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Boycott Star Wars
PABAAH: Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood ^

Posted on 05/16/2005 4:09:24 AM PDT by Jon Alvarez

"It is just one of those re-occuring things. I hope this doesn't come true in our country. Maybe the film will awaken people to the situation of how dangerous it is . . . The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we are doing now in Iraq are unbelievable." --George "Michael Moore" Lucas



sorry folks...we know this one hurts, but this idiot does not deserve our money. We are at war and to fan the flames of anti-Americanism around the globe is irresponsible and dangerous. George Lucas will never see a dime of my money again.


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To: Jon Alvarez

Read my tag line for my view.


61 posted on 05/16/2005 6:06:28 AM PDT by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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To: MJM59

I don't blame you for going. Lucas is an outstanding pioneer in moviemaking. And there's never enough imagination in movie-making. But I choose not to go-- just my personal decision. FRegards....


62 posted on 05/16/2005 6:08:01 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (<<<< Profile page streamlined, solely devoted Schiavo research)
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To: Jon Alvarez

Let us not forget Newt Gunray in the last movie......suttle.


63 posted on 05/16/2005 6:08:34 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Jon Alvarez

No problem. Whenever the young Korean chick comes around my jobm, I'll just get the bootleg. I live to subvert the profit stream of people I don't like. Not very christian but oh well :-)


64 posted on 05/16/2005 6:10:32 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Jon Alvarez

Whenever Lucas gives an interview I notice that strange wad of flesh about his thoat--it's like he's storing a winter's worth of food right under his chin.


65 posted on 05/16/2005 6:12:33 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: cyborg

Same here. LOL!


66 posted on 05/16/2005 6:13:59 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (The noisiest people in the libraries these days are the librarians. (battlegearboat))
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To: Jon Alvarez
There are a lot of people who think they are Liberals, when the things they believe are actually Conservatives. The Left is much better at rhetoric and putting on a facade of 'for the people.' A lot of people are caught up in the stylishness of anti-Americanism. But if you actually get their opinions on individual freedom, centralization of power, political correctness, religious freedom, etc., many self-described Liberals are actually Conservative.

Many people have assumed, in the past, that Lucas is Conservative because the basic themes in his stories, starting with F-451 and through the entire StarWars series are strongly Conservative-themed.

The drivel he spouts in interviews are far less influential and meaningful than the themes that are expressed in the stories. Whether he realizes it or not, Lucas' movies are Conservative.

67 posted on 05/16/2005 6:15:53 AM PDT by pjd
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To: Jet Jaguar

Lucas just had to bollox it all up with politics.


68 posted on 05/16/2005 6:15:56 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Spacewolfomega
re: People ask "How will a boycott affect George Lucas, super-billionaire?" )))

The best you can hope for is to prick his vanity a little. Take it from someone who's seen at close range--celebity brings on dementia. The human soul cannot tolerate a lot of attention without being corrupted--and I'm starting to believe there are no exceptions.

So--the actual movie box office is not as important as the residual licenses. And Lucas is LAZY--compare him to Peter Jackson in productivity. This is his last hurrah. I doubt you can even poke his ego--

Speaking of Lucas and Jackson--Star Wars seems really lame now that we have Lord of the Rings. That's what Lucas was imitating, anyway...and even Lucas knows the difference between a shallow fake and the genuine article.

When it comes to popular entertainment...I hate to see conservatives do themselves out of an evening's pleasure. We work awfully hard, though I know that being insulted by our "court jesters" grows wearisome.

Just don't buy the Happy Meal...

69 posted on 05/16/2005 6:19:36 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Jon Alvarez

Dude, you might as well skip 99.99999% of the movies that come out of Hollywood.


70 posted on 05/16/2005 6:21:40 AM PDT by bdeaner
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To: Mamzelle
Just don't buy a Happy Meal.

That's Mcdonalds. Burger King is the fast food tie in this go round. If one is going to boycott you need to keep the licensees straight. No M&Ms or Pepsi for sure. :)

71 posted on 05/16/2005 6:27:04 AM PDT by xp38
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To: cyborg
Lucas just had to bollox it all up with politics.

You said it, brother.

Having been a SW fan since I was 9 years old, I was willing to forgive the clunkers that were Eps. I & II. But if GL is going to even indirectly compare our President to an evil emperor, he can forget my support.

Great, now I need a new screen name.

72 posted on 05/16/2005 6:30:57 AM PDT by AngryJawa (Will Work For Ammo)
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To: JavaTheHutt

What Lucas said wrt Iraq/Vietnam is nowhere close to the truth but I don't care. Star Wars movies are just a collection of crap. Terrible acting, ridiculous story line, absurd weaponry. I stumbled onto one the other day and watched awhile and was dumbstruck at just how bad they are.

Most overrated movies EVER.


73 posted on 05/16/2005 6:34:18 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Jon Alvarez

Was looking forward to it, but I don't think I'll be going. This does hurt, but Lucas is more than an idiot, he is a liberal, and they are dangerous


74 posted on 05/16/2005 6:41:44 AM PDT by joyful1
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To: Jon Alvarez
*yawn*

Were you looking for a reason to jump on George less than a week before Episode III opens?

I find the timing of this entry curious.....

75 posted on 05/16/2005 7:00:15 AM PDT by Houmatt (Jeb Bush is a moron. Tracking devices on sex offenders? Give me a break!)
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To: Jon Alvarez

There is nothing new in the world of history, and parallels can be drawn many ways. These idiots choose to believe and buy into this because they can make it fit their "Bush is a nazi" worldview, so what. If the only mental tool you have is a hammer, of course you want everything to be a nail to preserve your pseudo-intellectual status.


76 posted on 05/16/2005 7:03:06 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (WWJD - We Want Jack Daniels!)
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To: tomakaze

" but being a patriot doesnt mean blindly cramming your nose up the current leaders arse and blindly, unquestioningly following where they lead just because they claim to be a conservative (yet rarely exhibit evidence of this in action)."


Tell that to many blind Bush bots here....

I agree and look forward to seeing this movie.


77 posted on 05/16/2005 7:04:35 AM PDT by Blzbba (Let them hate us as long as they fear us - Caligula)
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To: Jon Alvarez
"The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we are doing now in Iraq are unbelievable"

But he does have a point here. Our Vietnam troops were heroes,trying to bring peace to the world and saving people of that country from being tortured to death, and so are our active duty troops now- just a different government in a different country.

Yup -I see the parallel.

78 posted on 05/16/2005 7:11:10 AM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (Code pink stinks!)
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To: AQGeiger
It's hard to boycott something that I already had no plan to see. Episode 2 was dreadful.

No need to boycott for me. The first prequel was bad enough to keep me away from the theatre for any more pain.

79 posted on 05/16/2005 7:12:10 AM PDT by .38sw
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To: .38sw

Yeah, Episode 1 was pretty bad as well. But the excitement of seeing another Star Wars movie was enough to get me most of the way through that one before I realized that there wasn't much to the movie, and that the special effects were mostly a cover-up for the bad acting.

Episode 2 had a good deal of bad acting, and nothing to excite. Hubby and I were literally sitting in the theater, asking each other when we thought the movie would end. I still remember how, as we walked out, I commented that I was angry at myself for wasting $20 on tickets and overpriced sodas at a time that our finances were so tight.

You couldn't pay me to watch Episode 3. Even if it didn't have a bunch of digs by a gazillionaire limosine liberal at President Bush and conservatism in general.


80 posted on 05/16/2005 7:20:37 AM PDT by AQGeiger (Have you hugged your soldier today?)
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