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Lucas jabs at 'Bush's empire'
Japan today ^ | Monday, May 16, 2005 at 07:29 JST

Posted on 05/16/2005 2:07:19 AM PDT by Savage_Nation

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To: macamadamia

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

Most bad directors think they're insightful and
profound, Mr. Lucas.


41 posted on 05/16/2005 4:51:16 AM PDT by james500
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To: Savage_Nation

George Lucas??
Wasn't he one of the Dixie Chicks?


42 posted on 05/16/2005 4:51:58 AM PDT by OldEagle (We might be in the end times, but it looks like we are finally moving in the RIGHT direction.)
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To: Angry Enough
"You are either with me — or you are my enemy."

Shoot, Jesus said that, too

Heh...He sure did.
Except through me you are doomed.

In the WOT there can be no other position.

43 posted on 05/16/2005 4:53:09 AM PDT by evad (No action to secure borders, No action on judges... NO MONEY!)
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To: martin_fierro

He couldn't possibly be talking about himself? Lucas the super talented wise directory who know the true meaning of life and has an additional double major in history/Islamic studies.


44 posted on 05/16/2005 4:53:09 AM PDT by Chgogal
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To: martin_fierro

He couldn't possibly be talking about himself? Lucas the super talented wise directory who know the true meaning of life and has an additional double major in history/Islamic studies.


45 posted on 05/16/2005 4:53:32 AM PDT by Chgogal
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To: Jeff Chandler
I am sure after opening the movie will be redily available on DVD throughout Eastern Europe and Asia.

As for Lukas, he should learn to keep his mouth shut regarding things he knows NOTHING about. Making movies counts for nothing but entertaining the masses.

I will take President Bush's "Empire" over anything Lukas proposes any day of the week.

46 posted on 05/16/2005 5:02:04 AM PDT by Jmouse007 ("Negotiate and die!" Brought to you by "Islam the Religion of Peace tm")
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To: Savage_Nation
It's only a movie... It's only a movie... It's only a movie...
47 posted on 05/16/2005 5:06:05 AM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: Savage_Nation
"Most bad people think they're good people"

"Meesa just ... clumsy."

48 posted on 05/16/2005 5:07:20 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: endthematrix
Lucas wrote the screenplay in the seventies.

Aha! Bush stole the "If you're not with us, you're against us" line from Lucas! LOL

49 posted on 05/16/2005 5:11:03 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname
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To: Savage_Nation

As usual, libs trying to glom onto someone else's work.

Lucas wrote this stuff years ago, they're just projecting their own views onto the template.


50 posted on 05/16/2005 5:16:52 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: Savage_Nation
George Lucas may have just cut US$40-US$55 million from the first-run box office revenues of Stars Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by making that remark. He hasn't figured out how the modern public Internet can spread anything said publicly around the world in a matter of minutes.
51 posted on 05/16/2005 5:21:53 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: P.O.E.

I agree, don't read too much into the movie. Just go see it.

This storyline has been around for years.


52 posted on 05/16/2005 5:23:45 AM PDT by jbstrick (insert clever tagline here)
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To: martin_fierro

Whoa! What if dog were spelled C-A-T? lol...


53 posted on 05/16/2005 5:26:04 AM PDT by .cnI redruM (M. Moore + MoveOn.org = MooreOn.Org)
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To: james500

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


Explains Democrats.


54 posted on 05/16/2005 5:28:44 AM PDT by UseYourHead (Time for the Federal Sales Tax - ALL pay, legal and illegal.)
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To: Savage_Nation

Thinly veiled diatribes against anything Republican have been in Hollywood movies and books for years...I believe the bright side is that these views are finally being called out and challenged. When I was younger the double whammy of mainstream media, Hollywood and college professors formatted my views, now there is a dissenting opinion heard, which gives people the chance to make up their own minds. I did not see liberal bias until I began to see the wisdom of conservative/Republican viewpoints a couple years ago.

Where before indoctrination has gone unnoticed or unchallenged they can't get away with it while the right sits back and takes it. I'll still go see Star Wars as I've always loved the story, but I go with my indoctrination blinders on.


55 posted on 05/16/2005 5:43:19 AM PDT by soloNYer (Albany Slimes Union: trying to get to the left of their heroes the New York Slimes)
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To: Jeff Chandler

No. Lucas & co. don't get any royalties from ripped copies. If, out of a weird fascination with the perverse and degraded, or a professional need to view it, you want to view "Farenheit 9/11," the only way to watch it is with a ripped copy, all for the same reason.


56 posted on 05/16/2005 5:46:32 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: Savage_Nation

And why is this "breaking news"?


57 posted on 05/16/2005 5:48:01 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: Savage_Nation

I tend to agree with Lucas that this country is losing it's democratic ideals. This whole black and white "with us or against us" mentality is unrealistically simplistic in the modern world. Churches are wanting to excommunicate democrats, Republicans want to do away with the filibuster since it is getting in their way of having things the way that they want it. If you speak against the current administration, you are some sort of Anti American scum that should be branded and sent off to some camp somewhere. The extremism in this country is pretty frightening.


58 posted on 05/16/2005 5:49:01 AM PDT by MJM59
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To: Lazamataz
I plan to be a one-man China as regards this film.

LOL! Everyone should get a bootleg copy, and distribute copies to all their family and trusted friends. Funny.

59 posted on 05/16/2005 5:52:39 AM PDT by NeonKnight
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To: Savage_Nation
I see absolutely nothing in this article, except the audiences desire to bash Bush, that suggests this film has any political bias.

He acknowledged an uncomfortable feeling that the United States was in danger of losing its democratic ideals, like in the movie.

I feel the same.

60 posted on 05/16/2005 5:54:16 AM PDT by ScreamingFist (Peace through Ignorance)
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