Starwars Episode 2

Joe · 05-16-2002, 02:48 PM

Ok Just got back from watching it on the UltraScreen at West Town in Waukesha. Got in line at 8:30am for the 11:30am showing. Was prolly 50 - 75th in line at that time in the morning. I got 3 of my friends to skip out of work to come and see it.

The movie is a freaking blast! It has a ton of character development in it that sets the stage for an extremely cool EP3.

The dialog was so so... but none the less was better than the kindergarden EP1 level.

The Battle Scene... OMFG... It was bar none the most awesome battle scene I have ever seen. Seeing it on a THX Cert Auditorium, on a 75ft screen was a RUSH.

There are a TON of things to take note of in the movie since now you can start to see some stuff sticking out that we all know in EP 4,5,6.

Jango Fett, and Yoda are 2 total bad ass's

Lucas did the movie right this time, While I know some people said it was "blah" I think if they looked at the Starwars story as a whole, this movie fit in perfectly ( unlike EP1 which looked like a fruity coloring book gone wrong)

Getting advanced tickets for Saturday to go and see it again.

Aridmoose · 05-17-2002, 11:23 AM

I agree with Joe, Episode II is pimp.

10x better than Episode I, and Yoda is a beast. The last 40 minutes is all really intense, and all the foreshadowing is really cool. Lots of scenes seem to be taken right out of Empire, but that kind of makes it cool somehow. Less Jar Jar, and more Threepio who is freakin hilarious. Even got some of the good ol' sarcasm, though it's not quite as high quality as Han Solo's. Some people might not like me for this, but I think I enjoyed it even more than the old trilogy... maybe. It is definitely at least the same quality. Despite bad reviews I have read, I thought the movie was amazing! GO SEE IT!!

Haddy · 05-17-2002, 08:30 PM

yea yoda went all out.....did those ships look fimilar to anybody??? (wedge shaped ships, the really big ones) how bout those clone troops.....saw alot of stuff from ep 4,5,6....and in one of the shots i swear ankin looks like darthvader in the shadow....

Joe · 05-17-2002, 09:43 PM

Haddy, you dont think thats not on purpose? all of it?

Here is my take ( this may be a spoiler so dont read any lower if you havent seen EP2)

Jango Fett was the templates for all the clone solders. Which were ordered by the Jedi's. yet Jango was ALSO on Count Dooku's group building the droid army to battle the Jedi.

So heres what I think ( and from the comments that everything is going to plan that the emperor made at the end I think is right):

The entire plan for the droid army was to draw out the Clones and Jedi. Since the Sith has control of the Senate and the Clones it now puts them in perfect position for the empire to start to form, and take those clones and they will soon turn into imperial soldiers. So whats being seen as the good guys now... turn out to be the bad guys in the next movie.

The Sight of the Death Star in EP2 was like "WHOA...." I didnt expect to see anything about it till EP3.

Basicly in EP2 you see the formation of the empire start. And the "Seperatists" will turn out to be the rebels.

Joe · 05-17-2002, 09:52 PM

Also you notice Chancellor Palpatine's "office" ? You notice his chair, and his guard? they are both right out of EP6

Haddy · 05-17-2002, 10:05 PM

i need to add *sarcastic* in there somewhere

of course it wuz on purpose....

SPoiler........

now jango fets kid, wuz he bobo? i didnt listen hard enough....

Joe · 05-17-2002, 10:11 PM

Bobba Fett.... the Ultimate Bad Ass's Kid

Haddy · 05-17-2002, 10:34 PM

hmm i wonder where aldderan will come into all this....ep3 might be in the clone wars still......considering ep4...cant wait to c who plays luke skywalker....

Joe · 05-18-2002, 12:35 AM

Luke should be no more than a baby in EP3 if hes born at all.

Haddy · 05-18-2002, 01:32 AM

maybe a small child.....he wuz in his late 20's in ep 4

Brad · 05-18-2002, 02:10 AM

maybe we will see darth ****ing someone to make luke....

