hurting, and I didn't want to sit down on the sidewalk because there were cockroachers crawling around), and I got to jibberjabber with some of the Star Wars fans. I even checked out the various lightsaber toys that are available...it was kind of like a mini-convention sorta.
I liked the film itself, and recommend it. It did its job, I thought.
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Post by Torgaman on May 19, 2005 13:18:49 GMT -8
I was lucky.The cineplex we saw it at was rather large and they were able to accomadate many fans inside well before the screenings,plus I arrived twelve hours before the actual screening so I was about as comfortable as one can hope to be.We were actually ushered into the actual screen parlor at 9pm because the lines were starting to snake around the block and theatre management decided to seat us three hours ahead of schedule to allow the people outside to get in the building.I think it took almost two hours[9pm-11pm] to seat everyone!Luckily there were about fifteen screens showing the film at 12pm.I saw it with hardcore STAR WARS fans,some who were loud and obnoxious but once the film started people actually behaved.It was a convention type atmosphere and I believe I may have been taped for tv while I waited in line but alas I never saw myself since I was at the theatre and not at home sitting on my butt watching television.
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Post by RoadWarriorYajuta on May 19, 2005 19:41:27 GMT -8
We went to the 7 PM viewing. Heck, not an empty seat which kind of surprised me. The movie was fun, almost wish I could have gone to the midnight showing. Sported my Revenge of the Jedi Shirt and my Sith hat with a Boba Fett pin. There were people with lightsabers and a couple of kids dressed up as Darth. When I waited in line for tickest to see Menace I got that same convention type experience. This movie was good. Kind of feel a little bummed. No more movies and no more post Jedi novels makes it feel like a huge chapter in my life is over. At this point I don't care about the debate about Lucas and all that junk. All I know is something about this universe he created grabbed a hold of me and I have beena huge Star Wars fan almost my entire life. It never wained like it did for alot of folks.
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Post by Zone Fighter on May 19, 2005 20:10:21 GMT -8
I don't believe this is is the last Star Wars movie. If it makes money, there will be another one. And Lucas Arts is planning a tv series.
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Post by amphiboid on May 19, 2005 20:34:51 GMT -8
As a matter of fact, I wore my "May The Force Be With You" button from 1977.
I'm a squid! We're SQUIDS!!!!!!!
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Post by Torgaman on May 20, 2005 10:34:11 GMT -8
Lucas said the story IS OVER.No more movies.There is no more point since the story was always about Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.His story arc is complete.Besides another film woild just cheapen the story since it would obviously be made for the money and nothing else.Let it end on top.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 20, 2005 11:20:24 GMT -8
well, they are moving ahead with a tv show, so he must mean only the Skywalker saga is over.
i'm really enjoying the uber-fans who both think it's awful and great (over at MZ). some seem to give it a pass because it's "just entertainment" and others want it to be the "be all and end all" of filmdom. so even without having seen the movie i'm enjoying it!
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Post by Torgaman on May 20, 2005 11:47:45 GMT -8
I think the tv show is a 20th century fox thing.Lucas said he is done telling his story.I would assume he is letting the people behind the tv series deal with minor characters that float around in the STAR WARS universe,and I highly doubt we'll see any Jedi's running around in this series.
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Post by Zone Fighter on May 20, 2005 15:24:18 GMT -8
It is always for the money and nothing else.
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Post by RoadWarriorYajuta on May 20, 2005 16:38:23 GMT -8
And the childrens TV shows you pimp as serious adult fare aren't made just for the money? You like your thing which is cool, but you are awful cynical when it comes to stuff you dislike. You get in a tizzy when someone types a name wrong or dares question anything about shows aired in Japan for kids.
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Post by amphiboid on May 20, 2005 19:41:45 GMT -8
I watched "A New Hope" and "Empire Strikes Back" yesterday and today, respectively, and I notice that, after seeing how Episode 3 finally played out, the new films play with a whole new resonance. Darth Vader seems like a whole new guy now.
The versions I watched are the original theatrical (un-CG-ified) versions, by the way. The "Special Edition" versions don't work too well with me, they sorta confuse my brain.
