QUOTE (DarthTherion)
Yes, I understand people get upset when they have a clearly visualized PT in their heads, and then Lucas comes along and screws it up by doing exactly the opposite of what dialogue in the OT leads us to think. And I know it's different here, because we're going backwards with the PT, not forwards, and that the answers to everything are not spelled out in the movies.
Speaking for myself, I didn't have the PT's clearly visualized in my head to the point where any deviation would ruin them for me, I just remember the story the OT's established. There's a BIG difference between tweaking the details and completely altering the foundation. GL changing details I can live with, but his screwing with the foundation has brought down the whole house SW was built upon. Try seeing episodes 1-6 in order and it's blatantly clear the saga no longer makes any sense.
It used to be that you could have a brain and enjoy SW, but now, because nothing connects, because GL has fucked up the continuity so much, you have to "just accept" what he's done. I will never subscribe to the theory that SW was nothing more than an empty, shallow FX extravaganza that only fanboys could enjoy. SW required me to think different, to believe people were redeemable and to learn that patience is a virtue. Now, it's all about leaving your brain at the door and just watching the pretty CGI. GL has successfully turned a series that had some deep meaning and spirituality into one about midichlorians and superficiality.
QUOTE (DarthTherion)
But, c'mon....
He took artistic license to give the story a more compelling ending. You think Natalie Portman's acting would have given a better ending with her character alive? Really?
This reasoning is illogical. If Natalie's bad acting is one of the reasons he killed off Padme, then he never should've cast her to begin with.
QUOTE (DarthTherion)
For the record, "memories" are usually more than just images.
I have memories of events in my life that are nothing more than images. I don't recall sounds or details, but I can remember a chain of events through the imagery alone.
This post has been edited by Deleted Scene: 19 June 2005 - 11:12 PM