BaconGrease · 05-18-2002, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Haddy
maybe a small child.....he wuz in his late 20's in ep 4

Late 20's? I would say he is supposed to be a teenager... all the angst, rebelliousness.

jaani · 05-18-2002, 07:57 AM

Saw the 8.30 session on the 16th. Liked it. Alot. 82% is my rating.

+ action scenes
+ special effects (CG was awsome, but unfortunately overused)
+ yoda!!!
+ space chase scene (except for the whole sound in space thing!

)
+ that cool blue drink ben drank in the bar
+ jango with his helmet on
+ very starwarsy (e.g. 3po's wisecracks, young jedis in training, yoda fight scene
+ irony (e.g. obi to anakin - "you'll be the death of me, Anakin"

- jango with his helmet off (ugh.....cheezy, crass, not what a bounty hunter should be)
- soppy romance aspect, almost painful to sit through, so forced the dialogue was
- dialogue in general
- cinematography (for the most part was VERY good (see above), but more wide angle shots of the battle scenes and saber duels were necessary.)
- too much CG (transition in the poppy field scene with Anakin and Amidala was too marked, yoda's movement didn't really work as it should have)
- threepio's wisecracks (head to body - "oh my goodness, i'm beside myself!" hehehe.

I've mentioned a fair few critcisms, and I'll add to both once I see it again. Bottom line is, however, the ep2 r0x0rz IMHO! 82% is a VERY high rating for me, and as soon as my ears stop ringing (the volume was set on MAX or somethin in the cinema - the air literally vibrated when a shuttle went past.....bass baby) I'm going to see it again.

Haddy · 05-18-2002, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe
Luke should be no more than a baby in EP3 if hes born at all.

i wuz just lookin at it and ep2 is set 10years down the road from ep1.....ankin wuz 19 in ep so if they go down another 10years hell be almost 30......conisdering he just got married.....if they follow the same timeline for ep3 he could easily have a small 3-4yo child

cristoff · 05-20-2002, 11:15 AM

heres my take on what will happen in episode 3 that will make anakin turn dark... if not already....

Padme is Killed by Count Dooku
Count Dooku is Killed by Anakin
And then takes control as Darth Vader

DigitalChaos · 05-21-2002, 12:47 AM

hell yea, i just saw it on the westtown ultrascreen... IT KICKED ASS

i was never a starwars fan before, but now i am.

my only complaint was the sound... all the vocals seemed to constantly be distant sounding... not full and directional.. this may have been the theater since alot of the WI theaters i have been to have crappy sound systems...

but yea... GO SEE IT, IT IS AWSOME!!!!

ksw · 05-21-2002, 04:14 PM

tumbs up for getting it on dvd on friday

)
ill watch it then and give some feedback.

Haddy · 05-21-2002, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ksw
tumbs up for getting it on dvd on friday )
ill watch it then and give some feedback.

dvd huh....unless u have like a 6.1 sound system then u it wont be the same.....

ECUPirate · 05-21-2002, 05:24 PM

where's the best place to download movie rips online? I'm tired of that low quality Kazaa/Morpheus crap.

Haddy · 05-21-2002, 05:41 PM

people rip dvds???? *sarcacstic*......

i dout joe wants us talking about stuff like that

ECUPirate · 05-21-2002, 05:57 PM

...*sacracstic*...... best spelling of that word I've seen to date.

I didn't realize we such a high-brow community that we can't discuss the pleasures of DIVX.

Haddy · 05-21-2002, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ECUPirate
...*sacracstic*...... best spelling of that word I've seen to date.

glad to c you dont make typos =)

ECUPirate · 05-21-2002, 06:54 PM

oh, I do... don't wury.

Joe · 05-21-2002, 07:20 PM

talking about Divx is fine. Divx is a pretty cool MPEG4 based technology.

Talking about where to pirate movies from... thats a whole nother story and yes I dont want it here.

ECUPirate · 05-21-2002, 11:43 PM

np....

ps... I only evaluate movies... perhaps I should rethink my username.

