Jelly Rajah
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Fans react to The Phantom Menace, one of the most universally panned SW films, after the movie is released in 1999.
Seem familiar?
Seem familiar?
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Star Wars fans react to The Phantom Menace in 1999
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Lifejumper
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Are you comparing TPM to TFA? Lmao.
MisterHero
Super Member
that Darth Maul guy must feel pretty silly now
Anton Sugar
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Subpar Spatula
Banned
Of course people like the PT. However, big movies tend to have a lot of hype. I believe when TFA hype dies down then you will see more honest thoughts about the movie.
DragonSworne
Banned
I see a lack of excitement after the viewing. You can see the energy levels are super low compared to the crowd prior to seeing the movie.. It seems like they are in shock of how bad it was and are in the early stages of denial.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Excuse me, but what the fuck are you even trying to imply here?
MisterHero
Super Member
It's my least favorite of the OT
Battle of Yavin and Battle of Endor >>> Battle of Hoth
at least it had Luke and Yoda
...Huh?
kitchenmotors
Banned
Exactly.
Most regular folks like a lot of dumb things.
Anyways, this is a terrible comparison OP.
To be fair Darth Maul was the best thing about Phantom Menace =P
Yeah, it's been posted at least a few hundred times since the opening of the film, quite possibly leading up to it.
lastplayed
Member
Yeah it is familiar, I'm pretty sure we all lived through it.
PROh1bited
Banned
These idiots from 1999 also thought Eiffel 65 was the best thing in music.
And please don't compare this to TFA.
And please don't compare this to TFA.
excelsiorlef
Member
TPM didn't have the critical success TFA.
Also it didn't have the pressure TFA had to umm not be another TPM
Also it didn't have the pressure TFA had to umm not be another TPM
Anton Sugar
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ZeroGravity
Member
The idea that people universally reviled TPM when it came out has always been some huge revisionist history (same with downplaying Lucas' success with the Original Trilogy).
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Yeah, op.
Love it.
Love it.
EdibleExplosives
Member
lmao, no.
And TFA does?
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
TFA and TPM are both good movies so yes it does
Strangelove77
Member
Those are the same people who made Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears rich. They have awful taste.
1999 is just a shit year overall.
1999 is just a shit year overall.
Nice try.
And beyond aggregators, the audience reception to The Force Awakens has been overwhelmingly more positive than the reaction to The Phantom Menace, by every conceivable metric.
The fact that contrarians and people with poor taste existed back in 1999 should surprise no one. They exist now too. One of them just made a Star Wars topic.
And beyond aggregators, the audience reception to The Force Awakens has been overwhelmingly more positive than the reaction to The Phantom Menace, by every conceivable metric.
The fact that contrarians and people with poor taste existed back in 1999 should surprise no one. They exist now too. One of them just made a Star Wars topic.
excelsiorlef
Member
It absolutely does. It's the first film since ROTJ to feel like proper Star Wars
Joe Shlabotnik
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I was not a fetus when The Phantom Menace came out and I can assure you that reaction across the board for The Force Awakens is far, *far* more positive.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
It's not awful taste, they just don't care to argue Star Wars all day. Fun fact: most people who watched Star Wars: The Phantom Menace probably liked it and moved on. The ones who argue Star Wars are in a small minority.
How so?
Admiral Woofington
Member
not one to argue against the movie, but were internet review sites even prominent when the film came out?
I don't know, and seeing how the movie has garnered more hate as time flies, post-release reviews might be less favorable.
I don't know, and seeing how the movie has garnered more hate as time flies, post-release reviews might be less favorable.
half a moon
Banned
lol jesus
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Well if Lucy Liu liked it
Just look at those Mummy and Matrix posters in the background of the embedded video pic. It was awesome having two instant classics in theaters at the same time.
The point being that TPM's reception shouldn't come at a huge surprise.
Admiral Woofington
Member
you serious? Metacritic user score are 0s and 10s, and 0s tend to review more often than 10s because folks with negative feelings tend to actually bother to send reviews.
7DollarHagane
Banned
lol I remember being in high school and being very confused and lost. I became a huge star wars fan when they were re-released on VHS before the remastered versions were released in theater, probably around age 13.
I saw it a second time in the theater and my opinion then is much what it is today. A decent movie that panders to kids, with some awesome robot/ship/podracer designs and an utterly dull writing style and a nonsensical story.
TFA was a little too similar to ANH but I'm so interested in what they have coming now. I remember TPM basically turning me away from star wars at the time and I didn't even see the 2nd or 3rd movies in the theater.
I saw it a second time in the theater and my opinion then is much what it is today. A decent movie that panders to kids, with some awesome robot/ship/podracer designs and an utterly dull writing style and a nonsensical story.
TFA was a little too similar to ANH but I'm so interested in what they have coming now. I remember TPM basically turning me away from star wars at the time and I didn't even see the 2nd or 3rd movies in the theater.
BronsonLee
Member
Jesus Christ, Yoshi
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
*talking to a man in a stormtrooper costume*
"In your unbiased opinion..."
"In your unbiased opinion..."
Well for the first time since 1983, there are characters who have identifiable personalities and are actually likable.
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