Star Wars Live-Action TV series - Page 3

***Booyakasha*** · 10-23-2008, 12:37 AM

Clunky dialogue, gaping plot-holes, piss-poor pacing, laughable performances by many of the principal players, abhorrent attempts at comic relief, and reliance on sh*tty fake-looking CGI instead of real special effects.

Many of these are interconnected. Overuse of CGI, for instance, made it so that actors couldn't actually interact with the things they were supposed to be interacting with, the way they did in the originals. Hence, generally lousy acting. Harrison Ford didn't have to imagine the screaming eight-foot-tall ape-man; it was standing right there next to him. He could method-act. Compare to poor Liam Neeson--"All right, Liam, Jar Jar's standing there, where the tennis ball on the stick is. Okay, he's acting like a fag now, look a little annoyed. More annoyed. More. Okay, he just fell down again. Look down at the ground and silently mouth the phrase 'f*cking chode'." One of the best actors out there, and he couldn't compete with the likes of Harrison 'Overrated' Ford, because there was nothing there for him to work with. He's lucky he made it out after the first one (my vote for the best of the prequels, incidentally).

Rainbow Dash · 10-23-2008, 03:11 PM

but the space battles are so purty

***Booyakasha*** · 10-23-2008, 03:39 PM

But they didn't look real. CGI always looks fake, and that hurts suspension of disbelief.

Rainbow Dash · 10-23-2008, 04:07 PM

Yes, but there is the bare minimum of actual people in the space battles.

**Valigarmander** · 10-23-2008, 07:07 PM

I liked the space battles. They weren't bad.

But even so, the original series had better-looking ones (and they were more interesting, at that).

Pepper Dawg · 10-24-2008, 09:43 AM

I've only seen the Prequals and Episode.....was it "V"? The one where Luke gets beat up?

I believe "V" was a little better then the others, but how am I supposed to know what humans like and don't like?

10-23-2008, 07:07 PM	#45
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	I liked the space battles. They weren't bad. But even so, the original series had better-looking ones (and they were more interesting, at that). __________________

10-23-2008, 12:37 AM	#41
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,655 Thanks: 153 Thanked 1,386 Times in 704 Posts	Clunky dialogue, gaping plot-holes, piss-poor pacing, laughable performances by many of the principal players, abhorrent attempts at comic relief, and reliance on shtty fake-looking CGI instead of real special effects. Many of these are interconnected. Overuse of CGI, for instance, made it so that actors couldn't actually interact with the things they were supposed to be interacting with, the way they did in the originals. Hence, generally lousy acting. Harrison Ford didn't have to imagine the screaming eight-foot-tall ape-man; it was standing right there next to him. He could method-act. Compare to poor Liam Neeson--"All right, Liam, Jar Jar's standing there, where the tennis ball on the stick is. Okay, he's acting like a fag now, look a little annoyed. More annoyed. More. Okay, he just fell down again. Look down at the ground and silently mouth the phrase 'fcking chode'." One of the best actors out there, and he couldn't compete with the likes of Harrison 'Overrated' Ford, because there was nothing there for him to work with. He's lucky he made it out after the first one (my vote for the best of the prequels, incidentally).

10-23-2008, 03:11 PM	#42
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,788 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	but the space battles are so purty

10-23-2008, 03:39 PM	#43
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,655 Thanks: 153 Thanked 1,386 Times in 704 Posts	But they didn't look real. CGI always looks fake, and that hurts suspension of disbelief.

10-23-2008, 04:07 PM	#44
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Gender: Posts: 23,788 Thanks: 168 Thanked 1,120 Times in 677 Posts	Yes, but there is the bare minimum of actual people in the space battles.

10-24-2008, 09:43 AM	#46
Pepper Dawg Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Where there is food Gender: Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	I've only seen the Prequals and Episode.....was it "V"? The one where Luke gets beat up? I believe "V" was a little better then the others, but how am I supposed to know what humans like and don't like?