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Re: I saw it
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- Subject: Re: I saw it
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:33:41 -0800
- Cc: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
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We're waiting for the Rifftrax (http://www.rifftrax.com/ ) version. The
Riffs of the Star Wars prequels were the funniest things I've ever seen.
> From: http://www.cs..edu/~b
> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:47:56 -0800
>
> So Matt was up in for the weekend for a gig at Ashkenaz, and we had
> several yummy meals together, and this afternoon after dim sum we went to the
> Emeryville AMC.
>
> Non-spoiler review: There's really nothing to spoil. All the putative
> surprises announced themselves way in advance. The stormtroopers still can't
> shoot for beans, and the dark side artificial planet designers still put fatal
> flaws in their designs. Carrie Fisher has learned to act; that was the
> biggest surprise. (Harrison Ford hasn't.)
>
> 3D isn't as headache-inducing as it used to be, but it still looks like layers
> of cardboard with spacers in between, like a ViewMaster, not continuous depth.
> Except when a ship is zooming right at you and they put more effort into it.
>
> And the other surprise is that the soundtrack barely hinted at the iconic
> theme music that was the only reason the original became a big hit.
>
> Kenny Baker in the credits as "R2D2 consultant." :-)