I'm willing to assume they had one laying around. It's not asking too much of me.
The reconstruction scene was one of the few I actually enjoyed. (very few I actually enjoyed)
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One of the BIGGEST moments in movie history is, "I AM YOUR FATHER"!!
True. However, save a few souls (civillian and perhaps despondent) how many people do you know that watched the films in proper order AND knew absolutley nothing about the story.
SW is such pop culture that every one, wether they've seen the movies or not, know that some guy named Vader is the father of another guy named Luke.
Perhaps you got lucky and avoided every single spoiler, most of them popping up in other films as humor (space balls), but I didn't and I don't know one pal who managed that.
Civllian is always griping about how lame SW has become because he was around since day one. He saw the actual evolution of the film. It's interesting to read his take on the OT. Go back and view older threads.
Little things that younger generations would have not considered
The Luke telepathic message to Leia
-When I saw this film I already knew leia was the sister, so I did not find this bizzare.
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Luke "thought calls" to Leias and she receives it. Yes; I saw the movie when I was twelve years old. Thing is, this CAN'T be a clue that she is the "other" foretold by Yoda, since neither Leia nor Luke think it's even the least bit odd that they can do this.
Consider this: You're watching a movie, and then a character does a completely absurd thing, like send a thought across space to another person, and the other person receives it. You figure this is a big deal, and that it deserves some explanation. Then, nowhere in the movie is it ever explained or even questioned by any character. Luke doesn't think it's odd that Leia can hear his thoughts. He never suspects that she may be Force-sensitive, or his sister, or another Jedi knight. SO... you, the viewer, are made to revise your opinion. You have to figure that maybe there was nothing unusual about this at all. When Luke learned this trick, he must have learned that it was a thing Jedi could do. Leia, being royalty and well-read, probably knew this was something Jedi could do. So when they don't even question the event, you figure it had to be something that is possible in their universe. Not exactly mundane, but not unique, either. the chracters all but tell you "don't worry about this; it's not unusual."
Now: the sequel comes along, and someone says "Well, you should have known that Leia was something special; remember how she could hear Luke's thoughts?" You gotta feel cheated. I know I did, and I was only a teenager. Sure, I said, it seemed unusual to me at first, but when the characters went along with it ... ah, fuck you, Lucas! You're making this up as you go along! If it was such a big fucking clue, then Luke and Leia should have suspected something, you hack!
Watching the Saga out of order helps explain many blunders or loose ends that Lucas pulls out of his hat, like the leia call.
So if you watch the films out of order with foreknowledge of what happens next, the film is actually easier to swallow,Cool huh?
So I agree with you that Vader being the dad was HUGE, probably the biggest thing in the entire saga, but everybody on planet earth already knows about it. So the PT did not spoil it. The PT ruined it with poor story and plot that's all.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 07 June 2005 - 06:52 PM
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