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I think people give George too much credit for the original trilogy. He had a team of world class directors that he was friends with fresh out of film school that helped him. Spielberg was there and refused to help him on the next series
Bro. Bo. Beau. Beausef. How you gonna say the prequels are "conceptually brilliant" without so much as a chuckle? You should be the one doing standup, not Ted.
I will say that the lightsaber sequence between Qui gon, Obi Wan and Maul was worth making the movie. It's still to me the best light saber battle in all the star wars movies and redeems episode 1, it justifies its existence.
I watched the Phantom Menace today. I hadn't watched it in years. And I loved it, it was way better than I remembered. I got chills during the final duel, the world is amazing, the CGI is great, the politics is great, I even liked Jar Jar. I am not kidding.
@Irish Jester The Disney trilogy is absolute trash and it looks terrible too. The worst and most unimaginative alien and planet designs in the entire saga. That is to say if those movies are part of the saga, they are not. They are pieces of trash that will probably be decanonized soon to save the franchise. Disney basically copied the least important things from Star Wars and made it into a movie, hence the failure. As for the CGI, I disagree. It is dated in some places, just like it is in lotr and the original trilogy. But it holds up for the most part. I suggest you rewatch the prequels with an open mind instead of regurgitating what other people have said. Or present examples where they should have been "running" instead of walking. These are not ADHD filled characters who scream and run whenever something happens, they are a devout and political order and they don't act rashly. But when they have to they move, like during battle. I don't see the problem here. We are seeing alien worlds here, we have to suspend our disbeliefs somewhat. Just like we had to in the OT, which also had some clunky effects (which people don't want to admit)
The reason the movie is so slow compared to others is that George Lucas knew this was part one of a trilogy (not true with the original Sta Wars), so the primary purpose of this movie was to set the stage for Episodes II and III.
Say what you want about Episode 1, as an 8 year old kid seeing Star Wars in the theater for the time, it was amazing to me. It got me into Star Wars along with the games and toys. So Lucas knew what he was doing at some level. Especially if that was to sell toys and games to kids.
Is Aaron and Beau's "Duel of the Fates" the second best cover of all time behind the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2? Maybe, but we know for sure that we love their podcasts xx
Now that you mention that fact of the prequels adding a bunch of lore with all the alien designs and such, makes me realize how little the new sequels are adding. Everyone important is human, barely feels like this is space with everyone being human (aside from chewey)
@Irish Jester Obviously there are going to be aliens. They can't just make a new movie with every single character being human all of a sudden. My point is that there are no important alien characters, aside from previous ones. The only new important one is Maz, but the main crew are all human. No new aliens that take a role similar to characters like Chewey or Yoda or Ahsoka or Darth Maul or General Grievous, and not to say those characters were great in the original movies (or shows), but they existed and played an important role.
The worst crime of "TPM" and the prequels was the fans not allowing Lucas to fully develop the "Darth Jar Jar " theory ...the evidence that he is using drunken fist style movement and combat and a sort of "force luck" trick on top of master level "force manipulation" is overwhelming. U must remember CGI in 1999 was very expensive and these moments Jar Jar is shown doing these slight "weird" movements are not by error or chance they were purposely placed there! had we not got so frustrated as a fan base that even Darth Jar Jar manipulated the viewing audience we would've been set up for a truly mind blowing reveal in the prequel trilogy. Now all we have left is Jar Jar theories smh shame on us "No Patience we showed in Grand-master Lucas"
A couple things that are great about this movie. 1. It's not a remake of episode 4. 2. We see the galaxy before the empire 3. The lightsaber duels are good. 4. The all out war for naboo at the end is amazing. 5. The podrace is great. 6. Qui-gon is an awesome character. 7. Jar Jar was the phantom menace.
@@sebastienmccarthy1483 His performance was great. If I were forced to leave my mother and were raised to have no emotions, I would be very, very awkward. And his moments of anger were on point.
I truly believe that if the theory of jar jar being a secret sith Lord were revealed in 2, we'd look at his character differently here and the prequels overall would have been allot better.
That's what I always say, if George had given the writing and maybe even directing parts for other people to do, the prequels would've been one of the best trilogies ever
This movie is extremely underrated. The attention to detail, the imagination and heart this movie has far outweighs anything Disney has made. Sure it has a ton of faults, but it's far from bad.
This was the first movie of the Star Wars saga I ever saw so it kinda has a special place in my heart. I still like it today but you just can't unsee the "flaws" and weirdness. Love your reviews!
I literally laughed so hard at Qui-Gon not being able to sense the darkside.. Obi wan: I have a bad feeling about this Qui-Gon: I dont sense anything. I spit out my coffee. You guys are great!
I love that you guys are doing these! I did grow up with this movie, so I probably view it more fondly lol I can understand how people are probably disappointed by the introduction of midichlorians, but I always viewed them as being a gauge for someone’s potential. For example, anyone can connect with the force, but some will just be more adept at doing so. I look at it like the separation between regular people who can play sports and athletic stars. We can all practice really hard, but some just have incredible physical gifts that take them to different levels.
