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May
20
2005
20
2005
Star Wars Episode III an Anti Bush movie?!?!?
You’re KIDDING right?!?!?!?!?!?
What is WRONG with these people?!?!?
The best science fiction stories are traditionally stories based on concrete
everyday issues (yes, even political issues) that are abstracted by
transplanting them into some alien or future context which allows us to ponder
questions without the normal unnecessary societal "baggage" (like party
affiliations, race, religious beliefs, etc…).
Simply…because of this "separation from reality," we can easily read anything
we want into a saga like this. Shall I go over the "obvious" references to
the bible I saw for you?
MAYBE the reason liberals see it as an "anti-bush" diatribe is a) their own
ignorance of the genre OR more likely b) their own wallowing guilt from loosing
the last election where they believed they would easily win (which is the what
most liberals think….they know the world when they do not).
Just because a few lines in a movie are similar to lines used by the current politico in
real life does not mean it’s directly related. Especially when the lines
are things like Anakin saying to Obi Wan "you’re either with me or an enemy of
me."
Using that logic, Shakespear’s Othello is ALSO an "Anti-Bush" tale…he was just
ahead of his time (maybe he knew Nostradamus).
<sigh>
If you do not like the person voted into office, then help campaign to have him
removed or even better……VOTE!!!!!
(more…)
May
20
2005
20
2005
Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Saw the final episode in the ‘Star Wars’ saga. While I will say it’s
the best of the first three movies by far, I just can’t say it’s the best of the
series. Possibly because I had higher expectations, I was somewhat
disappointed by the lack of plot. I know it’s supposed to be a wrap up to
episode 4, but I was so hoping to see more on how the Sith are created or even
how/why Palpatine became a Sith.
Maybe I’m off kilter here, but I always thought the series was about the
corruption and eventual redemption of Darth Vader aka Anakin Skywalker, so I
expected to see more on his mindset as he is seduced by the dark side.
Then again I am also noticing how Hollywood is ‘dumbing down’ plots of late.
There is this belief that movie/TV audiences need to be spoon fed the plot
otherwise we’ll miss it somehow. It’s now at the point that we’re not even
being given a change to figure it out for ourselves.
<sigh>
Oh well…it’s why I’ve been a bigger fan of Star Trek over Star Wars.
Gene Roddenberry spent decades fleshing out the Star Trek universe for us so the
plots had lots of depth (until he died and we got Voyager and Enterprise…but
that’s another RANT altogether).
So to sum up….it’s worth seeing. It’s even worth seeing in theaters more
than once.
It might even compel you to pickup the Darth Vader Lawn Sprinkler:
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