Posted on 05/18/2005 2:56:37 PM PDT by EveningStar
George Lucas supposedly takes a slam at George Bush in his new movie, Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Will you see the film? Take the poll at Michael Medved's site.
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I'm going tomorrow morning at 10:30.
The "political content" sounds awfully faint and unlikely. While I don't doubt liberals applaud anything they _think_ might be anti-Bush or anti-US, I'm inclined to doubt Lucas intended it.
For one thing, when Lucas did get political (in Episode 1, with his villain "Noot Gunray") he was about as subtle as a Wookiee.
Take the poll. :)
ping
"I also bought the DVD of Easy Rider. Does this mean I have to turn in my Freeper card?"
No, because the redneck with the goiter gets the last laugh at the end of the movie.....(hehehe)
saw it last night. The political stuff is way overblown in the press. They're minor lines in the whole scheme of things, and frankly I wouldn't have noticed them if some overly sensitive conservatives hadn't made such a big deal of them in the past week. (for the record, I'm a conservative).
It's a good movie, a big step up from the past two, and a lot of fun. And yes, at one point in the movie Yoda steals the show in the space of about 1/2 second (but not in his first scene though).
Liberalism has always had a home in science fiction. In one Star trek episode I found that it was illegal to eat real meat. In another episode they were investigating a murder on earth and determined that the killer must be a star fleet officer because they were the only ones with access to weapons.
I grew up reading science fiction full of liberal ideals but I still became a conservative.
Lucas predicted Bush in 1977 and came up with the empire. He's Kreskin on steroids.
I'm going to see it ASAP, hopefully early next week. Anyone who compares SW to real life needs some therapy.
it's a movie. it's not real. rocky did not really hold the world title in boxing.
LOL!!! I bet it wasn't easy casting that role.
Well, it varies depending on the sci-fi. The politics of Star Trek is, indeed, utopian socialism. I hear that the cancelled TV series "Firefly" was actually pretty libertarian.
However, the "politics" of Star Wars is little more than childish fairy-tale nonsense. Queens and Princesses, family squabbles and quests, councils and Knights. It's lifted from Lancelot & Guinevere, not Marx & Lenin.
Tommorrow, 10am.
I might watch it when it comes to non-pay channel TV, if there is nothing better to watch.
Of course!
Not going to see a movie because you fear it will offend your political sensitivities is plain silly.
Me, too. If I didn't have to work tomorrow, I would go tonight. Would have a hard time staying awake if I went, though! In the end (episode 3) Darth Vader becomes "redeemed" and leaves the dark side. This could happen to Lucas!
Northern. The yucky northern part.
/c8|
lol, my boss virtually told me to take the day off. I expressed concern about the (short-staffed) team. He said, "Psh! Who cares about them?"
I told Valerie, and she chuckled with me. Then she said, "Now, if it'd been Lord of the Rings...."
Dan
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