The dialogue and a to young Anakin hurt this movie but Hayden was a good choice for adult Anakin I mean no one was able to pull of the dialogue except obi-wan and palpatine
He didn't write the original trilogy he wrote a version and showed it to his wife and mate and they said it was shit and they went through and fixed it.
Lucas wrote most of Star Wars. The drafts are available online if you want to see them. Lots of people had a hand in it, Marcia Lucas, Katz and Hucyck, and even Brian De Palma re-wrote the opening scrawl. But that's all script doctoring and pretty much par for the course in Hollywood.
Even before it became a "thing" I always did 4,5,1,2,3,6. Today, I would 100% start with R1, then 4,5,1,2,3,6. Personally, I think r1 is a better begining for new comers to SW because ANH was filmed in a different time, pacing is very very slow midway through the movie. A lot of friends had a hard time getting through ANH.
You guys might want to try reviewing The Expanse its 4th season is dropping next month on Amazon and it would be a great time to jump in. It's a great show and I would love to see what you guys think.
Yeah, true. I was 8 when I saw it in the cinema and loved it. I was already a huge Star Wars fan and anticipated Episode 1, because I kept rewatching the original trilogy on VHS with my older cousins. I didn't really like Clones when I originally saw it in 2002, but around 2003-04, right before Sith, I realized that no, Clones is pretty bad, and Phantom Menace isn't much better either. I liked Revenge of the Sith in 2005 tho', but the prequel hate went on until around 2013 when I gave the Clone Wars a chance and started to look back to the prequels with nostalgia. I guess the sequel trilogy will be much more appreciated around 2030-2040. xD
I saw the original trilogy in 1997 when it was re-released. Not in the cinema but at home on VHS (the golden box-set). Two years after I saw the Phantom Menace and even as an eight year old it felt off.
Came here from recommended. Really great video! As soon as you made the Boomer/TJ joke I was like alright this is extremely my shit. Really funny stuff. Can't wait to dive in your back catalog!
Qui-Gon was using battle meditation (a Yoda perfected technique) that hypes up those around you. He did it to Obi before he died in the lazer walls knowing he wouldnt survive a fight with Maul alone.
That voice though. "We were kids when this came out." I sit here at age 25: "You mean to tell me that I'm not listening to Seth MacFarlane talk with his buddies about Star Wars?"
I appreciate your honest take on this. It's pretty bad but not a total dumpster fire. Being able to appreciate the movie for what it is makes everything great.
You guys really need to check out the “Jar Jar is a Sith Lord” theory. Apparently Lucas planned to make all of Jar Jar’s stupid behavior be on purpose to cover up he’s a Sith Lord and reveal it in later films. But after he was so universally hated he bailed on the idea. There’s a lot of evidence in the movie that this could be true.
Not only will he be a dark sith genius but it will also be a woman. Because we know that men are all just dumb doofuses in Star Wars now. That couldn’t even give me Princess Leia she now has to be a General. I’m fifty and would still like to be a Princess.
When I was a kid, I saw this is in theaters and fell asleep for like half of it. I woke up during the end lightsaber fight cuz everyone was cheering so I just assumed it was a good movie. I should've taken that nap as a sign it wasn't very good
LOL Padme was the one that called a vote for no confidence cuz right before anakin wants to see her but she’s already changed into queen amidala. I highly recommend reading queens shadow it’s a cannon novel and it give a good perspective into Padme when she first becomes senator
I'm a fan of the over the top fight choreography in the prequels. I feel like since the light and dark side are in balance that the Sith concentrate the dark side as much as possible with the rule of 2 so they're stupid strong... plus Darth Maul's backstory is intense. Dude's a badass and his fights were appropriate. Then in AotC Yoda is the form 4 GOAT so he's obviously gonna be a pinball. He's gotta use the force to enhance his fighting capabilities due to his age which is why the Emperor wore him out. Then by the time RotS happens Obi-wan has progressed into the form 3 GOAT which counters Anakin's form 5. Then the mirroring of moves is clearly to show how close they were with each other. I like to think that while they were spinning their weapons both were trying to get their weapon in a position to strike but as it got there they'd sense it would be blocked so they just feigned and moved to the next hand and repeat. Eh. This fight is dope to me cuz it shows Obi-wan's ability to pull from his experience and have it directly applied to his fights. Especially with the Darth Maul rematch. Don't fight Obi-wan twice.... .... cept Darth Vader. But that's Anakin once and Darth Vader once so maybe it doesn't count... and, idk, Obi-Wan basically committed suicide on the Death Star so maybe it's a moot point. Anyway... George Lucas likes flashy. People talk about how the prequels were obsessed with CGI but the OG trilogy was a huge feat in special effects. Industrial Light & Magic is a premier company to this day. So his movies involve a lot of it. I expect it. It's like going to a Tarantino film and expecting blood, swearing, and unnecessary use of the word ni--er.
The rumor behind midichlorians introductions is hilarious though. Since people said their wasn’t enough science in his Star Wars to make it science fiction he wanted to remove the mysticism and gave it a firm reason. Arguably the original trilogy is a space fantasy and not a science fiction trilogy.