Actually, I've collected 70 or so movies, but I've probably only watched 15-20 of them. Go figure. For the record, I saw American Beauty (DIVX) not too long ago... wow. What a flick. I gotta buy that one sometime.

05-16-2002, 02:48 PM	#1
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Starwars Episode 2 Ok Just got back from watching it on the UltraScreen at West Town in Waukesha. Got in line at 8:30am for the 11:30am showing. Was prolly 50 - 75th in line at that time in the morning. I got 3 of my friends to skip out of work to come and see it. The movie is a freaking blast! It has a ton of character development in it that sets the stage for an extremely cool EP3. The dialog was so so... but none the less was better than the kindergarden EP1 level. The Battle Scene... OMFG... It was bar none the most awesome battle scene I have ever seen. Seeing it on a THX Cert Auditorium, on a 75ft screen was a RUSH. There are a TON of things to take note of in the movie since now you can start to see some stuff sticking out that we all know in EP 4,5,6. Jango Fett, and Yoda are 2 total bad ass's Lucas did the movie right this time, While I know some people said it was "blah" I think if they looked at the Starwars story as a whole, this movie fit in perfectly ( unlike EP1 which looked like a fruity coloring book gone wrong) Getting advanced tickets for Saturday to go and see it again. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-17-2002, 11:23 AM	#2
Aridmoose Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the shadows Posts: 55	I agree with Joe, Episode II is pimp. 10x better than Episode I, and Yoda is a beast. The last 40 minutes is all really intense, and all the foreshadowing is really cool. Lots of scenes seem to be taken right out of Empire, but that kind of makes it cool somehow. Less Jar Jar, and more Threepio who is freakin hilarious. Even got some of the good ol' sarcasm, though it's not quite as high quality as Han Solo's. Some people might not like me for this, but I think I enjoyed it even more than the old trilogy... maybe. It is definitely at least the same quality. Despite bad reviews I have read, I thought the movie was amazing! GO SEE IT!! __________________ Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb. Batman? BATMAN? NOOOO!!! Over here, Robin. HOLY HEART FAILURE BATMAN!! Luckily I was able to hide behind these heavy iron bars.

05-17-2002, 09:43 PM	#4
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Haddy, you dont think thats not on purpose? all of it? Here is my take ( this may be a spoiler so dont read any lower if you havent seen EP2) Jango Fett was the templates for all the clone solders. Which were ordered by the Jedi's. yet Jango was ALSO on Count Dooku's group building the droid army to battle the Jedi. So heres what I think ( and from the comments that everything is going to plan that the emperor made at the end I think is right): The entire plan for the droid army was to draw out the Clones and Jedi. Since the Sith has control of the Senate and the Clones it now puts them in perfect position for the empire to start to form, and take those clones and they will soon turn into imperial soldiers. So whats being seen as the good guys now... turn out to be the bad guys in the next movie. The Sight of the Death Star in EP2 was like "WHOA...." I didnt expect to see anything about it till EP3. Basicly in EP2 you see the formation of the empire start. And the "Seperatists" will turn out to be the rebels. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-17-2002, 09:52 PM	#5
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Also you notice Chancellor Palpatine's "office" ? You notice his chair, and his guard? they are both right out of EP6 __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-17-2002, 10:11 PM	#7
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Bobba Fett.... the Ultimate Bad Ass's Kid __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-17-2002, 08:30 PM	#3
Haddy Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 434	yea yoda went all out.....did those ships look fimilar to anybody??? (wedge shaped ships, the really big ones) how bout those clone troops.....saw alot of stuff from ep 4,5,6....and in one of the shots i swear ankin looks like darthvader in the shadow....

05-17-2002, 10:05 PM	#6
Haddy Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 434	i need to add sarcastic in there somewhere of course it wuz on purpose.... SPoiler........ now jango fets kid, wuz he bobo? i didnt listen hard enough....

