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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
double standard
Let's be honest, this movie isn't flawed in any way that the older films weren't. think about it...jar jar/wicket. Captain panaka/captain needa, the wooden delivery in EPI/the even more wooden delivery in EP IV. One might question why obiwan didn't mention that anakin was 9 when they met or that yoda wasn't his only trainer, but he also said that vader killed anakin(and that stormtroopers were 'precise'), so this is nothing new.
The story was actually quite a good setup for the new trilogy. It's not as tight as episode IV's narrative, but it's preparing for heavier material, so this only makes sense.
There are also little details that seem to lead in to the later movies. For example, yoda has a bit of a pompous streak in his 'performance' that is bitterly absent in Episode V. Qui-gon tells anakin to 'feel not think' which we know gets him into trouble later, and in Episode V obi wan tells luke to 'bury his feelings' because they 'could be made to serve the emperor.'
And the notion that the special effects were excessive somehow is absurd. They were used the exact same way that the older effects were, to create a vast alien galaxy where the story can take place. The technology was more advanced in 1999 so it was better.
This movie has been criticized for all of the wrong reasons. It was partly because of high expectations. But mostly because it was new, popular, and had pretty effects and as such was an easy target.
Fainaru fantajî V (1992)
Quite possibly the worst game in the series
Even the worst final fantasy game is still pretty fun. But this game is still mediocre. It had a lot of hype built up because it wasn't released in the US for several years . But the game it self really isn't that good. The story-line is a loosely strung series of events that eventually involve a generic evil guy in a helmet named exdeath. At one point Butz says "you won't get away with this" and exdeath says "And just what do you think It is that I'm trying to get away with." Indeed Butz doesn't know, and neither did I, nor did I particularly care up to that point. However when he answers that question the game turns around for the better. The story is given a point and there are plenty of secrets to discover. Too bad there is only a little bit more of the game left. The job system is fun but not enough so to carry the game by itself. The game is still decent, but is hardly worthy of the rest of the series. I spent most of the game waiting for something to happen. When it finally did I had to wonder if it was worth the effort.