Chat corner 5: Menace
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This week, I finally get to my last category of prompts (yes, there is a system): the movies! We’ll go by in-universe chronology, so our topic is “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”, aka Episode I, aka the one with little tyke Anakin Skywalker, Jar-Jar Binks, and midichlorians. Like it? Hate it? Don’t care about it?
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Date: 2021-05-24 06:22 am (UTC)For your SW grumbles, here's The Dark Side post.
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Date: 2021-05-24 12:14 pm (UTC)I'd say the pod race scene goes on just a bit too long, and the least said about Jar-Jar the better, but it's an engaging enough film with some really strong elements.
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Date: 2021-05-24 04:53 pm (UTC)Totally agree on both the dialog clunkiness and the costume/set design.
I just got the HD version to make icons out of and some of the shots from the pod races are beautiful. Although the race itself might be boring for people who aren't into that kind of stuff.
As for the dialog, I wish Lucas didn't hadn't insisted on the stylization so much. There are genuinely good actors in this movie, and it really shows whenever they get good lines.
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Date: 2021-05-24 01:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-24 04:54 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, Naboo is very pretty!
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Date: 2021-05-24 06:08 pm (UTC)Imagine if the one of the queen’s handmaidens is ~force sensitive~ tho… 🤔 could make an interesting au.
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Date: 2021-05-29 08:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-29 01:14 pm (UTC)On a side note, I wondered what if Luke was raised with his mom’s family, as a Naberrie. Sure he probably wouldn’t be a farm boy but he’d still yearn for the adventure and go on that hero’s journey.
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Date: 2021-05-31 08:12 pm (UTC)So he might end up about the same, but with more expensive fashion taste :D
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Date: 2021-05-31 08:23 pm (UTC)So yes, Luke would mostly remain the same, just a bit more fashionable, “book smart”, and he’d know how to swim.
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Date: 2021-06-07 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-24 04:56 pm (UTC)"I had seen the first in the theater and the unbelievable letdown of it made me chuck any further interest in Star Wars for a decade. When I watched it again with Mike, I wondered if my expectations had led me to dislike the film.
No. It's just that terrible. There were some remarkable visuals and costume design but the writing is dreadful and wastes a largely good cast. "
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Date: 2021-05-24 05:25 pm (UTC)So I gotta admit, The Phantom Menace is probably my favorite SW movie. I can't really speak about it's objective qualities, but I sort of think it's a better movie than people remember? My theory is that it's because it fits neither the Original Trilogy style, nor the Prequel Trilogy, so it doesn't fulfill anyone's expectations. (I, err, wrote a meta about that, actually.)
Also! Gotta shill myself a bit: I just made some "reaction icons" from Phantom Menace, if you want any.
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Date: 2021-05-24 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-24 06:19 pm (UTC)but I love all the complicated political bits of the prequels (a blockade over trade disputes? sign me up)
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Date: 2021-05-28 06:51 am (UTC)Oh gosh, yes. Those movies really needed someone who wouldn't be afraid to cut things down to essentials.
Food in a Galaxy Far Far Away
Date: 2021-05-24 10:04 pm (UTC)Like for example, I headcanon Nabooian cuisine with breads, pastas, and fresh fruits due to the temperate climate.
Kinda curious which planet would have the spiciest foods lol
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Date: 2021-05-28 06:57 am (UTC)Spicy food: judging from AO3 fanfic at least, that would be the Mandalorians. XD I have no idea where that comes from! I think it's some Legends stuff? I ought to check Wookieepedia, but I just can't get my beans in order, whoops.
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Date: 2021-05-28 09:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-25 01:05 am (UTC)The theme of "we're all symbiotic, humans and midichlorians work together, also humans and Gungans need to work together too" is not bad for a kids' movie.
Edit: also, it gave us Weird Al's "The Saga Begins" which is definitely a point in its favor!
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Date: 2021-05-28 07:03 am (UTC)It really does play up the "weird aliens" bit :D I loved it as a kid, but now as an adult I can see how it could might be annoying for some.
(Also, "it's a kids' movie" is my whole defense of Phantom Menace. It really works better if you watch it through that lens.)
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Date: 2021-05-26 01:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-28 07:05 am (UTC)Ouch, but fair. :D
Jedi Apprentice... wait, is that the one that made Qui-Gon evil?! XD I still haven't looked it up, but I've read a ton of fanfic that referenced it and ohhhhh boy.
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Date: 2021-05-28 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-05-28 07:14 pm (UTC)Ahh. See, that's what I get from forgetting that fanfic is a funhouse mirror! I think I add the series on my (as of yet imaginary) list of "Legends books to try".