Most important anniversary of 2019?

[a-dev]

TPM was the first new Star Wars film in 16 years. At the time it was a very very big deal because Star Wars was still special and 16 years had been a long wait.

Having said that 16 years ago from now was 2002 and it doesn't feel like the same amount of time at all.

 

[Wor-Gar]

TPM was the first new Star Wars film in 16 years.

That in itself means nothing. Consider Crystal Skull.

The anniversary of TPM to me at least is about as important as Batman Returns or Back to the Future II or Jurassic World... meaning, not very.

The thread said "most important" so I was looking for importance, not just any and all anniversaries. Hell, every year is an anniversary as I understand it.

 

[Prime Clone]

The thread said "most important" so I was looking for importance, not just any and all anniversaries. Hell, every year is an anniversary as I understand it.

It *was* another advance in FX, like The Abyss, even if it didn't kick off the franchise per se.

 

[Wor-Gar]

It *was* another advance in FX, like The Abyss, even if it didn't kick off the franchise per se.

I never saw TPM as a huge leap like, say, the original Star Wars was... it was more like "the next step" in a long technological walk.

The short leap taken in Jurassic Park (with the T-rex sequence) was much more impressive than anything in TPM.

 

[Prime Clone]

Jar Jar was the first realistic fully CGI “major player” in a live-action movie, so there’s that. Tends to get forgotten for obvious reasons.

But bringing SW back from the dead also makes TPM important. At the time it was probably the most anticipated movie in history.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

Jar Jar was the first realistic fully CGI “major player” in a live-action movie, so there’s that. Tends to get forgotten for obvious reasons.

But bringing SW back from the dead also makes TPM important. At the time it was probably the most anticipated movie in history.

Jar Jar was not the first fully CGI "major player" in a live-action movie, it was Casper in 1995. The word realistic is debatable, neither looked realistic to me, but that is irrelevant because Casper was first. If we are judging by the first "realistic" (again subjective) then the award should go to Gollum not Jar Jar anyway. We don't judge first on realistic looks, the first aircraft to land on the moon looks like it was made of aluminum foil, it doesn't look realistic by todays standards but that doesn't mean it wasn't the first.

 

[shells075]

Alien is my favourite so I went for that. A new Big Chap in 2019 would be nice HT.

 

[Chakor]

TPM is an important anniversary because it serves as a reminder that any movie, no matter how great the franchise name it's attached to is, can always end up a gigantic disappointment. To this day there are plenty of films that have been "Phantom Menaced".

The five essential steps to "Phantom Menacing" a movie are...

1. Giving it a title suggesting a dark tone
2. Load it with goofy side characters that detract from the story
3. Have occasionally bad acting that also detracts from the story
4. Have a cool villain character with minimal screentime as the only redeeming quality
5. Rely on so much bad CGI that it leaves your eyes throbbing

The short leap taken in Jurassic Park (with the T-rex sequence) was much more impressive than anything in TPM.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Jar Jar was the first realistic fully CGI “major player” in a live-action movie, so there’s that. Tends to get forgotten for obvious reasons.

But bringing SW back from the dead also makes TPM important. At the time it was probably the most anticipated movie in history.

I know TPM takes that credit, but a realistic "creature" had been done for so many years that it hardly seemed that incredible by the time they actually did it with Jar Jar. No one I knew was "blown away" by Jar Jar -- and I don't mean because he was nearly as annoying as Roger Rabbit. The T-rex and Raptors still looked more realistic 6 years earlier -- and one could argue forever about "major players" definition.

And yes, the anticipation for a new Star Wars was huge. As was the let down. But I don't count anticipation as making a movie important.

Every movie has anticipation if you're interested in it. That's subjective. So TPM was the biggest -- someone had to be. But for every one person who went nuts for TPM anticipation I could point to two people at the time who could care less. So its also relative.

 

[Prime Clone]

Guess that's why lists like this have to be arbitrary - you'd never get full agreement.

But in hindsight I probably should have included Terminator and Pulp Fiction instead of some others.

Surprised Avatar hasn't got a single vote despite its giant leap in 3D immersive world building. Maybe 10 years isn't long enough for it to become "important".

 

[Prime Clone]

The 40th anniversary of Mad Max was celebrated in central Victoria, Australia, this weekend with most of the original cast (but no Miller or Gibson):

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-03/mad-max-40th-anniversary/10775336

https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5883341/mad-max-40th-draws-big-crowd-video-gallery/

https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.a...on-at-carisbrook-promises-some-big-surprises/