h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The BBC has a reporter at Leicester Square today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4545753.stm

I noticed the ordering of the film, and started wondering what other orderings the films could be screened in.

Like screening them according to the number of letters in the title. Which would make ANH first (8 letters), then ROTJ (15 letters), TPM (16 letters), ROTS (also 16 letters, but spread across 4 words), AOTC (17 letters), and ending with the fan's favourite TESB, with 20 letters.

Or in order of quality - TPM first (obviously), then AOTC, third and fourth would be ROTJ and ROTS (order to be established depending), fifth is ANH, and ending with TESB again. Though ROTS may surprise us all, and jump further up the list.

Any other orders?


Geggs

The correct order Episode 1 The Phantom Menace, 2 Attack of the Clones, 3 The Return of the Sith, 4 A New Hope, 5 The Empire Strikes Bank and 6 The Return of the Jedi.

Bank LOL

Well, yes, you could watch them in numerical order, but where would be the fun in that?


Geggs

Well I have actually watched them in a mixed up order as I got the 4 5 6 box set on DVD I am not overly keen on episode 1 but 2 good and looking forward to seeing episode 3.

You do not watch eps 1 and 2 as such. Episode one you watch the light saber fight at the start and the light sabre fight at the end. Episode 2 you watch the chase at the start and the big battle/light sabre fight at the end. Episode 3 I have a feeling one will watch the light sabres fights and the bit where Darth Vader appears in full gimp suit.

You then watch episodes 4, 5 and 6 all the way through setting the DVD to repeat when the Ewok gets killed (woo hoo - nasty little cannibals)

Depends... if I was watching them myself, I'd watch them in numerical order (boring but true...)

If I was ever to have children, I'd insist they first watch 4-6 followed by 1-3!

And if we're being random, how about alphabetical order:

A New Hope
Attack of the Clones
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
The Empire Strikes Back
The Phantom Menace

Unless you discount all the definite and indefinite articles, in which case it would be:

Attack of the Clones
Empire Strikes Back, The
New Hope, A
Phantom Menace, The
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith

The only sensible order in which to watch them is the order they were originall made: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3. The films wouldn't make sense any other way, as the makers more or less assumed you'd already seen 4, 5 and 6 when you were watching 1 and 2. And the twists in the plot in 4 and 5 wouldn't be interesting if you'd already seen 1, 2 and 3.

I think it depends upon your age. I think 4,5,6 and watch 1,2,3 if you want but you dont necesarily have to. Watch them seperately. But since there is now a 1 2 3 4 5 6 series then my son, and his freinds in the playground think they should be watched in order and it would be stupid to do anything otherwise - they dont even understand why 4 5 6 were made before 1 2 3.

As for the rewind moment - it has to be in Star Wars a new hope when the stormtrooper accidently bumps his head on the door in the death star. Still makes me chuckle everytime, and I swear that they've added a 'donk' sound on the reissued special edition version.

I don't agree but each to their own.

All perfectly valid orders to my mind.

Just trying to work out a few more...


Geggs

Ok, try this one, if you assign every letter a number in the usual logical order (a=1, b=2, c=3 and so on), than watch the films according to the total value of their letters then:

1) ANH (value 87)
2) TPM (value 161)
3 & 4) ROTJ and AOTC (both value 178 - you choose which way around)
5) ROTS (value 186)
6 TESB (value 217)

Strange how all my lists end with Empire.


Geggs

So far? 4, 5 and 6. I'll decide if 3 is to be added next wekk. the only good thing about 2 is that the love scene was long enough for a look break. can't remember much good about 1 except the drag racing..

Could someone please tell GL that there is such a thing a too much CGI? Ta!

Zantic