The right order to watch Star Wars

[ourkind]

Not bad...

http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-right-way-to-watch-star-wars/?utm_source=FD&utm_medium=spotlight&utm_campaign=starwars

[BPO]

First watch Star Wars, then The Empire Strikes Back, and finally, if you must, Return of the Jedi.

Then stop watching.

:D

[Poita]

And watch the original versions. On film if possible.
If you can't, then come around my place :D

[Allan_L]

Thanks Carlos,
That is a very good idea.
Something I have been struggling with ever sinbce it was re-released on blu-Ray. :)

[Allan_L]

Even Better,
I have them on Laser Disc !

[Poita]

The machete order is pretty cool though for all the reasons mentioned in the blog.

[Poita]

I love the old laserdiscs.
Which Star Wars LDs do you have?

I like the Japanese Special Collection laser discs, as they don't have the smeary Digital Noise Reduction of the Definitive Edition and 'Faces' Laserdiscs.

What player do you have Allan? I'm trying to repair an HLD-X0 at the moment, the player weighs half as much as I do!

36kg! I could hardly lift in onto the work bench.

[Allan_L]

1997 Special Edition 9 sides ( 5 discs) CLV 4102985

Player Yamaha CDV-870 (modified)

Could be for sale:question:

[Varangian]

This, although Jedi is still a good film.

[Varangian]

Yes Highlander one of the great movies, although I loved Jedi so I'm probably not the greatest of judges (hey I was only 10 or so in 82 or whenever it was released).

I disagree with your assessment on Jedi, it's a good movie, not as good as Empire or the Original but here are some of my favourite moments off the top of my head.

1/ Luke and Vader's relationship develops and becomes some twisted, complex intimate relationship that never seemed possible in Empire.

2/ Speeder Bikes were freakin' cool.

3/ The final dogfight in space was one of the wonders of 20th century film.

4/ Leia was wearing some pretty cool costumes at the start of it

5/ Luke entering Jabba's palace at the start of the movie was worth the entry fee. Similarly when Vader lands on the Death Star at the start of the movie and gets cranky with the commander over the progress of the Death Star, gold.

6/ Luke and Vader's banter during their final dual is gold. The dual itself is also very entertaining.

7/ The stormtroopers bringing Luke to Vader on Endor and the discussion that ensues is fantastic IMO.

8/ The Falcon weaving through the catacombs of the Death Star at the end of the movie, 5 stars.

9/ Luke has a green lightsabre! So cool.

Probably only equates to 30 mins of film time but I'm richer for it

[LewisM]

Yup.

BSG 1 - thumbs up
BSG 2 - YIK

Alien - thumbs up
Aliens - THUMBS up
Alien 3 - odd, but unlike most, I enjoyed it
Alien Resurrection - pure shinola.
Prometheus - despite the carp acting, I like the premise of the entire film. The real "what if".
Alien vs Predator series - pure unadulterated carp.

Predator - liked it
Predator 2 - garbage
Predators - average

Star Wars - loved it
Empire Strikes Back - the best of the series
Return of the Jedi - mediocre
All the prequels - YAWN

Best SciFi movie in all of history: The Forbidden Planet.

[doppler]

Best SciFi movie in all of history: The Forbidden Planet.[/QUOTE]

loved that movie...found a copy on the net. There was another movie with the same robot called "the atomic city" i think. The robot was looking after the scientists 10 year old son....the robot made varous toys for the boy, the best being a remote controlled "kite" that the boy flew on...much to his mothers dismay. Would like to find a copy of that movie

[RelevantTheory]

All the original series were worthy of their era, the prequels were just calculated profit makers and not in the original sentiment for me, but each to their own.

[snowyskiesau]

Lookup 'Robbie the robot' for more information. He appeared in a few films and on TV.
You can even buy a life size replica (http://www.the-robotman.com/) for only $30,000 !

[Varangian]

Forbidden Planet is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.

[ourkind]

I ashamed to say I haven't seen this one. I must pop down to my local video store and pick it up **cough cough**

[Astro_Bot]

I kinda like the idea of the Machete order.

Given the weather forecast through the Australia Day weekend (Have you seen the forecast (http://www.weatherzone.com.au/qld/brisbane/brisbane)? Good grief!), I can see a Star Wars marathon happening.

[Astro_Bot]

During a previous bout of insomnia, I got to watching BSG 1 in the wee hours. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it - more than I thought I would. Perhaps it brought back memories of the first time I watched it. I wasn't too fond of Galactica 1980.

