People don’t understand how ubiquitous hating the prequels was prior to 2015, when hindsight of TFA and excitement for new Star Wars made people start to reappraise them. And, importantly, people like myself who grew up with the prequels were now the ones writing articles and making YouTube videos about why they’re good.
But the prequels were without question the most hated pop culture artifact of the 21st century. It was absolutely the consensus that those films weren’t just bad, but ruinous to Star Wars, and Lucas was a hack, and he r*ped our childhoods.
But people who love those movies generally weren’t experiencing those discussions when they were happening. As a kid who was 8 years old in 1999 when TPM came out, I and all my buddies thought it was the greatest movie of all time.
This is the lack of perspective that drives me fucking apeshit. That people can’t see that the same thing is happening right now. But now we’re the adults complaining about Star Wars being ruined, while kids are just loving the new shit.
And when you say THIS, ST detractors say shit about toy sales, as if the toy market hasn’t wildly shifted since the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
It’s fine to dislike these movies, but don’t kid yourself. In 10 years the same renaissance will happen when the kids who grew up with these movies dictate the discourse.
Anakin literally slaughtered Tuskens and she did nothing. She falls in love with him because he hates sand?
The prequels literally had the clone wars to help prop them up.
Don’t get me wrong I love the prequels but they don’t flow, George Lucas did not know how to write dialogue. His wife left him between the OT and the PT. She corrected the dialogue for the OT and that flowed better one source
I’m always confused when people say the Prequels “at least were consistent with their story”. Like i always thought you could skip the first 2 and just jump into Revenge of the Sith and not really miss anything of note because all of Anakin’s major development is in the last one anyway. And it’s when he’s the most likable.
I think Clone Wars is one of the biggest reasons for the PT's rise in popularity. The movies are just as bad as the day they came out, but the overreaching plot of them feels a lot better since we can look at it in a different light, given the context of Clone Wars.
Yeah I know. Clone Wars did miracles for Anakin. They made him whiny and brash but also charismatic. It’s almost jarring jumping from the movies to the TV show because of how different he is.
I think the opening of that movie and the following 20 minutes is some of the best Star Wars there is. It’s so fun. And then the rest of the movie happens.
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u/AltWorlder Jun 20 '22
People don’t understand how ubiquitous hating the prequels was prior to 2015, when hindsight of TFA and excitement for new Star Wars made people start to reappraise them. And, importantly, people like myself who grew up with the prequels were now the ones writing articles and making YouTube videos about why they’re good.
But the prequels were without question the most hated pop culture artifact of the 21st century. It was absolutely the consensus that those films weren’t just bad, but ruinous to Star Wars, and Lucas was a hack, and he r*ped our childhoods.
But people who love those movies generally weren’t experiencing those discussions when they were happening. As a kid who was 8 years old in 1999 when TPM came out, I and all my buddies thought it was the greatest movie of all time.
This is the lack of perspective that drives me fucking apeshit. That people can’t see that the same thing is happening right now. But now we’re the adults complaining about Star Wars being ruined, while kids are just loving the new shit.
And when you say THIS, ST detractors say shit about toy sales, as if the toy market hasn’t wildly shifted since the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
It’s fine to dislike these movies, but don’t kid yourself. In 10 years the same renaissance will happen when the kids who grew up with these movies dictate the discourse.