Delusions of Grandeur

[lunabee34]

Poll #21691 Shitpollsting about Star Wars

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What is surely the most critically acclaimed feature of the prequels?

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the dragon that got loose from Pern
2 (10.5%)

Padme's medically sound diagnosis by gyno bot of "lost the will to live"
12 (63.2%)

the primordial NOOOOO! scream
8 (42.1%)

all the delightful CGI'd creatures
5 (26.3%)

Natalie Portman running in the sand like a deranged chicken
3 (15.8%)

With whom does Lando Calrissian have smoking hot sexual chemistry?

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Han
13 (81.2%)

Leia
7 (43.8%)

Chewie
5 (31.2%)

Droid L3
7 (43.8%)

Zhao Yunlan
4 (25.0%)

This only applies to people who watched a New Hope unspoiled for subsequent events: Did you think Luke/Leia was endgame ship?

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yes
7 (50.0%)

no
7 (50.0%)

For those same people in #3, were you sad when the ship focus shifted to Han/Leia?

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yes
1 (7.7%)

no
12 (92.3%)

Han and Chewbacca have totally had sex.

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Naturally--just two BFFs giving each other a hand out there on the raggedy edge
10 (52.6%)

Well, they kinda had to on that one planet; it was a condition of their release from one sort of penal servitude to another; and it was televised
7 (36.8%)

*totally shocked face* My, word. No.
3 (15.8%)

Only when Leia is watching
2 (10.5%)

Maybe? IDK They are both very private people
5 (26.3%)

How do you think the next movie should deal with Carrie Fisher's death?

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Best fandom to cross over with Star Wars? Tell me why in comments.

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Comments

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[executrix]

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Re: Guardianfest

[lunabee34]

I have got to join the comm. I keep forgetting to do it. LOL

[amejisuto]

I can't watch the prequels. Jar Jar killed the fandom for me. That and that whole midichlorians thing they switched to.

[kore]

Yeah, I know a lot of people nowadays grew up with the prequels and have affection for them, but it's really hard to overestimate HOW BAD Episode I was and how much it killed enthusiasm for the movies (yeah, even though they made a lot of money, because that's always the big defense).

And the SW worldbuilding was always....ahem, but the midchloridians thing was racist AND made no sense!

[notasupervillain]

I feel like I blanked something out of my mind. It made no sense, but it was racist?

[lunabee34]

It definitely makes no sense and totally undercuts everything about what the force actually is.

[lunabee34]

I saw them in the theaters and then again when Emma was young and wanted to watch them. I could watch them again; I don't hate them so much as just completely boggle that anyone thought fans of the original trilogy were going to be on board for ....that.

Jar Jar is very grating. And the midichlorians just doesn't make sense. It's the freaking force, not a biological mechanism.

[conuly]

Well, they kinda had to on that one planet; it was a condition of their release from one sort of penal servitude to another; and it was televised

Welp, now I know what image is going to be haunting my dreams tonight.

[lunabee34]

You're welcome. I'll be here all week.

*rim shot*

[sholio]

I will NEVER be over "cause of death: lost the will to live." At this point it's literally the only thing I remember about the movie (well, that and the lava scene) because of the pure condensed mind-boggling stupidity.

[kore]

From what I remember that movie really almost killed Portman's career and it took her a long while to recover. (Pity that couldn't happen to Jar Jar.)

[archersangel]

i heard the actor that played jar-jar was threatened by a lot of fans.

and the kid who played young vader basically had his life ruined.

[archersangel]

they really should've tried to keep lucas' input to a minimum with the prequels.

[lunabee34]

Ah, yes. I totally forgot to put harvesting lava like you do as an option for the first question. LOL

Her losing the will to live is so dumb. I mean, I am not sure that I believe that in a future with space ships and sentient robots that women who have access to state of the art hospital services are routinely dying in childbirth. A slave on a backwater moon, sure, but I feel like they had to make her die like a fallen woman in a Victorian sensation novel because her dying under those circumstances doesn't really make sense.

[timespirt]

I have never seen the prequels and I never will. Die hard fan of the original 3 movies!

[lunabee34]

I couldn't help going to see them. The hype was so huge. But yeah, OT for the win!

[kore]

Really long stretches of them are just unwatchable. It's amazing.

[kaleecat]

I'm not really sure how they should deal with CF's death -- I hope it's with restraint and respect that honors the actress and the great character she created from the script.

Don't think I've read any crossovers - will have to ponder that.

The only things I remember fondly from those abysmal prequels are Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor. I've tried to block the rest out - Lucas may be a visionary but execution ... sigh.

[lunabee34]

I think I am an outlier in how I want them to deal with her death. I want it to be respectful, but I am not going to be satisfied with "and she died off screen." I really want them to CGI her into it, not excessively, just a little bit, so she can actually be in the movie and I can say goodbye to her.

[independence1776]

I, uh, seem to be in the minority here in that I do like the Prequels; they were my primary fandom for a couple of years and still my go-to area of fic fandom. They have a solid story but the scriptwriting-- especially the first two-- needs work. I say this as a fan of the OT first. But I'm a huge fan of the Jedi, so... (That said: midicholrians? What midicholrians? And I will never forgive Lucas for Padme's death.)

As for crossovers... Let's just say I've posted a couple and have Drawerfic ficlets for every single fandom I've ever written for that isn't SW.

[lunabee34]

Awwwww, we're all being so curmudgeonly. *hugs*

I love the idea of crossing over Star Wars with everything. It's not a fandom I see crossed over. I'm more likely to see Harry Potter or MCU show up in any given fandom, but I love the idea of crossing over Star Wars. I would especially love a Firefly/SW crossover.

[mecurtin]

I said SGA as best crossover fandom because I love astolat's The Dark Side SOOOOOOOOO MUCH.

[lunabee34]

Oh, I don't think I've read that.

*clicks*

Thank you.

[the_emu]

There's plenty of rubbish in there, but I like the prequels a hell of a lot more than the original trilogy. They have Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Amidala, who I like much better than Luke, Han or Leia. (I like all three of them in the new movies, couldn't stand them in the originals.) TPM has the Duel of the Fates battle with Maul, which is the best part out of all of the Star Wars universe. I like the big vagina stadium scene in AotC. And that hilarious scene where Amidala's dressed up like a bondage queen telling Anakin he can't have her.

Amidala was great in the first two. Such a pity she was turned simpering and useless in the third. Apparently there was a scene where she was going behind Anakin's back to start the resistance; can't remember if it was shot or not, but damn I wish it had been in there. It adds a real interesting tension to her telling Anakin not to keep secrets, and makes her uselessness a cunning front while she does something of consequence other than give birth.

Jar Jar is kind of a stupid character, but he's for kids, so whatever. He's not nearly as toxic as Jake Lloyd's Anakin. Lucas was a monster to put that poor talentless kid in that role.

[lunabee34]

I have to admit that I've only seen the prequels twice, once in the theater and then again with my older daughter when she was younger, so I don't remember a lot of the finer details about them beyond that I didn't care for them very much.

I do remember that young Anakin's actor didn't bother me, but I really didn't like Hayden Christensen as adolescent Anakin.

It's so fascinating how we all react so differently to the same media. I love it.