Loving Luke
Oct. 15th, 2004 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raefinlayI had $50 in the budget this month toward the DVD collection, and I encountered a soul-wrenching dilemna: Alias Season Three? Or the new Star Wars Trilogy boxed set? Sydney or Leia? Vaughn or Solo? CIA Secret Agent or Jedi Knight? AAAAAhhhhh! In desperation, I put it up to vote with my co-workers. Star Wars won.
I watched Episode IV last night and I loved every second. I understand that the acting is poor, that the screenplay is even worse, and that it's no longer considered attractive for men to have long, feathered hair that parts in the middle. I know that there is really no sound in space, that explosion graphics no longer need to resemble 4th of July sparklers, and that R2-D2 is really an upside-down garbage can.
Even knowing these things, I LOVE this movie. Maybe because it was my first sci-fi/fantasy experience? I was a highly-impressionable three year old when I saw it in the theater, and I vividly remember my fascination with the wookie and the buns on Princess Leia's head. By the time Empire Strikes Back came out, I was a true fan (I was Princess Leia 3 years in a row for Halloween), and when Jedi was released, I cried like a baby as Luke turned his fathah away from the Dark Side.
I still wish I had a lightsaber. I still hum the Mos Eisley cantina song. I'm still in love with Luke Skywalker.
May the Force be with you all.
I watched Episode IV last night and I loved every second. I understand that the acting is poor, that the screenplay is even worse, and that it's no longer considered attractive for men to have long, feathered hair that parts in the middle. I know that there is really no sound in space, that explosion graphics no longer need to resemble 4th of July sparklers, and that R2-D2 is really an upside-down garbage can.
Even knowing these things, I LOVE this movie. Maybe because it was my first sci-fi/fantasy experience? I was a highly-impressionable three year old when I saw it in the theater, and I vividly remember my fascination with the wookie and the buns on Princess Leia's head. By the time Empire Strikes Back came out, I was a true fan (I was Princess Leia 3 years in a row for Halloween), and when Jedi was released, I cried like a baby as Luke turned his fathah away from the Dark Side.
I still wish I had a lightsaber. I still hum the Mos Eisley cantina song. I'm still in love with Luke Skywalker.
May the Force be with you all.
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Date: 2004-10-15 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-15 10:21 pm (UTC)did you like the tweakings in the movie? i hardly noticed them in star wars itself; in empire and jedi they're more obvious. particularly the using of christiansen as anakin's force-ghost. my teeth lost a lot of enamel that night i was so mad.
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Date: 2004-10-15 11:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-16 09:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-16 05:41 am (UTC)I *do* own a light saber. that's right, baby! I'll get a pic for you...