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Early Release: The Road to The Phantom Menace: Movie Hype at the Dawn of the Internet (Patreon)

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2020-08-29 05:53:10
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2021-07
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*So this has been a pet project for a few years,  it grew over time, but I am finally letting go.  I think we are now done with Star Wars for quite a while, there really isn't much to add the conversation. With this video out the way, I am jumping into the Video Nasty series.  The first review is written and I hope to have it out in the next week.   Robin and I will be filming on Monday which means we will attempt a YouTube live on Sunday.  Hope to see you there.*


The Phantom Menace arrived with levels of hype never seen before or since and although it ultimately failed to meet those expectations it ushered in a new era of fan-driven enthusiasm that continues to this day. This is not the story of a dream that was left like a limbless smoldering mess on banks of a Mustafar lava river; it is also the story of how new technology changed fandom and the movie-going experience forever.

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 Summary: Star Wars The Phantom Menace was a film 20 years in the making, and like the original film before it, Episode I pushed special effects to new heights, changed film marketing, merchandising and fandom. Released at the internet was entering the mainstream The Phantom Menace was one of the first films to take advantage of the internet for marketing and also saw the birth of a new breed of online fandom that not only celebrated the film but also demonised it. This is a story of an unprecedented movie and the ultimate but predictable disappointment.

Additional Voices

Marie Sengonzi: https://tinyurl.com/y45ttzp2

Louie Waddle: https://tinyurl.com/yyapolbk

Double U: https://anchor.fm/a-3-bean-salad

Ben Simpson: https://tinyurl.com/yylsqdz5

Brent from Heroes, Horrors, and Cats: https://tinyurl.com/yy7x2hab

The Road to The Phantom Menace: Movie Hype at the Dawn of the Internet.

Written by Graham Trelfer

Presented by Robin Bailes

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The Road to The Phantom Menace: Movie Hype at the Dawn of the Internet.

The Phantom Menace arrived with levels of hype never seen before or since and although it ultimately failed to meet those expectations it ushered in a new era of fan-driven enthusiasm that continues to this day. This is not the story of a dream that was left like a limbless smoldering mess on banks of a Mustafar lava river; it is also the story of how new technology changed fandom and the movie-going experience forever. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/19qoZ5p Facebook: http://on.fb.me/RvhRdc Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarkCorners3 @DarkCorners3 Summary: Star Wars The Phantom Menace was a film 20 years in the making, and like the original film before it, Episode I pushed special effects to new heights, changed film marketing, merchandising and fandom. Released at the internet was entering the mainstream The Phantom Menace was one of the first films to take advantage of the internet for marketing and also saw the birth of a new breed of online fandom that that not only celebrated the film but also demonised it. This is a story of unprecedented movie and ultimate and predictable disappointment. Additional Voices Marie Sengonzi: https://tinyurl.com/y45ttzp2 Louie Waddle: https://tinyurl.com/yyapolbk Double U: https://anchor.fm/a-3-bean-salad Ben Simpson: https://tinyurl.com/yylsqdz5 Brent from Heroes, Horrors, and Cats: https://tinyurl.com/yy7x2hab The Road to The Phantom Menace: Movie Hype at the Dawn of the Internet. Written by Graham Trelfer Presented by Robin Bailes

Comments

Anonymous

I saw A New Hope (which will always be just "Star Wars" to me) over 50 times in the theaters over its near 2-year tenure in my hometown. I was fan club member #3430. NO ONE wanted the films to continue more than I. But when the "Special" Editions came out and Lucas basically expressed a wholly (and true) "This is MY Star Wars" attitude counter to long-time fans' desires and memories, my love started to sour. While I will never stop loving the original trilogy, I was far from excited as I started to hear more and more about Phantom Menace. In a move inconceivable to me just a decade before, I didn't bother to see it in the theaters. The same with the following film. I still have yet to see Episode III – Revenge of the Sith altogether... When The Force Awakens was announced and the trailer hit the web, I was teary and felt like that 11-year-old me again for a brief moment. I LOVED the film when I saw it in the theaters (yes, I honored it with a ticket purchase!) and once again had faith in the series. How that played out is a different story for another time, however. But I will always have "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." This was a GREAT look at the greater anticipation of episode 1. Thank you.

ChaosOverlordZ

just finished watching this. sorry I was late to that, work has been quite pressing of late. I really love this. I remeber first seeing star wars randomly and out of order on tv. Only seeing empire after jedi and only seeing it in the special edition. Im going to say this. I actualy liked jar jar as a child. and deepd own I still do. its heart renching to see what happened to him and the child actor. I was so excited to see episode one as a child, Sure I was annoyed the lego sets of the classics were no longer on sale replaced with these weird ones that ment little to me. But I was excited. Duel of the fates was amazing to hear. I never did like the podracing though. Still had fond memories of seeing it at the cinema, even went when they reshowed it at christmas we had recently gotten a new cinema so it was a different once from the one we saw the special editions.

Anonymous

How many takes were required for Graham to read the positive quotes about young Anakin Skywalker and Jar Jar Binks in a steady voice?

Anonymous

I have never been a Star Wars fanatic. I enjoy the first 3 films in the franchise as rousing good adventure yarns. The next set just don't work for me, mainly because there is just too much CGI & I don't buy the love story. However, this documentary is fantastic, and doesn't require one to be a Star Wars geek. I will need to watch it several times more in order to fully appreciate it. Great job DC.

darkcorners
>>43091607

I wanted avoid any getting into critique of the film - there is plenty on that already out there. When come to doing these longer pieces we look find an angle that has not been done .

darkcorners
>>43068777

I was going to add a little about lego, basically Mace Windu introduced race into what had been a yellow world. They somehow avoided that dilemma before by not making a Lando mini fig. II cut it because there was basketball set which was technically first.

Anonymous

I had friends outside the Cinerama (R.I.P) in Seattle for days waiting for this, I remember the weird innocence of the insane levels of anticipation--it really seemed that some fans expected this film to be a magic spell or elixir that could transport them back to a time in their lives and in America that wasn't so hard (and this was the nineties, before all the current wretchedness.)