Phantom Menace Minute 11: Alien Race Face

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Date

December 7th, 2015

Summary

Qui-Gon runs through the strange landscape, glancing back to see the monstrous troop transports, emerging from the mist. Animals begin to run past him in a panic.

Guests

Ben Acker and Ben Blacker

Notes

Film

  • First time we watch a ship land on the ground
  • S.T.A.P.
  • Jar Jar first appears at the end of this minute

Podcast

  • This is a prequel - why isn't it more old-timey (compared to the Original Trilogy, which is the space 70s, why isn't this the space 40s?)
  • Uncanny Valley of all-CGI scenes
  • Racism in TPM
    • Nemoidians seem dubbed like in a kung fu film
  • Referenced: Jurassic Park, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Darkman
  • Mentioned: the 8-DAY-GREEDO hotline
  • Ahmed Best interview where he mentions that Michael Jackson wanted to be Jar Jar

Meta Minute

  • The dinosaur from Jurassic Park that was referred to is actually a Brachiosaurus
  • Pete's pronunciation of "STAAAP" becomes a bit of a running joke
  • Flash forward: Fode/Beed will be discussed in more detail when they/it appear(s) in Minute 56

Quotes

  • "You who know I hate working for: our boss. You know what would get him in a lot of hot water...there's no way he can come back from this." - Ben Blacker, explaining where the racist accents came from
  • "Jar Jar is pretty terrible." - Ben Blacker, reading from his notes

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2015/12/07/phantom-menace-minute-11-alien-race-face/


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