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You have been warned.
Admitted. The endings doesn’t matter now does it?
Boy technology has come a long way hasn’t it; smart phones, internet, 1080p TVs, robots that can think and feel and redefine what it means to be alive. Still no flying cars though.
Seth Green & George Lucas plus writer Kevin Shinick who doesn’t have a quote with Seth Green & George Lucas today. Maybe next time.
As much as I hate prequels in general, not only did I like the Star Wars prequels (Episode I, II & III), but I thought they were necessary to the Star Wars mythos. They weren’t as good as the original trilogy but very few prequels are better than the original. Yet people (fans over the age of 20 mainly) still proclaim that the SW prequels (and George Lucas by extension) are the worst things to happen to fiction, even now after 14 years. Why? For many reasons, but the main one is Jar-Jar Binks: a silly, stupid alien that is comic relief and nothing more. However talk to the more jaded of Star Wars enthusiast and Jar-Jar is the beast in CG form. It is this collective hate people have with the prequels and Jar-Jar that made me select this collective quote from Seth Green & George Lucas. Remember that ‘Stars Wars’ post about how Seth Green wanted to be in the next Star Wars movie in an esquire interview. Well if you read that interview then you already know what’s coming up, but if you didn’t the following words should put things in perspective:
Seth Green: I had a conversation with him once about Jar Jar, and why Jar Jar wasn’t funny. He said, “How old were you when you saw Star Wars?” I was four. He said, “Did you like C-3PO?” I said, “I loved C-3PO. He was probably my favorite character.”
Esquire: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ve heard this argument before.
Seth Green: Well, wait, he makes a good point. He said, “Remember in Empire Strikes Back, when C-3PO is complaining, and Han Solo is like, ‘Shut that guy off,’ and they turn him off?” I said, “Yeah, I was horrified.” He said, “Remember when that happened, everybody over 20 in the audience cheered?” And I said, “Yes, and I thought that was horrible. What’s wrong with those people?”
Esquire: Huh.
Seth Green: You see what he means?
Esquire: I guess you’re right. I’m suddenly getting flashbacks from the ’80s, of adults complaining about how much they hated C-3PO.
Seth Green: So George said to me, “How old were you when you saw Episode I?” I was 26. And he goes, “And you just haaaaaaaated Jar Jar, didn’t you? Talk to your five-year-old nephew.” And you know what? I did. I talked to my brother-in-law, actually, who’s 21 now. He was just at that sweet-spot age when Episode I came out. And he loves Jar Jar. That’s where George is brilliant. He does things that are crowd-pleasers. He’s a crowd-pleaser.
Now people I didn’t have anything against Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, I actually enjoyed it to a degree. Its story was rather complete, it tied up all the loose ends and all the characters more or less played their parts well. Now there is going to be a sequel: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. I’ll be honest, I didn’t see this one coming because the ending of the first movie was, again, rather complete. Also from the trailer something’s a bit off from the first flick, maybe it’s the voice actors, maybe it’s the premise, maybe it’s the fact that the sequel is four years apart. I don’t know, but the first movie was good despite my doubts so I’m willing to give Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 a chance. And hey, if its bad then it would make a good review to listen to.
Sorry all this one’s got to be short; but Star Wars: The Old Republic has just released Game Update 1.7: Return of the Gree. Meaning more options, missions, Cartel gear, and faction reps that help you earn more sci-fi goodies. I’m playing it right now, and you should too.
So fokes I don’t have to tell you that today’s the Anniversary of the sci fi epic Star Trek when it first aired on September 8, 1966. How to I know you all know? Because you all went to Google and saw the animated Google sign, with the letters dressed up as the famed original cast, even down to the red skirt. Ah Star Trek; it was the definitive science fiction show on TV. It broke through many different barriers (whether intentionally or not), was a well written show that touched on multiple genres like drama, comedy, or even horror, spawned 3 spin offs, 1 prequel, and 10 ten different movies. There are entire conventions devoted to it, technology inspired by it, and its own home grown language (Klingon) has not only gain life in the real world but has its own online institute to teaching it. In short Star Trek is awesome and you should use this day to watch all things Treky on Netflix, and if you don’t have NetFlix then youtube.com. Live long and prosper.
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