The circle is now complete.
I went to see the allegedly final installment of the Star Wars films, The Revenge of the Sith. I say allegedly, because there's always rumors of the next three movies, and of course there's the TV thing and et cetera.
This one delivered as promised. This one helped me remember why the movies are magic events. Tales told with broad brush strokes and lots of sparkles and sounds and fury. Of all the prequels, this was the most action packed and dramatic. Definitely a Faustian Space Opera. I don't want to ruin anything but the scene where Anakin becomes Darth Vader was cool by the sheer banality of the choice and the giving of his Sith name. When Vader is put in the suit it's chilling. The first several words spoken were in Anakin's manner, but with the old voice of James Earl.
We all know this is the fall of the Republic, and the rise of the Empire. The details as it played out are still exciting, and lots of suspense. I will be taking the dirklings to see this, but I know there are a few scenes that the Girl Cub will have problems with, she doesn't do well with impending doom, the suspense is what gets her, but she has no problems with senseless violence. She is her father's daughter. The Boy Child will do fine. He's my age when I saw the first Star Wars.
I was 10 years old when I saw the original Star Wars. I paid 2 dollars to see it and went at least 4 times. I liked the action figures, collected the comics. I wasn't a diehard fan boy or otaku by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hooked. I've owned a lightsabre whenever a movie's come out ever since. And they've always broken inside six months.
The Empire Strikes Back was a good movie, but it had a lot to live up to. Luke was such a pansy. Yoda was a cool muppet, but the big AT-AT tanks on Hoth were the bomb. The Tie Bombers were cool and Vader demonstrated why he was such a cool bad guy.
The Return of the Jedi was cool, except for those damn Ewoks. The best part of the movies were the little details, like how the main characters seemed genuine friends on a big adventure. The speeder bikes rock, and Luke whooped ass in Tattooine. I still don't get the Leia slave-girl fetish thing, I mean, yeah it was neat, but long chains around a princess' neck are always fashionable. At least here in the Bay Area. "I am a Jedi, like my father before me." was about the only time Luke was cool. His cloak rocked.
The Prequels
When The Phantom Menace came out, I was going through a divorce and the kids spent the weekends with me. I lived about two blocks from a theater that had it running so it was a Sunday Afternoon routine for awhile. That movie gave me plenty of opportunities to relay family values to my kids, like "Never gloat over an enemy until after you've killed him." and of course my favorite, "focus on your opponent, not his lightsaber".
I had to learn these things on my own.
It was on these Sunday Afternoons that I also learned of the Girl Cub's affinity for speed. She loved the Pod Race scenes and would sit on my lap and pretend to race the whole time it happened. The Boy Child loved the robots and that Anakin was a gadget freak, like he is.
"This party's over"
The Clone wars was cool too, but it was more political detective stuff. Christopher Lee is a total badass with the lightning and the cool one-handed sword. Watching Mr. Samuel L. Jackson lay the beat down was worth the price of admission.
Yoda as the whirling CGI dervish was cool. Once. After I'd seen it the first time in a room full of drunken rowdy Ren Faire types, it was a bit hackneyed. A badass has an economy of movement, and no need to be flashy. Also he's going against Christopher Lee, who has been a force of Evil since shortly after World War Two. He was a good guy in that war, a British Commando, even, so a muppet? no way. Watching Obi Wan hold his own against Jango Fett, mostly without the use of his llightsaber helped reinforce some of those old family values, "Use the Force, but follow up with a kick to the midsection"
This one delivered as promised. This one helped me remember why the movies are magic events. Tales told with broad brush strokes and lots of sparkles and sounds and fury. Of all the prequels, this was the most action packed and dramatic. Definitely a Faustian Space Opera. I don't want to ruin anything but the scene where Anakin becomes Darth Vader was cool by the sheer banality of the choice and the giving of his Sith name. When Vader is put in the suit it's chilling. The first several words spoken were in Anakin's manner, but with the old voice of James Earl.
We all know this is the fall of the Republic, and the rise of the Empire. The details as it played out are still exciting, and lots of suspense. I will be taking the dirklings to see this, but I know there are a few scenes that the Girl Cub will have problems with, she doesn't do well with impending doom, the suspense is what gets her, but she has no problems with senseless violence. She is her father's daughter. The Boy Child will do fine. He's my age when I saw the first Star Wars.
I was 10 years old when I saw the original Star Wars. I paid 2 dollars to see it and went at least 4 times. I liked the action figures, collected the comics. I wasn't a diehard fan boy or otaku by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hooked. I've owned a lightsabre whenever a movie's come out ever since. And they've always broken inside six months.
The Empire Strikes Back was a good movie, but it had a lot to live up to. Luke was such a pansy. Yoda was a cool muppet, but the big AT-AT tanks on Hoth were the bomb. The Tie Bombers were cool and Vader demonstrated why he was such a cool bad guy.
The Return of the Jedi was cool, except for those damn Ewoks. The best part of the movies were the little details, like how the main characters seemed genuine friends on a big adventure. The speeder bikes rock, and Luke whooped ass in Tattooine. I still don't get the Leia slave-girl fetish thing, I mean, yeah it was neat, but long chains around a princess' neck are always fashionable. At least here in the Bay Area. "I am a Jedi, like my father before me." was about the only time Luke was cool. His cloak rocked.
The Prequels
When The Phantom Menace came out, I was going through a divorce and the kids spent the weekends with me. I lived about two blocks from a theater that had it running so it was a Sunday Afternoon routine for awhile. That movie gave me plenty of opportunities to relay family values to my kids, like "Never gloat over an enemy until after you've killed him." and of course my favorite, "focus on your opponent, not his lightsaber".
I had to learn these things on my own.
It was on these Sunday Afternoons that I also learned of the Girl Cub's affinity for speed. She loved the Pod Race scenes and would sit on my lap and pretend to race the whole time it happened. The Boy Child loved the robots and that Anakin was a gadget freak, like he is.
"This party's over"
The Clone wars was cool too, but it was more political detective stuff. Christopher Lee is a total badass with the lightning and the cool one-handed sword. Watching Mr. Samuel L. Jackson lay the beat down was worth the price of admission.
Yoda as the whirling CGI dervish was cool. Once. After I'd seen it the first time in a room full of drunken rowdy Ren Faire types, it was a bit hackneyed. A badass has an economy of movement, and no need to be flashy. Also he's going against Christopher Lee, who has been a force of Evil since shortly after World War Two. He was a good guy in that war, a British Commando, even, so a muppet? no way. Watching Obi Wan hold his own against Jango Fett, mostly without the use of his llightsaber helped reinforce some of those old family values, "Use the Force, but follow up with a kick to the midsection"
posted by mediavore at
11:06 PM
2 Comments:
Youre not gonna add these to the 3 rules, are you? The kids have a hard enough time reciting them as it is.
Do bella a favor: find a quick way to say "never make a promise or a threat that you are unwilling or inable to keep" what a mouthfull! In the same manner as "dont gloat over your victim until youve killed him" can be easily anecdotalized as "dont play with your food".
And the theater full of rennies for Episode II was one of the best experiences ive ever had. And it wasnt just bantering with you and goat boy. LAUGHED MY ASS OFF! Alas, such days are gone, as is the marveous and legendary willits faire it happend at.
Hey there, hi there, ho there...were as malcontent as can be...try this flavor on and see if it chaifs...never threaten if you can't back it up! Or, Don't gloat over your victim just put that !@#$% down and get the !@#$% out of dodge.
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