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Discodez -> RE: RE: (1/11/2012 12:47:24 PM)
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ORIGINAL: cerebusboy
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ORIGINAL: Discodez
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ORIGINAL: cerebusboy
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ORIGINAL: sinaplenty
Who - WHO - wants to see more Star Wars films? Well, obviously accountants and 5 years olds who want to be a jedi...it is unbelievably depressing that they dictate which films get made.
Simple fact is that they are kids films, when episode 4 came out in 1977 it was a kids film, it still is a kids film and every single film since has been a kids film.
Revenge of the Sith was a 12, and they need to cut bits when they show it on the telly!
Firstly, sorry to be a pedant, but when did being 12 qualify anyone as an adult? Unless your name is Jimmy Saville - YES! I went there [;)]
Secondly, the tone of Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith may be more mature but they are still kids films, I believe you can buy a disfigured Anakin doll.
And third, I bet they didn't cut the US cinema version, where violence is much more acceptable to show kiddies, just as long as there are no tits [:D]
You're a sick puppy [;)] I suppose I'd argue that a strict 'kid' v 'adult' dichotomy might not be helpful in classifying films - a 12 that kids and adults can enjoy isn't the same thing surely as a kids-only U?
I remember Simon Pegg (overrated, although I'm sure he'll be almost-tolerable in Star Trek Into Lensflare) claiming that the prequels fail as kids films because of the taxation, fall of a republic stuff. Firstly, actual kids (as opposed to ageing fanboys with delusions of grandeur) do tend to like the prequels. Secondly, surely Star Wars was always kids films that weren't just for kids, and this is as true of the prequels as the originals? McDiarmid in Revenge of the Sith has the most Grown-Up Proper Acting Performance in the whole six film saga!
"Firstly, actual kids (as opposed to ageing fanboys with delusions of grandeur) do tend to like the prequels." - very true, and to be fair this has always been my argument when confronted with a foaming at the mouth 40 year old who insists that the prequels are all disgusting rubbish and Lucas deserves to die for foisting them upon the world and destroying their cherished childhood memories etc etc... (for the record I actually quite like the prequels, but then I was never one of those people for whom Star Wars was the be all and end all of films when I was a kid, I much preferred Jaws and became more obsessed with that, had the game, the mug the t-shirt etc).
Secondly, surely Star Wars was always kids films that weren't just for kids, and this is as true of the prequels as the originals? McDiarmid in Revenge of the Sith has the most Grown-Up Proper Acting Performance in the whole six film saga! - Well yes of course, they are all family friendly blockbusters and Lucas was quite clever and calculating(initially at least) to write stories that would engage kids and then put in elements to appeal to adults as well as the rather good turn from McDiarmid, and appealing very much to the Dad demographic, we also got Princess Leia in "that bikini" and a clearly quite chilly Natalie Portman as Padme in a very, very tight white shirt.
As for Pegg, well I think he can try and justify his standpoint in any way he likes, that's his perogative but I reckon his true feelings can be summed up in the scene from "Spaced", where Tim berates a little girl for asking for a Jar Jar Binks doll [;)]
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