tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post5822276337315437200..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: Star Wars: The QuestionnaireMichael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-53818344346435555342015-03-02T12:20:41.808-06:002015-03-02T12:20:41.808-06:00YES! Finally some Internet acknowledgement! hahaYES! Finally some Internet acknowledgement! hahaErik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-17311362724376464592015-03-02T11:08:53.122-06:002015-03-02T11:08:53.122-06:00Well that just makes her MORE fascinating!
I'...Well that just makes her MORE fascinating! <br /><br />I'd want to see her grow out of that, obviously, but that's an excellent and valid interpretation of her.<br /><br />I'd argue that she does do important things though. At least in the first two movies.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-90839668180416205862015-03-02T10:23:09.280-06:002015-03-02T10:23:09.280-06:00I think my biggest issue with Padme is that she fe...I think my biggest issue with Padme is that she feels like she was assembled at a focus group meeting rather than emerged from some creative idea. She's a senator and thus can be important without having to DO anything important. She just seems there to model the clothes, be the shoulder to cry on and shoot laser in the action finale even though she'd been anti-violence this whole time.<br /><br />Actually it's weird how excited she is shooting bug aliens in the end. Almost as excited as she was sending the Gungans to get slaughtered by the droids. I have a theory that she's a bit of a closet xenophobe judging by how she's all over Anakin after he admitted to killing Sand People, but is aghast when he murders human younglings.<br /><br />Just saying...Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-68564503251306970552015-03-02T09:01:03.393-06:002015-03-02T09:01:03.393-06:00Erik, I don't entirely disagree about how Padm...Erik, I don't entirely disagree about how Padme's written, but I think our different reactions to her points to something interesting.<br /><br />As a writer, Lucas always makes viewers fill in a lot of gaps themselves. Whether he's throwing in terms like the Kessel Run without explaining them or just leaving us to wonder what the purpose was of the place where Qui Gon and Obi Wan fought Darth Maul, one of the things I love about his world-building is that he leaves so much for the imagination to play with.<br /><br />He has a tendency to do that with his characters too, though, and that's where results are way more mixed. I agree that there's not a lot to Padme as she's explicitly written, but I enjoy filling in those details myself. That might just be because I'm fond of Natalie Portman though. <br /><br />I'm way less willing to fill in details for Anakin, which is why his character doesn't work for me in the prequel trilogy. Ultimately, it's the writer's fault when viewers/readers don't connect with a character, but I do believe that audiences have to do some work too. We have to meet partway. <br /><br />It doesn't work when a writer makes us do all the work in connecting with a character, but (and I'm not saying this is what you're suggesting; you just made me think about it in a new way) it's not fair or realistic for audiences to expect the writer to do all the work either.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-89071233181410587392015-02-28T16:03:18.060-06:002015-02-28T16:03:18.060-06:00Good answers! I think we may agree more than disag...Good answers! I think we may agree more than disagree on a lot of things when it comes to STAR WARS, which is an increasingly unfamiliar feeling.Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-88454428930330624622015-02-27T10:42:24.047-06:002015-02-27T10:42:24.047-06:00If Nerd Lunch is gearing up for a Star Wars episod...If Nerd Lunch is gearing up for a Star Wars episode than Geek Fallout may need to make a preemptive strike!<br /><br />This is quite the interesting survey actually. I think we're on the same page as far as the original Star Wars being the best. Although my most recent rewatch was a cruel reminder of how clunky the dialogue can be.<br /><br />Though we'll probably part ways on our interoperation of Padme, as I found her to be more a nuisance than Jar Jar because her character is written to be so flat and uninteresting.Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-25451221325061483512015-02-27T09:38:58.385-06:002015-02-27T09:38:58.385-06:00Nice! I'll look forward to reading yours.
An...Nice! I'll look forward to reading yours. <br /><br />And I'll totally be okay if you can't squeeze me in, but I'd love to be fourth chair on at least one of those episodes (especially New Hope). :DMichael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-88365534227344539822015-02-27T09:18:04.225-06:002015-02-27T09:18:04.225-06:00Good one, I've saved my answers in a blog draf...Good one, I've saved my answers in a blog draft and I'll post it closer to May when we start the Star Wars movie Drilldowns on Nerd Lunch.Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883124901219059661noreply@blogger.com