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#16
Posted 08 June 2005 - 05:51 AM
Better than the AOTC fight where cheap computer effects are used to spice up the fight and where too much time is spent looking at Hayden's brooding pretty boy face while some blue and red light plays over it and Yoda morphs into Pedros Brontophthoros on a cocktail of equine growth hormones and speed - but still the choreography of that fight grated.
#17
Posted 08 June 2005 - 06:09 AM
Oh, and Maul being the best fighter in the entire trilogy? I'd bet that Yoda, Windu, Sidious, Dooku, Obi-Wan and Anakin (in Ep 3, when they fight like demons) would kick Maul's ass.
This is why nothing in the series backs up what you said.
This post has been edited by Harvey Globetrotter: 08 June 2005 - 06:13 AM
#18
Posted 08 June 2005 - 05:54 PM
I could follow all of Maul's moves. Not to mention, the actor who played Darth Maul, Ray Park, is a world class marital artist. Lucas took wide angle shots of the final duel of ob1 vrs maul. you could follow the entire fight and I thought it was fantastic.
Furthermore I noticed that the Light sabres in TPM did not leave trails behind them as they were swung around. There was no shakey camera shit. And like I already stated the wide angle shot of the battle was great for viewing.
Yoda- Boring, he's not real
Mace- He can't fight, it did not look like he was even trying, his moves were painfully slow and his back always looked arched, like a rookie or something, no grace at all
Ob1- The most consistent, when fighting maul he looked a bit immature, but every other fight he encoutered he did a good job.
Anakin- Boring as shit, terrible camera shots of his action, never really got in to his style
Dooku - had a couple sweet moves in AOTC, but the poor camera movement and Yoda fight really hurt the overall feel.
Sidious - Again, fighting yoda is lame. His fight with mace was the worst yet. he effortlessly kills 3 Jedi knights (literally, he just swung and them at they died) yet struggles against Mace one on one (but not 4 one 1).
I like Maul's style. Ray Park is the man
I don't think that hurt he scene at all. But I will agree, it was a bit short. Every time the scene cut to Naboo or space I could feel the blood rush to my face in anger.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 08 June 2005 - 05:57 PM
#19
Posted 08 June 2005 - 06:00 PM
Then I must get that comic...
It is well known that the expanded universe is better than the actual prequels...
Except ROTS, it rocks!
#20
Posted 08 June 2005 - 08:35 PM
#21
Posted 08 June 2005 - 09:00 PM
#22
Posted 09 June 2005 - 12:19 AM
Grevious sounds a lot cooler in the cartoon too...
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#24
Posted 11 June 2005 - 06:22 PM
He has a prissy english accent, I think it's english.
#27
Posted 13 June 2005 - 07:01 PM
and a film that was pure fluff...
he was pretty cool.
He wore black.
He had horns.
he was black and red with nasty teeth.
he had the skills to pay the bills in combat.
he was a total prick.
i loved him...
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#28
Posted 13 June 2005 - 07:17 PM
Also interesting: Maul's voice isnt Park's...its dubbed into it.
The guy that does Maul's voice is Peter Seroferowicz (or something similar)
He can be seen as the irate flatmate in Shawn of the Dead.
Maul could have become a great villian if GL hadn't decided he wanted the range of Star Wars action figures to be in the thousands and killed him off so other expendable characters could take his place.
This post has been edited by Trigormike: 13 June 2005 - 07:18 PM
#29
Posted 13 June 2005 - 07:33 PM
it just trivializes everything...
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