Penny Arcade, in a recent cartoon nails why I despise George Lucas–the man cannot leave well enough alone. I’ve seen in stores the past week a Star Wars DVD box set. Ten years ago, had DVDs existed then and had I a DVD player then, I would have bought the set instantly and with greatContinue reading “George Lucas, Hack”
Tag Archives: Star Wars
On Episode VII?
I’m sure you’ve heard by now. George Lucas is now contemplating making Episodes 7-9, after saying for the past five or six years that no, Star Wars was only a six-episode story, despite the previous decade where he said, no, it’s a nine-episode story (and that brief stretch when it was twelve). Please. Shoot meContinue reading “On Episode VII?”
Attack of the Clones and Star Trek: Nemesis
Here’s a question. Why aren’t Star Trek films an event the way summer and Christmas blockbusters are? Is it because they don’t get the coverage in the media–Premiere, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, and that ilk? Is it because a film about Jean-Luc Picard and his gang of goons is basically the same thing as the otherContinue reading “Attack of the Clones and Star Trek: Nemesis”
Ewoks! Exterminate!
Is it truly wrong to hate the Ewoks? Everyone knows the Ewoks. Those cute, cuddly, walking teddy bears that populated the last half of Return of the Jedi. In a series of films about the fate of the universe and the titanic struggle between the forces of good and evil, the Ewoks seemed curiously out-of-place.Continue reading “Ewoks! Exterminate!”
On Ewoks
Some people do like Ewoks. My college roommate came to school with Ewok sheets for his bed and Ewok towels. Where he found them I have no idea. Why he wanted to use them was beyond me. I don’t much like the Ewoks. They’re cute. They don’t die. They get the drop on highly trainedContinue reading “On Ewoks”