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   SpammersDie to All   
   Re: STAR WARS PREQUEL - so the moral is    
   14 Jun 07 03:03:37   
   
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   From: xx@xx.xx   
      
   "SFTVratings"  wrote in message   
   news:1181767781.440894.128040@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > SpammersDie wrote:   
   >> "David Johnston"  wrote in message   
   >> news:jf4j63h4ijm0c1m94oqffv1im3n7a90drh@4ax.com...   
   >> > On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:04:07 -0700, SFTVratings   
   >> >  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Merrick Baldelli wrote:   
   >> >>> On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:08:28 -0700, SFTVratings   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> >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.   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> That's the problem though with the introduction of the Force   
   >> >>> into these movies.  How does one make their characters talented above   
   >> >>> the rest of humanity because of their mastery of the Force, if they   
   >> >>> can't do things that would be considered "foolish" to merely normal   
   >> >>> and un-Force sensitive homo sapiens?   
   >> >>   
   >> >>   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Uh.  Being able to jump extra high, fight with your eyes closed, push   
   >> >>objects away..... that's one thing.   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Jumping of a high skyscraper, so you can die a gruesome death when you   
   >> >>impact the ground...... that's another.   
   >> >   
   >> > There's no reason to think that he would have hit the ground.   
   >>   
   >> More accurately, he might have hit the ground but not at sufficient speed   
   >> to   
   >> kill him.   
   >>   
   >> The ground isn't what kills you. It's the sudden deceleration. It doesn't   
   >> matter so much whether you hit the ground, catch an aircar or get caught   
   >> by   
   >> Superman. Anakin was clearly able to control his descent enough to   
   >> survive   
   >> the sudden stop when he hit the aircar. Which means he would also have   
   >> survived touchdown on the ground.   
   >   
   >   
   > Baloney.  Jedi can not survive falls from 100 story heights.   
   >   
   > Jedi can do a lot of things, but they can't fly.   
   >   
   > A fall WILL kill them.   
      
   Then Anakin should have been killed upon impact with Zam's speeder.   
      
   And that jump off the cliff into the Tusken camp should have at least broken   
   some bones.   
      
   Deny it all you like - the onscreen evidence is that Anakin has points   
   invested in catfall.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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