Poll: Phantom Menace in 3D Friday??

[Sovvolf]

No, because I don't really like the film. Honestly, never liked the film, even as a kid (was 9 when this film came out) I hated it, that's not just because I'd grown up on the originals, its mainly cause the kid who played Anikan was an annoying fuck then, double so now that I'm an adult.

That said, I will be going to watch the original series if they fetch them out in 3D. Not cause of my thoughts on 3D (I honestly don't mind it when its done right) but it would be another chance to watch the movies on the big screen again. I have fond memories of watching the originals when they re-released those in the cinemas .

 

[omega 616]

Seen it once, why see it again + gimmick?

Exactly the same scenes, exactly the same plot, exactly the same visuals ... except if somethings look ever so slightly off the screen, exactly the same dialogue and exactly the same reasons why it's bad.

So why pay a whole lot of cash for the same experience? So the people who make them can make loads of cash off people like this ...

I honestly hated the prequels, but as a SW fan feel obligated to attend the movie.

And people complain about activision just remaking COD4? This takes it to a whole new shitty level.

 

[funksobeefy]

Id like to say I wont, but I now I will...

 

[chiefohara]

Its a shite movie, but i like 3D. I guess i could snooze through the first half of the movie until the fight at the end.

 

[Nexxis]

I've already seen the movie and I'm not much into the 3D craze, so I see no reason to see it on the big screen again.

 

[Neverhoodian]

I was a huge Star Wars fan as a kid, and I still am to some degree. I actually like The Phantom Menace despite its flaws. In fact, it's the only Star Wars prequel movie that I really enjoy.

Having said that, I'm not planning on watching any of the Star Wars films in 3D. I gave the format a chance with Avatar, and it came across as a gimmick to me. It's certainly not worth shelling out an extra $10-$12 for it.

 

[Ashley Blalock]

Pay to see a film I didn't like in the first place but this time with the joy of that 3D surcharge on the ticket.

Yea no thanks. If Lucas found a way to make the film Jar Jar free then we can talk about me ever watching the movie again.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

I hate how it's so cool to hate on the prequels. No, they're not the BEST MOVIES EVVAAARR, but they're fun. Of course they have flaws, but people expect them to be some masterpiece. The Originals weren't perfect, either. They're hokey and have plotholes the size of Texas. The PT may not be UHMAZIIN, but some people act like they raped their mothers and killed their fathers.

I've actually never seen a movie in 3D before, so I have no idea what my experience with TPM will be like. I already bought my ticket to see it on Monday with my dad. Star Wars has always been our thing and we've grown distant lately. I'll be seeing all six, assuming the 3D doesn't make me ill. That and the only ones I saw in theaters were Episodes III and IV. I've been dying to see them all on a big screen since I saw III in theaters. I hope the 3D doesn't ruin it.

 

[ThePS1Fan]

Nope Chuck Testa.

I hate 3D so much there is no way I'd pay to see it.

 

[Sutter Cane]

I've paid enough money. I've done my part, paid for movies, paid for DVDs, paid for cassettes...I've bought them enough.

If he's really an artist that wants his 'true vision' to be seen by everyone who loves the movies, he'd be showing them for free. He's not. That says everything that needs to be said on the matter.

you do realize that even if lucas distributed the films free of charge you'd still likely have to pay to see them, as the theaters themselves would still charge you. Also prove that making money off your art disqualifies you from being a true artist, because to me that sounds like an incredible pretentious thing to say.

 

[Veylon]

The last movie I saw out of a sense of fan loyalty was the Revenge of the Sith. I skipped the Clone Wars and I'll skip this too. If I hear that the 3D is decent, I may well check out A New Hope and Empire.

 

[Leo Meier]

I don't particularly have anything against Phantom Menace (in fact, I rather enjoyed the big duel at the end), but I've seen it and I don't see any way that 3D would add to the film.

jar jar binks in mass effect 3

 

[Pandabearparade]

no reason to see it again unless they kill Jar Jar.

If Lucas advertised that this was going to be a retcon addition to the movie, I'd see it five times.

Wait, no, he'd have to remove Jake Lloyd, too.

And fix the script.

Yeah, I guess there just isn't any way to salvage Episode I, and just making it 3D certainly doesn't do it.

 

[Asita]

I don't particularly have anything against Phantom Menace (in fact, I rather enjoyed the big duel at the end), but I've seen it and I don't see any way that 3D would add to the film.

jar jar binks in mass effect 3

I'm sorry, I don't follow. How does that relate to my post or the thread?

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

You should never feel obligated to pay to see somthing you don't like just because your a fan. Your just giving the producers a reason to put out more shit because they know the fans will buy it.

The Prequals were trash and the changes to original films has gotten to the point where i just don't want give lucas any more of my money.

So no i won't be seeing Phantom in 3-D

Nor will i be seeing any of the others. and keep in mind that i never got the chance to see the original trilogy in the theaters but i won't be seeing it now because really they just don't feel like the movies I grew up with.

 

[chadachada123]

I don't want to pay a fucking ridiculous amount of money for some poppy eye effects.

I'll pay to see the 2D version again, but 3D just isn't worth it.

 

[chadachada123]

I've paid enough money. I've done my part, paid for movies, paid for DVDs, paid for cassettes...I've bought them enough.

If he's really an artist that wants his 'true vision' to be seen by everyone who loves the movies, he'd be showing them for free. He's not. That says everything that needs to be said on the matter.

you do realize that even if lucas distributed the films free of charge you'd still likely have to pay to see them, as the theaters themselves would still charge you. Also prove that making money off your art disqualifies you from being a true artist, because to me that sounds like an incredible pretentious thing to say.

I do think that FFH has a point that we might be missing, though. He isn't implying (as far as I can tell) that artists shouldn't get paid. What Lucas is doing, that FFH seems opposed to, is selling the same movie a second time for jacked prices for some cheap 3D effects. That's a pretty shallow thing to do if you consider yourself a *good* artist and not just an entrepreneur or greedy idiot.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

The Phantom Menace is a very "meh" movie, but it gets awesome when "Duel of Fates" kicks in. That said, I have a personal attachment to the movie. I wanted to see it so much as a kid when it came out, but my brother was in the hospital on the verge of dying. We never really got along much, so I was blaming him (I was a horrible 7 year old I guess), but while he was in that hospital, we ended watching The Original Trilogy on VHS together. I guess we bonded over that and when he got out of the hospital we finally went to see The Phantom Menace. We've been really close ever since and Star Wars is really important to us, the closest thing we have to a religion.

So, yeah, I can't wait to go see it with him tomorrow! I hope we get Darth Maul glasses.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

I'm going with my friends to the cinema and our options have gone to watch either Chronicle or Phantom Menace 3D.
If we end up going to the latter I will make a point of not going in to watch it (even if there are plenty of opportunities to take the piss MST3K style). I'm not paying to see a movie that I've seen before, thought was "meh" and I have the DVD readily at home for me to watch whenever I feel like it. 3D is only noticed when it does that horrible "slow-down" thing where an object pops through the screen for no reason other than to say "OOOOH! LOOK! 3D! IT'S THE FUTURE!!!!" so unless that ends up happening in the film (which I fucking hope not) it's just going to be the same movie I've seen before but requiring retarded glasses to wear without any changes happening to the movie and again, if that's the case, why not watch it on my big TV at home where I can actually pause the movie to take a piss and the ice-cream is just a freezer door away?

 

[Vrach]

1) Seen it (Phantom Menace)
2) It's crap
3) It's 3D (yes, that's a negative point)

So no, I won't go see it, have 0 reasons to.