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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