I did like BSG 2 (re-imagined), though, but it could have been edited down a bit - there was enough material for 3 seasons and I thought it was a bit stretched to fill 4.

[Poita]

I loved the new BSG, got totally addicted to it and bought the Bluray box set.

Best thing I'd watched in ages.

More recently, really enjoying Game of Thrones on BD, and the first series of TWD. Can't imagine watching either hacked up, censored and with ads though.

[Poita]

Oh, and a thumbs up for forbidden planet. One of Leslie Neilson's few serious roles as a leading man too!

[LewisM]

I have watched FP SO ften, I can recite EVERY single line.

A brilliant piece of cinema! It's these great older SciFi that got me enthralled in astronomy.

Few SciFi movies EVER live up to my expectations after FP. Psychology, intense acting, wonderful SFX for the day...

[Stardrifter_WA]

Yes, I will admit that the first three movies of SW were definitely the best. However, at the risk of sounding mentally deficient, I liked all of SW and must be the only person alive who liked the character Jar Jar Binks, I thought he was hilarious. Once knew someone like that!

I find some sort of enjoyment, if not total enjoyment, from almost any sci-fi movie. I live for it! The only sci-fi movie that I can remember watching that I didn't, in any way, find enjoyment from was Melancholia, which was just stupid; damn near put me to sleep. Yes, I expect howls of protest on disparaging this "so-called" masterpiece. Actually, make that two movies, the other being The Battle for Los Angeles, just a war movie loosely based on sci-fi.

I even enjoy all the oldies, mostly because of the poor acting and even poorer "special effects". Some of these are just hilarious.

[Larryp]

I liked all the Star Wars movies, and I think watching the prequels first makes more sense. When I bought the series on Blu-Ray, I made the mistake of watching the originals first, and my wife, for whom english is a second language, had trouble grasping the sequence.

[Stardrifter_WA]

I agree Laurie, it is the only way I watch them. Definitely makes more sense.

[doppler]

Its been a while since I have watched the series, so I need to watch starwars again so I can decide. Luckily its the wet season. But I must admit I like episode 1 and usually play the pod racers game on the pc after watching it.

[Stardrifter_WA]

I just finished watching Firefly/Serenity. Now that was a series that was so underrated, unfortunately, as I love it and just wanted more!

Can I have some please..... :D (apologies to Charles Dickens)

[BPO]

Yep, canceling Firefly was quite possibly Twentieth Century Fox's least finest hour.

[LewisM]

What was that carppy "Sci Fi" made here in Aus by Jim Henson, with the spacecraft that talked etc, and the puppets etc. Pretty damned bad!

[Stardrifter_WA]

Nahh! disagree.....Farscape was fun. :)

But then, I do switch my brain off when watching sci-fi. I just love watching it because, for a little while at least, I can escape into a different world and forget the 'crappy' world we actually live in. yeah, yeah, I know we have a wonderful life, just don't watch the news, which I don't anyway. :D

[Astro_Bot]

Not quite that addicted, though I suppose it depends on budget.

I did get Edward James Olmos' autograph at a recent Supanova exibition (Gold Coast, 2012) ... seemed like a decent chap.

Going back to 1970s Sci-Fi, though, during that same recent insmonia period, I was also watching Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. That takes me back. Now I'm just waiting for the return of Space: 1999, or maybe Blake's 7.

[Astro_Bot]

I finished a Star Wars marathon in "machete order". Here are some thoughts:


It didn't make it any worse, but I don't think it was that much better. The main benefit is ditching Episode 1, which could be done in any order.
There are many things in Star Wars that are great and many that suck - in machete order, the sucky bits still suck.
Maybe it's just age, or maybe I was being more analytical, but I noticed even more plot conflicts this time around.
I still both love and hate George Lucas for what he did.
Maybe what we really need is a "re-imagining" of Star Wars - re-written by someone who actually knows what they're doing, insteading of lucking it in the first time and then forever trying to figure out how they did it.


Star Wars VII will be directed by J.J. Abrams (the guy who f****d up Star Trek). My first thought was, "Noooooooooo", but, on reflection, I don't think he could stuff it up any worse than George Lucas, so maybe it's for the better.

[JB80]

That's subjective I guess, it may not of been Star Trek as we know it Jim but it was pretty impressive.

[Astro_Bot]

Oh, go back to playing with your iPhone. :)

[JB80]

What's an iphone? :p

[kinetic]

bump :)

[AussieTrooper]

The right order is:

1) Star Wars.
2) The Empire Strikes Back.
3) Return of the Jedi.
Stop.