Phantom Menace Minute 87: Who's Gonna Count?

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Date

March 22nd, 2016

Summary

The doors open, and Anakin enters the Queen’s quarters. Rabé greets Anakin as two other handmaidens come and go into the next room.

Guests

Joe Dator

Notes

Film

• Starts with Qui-Guy leaving the Jedi council, and ends with the Senate Chair recognizing the delegation from Naboo.
• Jerus Jannick = McNulty (Dominic West) from "The Wire"

Podcast

• If you're seeing this movie for the first time, Mace and Yoda come across as the bar guys in this scene.
  • But are they? Are we, the audience, rooting for Anakin to be trained?
• All Sam Jackson does in this movie (literally) is sit and look skeptical.
  • Joe had higher expectations (Jackson probably did as well!) for the character of Mace Windu.
    • During the late '90's, Samuel L. Jackson was at the peak of his coolness.
    • Mentioned: Goodfellas.
• Joe is a big fan of digital "Yoda".
  • It's like if you digitally replaced Sofia Coppola in Godfather III with a better actress; it makes the whole thing more watchable.
  • But he is in no way in favor of replacing puppet Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back.

Meta Minute

• 37:31 podcast episode length.
• "Irv Windu" appears in minute 127.

Quotes

• Joe: What kind of a monster do you take me for?
• Alex: (as the smarmy "suit of the day" at Disney) You know what we need to do? We need to put in a digital Yoda voiced by Seth Rogan.
• Pete: (as "the Queen" to Padmé) I'm out of "Clown White"! Go run over to the Walgreens. Alex: (also as the Queen) This is "Clown Ivory"!!

Link

http://www.starwarsminute.com/2016/03/22/phantom-menace-minute-87-whos-gonna-count/

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