I was born in 1995, I'm 20 now.
I was literally 4 years old when the phantom menace came out. I grew up on the prequels. The prequels defined my generation. I had tons of friends into it, I had tons of toys, played the video games (Episode I racer, X-Wing, Battlefront, Republic Commando), went to Star Wars themed birthday parties, etc... an experience that I'll absolutely never forget.
The prequels are comfy as fuck. Fun storytelling, awesome worlds, great characters, awesome action, and meaningful moments. True Star Wars.
I noticed that before 2009, a lot of people liked the prequels. Many were disappointed, but few outright hated them, and like I said, A LOT of people were willing to say they liked them. A thread like this couldn't exist today:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.72432-Am-I-the-only-SW-prequels-fan
Ever since Plinky the fat fuck made his reviews, Redditors have constantly linked to them, as if "Another guy said these movies suck so they suck!!!1111 I can't form my own opinions lol11!" He nitpicks the movies so much, his fans don't realize that you can nitpick ANY good movie to that level and it'll look bad.
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>>64023893
>Ever since Plinky the fat fuck made his reviews, Redditors have constantly linked to them
Yup.
Not the first time this has happened. NES games are just now getting over this asshole's videos.
>>64023893
>I was literally 4 years old when the phantom menace came out.
And I was 7. Now FUCK OFF
>>64023998
heh, I was 6
>>64023893
>his fans don't realize that you can nitpick ANY good movie to that level and it'll look bad.
it's the entire basis for cinemasins, yet people still don't fucking get it
>>64023998I was 15
>>64023998
I was 13, and I was still really a "kid" even though I consider myself more of the OT generation.
>>64023893
nigger literally none of what you said about the prequels is right. call me fucking reddit, it doesn't nullify the fact that they were written terribly and the cgi has aged horribly. fuck off with this hipster prequel love bullshit
>>64024164
The sequels were made for kids, they kids loved them, and now as adults they are defending them.
Wildly successful films, no other way to put it.
1995-born 20 year old here
You are absolutely allowed to like them and no one should tell you otherwise, but the prequels really are unintelligible schlock written by a man who is not a writer, and who has a remarkable affinity for special effects.
They're bad movies. They're not good. In fact, they're irredeemably terrible. The best thing that can be said about them is that they made strides in special effects and had some good art direction. But because George had such a fixation on making 90% of the films CG, they have aged like milk even in this regard, and they really have nothing going for them.
I'm not a redditor, a RLM parrot, etc. I have a fair amount of nostalgia for the zeitgeist of those movies as we did grow up on them. But no.
>>64024133
I was 9 for TPM. Luckily my dad showed us the OT in '95 and I probably watched those tapes hundreds of times from '95-'99. I miss having my dad tell me Anakin's story before we got the prequels.
If there's one thing I truly enjoyed about the prequels, it was the Clone Troopers. Those armor designs were badass and they were actually good soldiers instead of the Stormtroopers.
>>64023893
i was 3 i grew up with it too and hadn't see them since recently but bro you got to admit they were fucking awful
watch them again and tell me with a straight face that your not blinded by nostalgia
>>64023998
I was 9 and thought Phantom Menace was boring as fuck besides Liam Neeson's scenes and the Darth Maul duel.
>>64023893
I was born in 1990 and was 'supposed' to grow up on the prequels. But in actual fact I didn't watch any star wars movies until my late teens, a good number of years after Revenge of the Sith. so I was able to look at the Star Wars saga with unbiased objectivity. I can safely say that the OT is the core of Star Wars and are genuinely good films in their own right, space opera or not. But the prequels fail as films. They fail to tell a compelling story. They fail to tune an audience into the emotional highs and lows that such a script is asking for. I mean they have visual variety and add a good musical vocabulary to the soundtrack, but they are just a complete waste of time if you are trying to get an actual storytelling experience out of them. The only 'comfy' thing about them is the visual design, essentially the window dressing for a hollow series of films.
That being said, not everything about the OT is all that and a bag of chips. A lot of 'fans' will be glib in telling you that ESB is the best Star Wars film, despite them not recognizing that aside from the memorable parts of that movie it actually is quite lopsided story-wise and unremarkable as an overall film, ROTJ even more so. Add to the fact that ESB is not self contained, ending on cliffhanger sequel bait. ANH is possibly the best OT film as it's the classic Hero's Journey. And TFA is the best Star Wars film, since it 'Terminator 2's ANH - a more kinetic, bigger better version in every way to the original.