The Phantom Menace didn't just use more CGI than any other movie, at the time, remember Terminator 2, Titanic and Jurassic Park had all been possible in the first place, up to 8 or 9 years prior to the prequels, because of the technology that George Lucas inveted. And George was still developing the technology necessary to even pull off what he did in this movie, which is why it obviously isn't always going to hold up to modern scrutiny, especially three decades later. Keep in mind, he literally INVENTED Industrial Light and Magic in order to make the original trilogy happen, and by the time the prequels were getting ready to be made, ILM had become the premier computer and special effects company that Hollywood studios went to in order to make THEIR movies. Attack of the Clones had twice as much CGI as ThePhantom Menace, and Revenge of the Sith doubled it up again, pushing the technology so far into the future there wasn't a story from a filmmaker's imagination that couldn't be told by the time the prequels dropped. But, watch any of the many, "behind the scenes," or, "making of," documentaries about the prequels, and you'll notice right away the surprising amount of miniature and practical effects still being used, even if George would have preferred making an, "all blue screen," Star Wars movie, that was still self preventative based on cost, at the time. But, we're still talking about George Lucas and his, "mission," to tell this, "Skywalker Saga," story, and what he was forced to create completely in order to do so, the development of the technology necessary to achieve such a goal that has spawned entire industries all within themselves, from Pixar animation Studios to ILM and THX digital Sound, that appears with that iconic sound before almost every movie you'll see in the Theater to this day. ALL of it a result of Lucas' direct influence while making Star Wars happen. I think he's perfectly allowed to have some, "bad," CGI in his films, because he was literally creating that technology at the time to begin with. Disappointment is ONLY a reflection of our irrationally, unreasonable and unrealistically lofty expectations, which is demonstrated by the simple fact that not ONE of us can credibly claim to have done any better. That's evidenced by the fact that nobody else was even trying, because they all believed it to be impossible, up until the moment that George Lucas came along, with a story he wanted to tell. For that I am, and we should ALL be, appreciative of what we've gotten, the "good" AND the "bad."
This was my intro to star wars as a kid and i was obsessed with it. i have still retained so much random information about the story and all the characters its almost embarassing
I think thats why its one of my favorite. I watched when I was 6 when it first came out. The original trilogy was actually boring to me, but phantom menace sparked my interest to watch the other episodes and eventually get about 15 star wars video games and read a few books. Maybe cause I was too young to overanalyze plot schemes and character development. That being said I still like it more than episode 2-3 as well as the new trilogy.
After hearing you guys make the comparison, I just realized that Palpatine is like Space Littlefinger, even though none of his plans should work. Maybe Lucas read AGoT in '96 while writing the script?
He had his wife, Marcia Lucas, on the editing team in A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back... A she and the other editors saved those movies... It's why George redid everything, he always felt he could of edited them better (Kathleen Kennedy was his sycophantic yesman). During the making of the prequels he kept saying he was an editor, and movies are made in the editing; and only his magical editing skills can not only make the prequels great, but he can make the original trilogy films better.
GL kinda knew that people weren't gonna like it for a few different reasons, partly because apparently he chose to film the PT in the feel of 1930s movies (since Star Wars has sort of a reference to real world politics during certain times) and literally no one was filming movies that way anymore. It definitely backfired but apparently it was done with him being fully aware it was gonna backfire. His ST would have been trippy too (bc it goes into the whole Whills stuff he planned out) and he says that'd have probably pissed some people off again but "at least the full story would have actually been told". Btw! Keira and Natalie switch times they're in Queen Amidala costumes/makeup. The Vote of No Confidence is Natalie as Padmé, and you can see the times when Keira/Sabé is in costume that she actually waits for a subtle response from Padmé to make any decisions. (Except when she tells her own queen to go clean up a droid lmao) An example is when she looks over to Padmé when Qui-Gon suggests they leave Naboo, and Padmé says that they were brave or whatever, and that's the only time the "Queen" agrees to leave. The costumes and makeup were done so well that not even Natalie's and Keira's parents could tell them apart when they were in them. (The costumes of Amidala are some of my fave things from the PT, if you couldn't tell.) (Also: The whole "Sidious created Anakin" in the comics isn't meant to be literal. I mean, Vader sees Padmé during that time too and she literally just says his own lines back to him. So it's still meant to be up for fan interpretation, and there's still no genuine answer to it.) Either way though, I really enjoy your reviews and they always make me laugh.
Oh those accents: Trade Federation- stereotypical Asian Watto the greedy, scheming, slave owning junk dealer- stereotypical Yiddish Jar Jar- some bizarre mix of stereotypical Carib and African American I saw this movie at 25 and it was immediately jarring. Greedo, Chewbacca, Jabba, Jawas, Ewoks all speak a different unique language then we get to the prequels everybody speaks English just with a stereotypical accent? It’s one of the many things that contribute to people saying that these movies didn’t “feel” like Star Wars movies
I disagree. You could make the exact same argument about the English and American accents. There is nothing wrong with taking inspiration from the real world.