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Post by Zone Fighter on May 20, 2005 20:28:41 GMT -8
RoadWarriorYajuta you don't know what you're talking abouut. I never said I disliked Star Wars. I enjoyed the original three films. I have always mainted that tokusatsu tv series were made originally for children. And finally my cynism is not limited to American companies. These days Toei is just producing half hour toy commercials for Bandai. Toho is doing the same for Konami, which wants a bigger share of the market. These days Bandai has the toys out before the shows have aired. It wasn't always this way.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 20, 2005 21:41:39 GMT -8
some of the toys are darn cool. there should be a balance between the movies/shows and the merchandise. it's a bit disconcerting to see Darth Vader hawking Burger King food. of course, i have tv guides from the late 70s and Darth actually made appearances on both CBS' and ABC's Saturday Morning Preview shows- the SAME night. George Lucas did one of the smartest things ever by keeping his merchandising rights, but like KISS i really don't need SW toothpaste or coffins... in the 70s i would have LOVED to have an Ultraman doll or Kamen Rider doll. action figures didn't exist back then!
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Post by amphiboid on May 21, 2005 9:44:18 GMT -8
Back in the 70's, and stop me if I told you this one before, there was this store in downtown LA called "Pony Toys," and I think they still exist, but they moved to a shopping center or something. They were originally out on an open street, and they had this life-size Kamen Rider statue standing outside. They had like a million vinyl toys, mostly all kaiju/tokusatsu stuff. Anyway I wish I'd had a million bucks back then, they had all the coolest stuff I ever wanted, until I got older and wanted other stuff. I used to have a vinyl Kikaida doll that an aunt brought over from Hawaii, but I sold it to pay the rent
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Post by Zone Fighter on May 21, 2005 16:03:31 GMT -8
some of the toys are darn cool. there should be a balance between the movies/shows and the merchandise. it's a bit disconcerting to see Darth Vader hawking Burger King food. Just proves my point, that it's all for money. What a rotten thing to do to the once mighty Dark Lord of the Sith., in the 70s i would have LOVED to have an Ultraman doll or Kamen Rider doll. action figures didn't exist back then! I did. Kikaida, Kamen Rider V3, Riderman (blue), Kamen Rider X (I hadn't seen the show at the time), Ultraseven, Rainbowman and probably some others I've forgotten. All lost over the years. I did manage to replace the blue Riderman, but of course it cost more than it did originally.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on May 21, 2005 17:00:23 GMT -8
you are lucky you got all those cool toys growing up. i can't imagine even knowing about them back then. the "reclusive" Lucas sure doesn't mind talking to everyone when the time is right, does he?
i've been to Pony Toy Go Round once, way back in the early 90s. it went out of business when Toho put their ill-conceived boycott of sending Godzilla figures away from Japan. when they would visit the Con, Aki would always remember me, even if he hadn't seen me for 2-3 years at a stretch. great guy, i was sorry to see them disappear.
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Post by Igadevil on May 21, 2005 17:30:20 GMT -8
I've got a book with photos of all the old toys and models going back to the early Godzilla films, and sure enough Kikaida, Kamen Rider and all that crew had their share of merchandise. It was "all about the money" back then too, if you choose to look at it that way. Me, I just don't care- I'll enjoy the shows I want to enjoy, I'll buy the toys I want to buy. If Bandai is really the big bad evil corporation out to ruin Tokusatsu that some make it out to be, fine with me- I couldn't be happier, because I love the new shows, and they still make stuff based on the classics too, so I win both ways.
Anyways though, I saw Episode III on opening night, loved it, and I'll definately see it again a few more times.
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Post by Zone Fighter on May 22, 2005 11:39:29 GMT -8
The difference is those 70s toys came out after the shows. A popular show resulted in toys being made based on it. Now the toys are produced first. Kikaida ran in a Hawaii a year after it aired in Japan. You won't find many toys based on short lived series like Diamond Eye (26 episodes) or Condorman (24) or Strada 5 (a mere 13 episodes). In fact as far as I know there still hasn't been any capsule toy Diamond Eye though there are all 7 forms of Rainbowman (a 52 episode series).
In the 70s Bandai didnt have a monopoly on tokusatsu toys. Back then a series lasted as long as their was fan interest (Kamen Rider 98 episodes, Goranger 84). These days each Sentai and so called kamen Rider runs a year even if its not good enough to last that long or is good enough to run longer, because Bandai wants new toy lines each year. TV and films have always been about making money but they were not so overly commercialized. Like radio before tv programs used to have a commercial at the begiinning, one in the middle and one at the end.
I watched a movie on a cable channel wile I was visting my sister, they interupted it for a commercial every 5 minutes. I was able to switch to another channel and watch a documentary without missing a second of the movie., except for what was editted out to make room for the commercials.
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