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Re: Finally got to see the movie!
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Date: 
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:14:09 GMT
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:32:30 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com>
wrote:

Steve Bliss wrote:
And he had a lot more character than Darth Maul.  Darth Maul wasn't a
character, he was a plot device.  He was a gargoyle, waiting for people to
come around the corner and be surprised to see him.  The battle droids had
more interesting characters.

Oh, and he was a really kick-ass lightsabre duelist.

I agree with Steve. I loved TPM, the only disappointment (Outside of the
technical glitches in all SW movies) is the lack of development of the bad/evil
characters. The Trade Federation people were a bunch of weak knee wishy-washy
jelly fishes, dependent on the droids, who could have been so much more
menacing.

I liked the Trade Federation guys -- they're probably invertebrates,
evolving directly from some jellyfish floating in an alien sea somewhere.

The battle droids definitely should have been more menacing.  Or there
should have been two different types of droids: one with the guns, with a
menace-level somewhere between the Destroyer Droids and the Battle Droids,
and another type which would be a scout/officer/human interface type.

Darth Maul seems to be a a "oops, lets insert a light saber duel here to make
this movie more SW compliant."

Kinda, yeah.  It just seems like (outside of the Final Battle) he spent
most of his time skulking.

Steve



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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 17:14:09 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities... (...) Leads me to ask a question.... Why, when the issue of "who started it" was done with (the tanks started the battle), did the Gungans not attack the droids when (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) I agree with Steve. I loved TPM, the only disappointment (Outside of the technical glitches in all SW movies) is the lack of development of the bad/evil characters. The Trade Federation people were a bunch of weak knee wishy-washy jelly (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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