TLDR: My opinion is the only correct one ITT.
>>64024132
16 in 1999 race reporting in.
>>64023893
>provides a link to a discussion about liking the prequels in the face of overwhelming popular consensus that it's bad
>Plinkett made everyone hate the prequels guise!!11
I know this is bait, but please please kill yourself.
>>64024513
Its a shame you never developed taste though
>>64023893
I was about ten when TPM came out and >>64024513 is on the nose.
>>64024559
My point is that topic was made in 2008, right before the Plinkett reviews were made.
If that thread were made today, everyone would be circlejerking and telling the guy who likes the prequels to "go watch the RedLetterMedia review."
>>64023978
Most games from that era were junk.
>>64023893
Only good SW games
>Dark Forces 1&2
>Republic Commando
>OG Battlefront
>Battlefront II
>Racer
>Racer Revenge
>Jedi Power Battles
>Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter
>>64023893
Anyone who likes the prequels has a fucking brain disorder.
>>64024728
shit list doesn't feature X-Wing or Tie Fighter
>>64024232
I agree completely, I was 4 when I saw the phantom menace, and I like the prequels, but they're not good. I'll always think of them fondly and as a huge part of my childhood, I even had duel of the fates stuck in my head earlier today. But they've got gigantic problems
>>64024728
>not Jedi Knight's Outcast or Academy
total fucking pleb kill yourself queer
>>64024828
>liberals.gif
>>64024728
absolute shit list
everyone knows the best star wars game is movie battles ii
>>64023893
Fucking retard, everyone hated jar jar wgen he came out, i grew up with the prequels the same as you, but even i can look past my nostalgic menories, to see that they were poorly made peices of shit! Fuck you, and your fucking shittaste, you degeberate little fucking cuck!
>>64024763
sup reddit
>born 1980, 35 years old
>3 months old when Empire Strikes Back came out; 3 years old at ROTJ release
>grew up on Original Trilogy on VHS and TV without Lucas redux elements
>never seen prequels
Feels good man. Now get off my lawn.
>>64024728
KOTOR II is GOAT
>>64023893
I was 11 and I couldn't remember a single scene from it. Talk about a memorable film. Fuck off Lucashill
I was never a huge prequels fan before Plinkett -- hell, I still like TPM. Plinkett, however, laid out some good criticisms I hadn't thought of.
But, again, I wasn't really a fan of them prior to the reviews.
>>64024918
hello reddit!
>>64024993
DUDE EXAGGERATING AND OVER ANALYZING EVER SINGLE DETAIL IN KIDS MOVIE LMAO
>>64024918
top 10 films of all time now?
>>64024728
>no Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
>no fucking KOTOR
Kill u r self
>>64025058
>Kids movie
Oh right with the space politics and senate and diplomats and treaties?
>>64024214
Wildly successful is a term that applies to Titanic, which made more than the three prequels combined
>>64024820
Tie Fighter was garbage.
>>64024513
>And TFA is the best Star Wars film
how can one person be so utterly afflicted by extra chromosomes?
>>64024924
go to bed grandpa, your boss isn't gonna like you being late to work tomorrow
>in 6 years time, "1991 was 31 years ago" won't just be a meme but will be reality
>>64023893
Shit taste
>>64023893
>I was literally 4 years old when the phantom menace came out
Cool, thanks for leading off with that so your opinion is invalidated.
>>64023893
this has to be pasta. no one is this retarded
/ck/ here. Thought i'd bring in some corn to go with all this fucking salt
>>64023893
The prequels were always regarded as trash, you and your millenial fagboi friends have no fucking taste. I was old enough to actually remember episode 1 coming out. EVERYBODY hated jar jar bynx. When episode 2 came out I was blown away at what a terrible actor hayden christiansen was, and the fight choreography was non existent. Sam jackson has said that they just told him to flail around in front of a greenscreen and then CGI'd stuff around him after the fact. It was so bad I've still never even seen Episode 3. The prequels were a joke, the only reason I went to see the new one is because George Lucas finally gave up control of the franchise.
