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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That's true. As it's written, the character would be obnoxious no matter who played him. And to think that twerp grows up to be Darth Vader!
"So was Princess Lea elected?"
No. She was adopted by the wife of the Senator from Alderaan.
Darth Vader is awesome. Cool suit, cool voice, and absolutly ruthless.
Apology accepted. Captain Needa.
Does he eventually get elected King?
Rolling Stone has no finger on the pulse of society these days. They reflect the past, present and future of music as much as Viacom's MTV does.
So much leftist political bunk, movie hype, fashion layouts, etc. Exactly why does this magazine have a reputation for being about music?
Maybe its me, and the fact that I'm a bit warped, but I felt there was something almost honorable about him. Yes, he was evil, but he had principles and a code of ethics. He still felt reverence for the Force, etc.
Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Heh. I don't think I would either...8^)
Rolling Stone might have been closer to the pulse about 35 years ago, but I'm thinking they were off by the late 70s when they were touting the hipness of 70s California Mellow Rock (Eagles) and snorting derisively at the emerging punk scenes. Mags like Maximum RocknRoll and Trouser Press were closer to the underground. Just proof that hippies are stupid and useless. ;-)
Lucas is worthless and has absolutely no integrity as a story writer/film maker.
No.
"Lucas is worthless and has absolutely no integrity as a story writer/film maker."
Really. And the fact that his movies has made billions has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he's worthless, right.
Sure, but woe betide the man who thinks that way about an "intergenerational" younger girl.
dang, there you go again, raising the bar to impossible levels which most DUers and Senate Dimp-o-crats can't possibly reach...
Politics? I thought that she was of Israeli origin.
She's also a loon?
Both statements in your post are correct.
If you ever find a copy of Rolling Stoned's guide to albums from the late 1970s (with a red cover), you will see them giving 1-star reviews to bands like AC/DC and The Police.
They've since tried to re-write their account of that era but they were definitely a corporate-rock/country-fern-bar music rag.
Only need to point to all of the boy bands on the covers to again show how they are a part of the pop culture Machine rather than an impartial Observer.
So where does Princess Lea's royal title come from?
Besides needing a 1930s plotline for an adventure seeking farm boy to fall in love with a real princess (who is his sister).
Right on both counts, but a good looking one and who knows maybe she will change when she grows up.
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