Revenge of the Sith--I've seen it!

Me | 5/5/2005 | me

[ArcLight]

I have no interest in seeing Hitchhiker's Guide. I remember the BBC TV series which was wretched. If the Beeb couldn't get it right, I knew Disney wouldn't.

Remember that the whole thing originated as a series of radio plays. It was perfectly suited to that medium; by comparison, Adams' books seem lifeless. So I knew what to expect from a movie adaptation and saved the money and time.

[spinestein]

[...about Palpatine. Actually, I'd go further. The guy positively steals the show. It's like he's the only member of the cast that can really act.]



Is he a better actor than that kid who played the "Manakin" character from The Phantom Menace?

:^)

[montag813]

I have a feeling that ROTS will make ROTJ appear much stronger... With the Vader issues and the Emperor doing his thing again.

Yep, should add a nice symmetry to the epic.

[Centurion2000]

I hope you get bamboo shoved under your fingernails by some disgruntled kitties.

Not really, just envious and I hope you had a great time.

[gridlock]

The Hitchhiker's Guide movie was a bad idea from the git-go. There is no way to do even one percent of the humor in that story in the visual medium. That is just not what it is all about. I am amazed that Douglas Adams had anything to do with the project. They must have thrown some serious money his way...

[spinestein]

I loved both the books and the BBC T.V. series "Hitchhiker's Guide".

But I'm not going to waste 6 bucks and an hour and a half of my life to see this piece of crap put out by Disney. If the trailers represent the best clips they can pull out of the movie then this thing has to be pretty pathetic.

[LdSentinal]

I saw it, too. Major dissapointment.

The menagatrois between Padme, Jar-Jar, and Yoda was revolting.

Samuel Jackson as Mace Windu says "mother f***er too many times.

Ewoks and Wookies start breeding.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yeah, yeah... like that's the first time I ain't made no sense.

[endthematrix]

I would say that $.17 is low.

[Windcatcher]

Very true. The central point of the Hitchhiker's Guide stories is satire, and a Hollywood movie just doesn't lend itself to it. It was doomed from the start, and I'm not going to give money to Hollywood (read: the DNC) for no reason at all.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Do we ever find out what that shiny thing is in the briefcase ?

[loveitor..]

Yes, but does the new Chosen One approve?????

[hoagy62]

Oh, that is just sick....

Inventive, but sick.

Truthful, too.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Meesa say you needa lighten up.

[ArcLight]

Er...Gridlock, Douglas Adams is dead. So if Disney bought the film rights from him, that Michael Eisner guy is even more powerful than we thought...!

[FreedomCalls]

Revenge of the Sith--I've seen it!

That's nothing. I've already seen the sequel!

[Ramius]

Yes, but Adams wrote the screenplay for the movie before he died. That's the screenplay they used (or at least started with).

I dunno why there's so much antipathy for the movie. I saw it last weekend and had a great time. There's always ways to do it differently... but I thought it was fun and stayed pretty much true to the spirit of the books.

[Paul_Denton]

I read the Novelization of the movie. I agree. Very very emotional and dark. My only complaint is that there were no Victory class Star Destroyers (precessessors to the Imperial class Star Destroyers that could land and were more space combat oriented than the Acclamator class seen in Episode II) but the Venator class is pretty cool.

Two of my favorite SW ships were in the novelization: Carrack class cruisers (Introduced in The Truce at Bakura) and Dreadnaught class Heavy Cruisers (Introduced in Book 2 of the Thrawn Trilogy). Were they in the movies?

[ArcLight]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm a Star Wars fan, but I haven't memorized all the ship classes. The Republic does have a big wedge-shaped ship that can land...is that what you mean?

[Hank Rearden]

I very rarely go to (or even rent) movies anymore. The above is part of why.

Solved that, sort of, years ago when I bought a lifetime pass to our theater. Still have to buy popcorn, but those profits stay here in town with our flaming-leftie theater owner, who gets copies of right-wing-perspective movie reviews from some malcontent with a lifetime pass.