You gotta be freaking kidding me...
Revenge of the Sith: Propaganda Piece.
While reading one of the various write-ups in today's Dallas Morning News about the new Star Wars film, I came upon this gem: an excerpt from another paper's write up.
In A.O. Scott's New York Times review of Sith, he writes:
Sith is about how a republic dismantles its own democratic principles, about how politics becomes militarized.
And he comments on Darth Vader "echoing the words of George W. Bush."
Okay. The world has gone completely insane. A space-fantasy saga that started out with a bunch of muppets and ended as a saga told with PC game graphics extravagance, is now a propaganda piece?
The Rant.
Sure, Lucas' films, like any filmaker's, have the opportunity to comment on society, and he has in film. That's filmmaking. Lucas' job, ultimately, is as an artist; to entertain as many people as possible. Lucas' film company, Lucasfilm ltd., and Twentieth Century Fox's job, ultimately, is to sell as many tickets, fill as many seats, sell as many DVDs, and sell as much merchandise as humanly possible.
So why on Earth would they make a film, hoping to do just that, that was a direct commentary on a sitting administration? Hey guys! Lets make this one polarize the viewing audience into left and right, piss off the voting majority, and have over half of it not buy our theater tickets, DVDs, and Star Wars crap! That's a plan! Right. What a bunch of crap.
So effectively, Mr. Scott is touting this film as his, the liberal media's, and the 'good, blue part of Americas' rally film. Get a life, or better yet, get out of line so the showtime I'm buying a ticket for doesn't get sold out. Schmucks.
While reading one of the various write-ups in today's Dallas Morning News about the new Star Wars film, I came upon this gem: an excerpt from another paper's write up.
In A.O. Scott's New York Times review of Sith, he writes:
Sith is about how a republic dismantles its own democratic principles, about how politics becomes militarized.
And he comments on Darth Vader "echoing the words of George W. Bush."
Okay. The world has gone completely insane. A space-fantasy saga that started out with a bunch of muppets and ended as a saga told with PC game graphics extravagance, is now a propaganda piece?
The Rant.
Sure, Lucas' films, like any filmaker's, have the opportunity to comment on society, and he has in film. That's filmmaking. Lucas' job, ultimately, is as an artist; to entertain as many people as possible. Lucas' film company, Lucasfilm ltd., and Twentieth Century Fox's job, ultimately, is to sell as many tickets, fill as many seats, sell as many DVDs, and sell as much merchandise as humanly possible.
So why on Earth would they make a film, hoping to do just that, that was a direct commentary on a sitting administration? Hey guys! Lets make this one polarize the viewing audience into left and right, piss off the voting majority, and have over half of it not buy our theater tickets, DVDs, and Star Wars crap! That's a plan! Right. What a bunch of crap.
So effectively, Mr. Scott is touting this film as his, the liberal media's, and the 'good, blue part of Americas' rally film. Get a life, or better yet, get out of line so the showtime I'm buying a ticket for doesn't get sold out. Schmucks.
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