The "The Phantom Menace Lovefest" Thread

[Smeltington 1,440]

 

5 minutes ago, Bespin said:

I just want to let you know that "phantom menace" and "lovefest" don't go together well, my Michelle.

 

Everyone needs lovefest! You know that it's true.

[Jurassic Shark 12,076]

It's rough and coarse and gets everywhere.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Right wing Instagram babe thinks TPM is the best one.

[Jay 37,364]

On 5/1/2020 at 9:03 PM, Erik Woods said:

Can someone please tell what recording this is?  It CAN'T be from The Phantom Menace sessions... and I can't place where this recording is from.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

-Erik-

 

That's absolutely from the Phantom Menace sessions; We've known about it's existence since it turned up in a video game, and it was re-confirmed to be so when it was on the cue log that leaked with the sheet music.  We've never gotten any insight into why it was recorded or anything, we just know that it was.  They used the published suite from 1977, bars 107-end.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Baby Anakin

[Bespin 8,483]

13 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Baby Anakin

 

[Edmilson 7,457]

Happy 21st birthday, The Phantom Menace!

 

 

Were you one of the many people in theaters on May 19th 1999 to watch this movie?

[mstrox 6,651]

I waited in a line that wrapped around my local theater the week before - I made it on the news - and had tickets for 10PM opening night.  Then I saw it again that Sunday, once more before it left theaters, and once again on the rerelease later that year.  And then one more time during the 3D rerelease.  Definitely the most I’ve ever seen a movie in theaters, rivaled maybe by Fellowship of the Ring when I worked at a movie theater and could see it for free.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I saw it on opening day in Australia at a specially equipped Dolby Digital cinema. It's my favourite movie.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I remember when the Duel of the Fates video premiered on MTV and it was requested to play over and over. My favorite part was when George Lucas says "Here", "Get ready and go!" and various other directorial Lucasian sayings. I'm not sure there had been hype for a movie like this since Batman and nothing since really seems to compare. This movie WAS hype. Now get to your ships. 

 

 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Godzilla '98 had an exceptionally huge marketing campaign.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

While that's true, it didn't really hype mass audiences up like Star Wars or Batman did.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

True, but it's hard to forget the vague slogans and billboards everywhere saying "He's as tall as this building!"

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Oh, that marketing was brilliant. Got my ass in the seat on opening day...but the theater was fairly empty. Good flick, though!