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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
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Originally Posted by sperry
I do agree with the "lived in" aspect of the world. Star Trek has been working hard to dirty up the series ever since NextGen... but since I haven't watched any of the shows since NextGen, so I haven't really seen what's become of the world.
IMO, the best movie/TV Sci-Fi universe is still Star Wars. I just re-watched Empire (since I got the DVDs for X-Mas) and the battle on Hoth *still* gives me goosebumps. No matter how jacked up the prequels are, the "real" (ep. 4-5.5) Star Wars Universe is still gritty, real, and just plain awesome. It makes me wish Lucas never had kids so we wouldn't have to suffer the Ewok syndrome that's added goofy BS to everything since the second half of Jedi.
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Star Trek tried with their later shows, but never pulled it off for me. I know what you mean about SW, I just watched Ep. 4& 5 while I was sick. Empire is my favorite one. I have beef with some of the crap added in the special editions though - Greedo firing first is an even stupider idea than Jar-Jar Binks. |
Jedi's more fubar'd as well. The scene in Jabba's Palace absolutely did not need the addition of computer animated singers doing a made-up language song and dance number. The existing scene was already served well with the music and dancers as they were. We are already led to believe that Jabba's a sucessful mob boss and has a taste for extravagent performers, etc. in his palace. The little CGI number has only one purpose: terrible comic relief. It's basically somthing for 5 year olds to giggle at, and it ruins a terrific scene where Skywalker reveals his new found Jedi status.
Except for the CGI updates to the space combat scenes, the changes to Episodes 4-6 pretty much make me want to vomit.