Andyroo Brick-a-Brack allow me to retort. The English and American accents weren’t a choice, or direction, the actors were actually English or American and spoke in their natural voice. Nute Gunray speaks with a stereotypical Japanese accent, the actor who portrays him is not Japanese, so as an actor or the director made a choice and told everybody playing that type of alien to speak with the same accent. The actor who did Watto is a classically trained Welsh actor so for the haggling, dirty, slave owning, big nose alien he chose a vaguely Israeli accent. So no, it’s not the same thing. Setting that aside...why are they speaking English at all? The first Star Wars film felt alien because of course not all these creatures would speak the same language. That everybody spoke English (with a bad accent) in my opinion made the movie feel small like a sci fi tv show rather than a spreading space epic.
@@carltontaylor6500 I still disagree with the argument that accents are a huge, even noticable problem. I never, ever focused on the accents of a character because it's a small part of world building. I'd argue the prequels were more diverse and sprawling in terms of the culture and aliens, discluding the accents. I hope you see where I'm coming from, but I just don't think it's a big deal at all, nor does it affect the quality of the movie.
The phantom menace is a fantastic film. If anyone has something against this statement, remember, "the ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
God I’m getting so old. I thought me and the grasshopper were the same age or close but then he said he was 4 in 1997 and I realized I’m older than I thought I was lol
I think you might be mistaken. The prequels do have a great concept. The themes and complexities are great, at least in Revenge of the Sith. Go on to any comment section discussing the prequels, and you'll see people discussing the greatness of the concept. Your entitled to your opinion, but I disagree.
Sorry I've been gone so long guys. I was hooked on GoT's content. They fucked up me coming back, not you. But sadly I'm a star wars addict whether that's good or bad. So please keep making content, I like you guys and your nerdom. This vid was great
People are very unfair to the special effects and write the prequels off for the overuse of CGI but those movies have tons of miniatures and awesome practical effects as well
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Showed up for the Game of Thrones....stayed for the Star Wars!
Thank you for being TH-cam pioneers and reviewing Star Wars. Looking forward to it.
Dun dun dundundundundun. Love the duet lmao
I think people give George too much credit for the original trilogy. He had a team of world class directors that he was friends with fresh out of film school that helped him. Spielberg was there and refused to help him on the next series
Bro. Bo. Beau. Beausef. How you gonna say the prequels are "conceptually brilliant" without so much as a chuckle?
You should be the one doing standup, not Ted.
I appreciate when you animate the reviews and podcasts. It really adds a lot
yes- GREAT to see the animation making more of a return :)
I will say that the lightsaber sequence between Qui gon, Obi Wan and Maul was worth making the movie. It's still to me the best light saber battle in all the star wars movies and redeems episode 1, it justifies its existence.
Bo and Aaron singing "Duel of the Fates" makes this video epic.
Teddy: "-okay-"
LOL.. Was just about to say the same...I had to pause the video while I lol'd for a few minutes
The worst crime of the prequels is killing off darth maul.
Damn straight!
Maul should've been a reappearing character of the prequel trilogy. Just use him instead of Dooku or Grevious.
Ethan H he was dead as far as the prequels were concerned...
Not.
Ethan H I mean he did die again
I watched the Phantom Menace today. I hadn't watched it in years. And I loved it, it was way better than I remembered. I got chills during the final duel, the world is amazing, the CGI is great, the politics is great, I even liked Jar Jar. I am not kidding.
@Irish Jester The Disney trilogy is absolute trash and it looks terrible too. The worst and most unimaginative alien and planet designs in the entire saga. That is to say if those movies are part of the saga, they are not. They are pieces of trash that will probably be decanonized soon to save the franchise. Disney basically copied the least important things from Star Wars and made it into a movie, hence the failure.
As for the CGI, I disagree. It is dated in some places, just like it is in lotr and the original trilogy. But it holds up for the most part. I suggest you rewatch the prequels with an open mind instead of regurgitating what other people have said. Or present examples where they should have been "running" instead of walking. These are not ADHD filled characters who scream and run whenever something happens, they are a devout and political order and they don't act rashly. But when they have to they move, like during battle. I don't see the problem here. We are seeing alien worlds here, we have to suspend our disbeliefs somewhat. Just like we had to in the OT, which also had some clunky effects (which people don't want to admit)
dead ass I thought this movie was good until we watched it last night. 💀
Laughed my ass off
It’s just so boring until the last fight isn’t it
TomTheDrum49 agreed I legit did watch it again last night and nearly had to skip parts because it was dragging a bit.
The reason the movie is so slow compared to others is that George Lucas knew this was part one of a trilogy (not true with the original Sta Wars), so the primary purpose of this movie was to set the stage for Episodes II and III.
Matt C regardless of the reason when you look back at the main films it’s still boring isn’t it
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Nerd Soup: let's review starwars phantom menace
Creyson Buckman well since game of thrones ruined many YT channels they gotta re-re -review something.
@@shane1489 trueeee but could do better call saul, breaking bad, watchmen, so much more
Or maybe they're doing this to go over each of the other Star Wars films before Rise of Skywalker?
Creyson Buckman that’s not funny. It doesn’t even make any sense.
Creyson Buckman I’d definitely watch that.
Say what you want about Episode 1, as an 8 year old kid seeing Star Wars in the theater for the time, it was amazing to me. It got me into Star Wars along with the games and toys.
So Lucas knew what he was doing at some level. Especially if that was to sell toys and games to kids.
