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Re: Doesn't Have to Be Serious
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Bruce Lachey wrote:
> My personal diatribe against the StarWars franchise is that it's all
> taken itself too seriously. It's like this cult-ish StarTrek thing
> now. It pisses me off that people knew and were using Mace Windu's
> name before it was even said in a film.
What, you think this is a new thing? When _Return of the Jedi_ came out
in 1983, I memorized the name of every single creature in that film -- and
do you think anyone ever addressed Salacious Crumb by name in that film?
> Lucas took this thing that was a pieced together with Scotch(tm) tape,
> a ragtag tale of well-organized evil vs. haphazard good and made it
> into this ultra serious thing that he or the loyal goofball fans can
> barely even joke about.
Right, and that's why there have been adoring spoofs and parodies going
all the way back to _Hardware Wars_ and the _Star Wars Holiday Special_.
Oh, wait, that latter item wasn't *meant* to be a spoof or parody. :)
> Holy cow, just release the Star Wars Christmas Special from 78 on DVD!!
You know, it's a funny thing, but I do think that that _Holiday Special_
gave us our most interesting and informative look at the character of Boba
Fett until Episode II came along ... and I'm not one of those people who
thinks Boba's inclusion in Episode II was a good idea.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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