mikewendt

I had my brother tape the trailer last night...

I'm glad he did. It look really good. I'm definatly looking forward to seeing this.

Ketamine

I'm not saying the TPM was perfect and AOTC was horrible, it's just that 2 of the coolest things that have happened in the Star Wars films were in TPM. Obviously I am talking about the pod race and final Darth Maul duel. If they would have fixed some of the really bad dialog and cast young Vader better, along with tightening up the middle, this film would have been right up there with TESB. I'm not sure in AOTC that we really had any big "wow" moments other than possibly Yoda. The duals were way to short and special effects while impressive still didn't fit seamlessly with the live actors. When I left AOTC I was very disappointed overall. Lots of potential in this trailer but I am afraid that there is too much going on to do any one thing right. Also, the special effects don't look like they have progressed from AOTC which is likely the main reason I didn't love this trailer. There are at least 3 places that I know of that could really be awesome in this movie (Palpatine fighting, General Grievous fighting, and final duel). Hope it is as good as I hope but (probably for the best) I will lower my expectations a little but will still be in line on opening day.

Dr. DVD

When I saw that, I expected to hear him say the words: "This just sucks!"

Jack: I agree with your statements about TPM. If I had my way, AOTC would have been Part I, part II would have been devoted entirely to the Clone Wars, and III would be as is.

Deadpool

Thank you

steebo777

No problem. I can't stop watching it

PixyJunket

The OC.

kms_md

thanks for the link!

Xander

Awesome trailer. While I am a fan of the first two prequels, I don't believe they are perfect by any means. I enjoyed them for what they were, cringed at the stuff that I didn't like, and moved on. I am sure I will enjoy this one no matter what, but from the trailer it does look like it's shaping up to be the best of the prequels.

PixyJunket

Agree 100%, I'm with you there. I really enjoyed Episode I & II, but I think part of that was that I was never one of those obsessed Star Wars kids and I didn't build up an unhealthy 15+ years of expectations for a new movie.

Jay G.

Terry Gilliam's films rank 100% with me. Still, I'm sure you realize that there is some leeway in liking a particular work and liking the director of such work. If you like say 90% of a filmmaker's work, it's reasonable to say you're a fan. If you like 10% of a filmmaker's work, I don't think it's reasonable for people to call you a fan of them. The ratios in between can be debated, but there really isn't a solid correllation between liking a work and liking the filmmaker.

So ranting about a filmmaker makes one a fan? That means we have a whole lot of Uwe Boll fans on this forum.

It is a different Jay. There are several of us out there, living among your kind.

Maybe because they're fans of the Original Trilogy? I mean, just a guess. You seem mentally incapable of fathoming that someone may like a work or series of works without instantly worshiping the man who created them.

But if theoretically you were a fan of Pulp Fiction, you would care what happened to that film, regardless of whether you like Tarantino or not.

Well, we know what side of Lucas fanatacism you lie on. Lucas has been influential in the film industry. That still doesn't mean that people have to be a fan of him, especially if they don't like his most recent contributions.

Really, thanks for pointing that out. I thought I was speaking from a position of high authority, second only to God himself. Now that I know that my word is not Law, I humbly submit, as my own opinion, that TPM was awful.

You originally said "everytime Lucas does something to piss of these people." Since the prequels fit into that category, I assumed you were talking about those as well. But do you honestly think that he made the changes to the original trilogy, changes that still cost millions of dollars, just to piss off his fans? You make him sound juvenille, even worse than the haters make him out to be.

I'd say Empire Strikes Back and Indy 1 & 3 beat those films out. You included those in your list of "his" films. He directed none of those, and while he's credited with story for them, he didn't write the screenplay for those either.

I never said he didn't do anything for these films. I said he didn't direct or write what I feel were the best of, by your standards, "his" films.

Then just let the critics criticize, without trying to discredit them or call them closet fans. What does it matter to you if they don't like Lucas?

Iron_Giant

I'm sure the website is being pound to death, after clicking on it nothing happens.

BizRodian

You know what? Good for Sessa.

He beats all these other "fans" who say they HATED TPM and AOTC, but are now getting their hopes all up for a movie that continues the story of two movies they hate, contains actors they hate, and contains characters they hate. Oh, and they also own the DVDs, and can spoute off more expanded universe stuff based on the prequels, than I can.

You know, Pearl Harbor had an awesome trailer. I hated the movie, I probably hate no other movie more. If Pearl Harbor 2 was coming out, and it had another cool trailer, I wouldn't be getting excited.

