Yes. It's both beautiful in that the good guys win and two different cultures long at odds come together but also foreboding in that we the audience know what's really going on behind the scenes.
Also, I unironiclly like the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAs7Wxvc1_o
The ending music is simultaneously cheerful but also features elements from Palatine's theme, playing into the whole "phantom menace" aspect. And in the end credits you hear Vader's breathing machine, ticking time bomb.
>cgi garbage >characters no one felt connected to >only maybe 2 decent actors up there (McGregor and McDiarmid) >No one knows what the frick the fat Gungan is even lifting above his head >Hershlag looking like a living higasa (Japanese parasol you plebs) >only 4 military people present despite the battle being fought by the military (only 2 Gungans and one is a moron)
looking like a living higasa (Japanese parasol you plebs)
The designs for Padme, Maul and the movie's aesthetics in general are quite kino, despite being an obvious departure from the OT's retro-futuristic almost rusty aesthetic. At least they did something new and original.
Meanwhile, the sequels just copied the OT's aethetic, which is fine, but George talked about how he wanted to keep pushing the envelope even in the OT days in terms of things looking high tech. It's just that this is what high tech looked like in the late 70s.
It’s more or less only the story that gets shit on. Everyone mostly agrees that the looks, designs, sounds and especially music in the prequels are top tier. Shit on Lucas all you want be knows his aesthetics.
I think Lucas's primary talent is crafting a solid basic premise, but his work is acclaimed more so because he surrounded himself with the right people. Whether that would be Ralph McQuarrie or Dough Chiang on the visual end, or John Williams for the music, and working in tandem with other directors (and his own ex-wife for the editing in ANH), all of which elevated the material, hence the OT being more well received.
He's not the best at dialogue and as a director he's hit and miss, but he does push the envelope if nothing else. People make fun of the prequels being shot on digital and using copious CGI, but it's a model the industry ended up adopting en masse. It's not a perfect formula, but with the way tech is progressing, one day it might be.
People wearing odd costumes in sci-fi definitely wasn't invented by the prequels by any means. It's a thing in the Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon era. It's a thing in the Dune era. It's even a thing in original Star Wars where Princess Leia had a funny haircut. The actual truth is that the prequels were just the first time that we had the budget and art team to make sleek fashion look otherworldly and convincing.
I never suggested any different, I'm just saying they are distinct and original for their universe and don't ape the previous Star Wars looks. On that end, even some of the sequels, like TLJ had some great visuals, cinematography and shots, but that alone won't save a film.
Ep. 1 had that 90s sovl. I think the PT would've benefitted if they shot in it the 80s. A bridge between RotJ and PT in terms of technology, looks and practical effects would be peak aesthetics.
>an obvious departure from the OT's retro-futuristic almost rusty aesthetic.
I always felt that it made sense to show the Old Republic, despite being in a state of decline, as more polished and sleek. We get a glimpse into the way the Galaxy was before it was taken over by the Emperor. The OT shows this burned out post-apocalyptic wasteland loomed over by an ever present tyranny that mismanages and destroys everything. The PT showed us the very last days glory days of Rome. Things cohered, were reasonably well governed, the people still prospered and worked together.
actually its the plasma shit they had in that room that apparently "powered the universe" where the lightsabre battle happened - and this energy was their big export thus the trade embargo
>I'm going to frick that child
Yeah get that shota wiener
It’s a homage to the ending of ANH.
Yeah, isn't that pretty obvious?
The original is my favorite. I just love how succinct the music and presentation is.
What is ANH?
A New Hope.
it's like poetry
Yes. Unironically best Star Wars ending next to RotJ.
Yes. It's both beautiful in that the good guys win and two different cultures long at odds come together but also foreboding in that we the audience know what's really going on behind the scenes.
Also, I unironiclly like the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAs7Wxvc1_o
The ending music is simultaneously cheerful but also features elements from Palatine's theme, playing into the whole "phantom menace" aspect. And in the end credits you hear Vader's breathing machine, ticking time bomb.
