You guys should totally do this again for RLM's The Force Awakens Review.
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You guys should totally do this again for RLM's The Force Awakens Review.
I get what their point was, but for Qui-Gon specifically I would definitely be able to come up with words like: stubborn, passionate, opinionated, compassionate. For the other examples they gave, like Queen Amidala, I would agree with their point that it's hard to quickly come up with adjectives. But I really do think that there's a fully fledged character there in Qui-Gon. The responses to that question probably depend a lot on who you're asking though. If the sample is biased for people who don't care for the prequels in general (or the whole thing is staged, like it may have been for that review) then you might get responses similar to those from the review. Additionally, he only had one movie worth of screen time whereas Han Solo had three (at the time of the review) and so that may play a factor in what people remember. Personally, I have many criticisms of the prequels, but the character of Qui-Gon was not one of them.
Although I found the RLM reviews to be very entertaining and thought they made some good points, I do agree that some of their points are a bit hyperbolic.
One of the points I disagree with RLM on is the "describe Qui-gon without using his appearance or profession". All they could come up with the in the review was "stoic", which I don't think is true. I would personally describe Qui-gon as someone who has strong & passionate beliefs to the point of being stubborn and getting tunnel-vision. I think he was probably the strongest character in The Phantom Menace. That's one that I remember off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are other exaggerated points as well.
Awesome, will it be on this site or Geeknation?
Would you guys at the Extended Edition also be able to snag Ryan Wieber for a commentary? It'd be cool to hear his thoughts as well since he worked on the VFX for TFA.
I hope this announcement means the return of old friends....in my head.
The super-important question though is: will we get another FIYH podcast for TFA once it's released on Blu-ray???
Are we going to get a FIYH podcast about this movie? Maybe when the Blu-ray comes out? Because that would be awesome.
I've always rationalized it as midichlorians are drawn people who are strong with the Force. And so they can be used to measure Force strength and provide empiric "knowledge of the Force" but aren't what actually determine Force strength. To me, that's the only way midichlorians can somewhat fit Obi-wan and Yoda's description of the Force in the originals. Still, I don't understand why they were even introduced into the prequels to begin with.
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