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Attack of the Clones: Less Plastic Crap, More Story?
Newsweek has an article in which George Lucas states that there were parts of Episode One that were damaging to the Star Wars franchise. (shocker, I know) "The last movie did not live up to expectations." They'll cut the merchandise by two thirds, as they still have tons of unsold Episode One merchandise. Yahoo is also running an AOTC story. Mild spoilers in the linked stories, by the way.
I am sox the monkey... a sad little monkey, infested with rabies and AIDS. Who can love this monkey? Please give me a banana.
Sure, Ep. 4-6 kick ass, with ESB being the best of the three.
And yes, Lucas is mostly responsible. But, isn't it possible, I ask, that this has nothing to do with talent? When I see something like this, my first reaction is to assume the man in charge is talented, but this is by no means a certainty. Maybe it was a 1 in 10,000,000,000,000 thing. Something he lucked out on, and could never do again. Maybe inspiration is a fleeting thing, and abandoned him. Maybe he has a million monkeys in his skull, and those days they had Shakespeare to offer him. There are lots of possible answers, and no good way to prove one or the other.
This isn't meant as flamebait, exactly. Just some thoughts. Besides, it is possible that I'll be proven wrong, there is only a month or so to wait.
That's because you are a mindless lemming who deserves to be raped of his money before running over the cliff with his fellow lemmings.
The Generation
I'd say something witty here, but I'm not that bright.