Deborah Harrell wrote: > I enjoyed both articles (although I did not see > 'Attack of the Clones'); I had previously read Dr. > Brin's articles on 'Phantom Menace.' I found that > movie to be borderline racist, and I _despised_ > Jar-Jar; I also found the notion of Anakin being an > 'unsired birth' silly (to me) and probably offensive > (to devout Christians, as he grew up to be an evil > murderer). > > Still, I enjoyed the original trilogy (despite its > flaws), and I have read quite a few of the post-SW > books. Timothy Zhan's trilogy was particularly fun > (how can you _not_ like a villain with glowing red > eyes?!), and composites like 'Tales of the Bounty > Hunters' developed some of the incidental characters > (like the hefty dancing girl) in interesting ways. > > Debbi > who has found expressing anger to be a useful tool in > select situations...except when sleep-deprived :(
I didn't pay to see AOTC - a friend had a spare ticket, and he gave it to me. I still wanted my money back. Pretty pictures work fine in movies like Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet", where you've got great actors working with some of the best plot/dialogue in the English language. AOTC sucked big, green hairy ones. I didn't take my kids to see it, and I won't - they seemed to enjoy the Errol Flynn "Robin Hood" more, heck, they enjoy "Barney" more than they do "Phantom Menace". To quote the fat, sarcastic Star Trek fan on "The Simpsons", "Worst. Movie. Ever." Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever." -- Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymous von Munchausen _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