>not old enough to remember the initial reaction
Fuck off. We hated it then. Coming out of TPM menace everyone looked dazed and just said, "I think I need to see it again, something's wrong here." George Lucas was driven off of the internet by the prequel hate long before the plinkett reviews. They're just not good. They have their moments and I'm sure people who were kids have fond memories of that time, but they just sucked.
this thread is literally "Summerfag: Christmas Break Edition"
>>64027140
>millenial
Stop using terms you don't understand.
Born in or after 1982 = millennial. Chances are extremely high you are one yourself.
>>64024728
>no kotor 1 or 2
holy shit kill yourself
>>64023893
>fun
>comfy
>awesome
>great
The only thing I can agree with here is that you probably really did grow up on the prequels. For that I am sorry for you.
>>64027303
>using summerfag
hello reddit
>>64027486
>using hello reddit
hola tumblr
fitting in yet?
>>64027467
>agree with
it's not an opinion you fucking autist. either you recognize fact, or you don't. holy shit.
>>64024728
Super Return of the Jedi, yeah, I'll bet you never beat that shit
>>64027518
>hola tumblr
neofag detected
>>64023893
Before 2009 the prequels weren't even made. Stop making this thread every day. The prequels were garbage and I was a child when they came out, but I wasn't an idiot who couldn't see that they flew too far from the source material and what made their namesake so popular. They were a simple cash in.
I love the prequels for the memes. But sitting through them as an adult is a real chore, but same for TFA, i reckon i'll watch it one more time when a decent torrent is out but that'll be it.
>>64027527
sure, if you think everything posted on here is true...
>>64024892
>>64024828
>>64024232
>>64023893
If your dream as a kid wasn't to be an Actor in Star Wars where you could just pretend to be a Jedi all day then you don't know what being a fucking fan of the Prequels is all about.
1991 birthday reporting in. I'm in the same boat as >>64024513 I grew up with the OT - my grandpa had the original, unadulterated movies on VHS. I watched them over and over - they and Disney were the ultimate comfy movies.
I was definitely excited when TPM came out, but when I watched it, it didn't click with me the same way the OT did - the same happened with the other two prequels. There were definitely things I liked in them (podracing, clone troopers, underwater cities, etc.) but there were a lot of parts I just found boring.
Hating the prequels isn't just a meme that began with RLM. Even before the trilogy was finished everyone was making fun of the extended senate debates and wishing death on Jar Jar Binks. The Plinkett reviews merely crystallized around people's disappointment in the movies and gave it form - they didn't just create it. I can't say I hate the prequels, but I can't consider them good films or a good part of the Star Wars saga.
>>64027623
>dude, my tire went flat, need to get a replacement
>i agree, the tire is flat
>don't fucking talk to me anymore.
>>64027681
why would your computer have a tire are you literally a potato
>>64024132
>>64024515
14
The only thing I liked about phantom menace was the Sega Dreamcast promo w/ Sonic Adventure.
>>64024232
George it's a writer. He's actually a shitty director but a fantastic producer. What was wrong with the prequels is he had entire executive control and he has the personality of an entitled child. People say everyone was afraid to question him, but the truth is he wouldn't have cared.
The original script for ANH was heavily altered from his original vision, but only after the studio forced actual talent in.
>>64023893
dont worry anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd_8-NCN5CU
>>64027699
too many chromosomes
>>64023893
Likewise.
I think my favorite thing about the prequels is that they actually showed the war aspect of Star Wars. The originals and even Force Awakens lack in impressive battle scenes, the originals only having Hoth and Endor. The prequels felt like WW2 in space, and the battles were just on a much more massive and impressive scale.
I think the OT had a better story, but the PT had the better universe and world building, which can do a lot more to spark a kid's imagination.Phantom Menace is my second favorite Star Wars movie, fuck you guys
>>64028059
> the phantom menace being anyone's favorite anything
Sounds like some nostalgia tripping to be perfectly honest with you friend
>>64028059
This. Only films with an actual Jedi Order and not remnants too.
>>64027992
ah that explains it
you shoulda stayed in 1996 kid
>>64024513
>And TFA is the best Star Wars film
d r o p p e d
you got me until then m8
kill yourself
>>64028059
this tbqh phams
>>64024515
16 here
It was a good time to be a teenager