I just don't get these people. I can see them not liking the prequels, thinking they're disapointing, but there is this large bunch who say they hate them, but can't seem to get enough of them.

skiblet

I just watched the HD trailer, as linked above, i think it looks STUNNING! I absolutely cant wait for the movie-

All you people out there that dont think this looks completely awesome need to have your eyes checked, and your head examined.

sureAV421

there's a full HDTV res trailer on alt.binaries.hdtv. Its 150MB 1280x720 with 5.1. gorgeous.

Sessa17

Nothing to you looks dreadful, to me it absolutely does. The only thing that looks cool is Ewan McGregor, & that is just b/c I'm a huge fan of his. This trailer like the last 2 films is just sensory overload. Too much going on visually, & on top of that w/ this last film there is way too much crammed into it story wise. I see Jackson & he just sucks me out of what I'm seeing, he just looks & talks like Sam Jackson in a Star Wars movie, not a character. Seeing Hayden reminded me about a big reason I hate the last one so much, he is just awful. I couldn't stand Yoda fighting & it looks like we get more of that & Darth at he end just made me laugh. My main problem is these just don't feel or look like Star Wars films, I don't know how else to explain it. And when you see movies like LOTR, I do hate to bring that up, that have such near flawless special effects, & then you see this trailer like the last 2 films, with all of Lucas's hype about his special effects, it just looks like a cartoon.

For one I find it impossible to believe that fantasy is your fav genre but you didn't like LOTR. I'm sorry, I don't buy it, & a book that is literally the bible of the fantasy genre in a 100% faithful adaptation, as a fan there is no way you could not like it & especially find them to be "pretentious" which they are the exact opposite of.

You are right, I am a fan of Lucas in the beginning, I just despise what he has become, & I have never been a fan of Lucas as a director.

This is referring to my friends that I referred to as "Star Wars dorks" & you misunderstand me. My dork friends LOVE all things Star Wars & endlessly defend the last 2 films refusing to believe anything bad can be said about Star Wars.

I don't know who "Same" is, but you sound like my dorky friends. You just refuse to acknowledge anything bad about these films, basically any criticism I will say, you will not agre with. I do agree with you about Bloom though.

And for the record, I do like the Clone Wars cartoons. I'm not anti-Star Wars, like I said, I just think the new films are disasters & the trailer looks to be the same, but die-hard Star Wars fanatics will never accept this.

Cygnet74

i don't get poeple that say they don't get people like me. I am one of many OT fans that have been largely disappointed by the PT, but I own the DVDs because they continue the mythology. beyond that they offer the thrills of incredibly dynamic action sequences that make for excellent system demonstration discs!

anyway, this final film of the PT -- with the inclusion of Vader, Chewbacca, The Emperor, Tantive IV, Tarkin, etc -- has a stronger link to ANH (this film is where the PT should have begun IMO) and is tapping into that ingrained mythology, imbedded years ago, even more so than the previous two films.
Terrell has posted on more than one occasion regarding his dislike for Jar-Jar, Jake Lloyd, and the romantic scenes between Padme and Anakin.

kms_md

like many others i look forward to the conclusion of the PT. also like others, i have some problems with both TPM and AOTC which may or may not be resolved with ROTS. however, i am not sure we could be where we are with ROTS without some of the background presented in both TPM and AOTC. YMMV.

btw, this trailer is fantastic. thanks again to steebo for the link.

kms

Josh H

Looks great. Only thing that made me cringe was Jackson. He just doesn't fit.

dick_grayson

anyone know what those giant water orb things are when Sam Jackson is doing the v.o. and saying that he doesn't trust Anakin and so on. I think it's at the Jedi Council scene.

bboisvert

dick_grayson

ChefWinduAZ

Just out of curiosity, why the dislike for Sam Jackson?

bboisvert

Ranger

Oh snap, strong disagreement here, brother.

Anyone have a link to a smaller sized trailer (~10-15 mbs?? I want to send the link to a friend at work for a quicker download.

Dr. DVD

Sessa: I don't know whether to like you or hate you!

I am a fan of both Star Wars and LOTR, so I am very lucky. I am not harsh on the PT of SW, but I will admit it had a few things in it that I could have done without. Overall though, it did entertain me. What is interesting is that you offer valid arguments for not liking the PT that whenever I go to the Jedi Council (a forum of theforce.net) and voice as shortcomings in the PT and what LOTR has over them get me called an idiot and treated as an invalid in their eyes.

Believe it or not, they once said that it was stupid to complain about bad performances from actors in Star Wars as the series is not and will never be about acting. Perhaps that is true, but is expecting something to at least be competent asking too much?

In terms of not being a fan of a director but not liking them, Quentin Tarantino is a prime example of this for me. I like his movies and think they are great, but whenever I see him interviewed or speaking at events I just think he is a jackass. In short, I am a fan of his work, but not him.