Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
A response.
"Do you think he has any idea we're about to arrest him?"
"Not a clue."
After months of lurking about spoiler-filled boards, listening to people invent wacky theories about Palpatine being a clone and make jokes about Obi-Wan trying to scam Padme out of her apartment or Anakin stinking up Palpatine's place in a failed attempt to prepare cod for dinner, Revenge of the Sith finally arrives in theaters, much to the displeasure of those people who think Star Wars was better before they got rid of the vasoline blob underneath Luke's landspeeder. For those of us who actually like the prequel trilogy and don't really care if Lucas screws up mythological archetypes or not,
Revenge of the Sith is a lot of fun, and dovetails nicely into the original trilogy.
"I really like this apartment. I wonder if they'd
consider signing the lease over to me..."
It is definitely the darkest movie of the entire saga and has the least worst acting of the prequels, and feels more like the original trilogy than the others. But if at anything, it feels a bit rushed, especially near the end. I would have liked it better if this movie were split up over Episodes II and III, and Attack of the Clones combined with The Phantom Menace into Episode I. Not a perfect movie by any means, but still a good way for the Star Wars movies to end - or at least meet in the middle, as it were.
"Smells like fish, this carpet does."
Labels: film/tv/books/arts, geek stuff
Monday, May 16, 2005
Star Wars Matching Game
Test your mad skillz! Match the character on the left with the real-life actor on the right. One is a give-away (that's right, 1=C). Have fun!
 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. | A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  |
Labels: film/tv/books/arts, geek stuff
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Summertime's almost here...
...and that means it's almost time for Revenge of the Sith. One week, actually. Unfortunately, none of the following things will be in it:
Fortunately, none of the following things will be in it:
And fortunately, this will be in it:
And it wouldn't be Star Wars without star-destroyers and hair-buns:
The circle is now complete...
...well, except that they're going to make TV shows.
Labels: film/tv/books/arts, geek stuff
Monday, May 09, 2005
Weird Dream.
So, I was among a group of space-faring human refugees without a homeworld, who lived on a group of spaceships. I was a member of a delegation sent to meet with some aliens who might be possible allies. Their ship docked with ours and they came on board. The aliens looked like dogs and they were about a foot high. Anyway, we went down to their planet.
We arrive at this house, on which the vinyl siding didn't go all the way down to the ground, and I could see that the inside of the walls was filled with sleeping wiener dogs for insulation. Now, I know well enough to let sleeping dogs lie, so I didn't say anything. A beagle ran up to us, but he collapsed and fell asleep as he reached us. It was explained to me that there was a special field that extended out around the house that makes dogs, well, dog-tired when they come within six feet of the house.
Labels: dreams
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
I can see my church from here...
Okay, wow, Google Maps (maps.google.com) has some totally high-powered satellite maps. I think I can see Smedly's truck. Anyway, watch out - Big Brother Google is watching, haha.
Labels: science/tech
Behind the scenes at Cartoon Network...
I have no idea where this came from, but it really made me laugh.
Labels: film/tv/books/arts, geek stuff