Empire has the worst ending shot
Come on. This is the real ending shot.
>There it is, Leia. You see all those glowing balls of energy fighting each other? That's the star wars.
do you think there's an article on Wookiepedia that explains what this thingy actually does?
probably a siren or alarm if a fire breaks out
RotS is the worst because the ground looks like a 90s point and click game.
>cgi garbage
>characters no one felt connected to
>only maybe 2 decent actors up there (McGregor and McDiarmid)
>No one knows what the frick the fat Gungan is even lifting above his head
>Hershlag looking like a living higasa (Japanese parasol you plebs)
>only 4 military people present despite the battle being fought by the military (only 2 Gungans and one is a moron)
The gungan general is an underrated character. I liked him.
looking like a living higasa (Japanese parasol you plebs)
The designs for Padme, Maul and the movie's aesthetics in general are quite kino, despite being an obvious departure from the OT's retro-futuristic almost rusty aesthetic. At least they did something new and original.
Meanwhile, the sequels just copied the OT's aethetic, which is fine, but George talked about how he wanted to keep pushing the envelope even in the OT days in terms of things looking high tech. It's just that this is what high tech looked like in the late 70s.
I think KOTOR struck a nice balance between OT and PT aesthetics.
It’s more or less only the story that gets shit on. Everyone mostly agrees that the looks, designs, sounds and especially music in the prequels are top tier. Shit on Lucas all you want be knows his aesthetics.
I think Lucas's primary talent is crafting a solid basic premise, but his work is acclaimed more so because he surrounded himself with the right people. Whether that would be Ralph McQuarrie or Dough Chiang on the visual end, or John Williams for the music, and working in tandem with other directors (and his own ex-wife for the editing in ANH), all of which elevated the material, hence the OT being more well received.
He's not the best at dialogue and as a director he's hit and miss, but he does push the envelope if nothing else. People make fun of the prequels being shot on digital and using copious CGI, but it's a model the industry ended up adopting en masse. It's not a perfect formula, but with the way tech is progressing, one day it might be.
People wearing odd costumes in sci-fi definitely wasn't invented by the prequels by any means. It's a thing in the Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon era. It's a thing in the Dune era. It's even a thing in original Star Wars where Princess Leia had a funny haircut. The actual truth is that the prequels were just the first time that we had the budget and art team to make sleek fashion look otherworldly and convincing.
I never suggested any different, I'm just saying they are distinct and original for their universe and don't ape the previous Star Wars looks. On that end, even some of the sequels, like TLJ had some great visuals, cinematography and shots, but that alone won't save a film.
Ep. 1 had that 90s sovl. I think the PT would've benefitted if they shot in it the 80s. A bridge between RotJ and PT in terms of technology, looks and practical effects would be peak aesthetics.
>an obvious departure from the OT's retro-futuristic almost rusty aesthetic.
I always felt that it made sense to show the Old Republic, despite being in a state of decline, as more polished and sleek. We get a glimpse into the way the Galaxy was before it was taken over by the Emperor. The OT shows this burned out post-apocalyptic wasteland loomed over by an ever present tyranny that mismanages and destroys everything. The PT showed us the very last days glory days of Rome. Things cohered, were reasonably well governed, the people still prospered and worked together.
This level of nitpicking autism explains why "true" Star Wars fans only like ep5 and nothing else.
What's wrong with Ep IV?
>nitpicking autism
Oh no meesa stepped in the doopoo doodoo, ouchies!
>SPIRIT BOMBBBBB!
In the novelization, the EMP Boss Nass is holding goes off and cooks R2 and C3PO
I remember reading somewhere a super convoluted theory about what the orb was but i don't remember
see
actually its the plasma shit they had in that room that apparently "powered the universe" where the lightsabre battle happened - and this energy was their big export thus the trade embargo
Those energy balls are what powered Godzilla
Kino