Attack of the Clones Minute 61: Antimacassar

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Date

February 6th, 2017

Summary

Anakin opens his eyes and looks at her.

Guests

Ralph Attanasia & Asterios Kokkinos

Notes

Film

• Starts with Anakin lengthily explaining the dreams he had about his mother, and ends work Jango Fett *pew pew* whipping out his guns.
• Amidala's hair is big and cool looking.
• Diagonal wipe.
• First appearance of Slave I (episode order).

Podcast

• Plug for Asterios' new book.
• Asterios didn't want to be on the show the same week as Ralph because Ralph is his favorite guest to listen to.
  • A version of the podcast with Asterios cut out.
• Ralph and Asterios doing a (highly theoretical) podcast where they analyze the Star Wars movies one minute at a time.
  • Mentioned: The Burbs Minute.
• Ralph hates this movie.
• R2-D2's constant swearing.
• Force visions messing up Jedi training. They're like Jedi puberty.
  • Referenced: Cheap Trick's "Dream Police".
• Palpatine clouding the Jedi Force Vision using the Dark side, except for Anakin's visions. Lazy writing?
• Shoutout to The Fifth Eleminute.
• Creeps don't look like creeps.
  • Go against your instincts.
• Anakin's rat tail grease.
  • The have antimacassars on every chair.
• Natalie Portman's lack of acting in this scene.
  • Padmé needs an emotional decoy to emote for her.
• The Jedi could easily have freed Anakin's mom but they don't. What's up with that?
  • This is why Asterios didn't like the movie when he first saw it. He felt bad for Anakin.
  • The validity of the argument that these movies are for kids.
• Mandate.
• Anakin has no male friends to discuss things with.
• Ralph and Asterios establishing their friendship really well in the elevator ride up.
• Criticism that there is no tension in the action sequences of this movie.
  • Just another day at the superhero office?
  • This raises the specter of tension in even mundane exchanges during the movie.
  • Comparison to the ending of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
• When we last left Obi-Wan and Jango, they were tense but civil. Now they're full-on fighting.
• Jango makes his son load the car in the rain. Bad dad? Bounty hunter training?
• Mentioned: The Prestige.
• Anakin and Padmé are both attractive young people. Why are they making this so difficult?
• Asterios has to talk about Attack of the Clones if he wants to hang out with the guys.
  • Pete and Alex don't get to hang out anymore unless they're talking about Star Wars.

Meta Minute

• 27:00 podcast episode length.
• This week of minutes was a last-minute record with Asterios and Ralph after a long stint in L.A. As such it was recorded long after the minutes that occur before and after.
• The "de-specialized editions" are from Harmy.
• All this week, Ralph uses a lot of cute nicknames for Asterios:

 Koko, Pokédex, Kokomo, A Stereo Kokomo's, Hysterical James Olmos.

• Making up names for Asterios became a running gag during the Roll Call of Heroes (see: SWM:WE 128).

• Early in the history of the show, Pete toyed around with censoring curses using an R2-D2 beep, but it was too distracting, and he opted to go for regular bleeps instead.
• In addition to his pay, which was considerable, Jango asked for only one thing...
• The Prestige came out in 2006, four years after this movie.
• Ralph references the movie Se7en (1995) in his Loot Crate ad.
  • Stance was one of the advertisers that supported the show, and led to the hashtag #SocksForAlex.

Quotes

• Ralph:...I am the one. The only. The sensual. The delicious. The man from behind the thing. The guy who can be described in words...
• Ralph: It's on like Michelle Kwan.
• Ralph: What fetid pile of manure in "Attack of the Clowns" are we gonna to try to shovel down today?
• Asterios: (on the difference between AOTC and TPM) I'd rather be kicked in the shin than kicked in the crotch.
• Ralph: Okay pretend you were a woman. And not you. And it was someone else. Asterios: If I'm pretending I'm a woman I think this is the point in the podcast where I leave immediately.
• Asterios: You don't watch out for me, you watch out for Tom Cruise. Next thing you know he's having a weird robot baby and stopping you from talking to your parents!
• Ralph: My next note is just the word "terrible" with a period.
• Ralph: His [Anakin's] closest male friend is Obi-Wan, and by "closest" I mean they nakedly hate each other.
• Ralph: Boba...wet?

 Asterios and Ralph improvise an ad for Loot Crate
  Ralph: *Bing bong*
  Asterios: Uhh hello?
  Ralph: Yes, I'm the mailm'n. I deliver things.
  Asterios: Ah, I hate it, you mostly bring bills!
  Ralph: <interrupting> Hey shut up a second. You got a big old face and I don't want to talk to you. What I want to give you is this sweet box.
  Asterios: Oh my lord! It's a cardboard box. Is there another box inside?!
  Ralph: It's Gwyneth Paltrow's head.
  Asterios: WHAT?! IF ONLY I'D ORDERED LOOT CRATE MY WIFE WOULD STILL BE ALIIIIIIVE!!!
  Ralph: (Cheesy announcer voice) Don't be like Asterios Kokkinos! Get Loot Crate, it's super great. It's full of stuff. For nerds. And things. And I'm wearing Stance socks.
  Asterios: ...this month's theme is "loss".
  Ralph: We lost this month's theme. Good luck getting anything.
  Asterios: Promo code: sorry.

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2017/02/06/attack-of-the-clones-minute-61-antimacassar/

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