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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meh, nothing to get worked up about. so far Kingdom of Heaven has been the only overt biased movie this year and it is bombing.
Ya know, some things can just be over examined.
Not worth my money, not because of anything political, but because the prequels are substandard fare.
I don't think I've ever seen more than a few minutes of ANY Star Wars movie. While I enjoy movies (I've got nearly 100 of them on my netflix queue), this stuff has never been my "bag." I guess it will continue to be that way.
Good point.
I don't think there's ever been a time when Boxer's been un-nutty.
So, can I mark you in the pro-brainwashing column? (Would it have been OK if Hitler had dressed his anti-Jewish propoganda in "FANTASY"?)
I had really wanted to take the family to see "Kingdom of Heaven", but I refuse to pay one red cent to see any movie that is at all tainted with liberal political propoganda.
That said, none of the quotes thus far attributed to this new episode of Star Wars strike me as being particularly problematic - so at this point I'm still planning to see it, although I will research this a bit more before making a final decision.
It could just as easily be an anti-Christian dig. Jesus said, "He who is not for me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters."
But seriously, folks, who cares what George Lucas thinks?
I always thought it odd that Queen Amidala was elected. Then the line in Attack of the Clones where she was releived that her time as Queen was limited to two terms and then she became a senator kind of reminded me of someone.
'If you're not with me, you're my enemy'
'Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes'
So in another words if someone wants to lock up a child killer, and someone wants him to run amok so he can kill some more like liberals often do, the guy who wants to lock him up is a Sith Lord.
Did he wizz in your cornflakes this morning? Will it leave a subtle distate in your mouth as you see Staw Wars Part 6/Part3Redux?
Lots of people. Episodes IV-VI were brilliant. People have been waiting over 20 years for something of that caliber. The early reviews say that Episode III is the good. I will decide for myself.
Star Wars is pretty lame. Who needs it?
mark yourself....
To borrow a banner page headline in todays entertainment section of the local rag....you're a Sith Disturber.
I like it, but I can't imagine Threepio ever doing something that uncouth.
Artoo, maybe...
Obviously she retained royalty. Her daughter becomes Princess Lea. Odd that her son becomes a fatherless farm boy.
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