ATTACK OF THE CLONES!

Can you just see it? As the opening credits come up, we hear Destiny's Child singing "Send In The Clones."

Kevin

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Originally posted by OHMSS76:
So! Jim Rome makes movies now eh?

Hmmm....wonder how many people on this board will get that one?

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Name one bad movie with Zombie in the title!
Hell, even Night Of the Zombies has it's moments!
Ya can't do it, can ya

Sean

Ya shocked the hell outta me!

Respect -
1. n. reference, regard.
2. vb. to consider deserving of high regard.

Ok, why did I go through this trouble?
I don't know...I'm tired of this silly **** . You love it, you hate it, you love it, you hate it. Maybe they should set up movies like buffets so you can just take what you like and leave the rest.

No, I got it...you sit down at a computer, away from society, screaming kids, mushy couples, fanboys. You type in the name of the movie. You click on the actors you want in the movie. You click on the genre. You click on the composer you want to score the movie. Then, you sit back, watch the flick, and slap yourself on the back for being so ingenious. You never have to expose yourself to Hollywood crap ever again. Hooray.

Can't respect??...what a bunch of...I'm having trouble respecting a movie with the title...

I think that "Attack of the Clones" fits nicely alongside "Return of the Jedi" and The Empire Strikes Back".

Mark, your idea for "The Clone Wars" would also have been very good, since that's the time period the story takes place in.

Just so everyone knows, Ep 2 and Ep 3 both take place during the clone wars. If I remember the year period correctly, its a 10-15 year period when the (SPOILERS) empire hunts down the Jedi.

My guess for Ep 3 is "Darkness and Light" or "Between Darkness & Light"

--Bri

NP: "Harry Potter" Music (****1/2/*****)

--Bri

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Originally posted by SBD:
No offense to the Star Wars fans here, but "Attack of the Clones" is such a dumb-ass title. It truly sounds like a MST3K episode.

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The same with happen with this one; get over it.

"The Empire Strikes Back" is just as silly...but it has been entrenched in our minds and is associated with a great film. We simply accept it.

I think the title is perfect. The great problem with many people when they hear things like this and get hacked off is because Star Wars has been placed on such a pedestal. There are fans I know who have been eating, sleeping, and breathing the original three films for 15-20 years and it's sad there cannot be more objectivity. It's like a lot of those same fans miss the late seventies' from their youth thinking that was the best time in their childhood and they want a little of it back- the exact way they got it the first time not counting that they, and the world have evolved.

Star Wars in and of itself doesn't need to worry about it's titling anyway because it's Star Wars. Unless the film absolutely totally and completely alienates every last person on the planet, which I highly doubt it will, then there's no use complaining about a title that may fit better than we could know. In time, all things will be revealed. Besides, this is just the requisite conjecture. The title could feasibly change, its happened before: anyone remember Return of the Jedi's original title? Revenge of The Jedi- changed because it didn't fit. Lucas could change the title. I also doubt that, but personally, I see a lot of things about Attack of The Clones that fit. I think it's better than "The Clone Wars". It's kind of redundant to have the word War twice in the same title. A better fit would be "The Clone Battle", as a war is made up of a series of battles, sorties, operations, etc. But then, we don't know how long the events in the Clone Wars go on.

And again, this is all conjecture, until we see the movie next May, there's still so much we don't know- and perhaps judgment should be reserved.

[Message edited by Widescreen on 08-07-2001]

You want to talk dumb-ass*? Luke Skywalker mentions it ONCE in the first episode, and suddenly, everyone's a historian.

(* = dumb ass in a "fools rush in kind of way", not in a "stick a fork in toaster while standing in a puddle" kind of way.)

Whatever has been speculated by comic books and science-fiction authors is completely irrelevant. (Anything beyond names of planets.)

George Lucas is a smart man. I don't think he's easily going to cave in years of baseless conjecture. He knows what people expect, and is trying to figure out ways to give it to them in a manner that surprises them anew, not in a way they've been spreading rumors about since they were five.

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Originally posted by Ellen B Edgerton:
I don't understand why it wasn't titled "The Clone Wars."

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Yeah. Episode II: The Clone Wars sounds great. Episode II: Attack of the Clones sounds just stupid.

...and I never had a problem with the title The Phantom Menace.

Preach on, my brothers! Good points all. A soulful Star Wars fan (and yes there is such a thing) will enjoy these films no matter what the arguments or the successes.

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Originally posted by PeterK:
Interesting point Dan, but yeah, you are mistaken. I am betting you can guess why. Heh heh heh. Over and out.

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No, I can't guess why - why don't you just say why instead of playing your little games?

I never said EVERYONE complained about the PHANTOM MENACE title; but many people DID. Just as they're doing now.

Dan

The Phantom Menace
The Attack of the Clones
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A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of Jedi

But this time I know better: I have no hopes of this film being any good, so I'm not going to be one of the mindless throng of fools who will stand for hours to get tickets to the first show. I'll wait a week or two, then see it once.

I'm more jazzed about LOTR than anything Lucas could put on the theater screens.

Let's take a quick look at the titles 'A New Hope' and 'The Phantom Menace,' both the titles of the 1st films of the two trilogies, and both descrptive titles about a single being, a hope (luke), and a menace (sideous/palpatine).

Now compare 'The Empire Strikes Back' to 'Attack of the Clones' they too have something in common, they're both descriptive, though not blatantly, of a key event in the storyline of each film. The Empire is "striking," the Clones are "attacking".

So, does anyone see the pattern here? If this whole theory of the pattern in the titles is true, it's easy to see why it wasnt named Episode 2: The Clone Wars beacuse no Star Wars title has ever been named after a physical event. So, if all this is true then the title of Episode 3 will likely be descriptive of what happens to a key character, namely Anakin (eg, 'Fall of a Jedi' would fit nicely in comparison to 'Return of the Jedi').

"Strike" and "Attack" are both adjectives. On top of this, Episode2's main focus is not on the Clone Wars, it's just one of many elements involved in the story. As it happens, at the time Episode2 takes place the wars should already have been in full swing for a few years already (if you follow the timeline, or more importantly, Lucas followed it).

Attack of the Clones, sure, perhaps the least inspiring title of a Star Wars movie yet, but I can understand the reasons why it was chosen, and can picture it scroling up the screen in yellow without any problems. To me, it's a title that heralds one big 2 hour fight to be honest.

'Attack of the Clones' is, to me, no more questionable a title then the equally silly 'Temple of Doom.' Both take inspiration from the naming of various 50s satrday morning adventure and sci-fi serials so whatever, Lucas' baby, he can do what he wants.

Dan (UK)

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Originally posted by PeterK:
Dan, this message board wasn't around when the title was announced, so no one here could have whined if they tried.

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Oh please. I didn't say that they were whining HERE, ya know. You're so picky!!

Did you forget you had another bboard on another site? One that existed BEFORE this one?

I'm sure many of the people who were posting on your MovieTunes bboard (and are still here today) whined about it there.