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Legion 4	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:05 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:13 pm Posts: 36989 Location: Ohio - USA	Well looking forward to seeing a decent 'Nid OOB, so far they have not worked for me! ? Maybe that's why all my Bugs (since SM-2 !) are SIB! _________________ Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:42 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	Hi Guys, I'm hoping that I'll be able to see Episode II today... Cross your fingers for me! Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/
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primarch	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:36 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:46 am Posts: 27069 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma USA	Hi! Finally saw episode III today, not bad at all. I like the Yoda vs Emperor fight! Primarch _________________ Primarch The Primarchload Magnetized Titans Tutorial Net Epic Gold Heresy Rules
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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 2:01 am
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	Hi Guys, I just got back from Episode III and enjoyed it, but didn't think too much of it. It was Star Wars made for the MTV ADHD generation... scenes were brisk and we never spent time on much of any scene. The enemy characters  seems to have stop watches set on their screen time... Great special effects though!   Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. _________________ 6mm Sci-fi: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm ... nWarGames/ My Personal Blog: http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/
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Markconz	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:57 am
Purestrain Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:43 pm Posts: 7925 Location: New Zealand	Quote (MaksimSmelchak @ 30 2005 May,02:01) It was Star Wars made for the MTV ADHD generation... scenes were brisk and we never spent time on much of any scene. Are you sure?  I thought the whole movie raced along the first time, but on the second viewing I realised there is actually a lot of talking inbetween the action sequences... certainly as much as 'Return of the Jedi' I would have thought. For that matter, I thought the first three movies were all 'MTV ADHD' action movies anyway??? (Empire less so due to Dagobah!).   I'm not disagreeing with you individually in particular Maksim (your views are in line with most people on this forum!). I just think that most over 25's seem to have an overly rosy view of the first 3 films due to having seen them as children/teenagers, compared to seeing the next three as adults... I wonder what peoples opinions would be if they had been released the other way round (E1-3 around 1980, and E4-6 now).  I'm picking that episodes 1-3 would probably be regarded as the classics with political intrigue and deep fundamental questions about good and evil... while 4-6 would be seen as dumb action movies with teddybears in the final       _________________ http://hordesofthings.blogspot.co.nz/
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dafrca	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:19 am
Brood Brother Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:02 pm Posts: 10956 Location: Burbank, CA, USA	Quote (Markconz @ 29 2005 May,19:57) I'm not disagreeing with you individually in particular Maksim (your views are in line with most people on this forum!). I just think that most over 25's seem to have an overly rosy view of the first 3 films due to having seen them as children/teenagers, compared to seeing the next three as adults... I wonder what peoples opinions would be if they had been released the other way round (E1-3 around 1980, and E4-6 now). ?I'm picking that Episodes 1-3 would probably be regarded as the classics with political intrigue and deep fundamental questions about good and evil... while 4-6 would be seen as dumb action movies with teddybears in the final ? ? ? I think you ask some great questions here. I know for myself, the big turn off for me was the lack of anything "New". - The first three movies (Episodes IV-VI) were something that had never been done before. Quaint and silly as they might be, the covering of new ground drove them into my mind in a way these last three movies have failed to do. I do not think that the first three are that much better. - In fact, I sat and watched all five movies just a little while ago. Keep in mind that the last is not available right now without supporting the black market, and I will not do that. - All five were similar in "quality" as far as acting is concerned. - The real issue for me though was the first three still felt more story-driven to me and the last two (Episodes IV and V) felt more like long advertisements for toys with some story added in for fun. Anyway, that is my take! dafrca. _________________ "Every Man is a But Spark in the Darkness"               - Cities of Death, page 59 Come fight me, if you dare...... http://dd-janks.mybrute.com
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MaksimSmelchak

Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 5:18 pm

Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA

Hi Markco and Gang, Markco: Are you sure? ? I thought the whole movie raced along the first time, but on the second viewing I realised there is actually a lot of talking inbetween the action sequences... certainly as much as 'Return of the Jedi' I would have thought. The simple answer is "NO." - My impression is that Epsiode III was made for the MTV ADHD generation, but I didn't try to collective quantitative date or proof... just personal reflection and opinion. - And we are going to see it again... hopefully on the huge IMAX screen next time! - Mark Hamill (Luke) is no virtuoso actor, but Hayden Christensen (Anakin) is far too whiney for me. His acting made me want to throw tomatoes at him... - Of course, I do have to admit that George Lucas has a bad tendency of turning good actors into robot-like "droids" and not let them do what they are supposed to be good at... - Another thing I'll add is that Han Solo and Princess Leia had a chemistry that Padme and Anakin just did NOT have! I read in a Roger ebert review that he write that most greeting cards have more passion than a George Lucas love scene and I tend to agree... Markco: For that matter, I thought the first three movies were all 'MTV ADHD' action movies anyway??? (Empire less so due to Dagobah!).

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You may have a point...

- I'd certainly concede one to you, my friend.

Markco: I'm not disagreeing with you individually in particular Maksim (your views are in line with most people on this forum!). I just think that most over 25's seem to have an overly rosy view of the first three films due to having seen them as children/teenagers, compared to seeing the next three as adults...

It could be an age thing...

- That is a natural tendency to glorify the halcyon yesteryear and denigrate the present...

Markco: I wonder what peoples' opinions would be if they had been released the other way round (E1-3 around 1980, and E4-6 now). I'm picking that Episodes 1-3 would probably be regarded as the classics with political intrigue and deep fundamental questions about good and evil... while 4-6 would be seen as dumb action movies with teddybears in the finale!

*** Who knows? *** ?

- I do KNOW that...

- I'll take Ewoks anyday over Jar Jar Binks... ?

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.

P.S.
Diana made an interesting observation that the rank-and-file droid troopers have a number of dog-like characteristics... I looked at their droid faces in Episode I and never made that connection, but it now seems very apt to me... DOG-BOTS! ?