Just made my 7 year old watch this me. He liked it. Took us three days to finish. I kept falling asleep
Is Aaron and Beau's "Duel of the Fates" the second best cover of all time behind the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2? Maybe, but we know for sure that we love their podcasts xx
I tweak out every time you say "Cure"uscant
hahahahaaa I was wondering if anyone was gonna say something
Palpleteen on Taddaween via Cureuscant.
theyre american theyre uncultured
Now that you mention that fact of the prequels adding a bunch of lore with all the alien designs and such, makes me realize how little the new sequels are adding. Everyone important is human, barely feels like this is space with everyone being human (aside from chewey)
@Irish Jester Obviously there are going to be aliens. They can't just make a new movie with every single character being human all of a sudden. My point is that there are no important alien characters, aside from previous ones. The only new important one is Maz, but the main crew are all human. No new aliens that take a role similar to characters like Chewey or Yoda or Ahsoka or Darth Maul or General Grievous, and not to say those characters were great in the original movies (or shows), but they existed and played an important role.
Being that Annakin is the chosen one Lucas wanted to show his entire story from very young age to old.
@Irish Jester Interesting,now the question is by the time Phantom Menace came around was Vader/Anakin the focal point in 1999
I love that Teddy is a regular now. Love the dynamic between the three of you.
The worst crime of "TPM" and the prequels was the fans not allowing Lucas to fully develop the "Darth Jar Jar " theory ...the evidence that he is using drunken fist style movement and combat and a sort of "force luck" trick on top of master level "force manipulation" is overwhelming. U must remember CGI in 1999 was very expensive and these moments Jar Jar is shown doing these slight "weird" movements are not by error or chance they were purposely placed there! had we not got so frustrated as a fan base that even Darth Jar Jar manipulated the viewing audience we would've been set up for a truly mind blowing reveal in the prequel trilogy. Now all we have left is Jar Jar theories smh shame on us "No Patience we showed in Grand-master Lucas"
If Beau and Aaron singing Duel of the Fates isnt on the end of year Best of Nerd Soup video, meesa gon be mad
A couple things that are great about this movie.
1. It's not a remake of episode 4.
2. We see the galaxy before the empire
3. The lightsaber duels are good.
4. The all out war for naboo at the end is amazing.
5. The podrace is great.
6. Qui-gon is an awesome character.
7. Jar Jar was the phantom menace.
I will not tolerate Hayden Christensen hate
Easton Ballard Yeah, his performance was bad, but I don’t blame him for that. I blame Lucas for not being a very good director
@@sebastienmccarthy1483 His performance was great. If I were forced to leave my mother and were raised to have no emotions, I would be very, very awkward. And his moments of anger were on point.
Andyroo Brick-a-Brack idk? I think those might be nostalgia glasses you’re wearing
@@sebastienmccarthy1483 I doubt it.
Andyroo Brick-a-Brack i think those might be nostalgia goggles you are wearing.
I truly believe that if the theory of jar jar being a secret sith Lord were revealed in 2, we'd look at his character differently here and the prequels overall would have been allot better.
3:58 when you laugh so hard you change dimensions
Seriously, the animations are amazing. Hilarious and so well timed. Thank you for putting in the work, guys. It adds so much to the channel.
Great video guys! Love the revisits.
That's what I always say, if George had given the writing and maybe even directing parts for other people to do, the prequels would've been one of the best trilogies ever
This movie is extremely underrated. The attention to detail, the imagination and heart this movie has far outweighs anything Disney has made. Sure it has a ton of faults, but it's far from bad.
I hate when people say George was lazy. Even during the prequel era, he was an innovator.
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 Exactly, he may have lacked in the dialogue department, but his storytelling anf imagination is unparalleled.
This was the first movie of the Star Wars saga I ever saw so it kinda has a special place in my heart. I still like it today but you just can't unsee the "flaws" and weirdness. Love your reviews!
I saw the original trilogy 1st & my dad grew up with it & I swear we're the only ones who like this movie
Well jake Lloyd was in a classic “jingle all the way” 🤷🏾♂️ lol
Obi-wans initial flurry after QJ gets ghosted is F**KIN SIIIIIIICK! Best part of the movie. That backwards saber block is incredible
No holds back: This is my favourite Star Wars movie, I absolutely love it !!
I was hoping you guys would do this. Looking forward to the rest.
You guys are awesome, really enjoy the pod & just about anything Nerd Soup related
The “fluoride” of the Star Wars Universe 😂😂
Just watched this movie last night on Disney plus
Bo your animation has really improved! Thanks I know it can’t be easy.
Soup gang droppin hella content for the weekend!
14:45 pod racing for the N64 might be my favorite game ever
I literally laughed so hard at Qui-Gon not being able to sense the darkside..
Obi wan: I have a bad feeling about this
Qui-Gon: I dont sense anything.
I spit out my coffee. You guys are great!
“Kwaigon” sounds like an Uzay Starswar rip-off
@@Elcrisso1 my apologies, properly edited.
Felichia B. Happy No worries haha, I wasn’t having a go but I did find it amusing 🙂
Pls upload the list in the right order dam
The Phatom menace takes place 32 years before a new hope.
