Originally Posted By davewasbaloo All the prequals are better than Return of the Jedi IMHO. And I am still angry at Empire Strikes back for the cliff hanger during my formative years. Most people that say it was the best were the ones that were young enough to be able to finish it and then put Return of the Jedi in the VCR. For us younglings that had to wait a few years for RotJ, it was horrible. (Han Solo always was my fav).
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Where does that leave you? << <<You might say I am the social coordinator/supervisor. That means at family reunions I sit in a lawn chair, under a shade tree drinking beer, supervising the young boys in skinin', and scalin' the days harvest. It's a pretty important position. You really have to keep a close eye on those young boys. They're always trying to sneak off to smoke grape vines or eat chinkapins or bombart the camp with horse apples.>> I need to get me a copy of The Dummy's Guide to Redneck.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Most people that say it was the best were the ones that were young enough to be able to finish it and then put Return of the Jedi in the VCR. For us younglings that had to wait a few years for RotJ, it was horrible. (Han Solo always was my fav). << For the real fans the wait was agonizing. At least now you can own all six on DVD. Pop some popcorn, and have a Star Wars marathon any time you please.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Qui Gon was cool. But him alone doesn't save that abortion of a film. Little Anakin's annoyance was only out done by Jar Jar, which is the WORST movie character of all time in a tie with the twins from Transformers 2. Not to mention all the gungans. I literally can't make it through the film. I fast forward to the Kenobi/Jinn/Maul fight and that's all I watch before going to AotC. And I'd watch Jedi over the prequels any day of the week save for maybe Sith, and Empire is by far the best.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> And new and improved is a good thing. Not every addition or 'new' thing has to be a 'knock-it-outa-da-park' Harry Potter, E-Ticket attraction. << <<Absolutely. It all boils down to, is it popular, and is it entertaining.>> No, but when you ARE Disney, folks might expect you to be able to create something on the scale of a Spidey, a MiB, a Mummy, a FJ ... maybe once a decade at least. Disney has made Walt's quote about 'resting on our laurels' so ironic because that is all Disney does today ... at least in Florida. Star Tours, for as quality a redo as it appears to be, is still relatively small-scale and about a decade too late. Oh, and WDW has FOUR parks.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I need to get me a copy of The Dummy's Guide to Redneck. << That's sort of a redundant title isn't it?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<OK, we arrived a 5 after 11. They had just opened and we walk up and to our surprise they said they could take us right away. We were seated promptly and our server was right there to give us menus and get the drink order. I had the Black & Blue Salad ($16). I thought it was great because instead of a tossed salad with steak strips on top. This was a Iceberg Wedge with blue cheese dressing, bacon and tomatoes with sliced steak on the side. I love wedge salads and this is really exactly what I was looking for. It was very tasty, but I thought $16 was a little steep for a salad. I paid $16 last month at Emeril's Orlando for a Fried Chicken Dinner with Collard Greens, and a Sweet Potato Biscuit with Praline Butter. Oh, I forgot to say about the Sci-Fi. The service was good, the food was tasty, and the restaurant look to be in good shape. All in all I have to say that Sci-Fi is my 2nd favorite place to eat at DHS>> Thanks for the review. Haven't been there in over a decade now. I don't really like the seating, although I get its part of the charm. But the food also was never anything special either. And $16 bought me a filet mignon lunch at Mythos (before the 25% off discount) ... but that still is semi-reasonable to me.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Qui Gon was cool. But him alone doesn't save that abortion of a film. Little Anakin's annoyance was only out done by Jar Jar, which is the WORST movie character of all time in a tie with the twins from Transformers 2. << It's hard to argue that. Still a Star Wars fan must overlook some of those things, and focus on the good. It helps if you are wearing a Jedi outfit, and drinking beer. Try that Hokie.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> I think if people wanted a really enjoyable Star Wars experiece, then they should have watched Family Guy's season-finale/Return of the Jedi episode last night. Its first 15 minutes was more enjoyable than the the three prequels in total. <, <<You're one of those strange people like my Mrs. that watch that show. Stewie is her hero.>> I have kinda lost my taste for it ... think American Dad is much better, while Cleveland Show and Bob's Burgers are disasters. I guess I just like gay aliens vs. gay-football-headed psycho babies. ... we're all different! ;-) <<While the prequels are certainly not as grand as the originals. I still enjoy watching them, even with their flawed acting.>> I found Phantom Menace to be unwatchable ... it sucks to a degree I never thought a Lucas film could. The other two were bad, but to lesser degrees. And acting wasn't the only thing flawed about those films.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<It's hard to argue that. Still a Star Wars fan must overlook some of those things, and focus on the good.>> As a film fan I really can't do that. And as a Star Wars fan I really only like Darth Maul in the film, and they killed him off, which was a mistake, just as killing Jango in the second film was. <<It helps if you are wearing a Jedi outfit, and drinking beer. Try that Hokie.>> I bet an interesting drinking game could be made out of Jar Jar...
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Star Tours, for as quality a redo as it appears to be, is still relatively small-scale and about a decade too late. Oh, and WDW has FOUR parks. << Combine Star Tours with the new FL,a new pavilion at Epcot, and a upscale redo of Camp Minnie Mickey, and WDW is right back in the ball game.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<All the prequals are better than Return of the Jedi IMHO.>> Wondering if he can still get a refund on Dave's SW's 'toys' that have been sitting here since before I left for Asia last fall! Seriously, I am going to question your taste and sanity here ... and Jedi was by no means a great film (Empire was), but the three crapquels? UGH!!! <<And I am still angry at Empire Strikes back for the cliff hanger during my formative years. Most people that say it was the best were the ones that were young enough to be able to finish it and then put Return of the Jedi in the VCR. For us younglings that had to wait a few years for RotJ, it was horrible. (Han Solo always was my fav).>> I wasn't that much older than you when Jedi came out and I enjoyed it ... even if I had Ewok issues ... that's nothing like Jar-Jar or trying to 'splain The Force away as some strain of alien hepatitis. Horrible ... bad films.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper That assumes that a new pavilion and something in DAK is on the way, which I doubt. And DHS needs a hell of a lot more than just an attraction refurb, no matter how good it is.
Originally Posted By MPierce I still think this enhanced version of Star Tours is a big plus for the Studios, and a big step in the right direction. It may be 10 years overdue, but it's here now.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I still think this enhanced version of Star Tours is a big plus for the Studios, and a big step in the right direction.>> It's a nice step forward, but so far it's done nothing to distribute crowds or boost ST's wait time that much. The park needs an expansion desperately.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Combine Star Tours with the new FL,a new pavilion at Epcot, and a upscale redo of Camp Minnie Mickey, and WDW is right back in the ball game.>> The 'new' Fantasyland is a redo in large part ... it is replacing lost ride and meet-greet-and-grope and dining capacity much more than adding anything. Even if Brzail gets the go-ahead ... WoL is still DoA and others like Energy and Imagination are on life support. And I don't see an upscale redo of CMM on the horizon ... I don't see how you could ever have such a thing anyway. The problem is Disney has been neglecting all four WDW parks since the 1990s and they can't do a quick fix here and a quick fix there when each park needed hundreds of millions in investment on everything from attractions to entertainment to dining to infrastructure ...
