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Ok, so that TPM review/analysis was scathingly accurate. I could have done without the "comedy" bits interspersed, which were distracting

Posted by musubi Jan 13 '10, 09:52

and generally unfunny.

But "PUT IT IN THE TEA! THEY'LL DRINK THE TEA!" made me laugh. a lot.

Part 6 and 7 with the actual Lucas footage was...just wow. Wow.

Responses:

"How did he know what kind of gas it was?" "Wait 4 or 5 hours!" -- nm - HdnAgnda Jan 13, 10:07 1
- "Maybe poison them, *then* blow up the ship." -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:12
If I can muster the strength to watch the behind the scenes on the TPM DVD again, I think there's another screening of TPM that's better received. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 09:54 3
- I own the DVD and I don't think I ever watched that footage before. I'm pretty sure I have to now. - musubi Jan 13, 09:58 1
  - IIRC, there are couple "making of" dcoumentaries on the DVD. - Inigo Jan 13, 10:02
- "Special Features: TPM's producers yell at George Lucas for 20 minutes" -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 09:57
It 100% lost me with the chick chained in the basement for "humor". - TFox Jan 13, 09:53 27
- I choose to ignore those bits. Just like I ignore most of TPM to enjoy it. - musubi Jan 13, 09:57 26
  - Can you spoil me on my favorite glaring plot hole if thet guy mentions it? - Will Hunting Jan 13, 10:09 3
    - he doesn't mention it. On a scale of things to mention, that's so minor ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:10 2
      - Yeah, he doesn't really address questionable physics...except one that I didn't notice till it was mentioned last night. (spoils) - musubi Jan 13, 10:20 1
        
        Yeah, that was a weird one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:21
  - Also: To be fair, probably 90% of movies couldn't stand up to the level of scrutiny that's invested into picking apart TPM. - musubi Jan 13, 10:00 20
    - I agree with that. I just realized I was about to become a guy who spent over an hour watching a Youtube video by a guy I actually wanted to hit. - TFox Jan 13, 10:06
    - Part 1 defines the basic problems with it, and they are major. The rest does involve a lot of nit-picking. -- nm - Dano Jan 13, 10:05
    - I disagree with that 90% number. All the guy did was MST3000 the plot, characters and dialogue. - Inigo Jan 13, 10:05 11
      - See my reply to Bery. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:10 8
        
        Could you nitpick 90% of movies to a much lesser degree? Sure. Could you completely tear apart 90% of movies the same way? No. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:13 7
        
        Yeah. Pretty much. I didn't say 90% were as bad, just that 90% can't stand that level of scrutiny. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:22 1
        
        Ahhh. We agree. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:23
        
        He didn't completely tear it apart. If you took that to be an unbiased and evenhanded dismantling, I don't know what to tell you. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 10:15 4
        
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        except if did it unfairly, people would be pointing at the things he's taking apart and saying "Wait, he did that because..." - Reagen Jan 13, 10:23
        
        You're right - in reality, he looked at it the wrong way, and *it fucking fell apart on its own* ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:21
        
        He did thrash it, but I never said it was unbiased or even handed. He clearly thought the movie sucked. -- nm - Inigo Jan 13, 10:18
      - well towards the end he does get into stuff Lucas put in that shows he doesn't understand why Star Wars became popular. - Reagen Jan 13, 10:07 1
        
        The one that cuts deepest imo was when he showed (spoils) - musubi Jan 13, 10:24
    - I think you're wrong, since at least 60% of movies have simple stories with a clear protagonist and arc. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:00 4
      - I'm not saying TPM is better than 90%, mind you, just that 90% of movies can't stand the kind of scrutiny that TPM is held to. (nm) - musubi Jan 13, 10:06 1
        
        ah, I see. Yeah, I can agree with that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:07
      - (I'm not sure if I can include porn in that stat. Who is the protagonist in a porno?) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 10:01 1
        
        depends on who's watching it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 10:04
    - this was my take on it too -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 13, 10:00
  - A Humvee driving through the middle of a shot in TPM would be a smaller plot hole than some of the existing ones. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 13, 09:59

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