Qui Gon was taught by Dooku which is so interesting to. Me
I love that you guys are doing these! I did grow up with this movie, so I probably view it more fondly lol I can understand how people are probably disappointed by the introduction of midichlorians, but I always viewed them as being a gauge for someone’s potential. For example, anyone can connect with the force, but some will just be more adept at doing so. I look at it like the separation between regular people who can play sports and athletic stars. We can all practice really hard, but some just have incredible physical gifts that take them to different levels.
I was hoping one of you would say “Meesa no have a boomba”
17:03 ON GOD my favorite Darth Maul moment in that movie lmao
Lmfao yeah that made me love the movie he was a beast
The dialogue and a to young Anakin hurt this movie but Hayden was a good choice for adult Anakin I mean no one was able to pull of the dialogue except obi-wan and palpatine
He didn't write the original trilogy he wrote a version and showed it to his wife and mate and they said it was shit and they went through and fixed it.
Lucas wrote most of Star Wars. The drafts are available online if you want to see them. Lots of people had a hand in it, Marcia Lucas, Katz and Hucyck, and even Brian De Palma re-wrote the opening scrawl. But that's all script doctoring and pretty much par for the course in Hollywood.
As many flaws as this movie has, I still love it.
I hope on one of the future reviews you do a take on correct order to watch films to someone who hasn't seen them. Always enjoy that topic.
Even before it became a "thing" I always did 4,5,1,2,3,6. Today, I would 100% start with R1, then 4,5,1,2,3,6. Personally, I think r1 is a better begining for new comers to SW because ANH was filmed in a different time, pacing is very very slow midway through the movie. A lot of friends had a hard time getting through ANH.
I give it 8/10 stars because I was born in the 90’s and this was the first Star Wars movie I experienced so I loved it a lot
Phantom menace was amazing saw it at 29 again (I’m thirty) and loved it even more. You guys are just riding the hate bandwagon.
I came into Nerd Soup from watching the GoT stuff over and over so now when Teddy is in a video I'm like "yo, get the enemy out of here!" ^^
You guys might want to try reviewing The Expanse its 4th season is dropping next month on Amazon and it would be a great time to jump in. It's a great show and I would love to see what you guys think.
OMG Aaron and Teddy's commentary on Darth Maul had me dying. ON GOD lol
See, back in 1999, we actually had the attention span to watch a movie without checking our phone every 5 seconds
Yeah, true. I was 8 when I saw it in the cinema and loved it. I was already a huge Star Wars fan and anticipated Episode 1, because I kept rewatching the original trilogy on VHS with my older cousins. I didn't really like Clones when I originally saw it in 2002, but around 2003-04, right before Sith, I realized that no, Clones is pretty bad, and Phantom Menace isn't much better either. I liked Revenge of the Sith in 2005 tho', but the prequel hate went on until around 2013 when I gave the Clone Wars a chance and started to look back to the prequels with nostalgia. I guess the sequel trilogy will be much more appreciated around 2030-2040. xD
you brought a guy to a star wars discussion that didn’t know what fuel of the fates was
I saw the original trilogy in 1997 when it was re-released. Not in the cinema but at home on VHS (the golden box-set). Two years after I saw the Phantom Menace and even as an eight year old it felt off.
Came here from recommended. Really great video! As soon as you made the Boomer/TJ joke I was like alright this is extremely my shit. Really funny stuff. Can't wait to dive in your back catalog!
I was 3 when I saw AHN for the first time in theatres.
Qui-Gon was using battle meditation (a Yoda perfected technique) that hypes up those around you. He did it to Obi before he died in the lazer walls knowing he wouldnt survive a fight with Maul alone.
Yeees I need more Nerd soup revisited episodes in my life!
That voice though.
"We were kids when this came out."
I sit here at age 25: "You mean to tell me that I'm not listening to Seth MacFarlane talk with his buddies about Star Wars?"
Obiwans’s footwork.....
Me: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Darth Maul theme BOPS. Long time fan and your video quality has really gone up. Keep it up boys
Christmas has come early this year!!!!
I appreciate your honest take on this. It's pretty bad but not a total dumpster fire. Being able to appreciate the movie for what it is makes everything great.
You guys really need to check out the “Jar Jar is a Sith Lord” theory. Apparently Lucas planned to make all of Jar Jar’s stupid behavior be on purpose to cover up he’s a Sith Lord and reveal it in later films. But after he was so universally hated he bailed on the idea. There’s a lot of evidence in the movie that this could be true.
Fingers crossed for episode 9 😏
Not only will he be a dark sith genius but it will also be a woman. Because we know that men are all just dumb doofuses in Star Wars now.
That couldn’t even give me Princess Leia she now has to be a General.
I’m fifty and would still like to be a Princess.
Nope
When I was a kid, I saw this is in theaters and fell asleep for like half of it. I woke up during the end lightsaber fight cuz everyone was cheering so I just assumed it was a good movie. I should've taken that nap as a sign it wasn't very good
You guys should make a commentary for these movies, and make the file downloadable so we can listen to your thoughts while watching the movies
Little Annie?!
LOL Padme was the one that called a vote for no confidence cuz right before anakin wants to see her but she’s already changed into queen amidala.
