# I just watched Attack of the Clones on cable - This movie gets worse over time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191 "2003-07-04T05:32:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/21 "2003-07-06T07:23:12Z")
Yes, but it’s all acceptable, because you have Jimmy Smitts standing around in the background giving it _gravitas_…Timmy ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/22 "2003-07-06T17:49:33Z")
My favorite bad line from the original is Leia’s “Somebody has to save our skins.” That line belongs in a word balloon. It shouldn’t actually be spoken. I do like Han trying to reassure the Imperial guy over the comm system in the prison. “We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?” But didn’t Ford make that up himself? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/23 "2003-07-06T18:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > \*\*I do like Han trying to reassure the Imperial guy over the comm system in the prison. “We’re all fine here now, thank you. How are you?” But didn’t Ford make that up himself? \*\* IIRC, the lines were scripted, but Harrison Ford deliberately avoided rehearsing them, to make it sound more like he was making it up on the spot. (One of the movie’s funniest scenes IMO.) ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/24 "2003-07-06T20:41:16Z")
Has Lucas ever dated a woman? The love scenes in AOTC were downright creepy. Anakin came off like a 14-year-old stalker. Not that Padme’s without problems. If a potential love interest told me, “I just massacred a village of sand people,” my reaction would be to back away slowly, change my phone number, and avoid the budding psycopath like the plague. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/25 "2003-07-06T22:25:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by burundi \* > \*\*Has Lucas ever dated a woman? The love scenes in AOTC were downright creepy. Anakin came off like a 14-year-old stalker. Not that Padme’s without problems. If a potential love interest told me, “I just massacred a village of sand people,” my reaction would be to back away slowly, change my phone number, and avoid the budding psycopath like the plague. \*\* Yeah, haven’t you ever seen _Young George Lucas in Love_? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/26 "2003-07-06T22:36:20Z")
The thing that really bothered me about AOTC is that I guess either through script, or acting, Padme really didn’t seem to love Anakin at all. Now I understand that she was dedicated to her job and didn’t want to ‘complicate’ things, but the interactions between Padme and Anakin were just painful to watch. He really did come off as whiny and stalker-ish. I was rather surprised to see them married in the end of the movie, considering how creepy Anakin was acting around Padme. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/27 "2003-07-07T02:09:49Z")
I think the dialog is supposed to be stiff and wooden…like they have some noble air to their speech. That’s the only reason I can think why the whole friggin’ movie would have the same 8th grade drama class quality. Because it’s only the principals…Obi, Padme, Anniken, etc. The other, animated (now there’s a twist!), characters like **GAG** Jar Jar, Dexter, and Watto have inflection in their dialog. I puke and wretch when I hear the accents they are given…crap I hate those stereotypical accents…but they aren’t wooden! Which I think points to why I so hate these new prequels. Back in Star Wars the aliens were slightly menacing, strange, new, different. Now they are a steppin fetchit, an urban fry cook from any big Earth city, and an Italian Fly-Man pawn broker (among others). Hell the bad guys in Dukoo’s circle towards the end, one sounded like a cheap Japanese warlord ripoff. The galaxy far far away has ceased to be a strange, dangerous, exotic place. Now it’s a Disney film with canned good/bad guys. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/28 "2003-07-07T02:22:57Z")
Just the fact it is already on cable shows how bad it is. I wonder how long it will take George to kill off one of the best franchises in movie history. Heck if he keeps this up the last of these new movies will be made-for-tv. (Well really made for Toys-R-Us and Happy Meals marketing.) ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/29 "2003-07-07T03:52:16Z")
Where’s Irvin Kershner when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/30 "2003-07-07T04:48:05Z")
Just out of curiosity, will Lucas ever release the original three (sans special effects and the “moralization” of Hans) on DVD? Them, I would buy. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/31 "2003-07-07T05:38:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkipMagic \* > **Just out of curiosity, will Lucas ever release the original three (sans special effects and the “moralization” of Hans) on DVD?** Most likely not. From [this recent article](http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=dvd01&date=20030701): > [@](#): > > Don’t look for \ before “Episode 3” of the second trilogy is completed in the summer of 2005, says a LucasFilm rep. Also, even though the official line is that nothing has been determined, there’s a very strong likelihood that the only version of “Star Wars” that will exist on DVD will be director George Lucas’ revised special edition and not the 1977 theatrical version. Hang onto your VHS copies. But Lucas being the businessman he is, even though he’s been fairly consistent about the above (it’s not the first time I’ve heard the “specials only” claim), there’s still a possibility he’s secretly planning to release the original, unedited (but cleaned up) version of the trilogy a year or five after the “special edition” comes out. We’d all stomp and howl and rend our garments about his greed, but we’d go buy that one too. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Scorpio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpio)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/32 "2003-07-07T05:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jplacer \* > \*\*My “favorite” piece of dialogue … > > Anakin: I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth. \*\* This line lends itself to _everything_. I don’t like work. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it GETS everywhere. I don’t like broccoli. It’s coarse… All right, you get the idea. It’s like the ‘I too would like to take your coat’ line from the Simpsons (and many many other lines from the Simpsons which can be substituted into everyday conversation), except that line was meant to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/33 "2003-07-07T05:49:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Most likely not. From [this recent article](http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=dvd01&date=20030701):But Lucas being the businessman he is, even though he’s been fairly consistent about the above (it’s not the first time I’ve heard the “specials only” claim), there’s still a possibility he’s secretly planning to release the original, unedited (but cleaned up) version of the trilogy a year or five after the “special edition” comes out. We’d all stomp and howl and rend our garments about his greed, but we’d go buy that one too. \*\* Yes, no one will ever have the original version on DVD ::cues ninja theme while DVD player is loaded:: ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191/34 "2003-07-07T12:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Most likely not. From [this recent article](http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=dvd01&date=20030701):But Lucas being the businessman he is, even though he’s been fairly consistent about the above (it’s not the first time I’ve heard the “specials only” claim), there’s still a possibility he’s secretly planning to release the original, unedited (but cleaned up) version of the trilogy a year or five after the “special edition” comes out. We’d all stomp and howl and rend our garments about his greed, but we’d go buy that one too. \*\* Evil ninjas aside, thanks, **Cervaise**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-attack-of-the-clones-on-cable-this-movie-gets-worse-over-time/186191.md?page=1)