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Started by Josquius, July 04, 2013, 02:14:00 AM

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How should Star Wars be watched for the first time?

Prequels first, then the originals
1 (3.7%)
Originals first, then the prequels
26 (96.3%)

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Josquius

July 04, 2013, 02:14:00 AM
Just a quandry which has been rattling in my head.
Assume you're faced with a 14 year old kid who has never seen Star Wars but has decided that they want to watch them all. Avoiding the prequels isn't an option, they just don't believe it when others say they suck (what with most 14 year olds liking them...)..
In which order should they watch the films?
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#1
July 04, 2013, 02:25:54 AM
Originals, no prequels.
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Razgovory

#2
July 04, 2013, 02:35:31 AM
Originals first.
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Syt

#3
July 04, 2013, 02:39:47 AM
Originals, Prequels (highly optional), Clone Wars (highly optional - becomes a lot better in season 3), Droids (highly optional), Ewoks movies (if you want to torture yourself), Holiday Special (for getting drunk with friends)
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Pedrito

#4
July 04, 2013, 03:11:23 AM
Originals, then prequels. Otherwise, the whole "Luke, I AM your father" surprise would be lost.

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Viking

#5
July 04, 2013, 04:09:58 AM
Apparently kids, kids not teenagers, love the prequels more than the original. I've gotta actually give lucas some credit here. He managed to make a movie which appealed to me as an 8 year old that appeal to today's 8 year olds. The movies aren't the cultural event they were way back then since everybody and his franchise has copied the lucas playbook.

It just pisses us off. The guys who are not in our 30s who had these amazing memories from the movies that set an impossible standard. When I went back and watched old transformers and voltron episodes (the coolest thing ever when I was a kid in the early 80s) OMG they were crap.

@Pedrito - 14 year olds who aren't already in love with it don't care about spoilers about who lukes father is.

I say start the brat on the prequels and as the kids ability to understand what Star Wars is he moves on to the middle trilogy where he can appreciate the slightly less merchandised, slightly less jar-jarized, slightly less jake lloydized version we love to this day. TBH, if you end with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s (safe for work and all that jazz)

then you are just spoling the whole thing for him. Much better to end with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-4U6GXPnc

wait, NOOOO!!!

this instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S2auEHR4rg
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Josquius

#6
July 04, 2013, 04:31:33 AM Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 04:39:23 AM by Tyr
Wow, votes are quite overwhelmingly originals first.
I don't think its so clear cut. Assuming you're commited to watching them all it might be better to get the meh stuff out of the way first and then enjoy the awesomeness.
I think Luke I am your father is thoroughly spoiled via pop culture references even if you've never seen the films themselves.

Quote from: Viking on July 04, 2013, 04:09:58 AM
Apparently kids, kids not teenagers, love the prequels more than the original. I've gotta actually give lucas some credit here. He managed to make a movie which appealed to me as an 8 year old that appeal to today's 8 year olds. The movies aren't the cultural event they were way back then since everybody and his franchise has copied the lucas playbook.

It just pisses us off. The guys who are not in our 30s who had these amazing memories from the movies that set an impossible standard. When I went back and watched old transformers and voltron episodes (the coolest thing ever when I was a kid in the early 80s) OMG they were crap.



I work in a HS and loads of the boys at my school like the prequel films. Some of them haven't even seen the originals. :blink:
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#7
July 04, 2013, 07:09:42 AM
You don't. Star Wars sucks. The first 3 are only good because millions of 40 years old suffer from nostalgia & the latter 3 are crap.
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#8
July 04, 2013, 07:12:55 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 04, 2013, 07:09:42 AM
You don't. Star Wars sucks. The first 3 are only good because millions of 40 years old suffer from nostalgia & the latter 3 are crap.

It's got nothing to do with nostalgia, and everything to do with being a better generation.

HVC

#9
July 04, 2013, 07:16:14 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 04, 2013, 07:12:55 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 04, 2013, 07:09:42 AM
You don't. Star Wars sucks. The first 3 are only good because millions of 40 years old suffer from nostalgia & the latter 3 are crap.

It's got nothing to do with nostalgia, and everything to do with being a better generation.
kids these day!

But ya, they pretty much suck. First one was ok, then it was downhill from there
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July 04, 2013, 07:17:22 AM
With difficulty.
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#11
July 04, 2013, 07:18:09 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 04, 2013, 07:09:42 AM
You don't. Star Wars sucks. The first 3 are only good because millions of 40 years old suffer from nostalgia & the latter 3 are crap.
is it hard being so stupid?
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#12
July 04, 2013, 07:58:46 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 04, 2013, 04:31:33 AM
Wow, votes are quite overwhelmingly originals first.
I don't think its so clear cut. Assuming you're commited to watching them all it might be better to get the meh stuff out of the way first and then enjoy the awesomeness.

I don't know why one would waste their time watching the prequels. Better things to do with one's life.
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#13
July 04, 2013, 08:12:24 AM
Originals first.

Prequels can later be watched for study.

Ed Anger

#14
July 04, 2013, 08:15:42 AM
Usually, I sit in a chair and look at a screen that displays the movie.
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