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   "David Johnston"  wrote in message   
   news:4m0b6399l66gsi3trun27vhl5v2npik7ud@4ax.com...   
   > On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:08:28 -0700, SFTVratings   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Jun 4, 12:42 pm, Bill Steele  wrote:   
   >>> In article <1180735370.923758.6...@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>  SFTVratings  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> > ....And what does Jedi Master Obi-wan do?  He   
   >>> > jumps through a window, grabs the assassin droid, and proceeds to   
   >>> > almost get killed when the droid blows-up, and he falls to his death.   
   >>>   
   >>> > But of course Anakin Skywalker saves Obi-wan from his own stupidity,   
   >>> > by just barely arriving in time, and catching him Obi-wan with his   
   >>> > floating car.   
   >>>   
   >>> > Then Anakin jumps out.   
   >>> > And he falls and falls and falls.   
   >>> > I thought Jedi were more intelligent than to take foolish risks.   
   >>>   
   >>> Jedi perhaps. Movie directors no. Foolish risks, followed by falls and   
   >>> such and miraculous escapes, are what make a movie fun to watch.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Only if the viewer is an idiot.  Foolish risks don't make me think   
   >>it's a good movie; they make me think the characters are stupid &   
   >>ditto the writer.   
   >   
   > Where was the risk?   They've got precognition.   
      
   Their precognition is far from dependable.   
      
   If it were, Mace would have nuked the Senate offices from orbit rather than   
   face Palpatine directly with those three jokers. And Anakin would have been   
   stockpiling on 20,000 sunblock as fast as he can during ROTS.   
      
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