Posted by TheMojoPin at 208.1.219.2 on November 16, 2001 at 15:40:43:
In Reply to: Re: Transferring the Boba Fett thread... posted by Bartleby72 on November 16, 2001 at 15:27:33:
: Boba Fett just has that presence of someone you don't want to mess with. Just because he doesn't say much or move much, doesn't make him boring - it actually has the opposite effect. Think of him as James Dean (sorry - he just popped in my head) standing against a lightpole smoking a cigarrette telling people who come up to him to "fuck off." Being a bounty hunter gives him that ruthless, careless attitude.
But James Dean DID things. Fett barely even talks, so how can he even have a presence? Look, Fett sure looks cool, it was the one figure besides Vader that I HAD to have as a kid or I wouldn't love my parents anymore, BUT, I need a little something more than that...to me, outside of Fett's appearnace, he's about as interesting as one of the chickpea-looking musicians in the Cantina..
: He also has that "Terminator"/cold, machine-like mystique about him. Not talking, etc. has an erie effect on people. If someone's coming after me to hurt me, I'd be more freaked out if they didn't say anything than someone who does.
Again, I need proof of his badassness. Think if Vader just walked around dressed like a big plastic dildo, sounding like Simba's dad with asthma...not very impressive? Outside of his interesting fashion sense, a pretty ineffectual character...but instead, almost from the beginning, we see him breaking peoples' necks, choking them, yadda-yadda-yadda...we're SHOWN why we whould fear this guy and damned if anyone doesn't afterwards. Fett could just be some poseur who thinks he looks great but pisses pants at the first sign of trouble.
: His armour is great too. It's just a good design (kudos to the costume designer). It's battle-worn - like a soldier should be - instead of nice & neat like Vader's (which I like 2nd best).
Hey, no complaints here. Fett's armor, like I said, is one of the ebst movie costumes ever. But at this point, to me, it's all style and no substance.
: In the comics (after Return happens), he does pop-up again. He survives the giant "vagina."
I have to plead ignorance. I avoid movie tie-in books, comics, etc. that try to "add" something to what's been officially established. I love the "Clerks" comic books, but they really have nothing to do with what's already been said. I remember reading somewhere that stories have been given to ALL the characters we saw for like a second each in the Cantina....that's ridiculous!!! Those are intended to be brief little appearances that make you go "hey, look at that thing!" A movie that can't tell it's whole story in the confines of what's been put onscreen is a sloppy, poorly-planned, unorganized bad film. As far as I'm concerned, if it's not on a big screen and officially SW, it didn't happen.
: And that was not the crappiest SW tie-in, what about the Ewok movie?
Oh, HELL no. Sure, those two "Ewok" movies sucked hard, but the Holiday Special is BEYOND bad...it's "Glitter" bad...it's "oh man, this was funny at first but now I just feel empty, ashamed, and embarassed" bad. Mark Hamill just after his accident with so much makeup on he looks like Tim Curry from "Rock Horror"? Minutes of Wookie-dialogue...with no subtitles?!?! The ugliest muppets EVER?!?! A coked-up Carrie Fisher singing the "Light Day Song" to the tune of the SW theme?!? Star Wars disco to the tune of the Cantina theme? BEA ARTHUR?!?!
The horror...the HORROR...
-TMP