Jar Jar Binks

He's lame. Wasnt funny at all (which is bad when you're supposed to be the comic relief), added nothing to the movies and added to the feeling that the movies were too childish, imo.

I have to ask, what's to like about him?

 

Almost everything about him was annoying. His voice, the way he talked, the way he walked, and just how moronic he acted was annoying and added nothing to the story, IMHO of course. I love the original trilogy but the only think I liked about Phantom Menace was Darth Maul. The rest of it was eh.

 

Fair enough. I wouldn't say I hate the character. He's just a poor substitute for 3PO and R2.

 

The new SW movies movies are exactly like the old ones, just without the benefit of nostalgia.

 

Actually he provided a link to the Gungans which the Jedi needed.

 

I thought there'd be at least be two hundred posts calling for my head before I got 2 thanks on this one.

 

nah, we saving that moment for the pofo

 

I'm just pretending I didnt read it so I dont have to put you on ignore. And I'm not even that big of a Star Wars fan lol.

 

KILL HIM!!! And not because he defended jar jar binks, I just don't like him......

I agree somewhat with what you said. Except the first one I don't think measured up. The 3rd latest movie was *****ing though.

 

Shut up, you love me.

Unrelated note, I say this to myself every morning in the mirror.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAnnnnnnyyyyyyywayyyyyyyyy, carry on.

 

See, you think you burned me, all I see is that you didn't want to put me on ignore.

 

Mark Hamill is no Marlon Brando but he was better than Hayden Christensen. The new ones have their moments but nostalgia aside I think the original trilogy was better. Just the fact that we don't know what is going to happen to Luke and Vader while we know what will happen to Anikan and everyone else makes them better to me.

 

related note. If you stopped talking to yourself and took a minute you would probably realize that as we speak half this board is putting on their jedi robes and preparing to go over to your house.














yeah sounded a lot scarier in my head.......

 

If he put you on ignore the PoFo would be almost mind numbing.

 

notice how in a thread geeky enough as it starts an argument over star wars, silverphin makes a reference to professional wrestling.


Discuss.

 

They won't make it past the redneck gas station before my house.


Come to think of it....neither would you....


Oh yeah, I never defended Jar Jar. I just downed the entire franchise

 

I don't like soap operas, so I don't get the wrestling reference.

 

its not already?

 

I can see why fellow fans hate him though it's a bit over-exaggerated. Jar Jar was just a ploy by Lucas to reel in younger fans to continue the franchise. I felt Jake Lloyd's way too young of an age and too-youthful acting style was the worst for me. If he were maybe 4-5 years older and a foot taller to actually match Natalie Portman's age with some decent acting, the movie wouldn't have been as bad. I mean, "Yippee"? Come on...

 

Yea, Jake lloyd was the worst part about episode 1 for me.

 

Totally agree. JarJar was just .... annoyingly uncessary. But the Jake Loyd thing was worse if you really wanted to try and like it. "I wonder what this button does ... ZOMG ... It blew up the enemy spaceship!" Or the podracing thing, I just couldnt take it seriously with him in it.
And while I enjoyed Maul and the 2 Jedi, Natalie Portman has the acting ability of a piece of driftwood.

I dont have the nostalgia for the orginal 3, I was born the year Return came out, and never really latched on to the franchise until I was a bit older. Hell, I even missed when they did the rescreeing, seeing them in the theaters. Since that time, Ive become a huge fan, but the first 3 movies were just a letdown. They felt childishly, badly, different, though at least they were all a small step up from each other.

 

The Special Edition got me really hooked even though I already had the VHS and some hand-me-down toys/clothing/etc. Portman/Knightley wasn't that bad for the first prequel and was pretty much handicapped with awkward dialogue in the script. Didn't really carry the right presence I guess.

The original trilogy hit the sweet spot between a bit of childish joys and dramatic gravity. Not too much of either and I think that was the success of the franchise. ROTS was a bit closer to that ideal though the muddled middle of horrible romantic lines bogged it down a bit.

 

As someone who never saw any of the movies until recently, I disagree. The newer ones are just terrible any way you slice them.

 

Someone that works with Lucas should have had the sack to sit him down and tell him to get rid of JarJar Binks he's the most annoying character I've ever seen in a movie. The first movie was ruined by Jar Jar and the awful acting from the young Anakin. The casting for Anakin was a nightmare from start to finish, Lucas dropped the ball there. Its a shame because most of the cast is very good and if someone had just stopped some of the childish stuff Lucas likes to do the movies could have been great. I did like the 3rd one a lot though.

 

lol, and that someone would lose his dream job in a heartbeat. You don't give Lucas suggestions, he gives you suggestions so if you don't like it, say bye-bye to your career.

But for all the hoopla surrounding who was going to play Anakin in Ep I, I'm sure some of the rumored names would've been better choices.

 

meh, star wars.

jar jar binks was especially annoying. from the way he talked to his ears to whatever else you want to pin it on.

 

I liked X pac til he started sleeping with that dude Chyna.

 

lol when the first movie came out with jar jar binks i loved him...but i was like 10, if i watched it now i'd probably hate him....

 

Pretty much Lucas and Co.'s intent with Binks. Unfortunately, while it brought new fans, it alienated older ones.

 

Be glad that Lucas wised up to the backlash against Jar Jar for the second and third movies in the prequels. Jar Jar's original arc called for him to become a Jedi knight. Yes, I'm serious. Go back and watch Phantom Menace, the last battle scene, were Jar Jar is using luck (or the Force) to take out scores of tanks and battle droids.

Thankfully Lucas actually heard the fans and changed it so instead Binks ended up being responsible for the creation of the Galactic Empire.

 

the third ones not even close to terrible.

 

Which is still mind-numbingly preposterous

 

God forbid Jar Jar was actually the Chosen One.

 

i knew it! Palpatine mustve known Jar Jar was actually be suited to be the chosen one rather than Anakin. Jar Jar Binks just reeks of the Dark Side.

 

True, but I'm talking in general. Like if you added up each movie and just had Old vs New.

 

All this steady *****in' bout Jar Jar, yet teddy bears defeated the Empire with effing rocks.

Like I said, the new 3 in the same category as the first 3, merely meh.