Jar Jar Binks is a great character

Verbatim · April 11, 2015, 08:21:43 PM

nah

empire fucking sucked ass through a straw

Tackel · April 11, 2015, 08:23:33 PM

Anyway, back on topic about Jar Jar. And post something constructive instead of just an image, if you would.

*stares heavily at Deci*

CK97 · April 11, 2015, 08:29:09 PM

I started off with the prequels and I was around 6 when I saw it, so I loved Jar Jar.

Tackel · April 11, 2015, 08:36:31 PM

Quote from: CK97 on April 11, 2015, 08:29:09 PM

I started off with the prequels and I was around 6 when I saw it, so I loved Jar Jar.

My family didn't have access to the movies, so I saw them all in a strange order when I could. It was III, VI, V, II, IV, I for me. I was older when I saw TPM, but I still enjoyed Jar Jar for the reasons stated in the OP. Never came across as annoying to me.

Azumarill · April 11, 2015, 08:46:01 PM

the prequels are literal video vomit and jar jar is the worst character ever introduced into a scifi series

Turkey · April 11, 2015, 08:55:21 PM

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providing useful commentary, lessons, and above all, laughs

Except he doesn't do any of this. If your defense of a character is, "you would like him if you were 9", you've got a shitty defense.

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o______________o · April 11, 2015, 09:02:05 PM

and now you don't.

Tackel · April 11, 2015, 09:04:45 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 11, 2015, 08:55:21 PM

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providing useful commentary, lessons, and above all, laughs

Except he doesn't do any of this. If your defense of a character is, "you would like him if you were 9", you've got a shitty defense.

I'm not 9 and don't have an issue with the character, so that obviously isn't true.

CIS · April 11, 2015, 09:14:54 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on April 11, 2015, 08:21:43 PM

nah

empire fucking sucked ass through a straw

The Lord Ruler · April 11, 2015, 09:17:46 PM

Why do people think jar jar is so annoying.

C-3PO is like a lot more annoying.

Also prequels>originals

Turkey · April 11, 2015, 09:23:57 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on April 11, 2015, 09:04:45 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 11, 2015, 08:55:21 PM
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providing useful commentary, lessons, and above all, laughs

Except he doesn't do any of this. If your defense of a character is, "you would like him if you were 9", you've got a shitty defense.

I'm not 9 and don't have an issue with the character, so that obviously isn't true.

The article you quoted is just wrong. His slapstick humor slows down the pace of the first act, and he doesn't provide any useful narrative or lessons. He provides filler in the form of Gungans to get the characters to the next point of the plot. He "saves the day" in the most contrived way for a conflict we don't even care about which has zero impact on anything in the series, and even that isn't true: Jar Jar's actions accomplish nothing, he ends up surrendering the entire Gungan army, and the battle is ultimately won by Anakin.

No, he didn't work for his specific purpose. He had no specific purpose. Except for getting the Jedi to Otoh Gunga, he could literally be removed from the film with no consequences. He was the necessary slapstick character and advanced the plot because of lazy writing, but that doesn't excuse the fact the he was annoying and irrelevant.

CIS · April 11, 2015, 09:25:50 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 11, 2015, 09:23:57 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on April 11, 2015, 09:04:45 PM
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 11, 2015, 08:55:21 PM
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providing useful commentary, lessons, and above all, laughs

Except he doesn't do any of this. If your defense of a character is, "you would like him if you were 9", you've got a shitty defense.

I'm not 9 and don't have an issue with the character, so that obviously isn't true.

The article you quoted is just wrong. His slapstick humor slows down the pace of the first act, and he doesn't provide any useful narrative or lessons. He provides filler in the form of Gungans to get the characters to the next point of the plot. He "saves the day" in the most contrived way for a conflict we don't even care about which has zero impact on anything in the series, and even that isn't true: Jar Jar's actions accomplish nothing, he ends up surrendering the entire Gungan army, and the battle is ultimately won by Anakin.

No, he didn't work for his specific purpose. He had no specific purpose. Except for getting the Jedi to Otoh Gunga, he could literally be removed from the film with no consequences. He was the necessary slapstick character and advanced the plot because of lazy writing, but that doesn't excuse the fact the he was annoying and irrelevant.

Thank you Based Turkey

The Lord Ruler · April 11, 2015, 09:32:42 PM

Chewbacca and C-3PO are just as useless and annoying.

Why don't you hate them as much

Tackel · April 11, 2015, 09:34:40 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 11, 2015, 09:23:57 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on April 11, 2015, 09:04:45 PM
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on April 11, 2015, 08:55:21 PM
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providing useful commentary, lessons, and above all, laughs

Except he doesn't do any of this. If your defense of a character is, "you would like him if you were 9", you've got a shitty defense.

I'm not 9 and don't have an issue with the character, so that obviously isn't true.

The article you quoted is just wrong. His slapstick humor slows down the pace of the first act, and he doesn't provide any useful narrative or lessons. He provides filler in the form of Gungans to get the characters to the next point of the plot. He "saves the day" in the most contrived way for a conflict we don't even care about which has zero impact on anything in the series, and even that isn't true: Jar Jar's actions accomplish nothing, he ends up surrendering the entire Gungan army, and the battle is ultimately won by Anakin.

No, he didn't work for his specific purpose. He had no specific purpose. Except for getting the Jedi to Otoh Gunga, he could literally be removed from the film with no consequences. He was the necessary slapstick character and advanced the plot because of lazy writing, but that doesn't excuse the fact the he was annoying and irrelevant.

You mean that you don't care about.

And by that logic, C-3P0 is a bad character to due to being annoying to people and not actually progressing the plot at all. C-3P0 is a character that doesn't need to exist either.

Turkey · April 11, 2015, 09:40:57 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on April 11, 2015, 09:34:40 PM

And by that logic, C-3P0 is a bad character to due to being annoying to people and not actually progressing the plot at all. C-3P0 is a character that doesn't need to exist either.

C3PO is one of the most hatest characters in the series. I'd say he's second to Jar Jar in terms of how much shit he gets. He's somewhat necessary to interpret R2 and provide the audience a relatable character. He explains necessary information without sounding contrived. He's the one asking why things are broken on the Falcon when everyone else doesn't need it explained, he tells us what is going on in the first scene of IV, and voices the unspoken complaints of the audience about how stupid certain things seem, telling us that we're right to think that but we don't know everything that's happening yet.

Jar Jar does very little of this. The only things he informs the audience of is the existence of the Gungan city, which is itself a MacGuffin to get the Jedi to the second act.

Blonic the Fluxmeister · April 11, 2015, 09:50:03 PM

Fuckoff, you Dorito hair lover.

Luis · April 11, 2015, 09:55:47 PM

I liked him

Jono · April 11, 2015, 10:03:54 PM

He had some moments in The Clone Wars series but other than that he can go eat a bag of dicks