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GIP
Or sort of a GIP-plus, I suppose.
I dug out my copy of the Phantom Menace Japanese trailer today. It's amazing how much more right it feels this way than the original English. I wish I had the whole movie in Japanese dub. Heck, all of Star Wars. I remember when we first saw this trailer, we were all so impressed with Yoda. Yoda's dialogue should always be in Japanese. If they can subtitle Jabba, they can subtitle Yoda.
I've uploaded it for your delectation: Phantom Menace Japanese teaser trailer (23 MB Quicktime). Right-click-download-save.
Just one more thing from Prisoner of Azkaban (emphasis added):
I swam as a dog back to the mainland.... I journeyed north and slipped into the Hogwarts grounds as a dog. I've been living in the forest ever since, except when I came to watch the Quidditch, of course.
[ insert sexist but amusing remark about men and sports here ]
Confidential to P: I'm so sorry, sweetie. I swear, you'll get laid soon.
ETA: Today's Dork Tower says it all.
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Yes! Oh my god, yes! I've been trying to summon the courage to watch TPM again in all its awful, choked-dialogue glory... and in Japanese would be just the way to do it. The most trite of dialogue is immediately transformed into the noble; the bad guys sound just that much more menacing...
Thanks for putting up the trailer. It was just what I need for that mid-afternoon Star Wars fix ;)
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My confession: I liked TPM a lot. Of course, not every Jar-Jar-soaked minute of it, but most of it. I saw it in the theatre some extremely embarassing amount of times -- 18, maybe.
I still have a Darth Maul standup right here next to my desk and LEGO Darth Maul is still getting a blow job from LEGO Qui-Gon right here *on* my desk (if you put a LEGO minifig's legs on backwards, he can kneel). I loved Darth Maul's blatant and sexy evilness. I loved Qui-Gon's subtle and sexy evilness. I loved Obi-Wan's terrible pain as he's cast aside by his master for a much younger model.
And, my god, I loved the light saber fights. Nothing is going to top the Duel of the Fates, ever.
You know, TPM also made me love Luke in a way I never had before. All of a sudden I had some context for him and his actions and it showed me that Obi-Wan and Yoda *didn't* know what was best for him. And to see how the prophecy might be working its way out.
OK, I could go on about this forever. But I won't. *g*
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See, though, I figure you're in the autumn of your TPM love. Me? I have just been dragged -- kicking and screaming! -- from my regular fandom, like a little lone asteroid pulled into the orbit of a dying neutron star. I was powerless to resist! (And I've only seen TPM twice; obviously, I'm still an innocent.) Still, I'm at that stage where I've exhausted all the readable Q/O fiction. I've branched out into the dubious reaches of Maulfic: no longer do I cry in horror, Dude, Maul?? But yea verily: Dude! Maul!
You know, TPM also made me love Luke in a way I never had before.
That is, actually, completely true. What I love most about TPM is the way it does link into the original trilogy; gives it some additional depth and a kind of a bittersweet edge. I mean, there's the, um, 'Blake's 7 School of Fix-it' (is that what they call it?) where authors completely dissociate TPM from the wider Star Wars universe -- and dude, that makes me so sad. Sure! Save Qui! But leave Obi-Wan his mistakes with Anakin -- 'cause that's what makes it interesting, you know?
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Hee! Been there, done that: "So, Qui-Gon Jinn walks into a bar on Tatooine..."
I never wrote that much TPM-fic. I think... Now you've got me looking at all my SW fic. Ah, Luke and Wedge -- I'm so sorry that I left you behind.
Save Qui! But leave Obi-Wan his mistakes with Anakin -- 'cause that's what makes it interesting, you know?
I feel so sorry for Obi-Wan. He never really gets to be the hero of the piece. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. But I wonder if Anakin would have been better or worse with Qui-Gon.
I think that TPM was such a satisfying fan experience because of all the new canon. We spent so much time discussing every little nuance and possible repercussion of each tiny fact.
And it adds to my watching of the original trilogy. In ANH, in the trench scene, it breaks my heart to see Vader shoot R2. *sniff* He's your friend, Ani!!!
And the scene in ESB, where they're going to freeze Han. Chewie is freaking out and knocking troopers around. Boba Fett is going to shoot him, but Vader won't let him. Why? This puzzled people for a long, long time. But could it be that it's because 3P0 is on Chewie's back and Vader doesn't want 3P0 to get hurt? ("Thank the maker!")
Anyhow. :)
How did you get into TPM at this late date, anyhow? I thought I was the only one who came into fandoms once everyone else had already moved on?
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Oh, I'm the perennial latecomer to fandoms. The Love of My Life (aka Due South) has been going for, what, nearly 10 years? It's had separatist movements, wars, violent political upheavals, repressed minorities -- but I caught it just on the upswing. "It's such a happy fandom!" I exclaimed in joy, and the first thing anyone said to me was, "god, you came in late, didn't you?"
I completely blame TPM on
I feel so sorry for Obi-Wan. He never really gets to be the hero of the piece.
He finally gets his big moment in E3, right? I think I read somewhere that it's because of how fantastic he was in the Clone Wars that caused a lot of the later grief. It was Obi-Wan's own pride that caused Anakin's resentment to really fester--
Oh, poor Obi. Even his victories are tinged with bitterness. And since he can sometimes sense the future, maybe he knows he'll always be in that unenviable position of second-best...? Although, I guess a Jedi craves not heroism. Still, the poor boy.