[Hari Seldon]

Or maybe it's the magical Eye-Candy-Ball! 

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This is off topic, but a friend of mine has this rubber "eye ball" thingy with fake blood inside... it gives such a nice "squeeeelch" when you grab it.

Hehehe! ... oh well.

[slowriffs]

about the end ..not to say anything about natilie portmans acting but did anyone notice that creepy smile padme gave anakin at the very end seeing it at the brink of puberty set my horimones a-flutter but now its kind of creepy any thoughts?

[SithAvenger]

The thoughts of Natalie Portman as a pedophile are really disturbibg...

And slowriffs, welcome to the boards!

This post has been edited by SithAvenger: 03 July 2005 - 09:29 PM

[andy_k_250]

Simple nitpick here. I know the problem of the stupid glowing ball of something has been brought up at various times, but I think this thing deserves a topic of its own. We all know that the pathetic and weak ending of ep1 (or at least one of its endings since there were a few) was some fat gungan giving a glowing ball to the queen of Naboo. Naturally this is a rip off of the end of ANH. However in ANH we knew where we stood. The heroes got medals for having saved the rebels.

However, in TPM, Padme didn't do a damned thing. She ran around some halls and acted snotty to the viceroy. The Gungans beat the TF. And Boss Nass does not seem like the kind of character who would give all the credit to the human leader after his people do all the work. Moreover, why is Padme celebrating??? Didn't thousands of her people die and get herded into concentration camps? Wouldn't it have been more moving for her to tour hte destruction of her planet? Wouldn't images of her comforting her people made her a more likable character?

Moreover, if she were an ELECTED monarch, couldn't the TF have just forced a new election and made people vote her out of office, thus completely neutralizing her?

Into this debacle is tossed a bright glowing beach ball. If Boss Nass had given her a medal it would have made sense, but oh no, Lucas cant be too clear on the fact that he has no new  ideas. so a bright shiny medal is turned into a bright shiny ball.

The problem is a scene like this, with an unearthly and uncommon award (the ball) has to be explained in order to properly resonate. For instance, with JRR Tolkien's work, Aragorn is not given a sword by Elrond, he is given Anduril, the reforged version of Narsil, which cut the ring from the finger of Sauron and is passed from generation to generation of the Dunedane royalty. The audience can understand that there is significance to this. Can you imagine what it would have been like if Elrond had just flung a scimitar at him and said "here have a sword!"? Or if Obi Wan had done the same thing for Luke when they were at his home on Tatooine?

It may be another topic all together but this actually does happen. Even with all of Anakin's talk about how cool lazer swords are we never see him being given one. What the hell? He just suddenly starts wielding a lightsaber and Lucas chooses to do this off-screen? When a warrior takes up their sword the audience should be allowed to see this. What a missed opportunity!

But back to the subject, what do you all think it is?

Maybe it's symbolic of peace and love?

Maybe it's food?

Maybe it's a bomb, but when it goes off their intelligence blames it on disgruntled spice miners!!!!!

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MagnoliaFan's edit of The Phantom Menace makes the ball at the end make sense. In his version, though subtitling all Gungan and Neimodian dialogue, he is able to not only make Jar Jar an infinitely better character, but also redo the plot so that Jar Jar was kicked out for failing to protect the Magic Ball from the Naboo, the enemies of the Gungans.

[Hari Seldon]

MagnoliaFan's edit of The Phantom Menace makes the ball at the end make sense. In his version, though subtitling all Gungan and Neimodian dialogue, he is able to not only make Jar Jar an infinitely better character, but also redo the plot so that Jar Jar was kicked out for failing to protect the Magic Ball from the Naboo, the enemies of the Gungans.

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Who is MagnoliaFan and what's his (?) edit of TPM ?

Magic Ball? Oooooooooooooh.

[slowriffs]

The thoughts of Natalie Portman as a pedophile are really disturbibg...

And slowriffs, welcome to the boards!

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glad to be here next time i will try to ask questions that are more relavent to the subject but i couldent resist with this one i keep on asking people if they notice the creepy smile but they dont seem to notice oh well whatever anyway these forums are nice for the time being makes my skateboarding injury pass a lot quicker

and as for the glowing ball its pretty cheap it doesent really seem to advance the story at all or really be relavant to what the movie focuses on or what it really should focus on.

what i mean by this is that its completing the story of the fight for a backwoods planet that nobody really has time to care about or even learn about. the shot at the end of a new hope shows the main carectors holding medals or looking really happy the drama is over and the people that the movie is all about are safe from a bad situation its simple but effective storytelling but the ending shot in TPM isint really even about all or even the majority of the carector drama which in this movie is very thin to begin with.

[Revan-47]

Welcome. and i did notice her weird smile, but i also noticed how anakin looked retarded in his robes.

[andy_k_250]

Who is MagnoliaFan and what's his (?) edit of TPM ?

Magic Ball? Oooooooooooooh.

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http://www.originalt...=2&threadid=987

[Hari Seldon]

http://www.originalt...=2&threadid=987

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Thanks!

But when I stoped being lazy, I actually found it.

[andy_k_250]

http://www.originalt...=2&threadid=987

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This is more concise, actually, of the changes -

http://www.originalt...87&STARTPAGE=21