Red Letter Media Episidoe One Review a Study in Fanboy Stupidity

lazypadawan made an entry about an essay that takes apart a video critique of The Phantom Menace. The essay, which can exist downloaded here, seems a scrap daunting at 108 pages, but it's a well-constructed essay and definitely worth the read.

I decided to read it because I've always wondered why people hated TPM. The only things I found really abrasive most it were Jake Lloyd's acting and Jar-Jar Binks, but neither of those stopped me from enjoying the movie. Admittedly, I haven't watched the bodily Red Alphabetic character Media video review, so this is a fairly 1-sided reaction to what I read in the essay. Yet, the essay very thoroughly quotes and recaps the parts from the RLM review that he addresses, so it's like shooting fish in a barrel to understand even if you've never watched the video.

Speaking of which, I should probably watch it some twenty-four hours to get a more consummate reaction, merely I'm a fleck afraid to now because it just sounds then stupid and a total waste of seventy minutes. And then again, I'yard trying to convince myself that the thing has to have some merit, merely after reading some of the comments on this page, I'1000 starting to lose religion.

Anyway, the essay-author, who apparently goes by Jim Raynor online, basically critiques the criticisms made of TPM in the RLM video. It's null fancy, just logic, but it amazes me how anyone could totally miss so much of what happened in TPM. Mr. Raynor does an excellent task at refuting the video's points, merely similar anyone with a LiveJournal, I've got some points of my own.

Page numbers refer to the page number in the PDF where the effect appears, and the upshot I'g discussing refers to one of the many artificial opinions from the RLM video.

p. thirteen
Re: Anakin'south not actualization until 32 minutes in, and why this disqualifies him every bit a main character
When a character appears in a story has nothing to exercise with whether or not he is the primary graphic symbol. Jay Gatsby doesn't appear in The Great Gatsby until chapter three, although he is mentioned before, and he is very obviously the main character. Mr. Raynor too makes a fantastic point afterwards, about how Luke doesn't appear in ANH until 17 minutes in, and I think you'd be hard-pressed to argue that Luke is not the main graphic symbol of Episode IV.

As information technology is, I don't wholly agree with Mr. Raynor about Qui-Gon's being the main character of TPM. He'south one of them, definitely, but everyone knows this entire series is almost Anakin. It'south like with ANH -- Luke is the chief character, but Vader plays such an of import part you accept to see him as i too, especially when you look at the serial every bit a whole.

p. 64
Re: Qui-Gon'southward moral values being questionable because he used the Force to fix the bet against Watto
Uh, you lot mean when he used it on the weighted die? This is just Qui-Gon'due south mode of fighting fire with fire. Certain, two wrongs don't brand a correct, but I think information technology would be more than immoral of Qui-Gon to just sit and watch as a blatantly sneaky junk dealer tried to crook him out of a take chances to costless Anakin.

p. 91
Re: The "flawless choreography" of the Duel of Fates
Oh delight, if this lightsaber duel had been similar the duels back in the original trilogy, Plinkett would probably be complaining most how, in 20+ years, Lucas and his crew hadn't improved enough to have choreography of loftier enough quality. I happen to like well-choreographed fights, which is why I went through a phase of watching YouTube videos of martial artists fight with lightsabers, and I rank this duel among one of the all-time in Star Wars. Maybe information technology doesn't have the raw emotion of Luke beating upward Vader in RotJ, only you tin can't say it lacks humanity and emotion.

And also? This is an action scene. People look action. I, for one, expect adept action. The Duel of Fates is expert action.

p. 95-96
Re: Obi-Wan and Darth Vader'south duel in ANH beingness "much more interesting" than Obi-Wan and Anakin's duel in RotS
Ha ha. Once again, this is an activeness scene. People are interested in activity when they lookout man action scenes. Especially now that the standards are so high. If I desire to lookout people talking while dueling with lightsabers, I'll lookout man duels from The Princess Bride with lightsabers put in.

To tell the truth, I blench sometimes when I lookout the ANH duel because the choreography is just so bad, although I have to alibi Obi-Wan for it since he is an sometime man, and I guess Vader also because he's in a big clunky outfit and there's no way he could pull off the moves he could in a regular body. As for the RotS duel... every time I scout information technology I am in awe. Action-wise, all three prequel trilogy duels are splendid, and Lucas saved the best for last. There's no way anyone could legitimately telephone call this duel less interesting than the i in ANH, although of form standards of interests differ from person to person. But honestly? Come on.

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