tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1523477073481006686..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The deliberate murder of the Star Wars mythosPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81039037874994346342020-01-10T23:23:59.710-06:002020-01-10T23:23:59.710-06:00One of Whittle's points is one man could have ...One of Whittle's points is one man could have stopped the change - Mark Hamill. Instead of going along, he could have refused to let Skywalker be turned into a whiny, child-killing, bitter old man. Break the contract, refuse to do it. But he didn't...<br />Same in the Trek universe. Fan films are better made than the Studio product, ( see Axenar, w/ several big names!) John T. Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878974023699762981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78949522668242622972020-01-09T02:37:11.587-06:002020-01-09T02:37:11.587-06:00Star Wars was always crap.
Shiny, pretty crap, bu...Star Wars was always crap.<br /><br />Shiny, pretty crap, but crap nonetheless. George Lucas loves making movies, loves the visual arts, but has zero talent for writing dialogue or storytelling. He's also totally ignorant of the genre--Star Wars is not science fiction, in any way, shape, or form. It's an homage to the old serials that happened to hit the right moment in the zeitgeist, with the right mix of visual style and looks.<br /><br />It's a pretty confection, but that's all it's ever been--Empty calories with no real substance. Contrast the lack of depth and consistency that is Star Wars with nearly any actual science fiction produced by the canon greats. Star Wars has not one original idea--It's all derivative of other genres, like Japanese samurai movies. Contrast Star Wars with the purity of vision in Conan the Barbarian by John Milius, for an example. There's actual depth and consistency in that movie, which isn't displayed anywhere in any of the Star Wars movies extant.<br /><br />It's all crap, all the way down. There was never a real legacy to destroy, because it was all fluff, cotton candy visuals with no real science fiction. You could have told the same story with knights and wizards, which basically means that there's no real component of science fiction to any of it.<br /><br />I loved the original movie, but the rest of the crapfest that they churned out? Should have left it all on the cutting room floor, especially the Ewoks, and Jar Jar Binks. Star Wars is a toy marketing tool masquerading as a movie series, and always has been.takirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228716337489374348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51067212461185652312020-01-08T12:21:43.545-06:002020-01-08T12:21:43.545-06:00I liked Rogue One, although there were things I mi...I liked <i>Rogue One</i>, although there were things I might have done differently. <i>Solo</i> could have been good, but they tried to cram too much backstory into one movie. Technomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438978139389104455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20065585317417489512020-01-08T00:20:48.533-06:002020-01-08T00:20:48.533-06:00I liked Rogue One and felt it a worthy addition to...I liked Rogue One and felt it a worthy addition to canon. I can't say the same for the prequels, sequels, or Solo.Who Struck Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359715705053814488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55172189515918809312020-01-07T16:38:37.590-06:002020-01-07T16:38:37.590-06:00I am grateful that the inheritors of some Pop Cult...I am grateful that the inheritors of some Pop Cult fandoms have made a point setting their false religions on fire.A Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288199981382663362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73686944204709490752020-01-07T13:43:57.260-06:002020-01-07T13:43:57.260-06:00As Dave Burge put it:
1. Target a respected insti...<a href="https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/735467109979848709" rel="nofollow">As Dave Burge put it:</a><br /><br />1. Target a respected institution<br />2. Kill & clean it<br />3. Wear it as a skin suit, while demanding respectPeter Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122781534685443942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-8351470726730788372020-01-07T13:11:18.934-06:002020-01-07T13:11:18.934-06:00Meh... I watched them, they were good for the time...Meh... I watched them, they were good for the times, and ORIGINAL! I've never understood either the star wars or trekkies fascination with them.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25650161678014598332020-01-07T12:47:29.751-06:002020-01-07T12:47:29.751-06:00All things Star Wars became dead to me when Han sh...All things Star Wars became dead to me when Han shot second. I understand adding things to Episode IV - A New Hope, like Biggs leaving Tatoo-world (as on the original radio series, no, really, Star Wars radio series, with the original actors doing the voices and everything. It totally rocked) or Jabba's huttmen bothering Han, or more development of the whole 'find R2D2 in the desert' thingy.<br /><br />But to change such a central part of Han's story, that he's a Wild West semi-hero destined to become a hero (shades of Eastwood's Man with No Name or Outlaw Josie Welles) just sucked.<br /><br />Gah. Dead to me. DEAD TO ME!Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com