I highly recommend reading queens shadow it’s a cannon novel and it give a good perspective into Padme when she first becomes senator
I'm a fan of the over the top fight choreography in the prequels. I feel like since the light and dark side are in balance that the Sith concentrate the dark side as much as possible with the rule of 2 so they're stupid strong... plus Darth Maul's backstory is intense. Dude's a badass and his fights were appropriate. Then in AotC Yoda is the form 4 GOAT so he's obviously gonna be a pinball. He's gotta use the force to enhance his fighting capabilities due to his age which is why the Emperor wore him out. Then by the time RotS happens Obi-wan has progressed into the form 3 GOAT which counters Anakin's form 5. Then the mirroring of moves is clearly to show how close they were with each other. I like to think that while they were spinning their weapons both were trying to get their weapon in a position to strike but as it got there they'd sense it would be blocked so they just feigned and moved to the next hand and repeat. Eh. This fight is dope to me cuz it shows Obi-wan's ability to pull from his experience and have it directly applied to his fights. Especially with the Darth Maul rematch. Don't fight Obi-wan twice.... .... cept Darth Vader. But that's Anakin once and Darth Vader once so maybe it doesn't count... and, idk, Obi-Wan basically committed suicide on the Death Star so maybe it's a moot point.
Anyway...
George Lucas likes flashy. People talk about how the prequels were obsessed with CGI but the OG trilogy was a huge feat in special effects. Industrial Light & Magic is a premier company to this day. So his movies involve a lot of it. I expect it. It's like going to a Tarantino film and expecting blood, swearing, and unnecessary use of the word ni--er.
The rumor behind midichlorians introductions is hilarious though.
Since people said their wasn’t enough science in his Star Wars to make it science fiction he wanted to remove the mysticism and gave it a firm reason.
Arguably the original trilogy is a space fantasy and not a science fiction trilogy.
I always wanted to know why the jedi never did the super run n super jumps ever again in the other movies
Anakin tried a super jump and fell in the volcano sooo
Teddy comes up with the best theories
The Phantom Menace didn't just use more CGI than any other movie, at the time, remember Terminator 2, Titanic and Jurassic Park had all been possible in the first place, up to 8 or 9 years prior to the prequels, because of the technology that George Lucas inveted.
And George was still developing the technology necessary to even pull off what he did in this movie, which is why it obviously isn't always going to hold up to modern scrutiny, especially three decades later.
Keep in mind, he literally INVENTED Industrial Light and Magic in order to make the original trilogy happen, and by the time the prequels were getting ready to be made, ILM had become the premier computer and special effects company that Hollywood studios went to in order to make THEIR movies.
Attack of the Clones had twice as much CGI as ThePhantom Menace, and Revenge of the Sith doubled it up again, pushing the technology so far into the future there wasn't a story from a filmmaker's imagination that couldn't be told by the time the prequels dropped.
But, watch any of the many, "behind the scenes," or, "making of," documentaries about the prequels, and you'll notice right away the surprising amount of miniature and practical effects still being used, even if George would have preferred making an, "all blue screen," Star Wars movie, that was still self preventative based on cost, at the time.
But, we're still talking about George Lucas and his, "mission," to tell this, "Skywalker Saga," story, and what he was forced to create completely in order to do so, the development of the technology necessary to achieve such a goal that has spawned entire industries all within themselves, from Pixar animation Studios to ILM and THX digital Sound, that appears with that iconic sound before almost every movie you'll see in the Theater to this day.
ALL of it a result of Lucas' direct influence while making Star Wars happen.
I think he's perfectly allowed to have some, "bad," CGI in his films, because he was literally creating that technology at the time to begin with.
Disappointment is ONLY a reflection of our irrationally, unreasonable and unrealistically lofty expectations, which is demonstrated by the simple fact that not ONE of us can credibly claim to have done any better.
That's evidenced by the fact that nobody else was even trying, because they all believed it to be impossible, up until the moment that George Lucas came along, with a story he wanted to tell.
For that I am, and we should ALL be, appreciative of what we've gotten, the "good" AND the "bad."
NERD SOUPS BACK BABY. CONTENT STREAM RIGHT INTO MY VEINS
At least the prequels are better than the sequels
This was my intro to star wars as a kid and i was obsessed with it. i have still retained so much random information about the story and all the characters its almost embarassing
I think thats why its one of my favorite. I watched when I was 6 when it first came out. The original trilogy was actually boring to me, but phantom menace sparked my interest to watch the other episodes and eventually get about 15 star wars video games and read a few books.
Maybe cause I was too young to overanalyze plot schemes and character development.
That being said I still like it more than episode 2-3 as well as the new trilogy.
After hearing you guys make the comparison, I just realized that Palpatine is like Space Littlefinger, even though none of his plans should work. Maybe Lucas read AGoT in '96 while writing the script?
I am a prequel apologist. Love the story so much I can forgive the quirks #sorrynotsorry
I always hated the Ewoks. I still hate them more than Jar-Jar. When I first saw Jar-Jar, my first thought was that he’s not as bad as the Ewoks.
