SW-Day (warning 250K graphic)

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:01 am

Cranberry wrote:I never understood the whole Star Trek and Star Wars phenomena. To me, they are like Bono (from U2)--insanely popular with no real reason.

These things are popular because we don't all live such rich and fulfilling lives as yours.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:19 pm

Jennie wrote:Duh... guess I am WAY out of it! I'd better start reading the daily living section of the newspaper again. Am I the only one who's seen just the first Star Wars movie?

Jennie

I never saw even the first one. The whole Star Wars phenomenom seems rather violent and silly to me.

ErikT · Post by **ErikT** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:16 pm

Cranberry wrote:I never saw even the first one. The whole Star Wars phenomenom seems rather violent and silly to me.

So you're saying that you don't have your tickets, yet?

thurlowe · Post by **thurlowe** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:25 pm

Warning: Downer!

Dale, I heard the LA Times Kenneth Turan's review on NPR this morning. (print edition here: http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/tura ... 6671.story).

He said that while yes, the story was meatier, the dialogue was unfortunately as bad as the last two, the spark and humor we loved about Luke, Leia, and Hans was absent, and it was almost entirely effects-driven. Wah!

missy · Post by **missy** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:35 pm

thurlowe wrote:
"Warning: Downer! "

"I've got a bad feeling about this......"

Missy

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:47 pm

ErikT wrote:
Cranberry wrote:I never saw even the first one. The whole Star Wars phenomenom seems rather violent and silly to me.
So you're saying that you don't have your tickets, yet?

Of course not. I have 5!

herbivore12 · Post by **herbivore12** » Wed May 18, 2005 4:59 pm

Cranberry wrote:I never understood the whole Star Trek and Star Wars phenomena. . . .

A close friend of mine just had this piece published on the Slate website; maybe it will clarify some things for you:

http://www.slate.com/id/2119056/

oh, and all those puns in there? That's how Adam talks, even. We all groan around him a lot.

A Darth and stormy knight, indeed . . .

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed May 18, 2005 5:07 pm

herbivore12 wrote:
Cranberry wrote:I never understood the whole Star Trek and Star Wars phenomena. . . .
A close friend of mine just had this piece published on the Slate website; maybe it will clarify some things for you:

http://www.slate.com/id/2119056/

oh, and all those puns in there? That's how Adam talks, even. We all groan around him a lot.

A Darth and stormy knight, indeed . . .

That is helpful, thanks!

One of the things I wonder about is not just the movies, but the Star Wars toys, clothes, curtains, more toys, video games, books, and all that stuff that people spend outrageous amounts of money for.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:19 pm

We should fabricate our own Fipplewars episode.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:09 pm

Daniel_Bingamon wrote:We should fabricate our own Fipplewars episode.

OOOOH! I wanna do a Light Sabre D tour!! Who's gonna build it??

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:11 pm

And then there is....

http://cdn.moveonpac.org/content/pdfs/s ... public.pdf

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri May 20, 2005 6:09 am

The Empire Strikes Back: Extra-Special Edition

INT: BESPIN GANTRY - MOMENTS LATER:

A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing
LUKE SKYWALKER towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by
Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the
ventilation shaft. Luke backs away. He looks around, but
realizes there's nowhere to go but straight down.

Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your
father.

Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!

Darth Vader: No... I am your father!

Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible.

Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know it to be true.

Luke: NO!

Darth Vader: Yes, it is true, and you know what else? You
know that brass droid of yours?

Luke: Threepio?

Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him... when I was
7 years old...

Luke: No...!

Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at
yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your
own ship out of the swamp.

Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!

Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-
handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!

Luke: Well, it's not my fault...

Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... "Poor me... my father never
gave me what I wanted for my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's
the Dark Lord of the Sith...waahhh wahhh!"

Luke: Shut up...

Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time I was your age, I
had exterminated the Jedi knights!

Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon.

Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor... 10 years old,
winner of the Boonta Eve Open... Only human to ever fly a Pod
Racer... right here, baby!

{Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it.}

Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid... I don't know
whose son you are, but you sure ain't mine...

{Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges
down the shaft.}

{Darth Vader looks after him.}

Darth Vader: Get a haircut!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:02 am

DaleWisely wrote:You know, I disliked Episode I and despised Episode II. But, the reviews of III are very, very impressive.

Perhaps it's because Waldco Entertainment was not involved in the production of Episode 3.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:10 am

missy wrote:The Empire Strikes Back: Extra-Special Edition

INT: BESPIN GANTRY - MOMENTS LATER:

A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing
LUKE SKYWALKER towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by
Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the
ventilation shaft. Luke backs away. He looks around, but
realizes there's nowhere to go but straight down.

Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your
father.

Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!

Darth Vader: No... I am your father!

Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible.

Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know it to be true.

Luke: NO!

Darth Vader: Yes, it is true, and you know what else? You
know that brass droid of yours?

Luke: Threepio?

Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him... when I was
7 years old...

Luke: No...!

Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at
yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your
own ship out of the swamp.

Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!

Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-
handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship!

Luke: Well, it's not my fault...

Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... "Poor me... my father never
gave me what I wanted for my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's
the Dark Lord of the Sith...waahhh wahhh!"

Luke: Shut up...

Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time I was your age, I
had exterminated the Jedi knights!

Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon.

Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor... 10 years old,
winner of the Boonta Eve Open... Only human to ever fly a Pod
Racer... right here, baby!

{Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it.}

Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid... I don't know
whose son you are, but you sure ain't mine...

{Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges
down the shaft.}

{Darth Vader looks after him.}

Darth Vader: Get a haircut!

That, hands down, has to be the funniest damn thing I have seen today!