136: We Waited 16 Years For This?

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2013

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

They said it couldn’t be done! They said it shouldn’t be done! But here we are, talking about “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.” Why are the Jedi such jerks? A little Jedi goes a long way. Also, the biggest letdown of John Siracusa’s life to date, stupid droids, good actors being boring, text versus subtext, the merits of prequels in general, and why this is a movie that makes us dream… of a better movie. Exqueeze me? (Part 1 of 2.)

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0:00.0	The Inconparable, number 136, April 2013.
0:14.0	Welcome back to The Incomparable podcast. I'm Jason Snell, your host. We are going to talk about something in this episode that we have previously denied all knowledge of,
0:23.1	and once this episode is done, we will then deny all knowledge of again.
0:27.4	Our topic tonight is a fine...
0:30.4	Well, okay, a film that was released in 1999 will let you make your own value judgments.
0:36.1	It is Star Wars, episode 1, Colan, the Phantom Menace.
0:43.6	Emphasis on the colon.
0:44.9	Yes.
0:45.3	So joining me to talk about this is quite a panel we've assembled.
0:49.3	Everybody was just lining up because they wanted to talk about this movie.
0:53.1	Dan Moran, hi Dan.
0:54.7	Hi, Jason.
0:55.4	Thanks for...
0:56.1	No.
0:56.9	No, thank you.
0:57.9	No, thank you.
0:58.4	I don't want to be here.
0:59.4	I'm at gunpoint.
1:00.6	Lightaber point.
1:01.7	Middichlorian point.
1:02.8	Are you doing this podcast under protest?
1:04.9	Yeah.
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