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[Michael Medved]: W Bush-Whacked by 'Star Wars?'
NY Post ^ | 5/15/05 | Richard Johnson

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: barbaraboxerdonor; hollywoodleft; liberalgerogelucas; medved; michaelmedved; moviereview; revengeofthesith; starwars; starwarsvirgins; virginforlife
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To: Sofa King

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!


221 posted on 05/15/2005 3:44:33 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Every day is Mother's Day when you have James the Wonder Baby!)
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To: weegee

"So was Princess Lea elected?"

No. She was adopted by the wife of the Senator from Alderaan.


222 posted on 05/15/2005 3:47:13 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: RepoGirl
I was probably the only 10 year old girl with a shrine to Darth V in her room. He was just so dang cool, you know?

Darth Vader is awesome. Cool suit, cool voice, and absolutly ruthless.

Apology accepted. Captain Needa.

223 posted on 05/15/2005 3:56:35 PM PDT by Paul_Denton (Get the U.N. out of the U.S. and U.S. out of the U.N.!)
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To: marajade

Does he eventually get elected King?


224 posted on 05/15/2005 4:06:15 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: RepoGirl

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?


225 posted on 05/15/2005 4:08:48 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: Paul_Denton
Yes, cool suit, cool voice, and ruthless as anything.

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.

226 posted on 05/15/2005 4:12:01 PM PDT by RepoGirl (You can ban my rottweiler when you can pry her from my cold dead hands...)
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To: MikeinIraq

Heh. I don't think I would either...8^)


227 posted on 05/15/2005 4:27:45 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: weegee
Amen to that. That was the general criticism of the mag when it posted Jar Jar--here the cutting edge of society was so obviously getting it wrong. Just proof that the one relevant mag was now just a mouth piece for the liberal establishment.

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. ;-)

228 posted on 05/15/2005 4:28:39 PM PDT by RepoGirl (You can ban my rottweiler when you can pry her from my cold dead hands...)
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To: gopwinsin04

Lucas is worthless and has absolutely no integrity as a story writer/film maker.


229 posted on 05/15/2005 4:30:15 PM PDT by Alkhin ("Ah-ah," admonished Pippin. "Head, blade, dead." ~ Peregrin Took, The Falcon)
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To: weegee

No.


230 posted on 05/15/2005 4:30:18 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Alkhin

"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.



231 posted on 05/15/2005 4:31:38 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Tax-chick
But on the other hand, many men seem to find "intergenerational intimacy" perfectly acceptable, as long as the woman is attractive.

Sure, but woe betide the man who thinks that way about an "intergenerational" younger girl.

232 posted on 05/15/2005 4:33:27 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Anyone with half a brain--hell, a quarter of a brain...

dang, there you go again, raising the bar to impossible levels which most DUers and Senate Dimp-o-crats can't possibly reach...

233 posted on 05/15/2005 4:34:15 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: yarddog

Politics? I thought that she was of Israeli origin.

She's also a loon?


234 posted on 05/15/2005 4:35:56 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: bill1952

Both statements in your post are correct.


235 posted on 05/15/2005 4:36:42 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: RepoGirl

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.


236 posted on 05/15/2005 4:37:42 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: marajade

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).


237 posted on 05/15/2005 4:39:07 PM PDT by weegee (WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
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To: weegee

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/bailorgana/


238 posted on 05/15/2005 4:40:53 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: bill1952
Politics? I thought that she was of Israeli origin. She's also a loon?

Right on both counts, but a good looking one and who knows maybe she will change when she grows up.

239 posted on 05/15/2005 5:03:35 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: gopwinsin04
how the French turned their backs on democracy to support Napoleon

So the Old Republic will turn into a murderous Directorate all on its own, leaving room for an ambitious, and ideologically ambivalent, Emperor to seize the reins of power?

Now that would make an interesting story, especially seeing how the French revolution and its ideals helped spawn the modern left...
240 posted on 05/15/2005 5:04:15 PM PDT by swilhelm73 (Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. --Lord Acton)
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