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Ronnie Pilgrim 
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Posted: July 27 2010 at 23:34 |
 CinemaZebra wrote:
Ronnie Pilgrim wrote:
I think the bigger question is: who is a better female lead character - Princess Leia or Sam Gamgee?
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sam is a G. I think you meant Princess Leia or Frodo Baggins.
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You boo puppets, not fictitious actors like me. Okay, since I like you it's changed.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 27 2010 at 23:07 |
The Truth wrote:
I'm somewhat of a SW fanboy so I'll go with that. |
Same here.
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: July 27 2010 at 22:59 |
Ronnie Pilgrim wrote:
I think the bigger question is: who is a better female lead character - Princess Leia or Sam Gamgee?
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sam is a G. I think you meant Princess Leia or Frodo Baggins.
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Ronnie Pilgrim
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Posted: July 27 2010 at 22:52 |
I think the bigger question is: who is a better female lead character - Princess Leia or Frodo Baggins?
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Edited by Ronnie Pilgrim - July 27 2010 at 23:35
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Posted: July 27 2010 at 22:37 |
ptkc123 wrote:
^ I thought that Hayden Christiansen was just a terrible actor altogether as Anakin, and the Emperor came off as extremely cheesy and cliched. I did like the first one, with the exception of JarJar Binks  .
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Well, perhaps... but I don't like those movies because of their acting anyway.
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Posted: July 27 2010 at 00:37 |
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I like Ian McDiarmid as well, I just didn't like him in the new trilogy; not really his fault, more of the scriptwriter(s)'s fault. He was great in RotJ, though.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 23:55 |
ptkc123 wrote:
^ I thought that Hayden Christiansen was just a terrible actor altogether as Anakin, and the Emperor came off as extremely cheesy and cliched. I did like the first one, with the exception of JarJar Binks .
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I agree with the bolded part, that really bothered me throughout episode II and III, he was a total robot. The Emperor/Palpatine was great though.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 23:38 |
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I love both, but for entirely different reasons, I would need to be in a completely different mood to watch one or the other.
Star Wars is for fun, that's the point - the style of acting, I think, is quite deliberately not classic dramatic acting - there is a certain monotone that all of the characters have, even those portrayed by some of the brilliant actors in it who are Oscar-worthy in other roles (Christopher Lee, Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, etc.). It's that kind of detachment from real human emotion that somehow gives it its unique quality...I'd be interested in knowing the reason from Lucas himself, but it probably has something to do with making it palatable for kids without dumbing down the story line...
LoTR, on the other hand, has much of its magic in the believability of the characters, and their relationships - who can't smile at the friendship between Legolas and Gimli? It's a timeless story with its roots in Tolkien's experiences in World War I...
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 23:35 |
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^ I think Ian McDiarmid is incredible as both Sidious and Palpatine, one of the best things about the whole saga
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The Monodrone
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 23:21 |
^ I thought that Hayden Christiansen was just a terrible actor altogether as Anakin, and the Emperor came off as extremely cheesy and cliched. I did like the first one, with the exception of JarJar Binks .
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 23:08 |
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SW is generally considered 'Fantasy' but actually has as many similarities to 'Sci-fi' [Star Trek, Logan's Run] as it does Fantasy [LotR, Dune]-- the Rings trilogy is clearly superior to Episodes 4 thru 6, but as a whole saga I prefer Star Wars and am one of the few people who really liked the new trilogy
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Well, I did like the new trilogy too. I'm not sure which of the two SW trilogy I prefer (perhas the older one), but the new is great too. Though in some parts the new Trilogy seemed a bit "forced" in order to match the events of the old one.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 16:11 |
jampa17 wrote:
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SW is fun but LotR is great. |
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Yeah, I'm with the majority here.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 15:05 |
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I like both, but LotR is superior.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 13:12 |
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I'm somewhat of a SW fanboy so I'll go with that.
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 13:07 |
You mean quadrilogy? 
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 13:01 |
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But what about the Twilight Trilogy?
Ahahahahahahahahahaha.
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jampa17
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 10:49 |
A Person wrote:
SW is fun but LotR is great. |
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Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 07:10 |
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LoTR. But I like Star Wars as well.
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 00:34 |
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SW is generally considered 'Fantasy' but actually has as many similarities to 'Sci-fi' [Star Trek, Logan's Run] as it does Fantasy [LotR, Dune]-- the Rings trilogy is clearly superior to Episodes 4 thru 6, but as a whole saga I prefer Star Wars and am one of the few people who really liked the new trilogy
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Posted: July 26 2010 at 00:26 |
The Lord of the Rings
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I actually liked Star Wars very much. But I like LotR much better. By the way, would you define Star Wars as Science Fiction, or as Fantasy? |
Fantasy, definitely. Just because it takes place in outer space doesn't mean it's Sci-fi. Sci-fi still has to be somewhat logical and plausible. SW is the exact opposite of that.
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