Curses. Someone discovered that I hadn’t been tagged for this music meme. If I were a good rebel, I’d refuse to comply when tagged. Sadly, I am but a poor, wee sheep.
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I like the memes and quizzes that challenge me to think, moreso than the “What Kind of Cheese Are You?” ones. So, I thought I’d give this one that I found over at JR’s a shot.
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Impressive. Most impressive.
Just finished watching the original Star Wars again. I never thought anything could make it better, but after last night… wow. The tie-ins and the backstory (yeah, yeah, I’m sure they didn’t know the whole story they were acting out back then, shut up)… just knowing what we know… it’s even more awesome. (Heh. When the Death Star blew up Alderaan, I shouted “Nooooo! Jimmy Smits is down there!”)
And did Ewan McGregor nail Obi-Wan or what? I totally believe that Alec Guinness is an older version of the same guy.
Excuse me. Must watch Empire Strikes Back now.
Posted in The Big Screen
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Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Well, we made it.
Complete, the circle is.
What we thought was as the tale of a young boy, Luke Skywalker, learning to use a mysterious Force to rid the galaxy of the evil Empire and its dark lord, Darth Vader, has turned out to be a six-part epic on the rise and fall of Vader himself. It’s not really about the Jedi versus the Dark Side. It’s all about Vader. It’s always been about Vader. We’ve known this for years, and now the story is complete.
Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen
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I gave my left arm to be in that picture!
There is at least one picture from the Solonor-Busy Mom summit in Nashville. It might just be me, but I think the photographic evidence may have been tampered with… See for yourself.
Posted in Wouldya Lookit That!
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Use the Force on you do not make me!
I don’t know how I missed it, but as the world’s biggest Star Wars fan* pointed out, Darth is not the only one with a blog…
Master Yoda has a blog at http://masterjediyoda.blogspot.com/
Even Chewie has a blog called hbrrrrrrrrrrrrhhrrbawwwrr.
Posted in The Big Screen
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If I could be… a Jedi?
Oh suuuure… screw up my perfect Star Wars day with a meme. Thanks a lot you! Well, we’ll just see about this…
The Rules:
Pick five of these
Posted in Wouldya Lookit That!
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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
In case you haven’t quite gone overboard enough, I’d like you to study the tenets of the Star Wars Religion, then take the quiz on beliefnet.com.
I scored 100-percent on the test, but it was a toughie. Damn, that “GE heresy” is tricksy!
Posted in The Big Screen
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Longest. Two Days. Ever.
Is it Friday, yet?
Here’s a nifty link: The first mention of a Star Wars film (directly) on Usenet (or at least the oldest one I could find in Google Groups).
Newsgroups: net.movies
From: ucbvax!upstill
Date: Wed Jun 9 01:35:39 1982
Local: Wed,Jun 9 1982 1:35 am
Subject: Star Wars IIIThe third Star Wars film, “Revenge of the Jedi”, started filming in London last January, and has continued in Arizona and Oregon. I don’t know when principal photography will be done (it’s pretty irrelevant considering the effects work goes on until a couple of months before release), but the release date is in late May of next year.
The plan is to make 9 Star Wars films altogther, of which the first three are chronologically the fourth, fifth and sixth (in fact, the film we all know and love as Star Wars is now officially Star Wars IV: The New Hope. The nine films will ultimately form three trilogies, each film to come out at three-year intervals.
Revenge is being filmed from a script by Larry Kasden (Body Heat, Raiders
of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back, Continental Divide) with story by (who else?) George Lucas. The director is Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle) with special effects again by Industrial Light and Magic. Budgeted at $32 million (the original and sequel cost $10M and $23M respectively), it may safely be assumed that it will turn a profit.Steve
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The End of the Darth Side
While Lucas may or may not capture all of the nuances of his own creations on film, at least we have the inspired writings of Star Wars fans. I’m not big on fan fiction, usually. However, this has been one of the funniest and best written tributes I have ever seen.
Make sure you read the final installment of The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster.
Only someone who “gets it” could write something so tongue-in-cheek and so moving at the same time.
Posted in The Big Screen
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