As a Brooklyn Italian , I can sense you guys are always Brooklyn Italians
Natalie Portman was playing Padme whenever the character was making important decisions. I was confused about it too until I looked it up a week ago
Awesome boys!
The only thing that would make other spoiler discussion videos better would be having the animation from these vids
The phantom menace is a great movie. It really is.
No
He had his wife, Marcia Lucas, on the editing team in A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back... A she and the other editors saved those movies... It's why George redid everything, he always felt he could of edited them better (Kathleen Kennedy was his sycophantic yesman). During the making of the prequels he kept saying he was an editor, and movies are made in the editing; and only his magical editing skills can not only make the prequels great, but he can make the original trilogy films better.
God I missed these animations, Glad you guys are bringing it back 🔥🔥
Great video 🤟🏼
GL kinda knew that people weren't gonna like it for a few different reasons, partly because apparently he chose to film the PT in the feel of 1930s movies (since Star Wars has sort of a reference to real world politics during certain times) and literally no one was filming movies that way anymore.
It definitely backfired but apparently it was done with him being fully aware it was gonna backfire.
His ST would have been trippy too (bc it goes into the whole Whills stuff he planned out) and he says that'd have probably pissed some people off again but "at least the full story would have actually been told".
Btw! Keira and Natalie switch times they're in Queen Amidala costumes/makeup. The Vote of No Confidence is Natalie as Padmé, and you can see the times when Keira/Sabé is in costume that she actually waits for a subtle response from Padmé to make any decisions. (Except when she tells her own queen to go clean up a droid lmao) An example is when she looks over to Padmé when Qui-Gon suggests they leave Naboo, and Padmé says that they were brave or whatever, and that's the only time the "Queen" agrees to leave. The costumes and makeup were done so well that not even Natalie's and Keira's parents could tell them apart when they were in them. (The costumes of Amidala are some of my fave things from the PT, if you couldn't tell.)
(Also: The whole "Sidious created Anakin" in the comics isn't meant to be literal. I mean, Vader sees Padmé during that time too and she literally just says his own lines back to him. So it's still meant to be up for fan interpretation, and there's still no genuine answer to it.)
Either way though, I really enjoy your reviews and they always make me laugh.
Oh those accents:
Trade Federation- stereotypical Asian
Watto the greedy, scheming, slave owning junk dealer- stereotypical Yiddish
Jar Jar- some bizarre mix of stereotypical Carib and African American
I saw this movie at 25 and it was immediately jarring. Greedo, Chewbacca, Jabba, Jawas, Ewoks all speak a different unique language then we get to the prequels everybody speaks English just with a stereotypical accent? It’s one of the many things that contribute to people saying that these movies didn’t “feel” like Star Wars movies
I disagree. You could make the exact same argument about the English and American accents. There is nothing wrong with taking inspiration from the real world.
Andyroo Brick-a-Brack allow me to retort. The English and American accents weren’t a choice, or direction, the actors were actually English or American and spoke in their natural voice. Nute Gunray speaks with a stereotypical Japanese accent, the actor who portrays him is not Japanese, so as an actor or the director made a choice and told everybody playing that type of alien to speak with the same accent. The actor who did Watto is a classically trained Welsh actor so for the haggling, dirty, slave owning, big nose alien he chose a vaguely Israeli accent. So no, it’s not the same thing. Setting that aside...why are they speaking English at all? The first Star Wars film felt alien because of course not all these creatures would speak the same language. That everybody spoke English (with a bad accent) in my opinion made the movie feel small like a sci fi tv show rather than a spreading space epic.
@@carltontaylor6500 I still disagree with the argument that accents are a huge, even noticable problem. I never, ever focused on the accents of a character because it's a small part of world building. I'd argue the prequels were more diverse and sprawling in terms of the culture and aliens, discluding the accents. I hope you see where I'm coming from, but I just don't think it's a big deal at all, nor does it affect the quality of the movie.
Five minutes in and this review makes me feel old
4:57 to 5:13 this sums up how I feel about the prequels exactly.
Love the Ed Edd and Eddy reference.
The phantom menace is a fantastic film. If anyone has something against this statement, remember, "the ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
God I’m getting so old. I thought me and the grasshopper were the same age or close but then he said he was 4 in 1997 and I realized I’m older than I thought I was lol
Beau. NO ONE says the prequels are "conceptually brilliant."
Also, Revenge of the Sith is not 'very good'. It's okay at best.
@@GUV85 it's "very good" in the way that eating vomit would taste "very good" after eating nothing but dog shit for 4 hours.
@@ajpimpsall that's a very apt analogy. It's the cinematic equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome!
@@GUV85 haha, thanks man! and i agree!
I think you might be mistaken. The prequels do have a great concept. The themes and complexities are great, at least in Revenge of the Sith. Go on to any comment section discussing the prequels, and you'll see people discussing the greatness of the concept. Your entitled to your opinion, but I disagree.
Sorry I've been gone so long guys. I was hooked on GoT's content. They fucked up me coming back, not you. But sadly I'm a star wars addict whether that's good or bad. So please keep making content, I like you guys and your nerdom. This vid was great
People are very unfair to the special effects and write the prequels off for the overuse of CGI but those movies have tons of miniatures and awesome practical effects as well