[Savage_Nation]

George Lucas can go SCREW HIMSELF. Before you PAY George Lucas at the box office, ask yourself; Do I love the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA or the liberal/socialist/atheist/communist Hollywood movies??

[DoctorMichael]

"The issue was, how does a democracy turn itself into a dictatorship?" he said.

Didn't Ayn Rand already answer this question?

The answer is LIBERALISM.

[plain talk]

sorry dude. Can't do it. If I boycotted liberals I'd starve.

[OB1kNOb]

The writer of this article is apparently a disciple of Nostradomas by the evident ability to take any semi-nebulous statement or action and redefine it to fit the result of current events. What a doofus.

[areafiftyone]

Another reason why I have boycotted Hollywierd and going to movies since 9/11

[Centurion2000]

bump

[Rutles4Ever]

I was almost thinking about seeing this.

[finnman69]

I can't find the quote now, but I believe it was the producer who made the comparison in an interview to Iraq and that the insurgents always win.

[montag813]

this is the FIFTH THREAD on this meaningless "subject". Can admin please remove all suc future threads, and take 9out of "breaking news"? Ridiculous.

[MikefromOhio]

you know what, the more I hear people bitching, whining moaning and complaining about a movie NONE of them have actaully seen yet, the more I WANT to watch it....

it is just the way I am wired.....

[TheDon]

"I didn't think it was going to get this close. I hope this doesn't come true in our country."

What a wimp! What we are going through today is nothing. He should have been here for the Civil War!

[NavVet]

"Most bad people think they're good people,"

Yeah, George and most morons think they are brilliant.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

I heard this last night on Drudge, and my husband and I began talking bout how we thought actually that Yoda had more in common with George W.

For example, neither W. nor Yoda use "proper" English.

In the second one, Yoda kicked major bootie; Bush kicks major bootie.

Both are opposed to terrorism (i.e. slaughtering little children and innocent people mindlessly and intentionally)


In all seriousness, I don't turn to Star Wars for a political message or meaning in today's time. I understand that all these Hollywood types want people to see the deep intellectual symbolism contained in their movies blah blah blah. Really, what I get from George Lucas saying that Bush = the Dark side essentially is that the Liberals are represented by Senator Jar Jar Binks.

Frankly, when I go to the movies, I want to give my brain a rest for the most part, and just enjoy other's creativity. I usually end up walking out of a movie and asking for a refund if I feel as though I'm being beat over the head with a political message, unless I specifically chose that movie for that purpose (for example, I went to see the Life of David Gale because I am interested in the debate over the death penalty).

[Kaslin]

George Lucas said the movie is not based on President Bush. He said the phrase was used over 30 years ago in his first Star War movie

[DocH]

They tried to pull this Bush-bashing CRAP on NBC's Today show this morning, but at least they mentioned something this article FAILS to mention...

The FACT that Lucas admitted on video, that when he wrote this story/screenplay, it was aimed more at the Nixon administration's handling of the Viet Nam war (never mind it was demonrats who got us into that war and made it into the "quagmire" they are always whining about). He also pointed out that when he wrote this story/screenplay, IRAQ DIDN'T EVEN EXIST (and of course, Bush wasn't president).

SO, as USUAL...

DEMONRATS, you need to SIT DOWN and STFU.

[stockstrader]

Lucas said, "When I wrote it, Iraq (the U.S.-led war) didn't exist... but the parallels of what we did in Vietnam and Iraq are unbelievable."

The only unbelievable PARALLELS--are the incredible efforts that the Hollywood elite (and the news media) go to in their anti-American efforts, and their blatant willingness to give 'aid-and-comfort' to the enemy of America in time of war!

Yep, he's right on the mark--the PARALLELS ARE UNBELIEVABLE!

[Frank T]

Isn't if funny how power grabbing progressives - who believe in a highly centralized state with little representation and accountability - bemoan the Bush administration and claim, of all things, that there's less democracy? These people are the fascists, if they had their way. We'd all be in a slave state like the Cubans are, or the Russians were.

Lucas says: "At the time I did that, it was during the Vietnam War and the Nixon era. The issue was: How does a democracy turn itself over to a dictator? Not how does a dictator take over but how does a democracy and Senate give it away?"

Has he ever heard of Frankin Delano Roosevelt? That SOB ran for president four consecutive times, and twisted the national/state relationship by exceeding the constitutional limit on the scope of the federal government. He was kind of like a dictator. And people kept electing him. Does that answer Lucas' question about how a democracy turns itself over to a dictator? I guess since FDR advanced many points on the socialist party's agenda, people like Lucas can be hypocrites and not ask the same questions of Democrat presidents.

If you want another example of Lucas' muddled thinking, consider that his first movie, THX1138 was supposedly about suffocating consumerism. Except that the world depicted reflected an advanced stage of Communism. People had nothing to buy and were controlled by the state. Can liberals like this guy be any more blind?

The irony of his hypocritical stand against consumerism is that he is a fat, rich, white man who made his fortune and fame by selling products on the open market. Not just the movies, but all the promotional tie-ins with junk food and made-in-China toys. If he wants to rage against the machine, he should off himself. At least he'd start to be honest.

I don't think I'll pay money to see the next starwars. I might download it for free off the internet. F*ck him.

[VRWCmember]

Sometimes a movie is just a movie -- even if people want to read a political message into everything.

[DTogo]

The Case for the Empire from the Weekly Standard.

[listenhillary]

"The issue was, how does a democracy turn itself into a dictatorship?"

After socialism fails yet again?

[desherwood7]

I wholeheartedly agree. Once again, we have the Hollywood elite ranting like a nut about Bush. This is yet another example of Hollywood vs. America.