(Ewan, Samuel Jackson and the Emporer may get a pass after I see the next film)
Posted on 05/15/2005 8:24:10 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
'The Force' ins't with President George W. Bush, as least as far as George Lucas is concerned.
The blogosphere has been abuzz for days with reports that Episode III contains several barely concealed digs at the Bush Administration.
In a much cited scene, Ewan McGregors Obi Wan Kenobi decares, 'Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes,' after Hayden Chirstensen's Ankin Skywalker/Darth Vader character says, 'If you're not with me, you're my enemy,' an obvious reference to President Bush's statements regarding the war on terror.
As the Senate cedes power to Palpatine under the guise of 'intergalatic security,' Natalie Portman's Princess Padme Amidala exclaims bitterly, 'So this is how liberty dies-to thunderous applause.'
No surprisingly, right wing leaning cineaste critic Michael Medved says George Lucas' script shows just how liberal Hollywood political sensibilities can infect a mass market fantasy like 'Revenge of the Sith'.
'What's striking about the Bush digs is not that they are that important to the film, but that they are so unimportant to it.'
None of this stuff is probably worth getting worked up over, but it's just another indication of the obvious and underlying partisanship of the entertainment industry coming out in places where you would least expect it.'
In an interview with the Associated Press last week, Lucas claimed has was less insipred by the current political climate than by the Nixon and Vietnam era, how the French turned their backs on democracy to support Napoleon and how the Romans did the same thing with Caesar.
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EXCELLENT point. I've gotta remember that one next time I'm arguing with the ROTJ supporters...
Maybe he didn't want to be a kin slayer. Probably runs in the family. Vader would stand in bored silence as he blew up planets and massacred billions but somehow he couldn't allow his son to be killed. Must be a genetic flaw or something.
You're the one who's "ASSume"ing in this case. You're assuming that I'm not planning on basing my conclusions on having seen an excerpt from the movie or attributed quotes.
One need not pay money to the Hollywood liberals in order to formulate informed opinions on their product (thank God!)
"They fought muppets."
Always gets 'em.
I did hear, several years later that the battle with the Wik Wiks was originally supposed to be with Wookies. Given my great love for Chewie, I would have been behind that all the way.
LOL
your entire statement just proved my point....
again, this is a fantasy. Who gives two $hit$.....
taking this crap seriously is what hollywood Liberals want people to do, especially people in the middle....except it doesnt happen that way except on the wayy left and by some on the right. Other than that, people watch stuff to be ENTERTAINED......
(Ewan, Samuel Jackson and the Emporer may get a pass after I see the next film)
How about the Stanley Kubrick film Paths to Glory. It was banned in France for about 25 years. The informed opinion from those who never saw the movie was that it was evil and full of lies. The reality was much different.
Not that I'm saying that Star Wars is that caliber of a film. Its just that informed opinions from those who have never seen movies is often idiotic. Many films, books, music, etc. have been called evil and hidden on the back shelves only to be discovered 30 years later and called brilliant. I for one will see for myself. I watched Fahrenheit 9/11, for example. I was not impressed, but it was nowhere near as evil as most people said. It wasn't full of lies, just bias.
Apparently quite a lot of people.... Ward Churchill, for one, and the people who support him.
awww come on man...
it's EEEVVVVIIIILLLLLLL :)
Empire came along, there were one or two NEW characters, but that was about it. The existing characters were developed.
But the sequels are just a mess--so many names and faces and none of them seemed to really matter or really contribute anything. The ONLY character to stand out, the only one people remember, seriously, is Jar Jar Binks--and only because everyone (except the Comic Book Guy) hates him.
Im hoping that since Lucas let Speilburg set up some of the fight scenes in 'Sith' it will be a lot better.
Lando was written into the Saga due to politically correct pressures. An obscure civil rights group complained that the only African-American character in "New Hope" was evil (Darth Vader). Lucas, wishing to promote goodwill, had Lando played by Billy Dee Williams. Still, you'd think minorities would be honored by James Earl Jones playing the role Darth Vader. He was the star of the saga.
What have you been doing to shop it around?
James Earl Jones did the voice ... somebody else walked around in the costume.
Billy Dee Williams was easy on the eyes, and has such a mellow voice. Now imagine Jada Pinkett Smith or Halle Berry as Queen Amidala, instead of flat-voiced, flat-figured Natalie ... that would have been cool!
Unfortunately Kingdom of Heaven was not a very good film.
I certainly don't care for Natalie's politics but she is anything but "flat figured".
I lived & worked in Germany when the first Star Wars was shown.
As I result, I was not subject to the massive advertising blitz as well as the "buzz" about Star Wars.
A few years later, when I returned home, I went to the second Star Wars flick (so memorable that I don't remember the name).
I went to the flick with my new (and only) wife. She was so jazzed. Just wait she said.
I was so underwhelmed - and continue to be so.
I have never understood the whole thing. Sure the FX were good & groundbreaking but the whole plot, characters...etc, struck me as well, stupid!
Yet, I am a guy who loves sophomoric type humor, campy stuff, action flicks - even roco's with my wife.
Mel Brooks did the genre far better, IMHO.
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