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Tue Dec-22-09 04:24 PM
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The best "The Phantom Menace" review you'll ever see. |
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http://techland.com/2009/12/16/the-best-review-of-phantom-menace-ive-ever-seen/Granted, it's almost as long as the movie itself, but something like this needed to be made. Not only is it a fantastic review, but one of the best pieces of performance art ever. Do yourself a favor and set aside some time to watch this.
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Tue Dec-22-09 04:37 PM
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for later reference. Thanks!
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Wed Dec-23-09 10:04 AM
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5. It's totally worth the time. |
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The guy doing the review sounds like Milton from those old Mike Judge animated sketches. I almost split my sides watching this thing. He sums up all my feelings regarding TPM and so much more.
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Wed Dec-23-09 01:25 PM
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12. Definitely a proper fan-boy lash-out! |
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Tue Dec-22-09 05:46 PM
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2. well, that's hard to believe - I'll check it out later |
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Tue Dec-22-09 06:30 PM
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3. That is funny as hell. |
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Wed Dec-23-09 10:06 AM
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6. I'd so like to meet the guy who made this. |
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So many people felt slighted by the botched job Lucas did for TPM, I think that this guy has finally given them a manifesto.
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Tue Dec-22-09 07:30 PM
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4. The guy who played Darth Maul is featured in Black Belt magazine this month. |
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Actually, I think it is the February 10 issue, but it just showed up a couple days ago.
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Wed Dec-23-09 10:35 AM
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9. He also played Toad in the X-Men movie |
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As a martial artist, there's no question he's talented. But as an actor, he's on par with the little kid who played Darth Vader in Ep 1.
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Wed Dec-23-09 10:43 AM
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10. I read it a few days ago, but I think he played a character called "Snake Eyes", too. |
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There's a cute anecdote in the article about him wanting to learn to be a ninja and ordering "smoke bombs" thinking they would let him disappear in a puff of smoke. They just fizzled on the ground and his ninja fantasy fizzled with them. He's got a lot of legitimate martial arts training and likes the real stuff like Jackie Chan rather than the fake show-karate stuff.
The magazine is a little heavy on MMA for my tastes. After 14 years of training (Kenpo first, but Tang Soo Do since she was 7), my eldest daughter (2nd degree black) is in a MMA club at college. They're more centered on the practical rather than the "cage fight" show stuff. The WWE-like shit is probably what left the bad taste in my mouth.
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Wed Dec-23-09 01:28 PM
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661917/extensive work....I really had no idea
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Wed Dec-23-09 10:29 AM
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7. I didn't think this would be so funny |
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I'm only on part two, this is hilarious!
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Wed Dec-23-09 10:35 AM
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8. Hilarious -- except for the bizarre and possibly triggering basement scene at the end of the second |
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episode. But I agree, the rest of it was HILARIOUS.
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Wed Dec-23-09 01:20 PM
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11. Yeah, the whole serial-murderer subtext was pretty distasteful... |
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Edited on Wed Dec-23-09 01:26 PM by Richardo
...I mean, yeah, one throw-away comment would have been funny in a black-comedy sense, but to keep coming back to it over and over was obnoxious.
Otherwise, had some very funny moments.
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Wed Dec-23-09 03:59 PM
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14. I agree, this was incredibly funny, but that part made me cringe. |
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The police raid at the end was amusing though.
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Wed Dec-23-09 06:00 PM
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15. some of it is creepy/funny |
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but when he gets serious in the later parts, he is spot on. Good commentary for so many modern movies, not just TPM.
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