05-17-2002, 10:34 PM	#8
Haddy Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 434	hmm i wonder where aldderan will come into all this....ep3 might be in the clone wars still......considering ep4...cant wait to c who plays luke skywalker....

05-18-2002, 12:35 AM	#9
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Luke should be no more than a baby in EP3 if hes born at all. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-18-2002, 01:32 AM	#10
Haddy Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 434	maybe a small child.....he wuz in his late 20's in ep 4

05-18-2002, 02:10 AM	#11
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	maybe we will see darth ****ing someone to make luke.... __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

05-18-2002, 07:57 AM	#13
jaani Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 40	Saw the 8.30 session on the 16th. Liked it. Alot. 82% is my rating. + action scenes + special effects (CG was awsome, but unfortunately overused) + yoda!!! + space chase scene (except for the whole sound in space thing! ) + that cool blue drink ben drank in the bar + jango with his helmet on + very starwarsy (e.g. 3po's wisecracks, young jedis in training, yoda fight scene + irony (e.g. obi to anakin - "you'll be the death of me, Anakin" - jango with his helmet off (ugh.....cheezy, crass, not what a bounty hunter should be) - soppy romance aspect, almost painful to sit through, so forced the dialogue was - dialogue in general - cinematography (for the most part was VERY good (see above), but more wide angle shots of the battle scenes and saber duels were necessary.) - too much CG (transition in the poppy field scene with Anakin and Amidala was too marked, yoda's movement didn't really work as it should have) - threepio's wisecracks (head to body - "oh my goodness, i'm beside myself!" hehehe. I've mentioned a fair few critcisms, and I'll add to both once I see it again. Bottom line is, however, the ep2 r0x0rz IMHO! 82% is a VERY high rating for me, and as soon as my ears stop ringing (the volume was set on MAX or somethin in the cinema - the air literally vibrated when a shuttle went past.....bass baby) I'm going to see it again. __________________ jaani. website. computer. e-mail.

05-20-2002, 11:15 AM	#15
cristoff Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Posts: 185	heres my take on what will happen in episode 3 that will make anakin turn dark... if not already.... Padme is Killed by Count Dooku Count Dooku is Killed by Anakin And then takes control as Darth Vader __________________ fr33t3chi3

05-21-2002, 12:47 AM	#16
DigitalChaos Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waukesha, Wi Posts: 698	hell yea, i just saw it on the westtown ultrascreen... IT KICKED ASS i was never a starwars fan before, but now i am. my only complaint was the sound... all the vocals seemed to constantly be distant sounding... not full and directional.. this may have been the theater since alot of the WI theaters i have been to have crappy sound systems... but yea... GO SEE IT, IT IS AWSOME!!!!

05-21-2002, 04:14 PM	#17
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	tumbs up for getting it on dvd on friday ) ill watch it then and give some feedback. __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

05-21-2002, 05:24 PM	#19
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	where's the best place to download movie rips online? I'm tired of that low quality Kazaa/Morpheus crap. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-21-2002, 05:41 PM	#20
Haddy Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 434	people rip dvds???? sarcacstic...... i dout joe wants us talking about stuff like that Last edited by Haddy; 05-21-2002 at 06:46 PM.

05-21-2002, 05:57 PM	#21
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	...sacracstic...... best spelling of that word I've seen to date. I didn't realize we such a high-brow community that we can't discuss the pleasures of DIVX. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-21-2002, 06:54 PM	#23
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	oh, I do... don't wury. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

05-21-2002, 07:20 PM	#24
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	talking about Divx is fine. Divx is a pretty cool MPEG4 based technology. Talking about where to pirate movies from... thats a whole nother story and yes I dont want it here. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

05-21-2002, 11:43 PM	#25
ECUPirate Hottest Stank of them All Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington, DC area Posts: 533	np.... ps... I only evaluate movies... perhaps I should rethink my username. Actually, I've collected 70 or so movies, but I've probably only watched 15-20 of them. Go figure. For the record, I saw American Beauty (DIVX) not too long ago... wow. What a flick. I gotta buy that one sometime. __________________ Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan

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