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Spielberg Denied Crack at Star Wars
loonix_gangsta writes "The BBC is running a blurb on the disclosure of Star Wars helmsman George Lucas not allowing Spielberg to direct one of the Star Wars movies. According to Ananova Steven had actually begged George for the job."
Spielberg is on crack? It figures.
Police in the south western Nigerian state of Osun say they have embarked on a constant patrol after mobs lynched at least 12 people since last weekend.
All the killings occurred after the victims were accused of making people's genital organs disappear.
The Osun state police commissioner Ganiu Dawodu, who dismissed claims of organ disappearance, told the BBC that the mob killings started two weeks ago and has swept though six main towns in the state including the university town of Ife and the state capital of Osogbo.
''We are terribly worried about the mass hysteria leading to such mob action,'' Mr Dawodu said.
The most gruesome case occurred on Friday when hundreds of members of the evangelical sect Brotherhood of the Cross went to the town of Ilesa for their annual convention.
While the sect members were on a house-to-house preaching mission, someone raised an alarm that his penis had disappeared.
An angry mob descended on the visiting evangelists and burnt eight of them to death. Two buses and a car were also burnt.
The Osun state police commissioner said that they have since arrested two persons including the man who raised the false alarm about disappearing genitals.
Mr Dawodu told the BBC that the hysteria generated by the incidents is connected to similar accusations in Oyo state where at least six people were burnt to death last month.
Oyo state police commissioner now insists that everywhere is quiet and they have charged a number of people arrested over last month's killings.
In neighbouring Osun the police say they have rescued six people from the hands of angry mobs.
The lucky ones include a woman who was rescued after a mob put a tyre around her neck and was about to set her ablaze.
The police and the state governor have gone on local television and radio appealing to the public not to take the law into their own hands.
They have also appealed to religious leaders and traditional rulers to ask their followers not to take part in such mob actions.
As in Oyo state, the police in Osun have deployed plainclothes detectives on streets of major towns to keep an eye on those they accuse of raising false alarms.
Spielberg would have at least tried to bring some dignaty back to the series! GODDAMN LUCAS! I dont want Jar Jar or Amidala in my DVD release of Ep. 4,5,6!!! DONT RUIN THIS ANYMORE!
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Speilberg. Lucas. Star Wars. It's nice to see that Slashdot has finally posted a story that makes 50% of the trolls out there .. actually *on topic* ... Wow.
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Almost forgot /. crowd is geekier than I thought.
Taco, why even post this? It's not anything really important.. at all even. Either its a slow day, you made a mistake, or
Lets post a story about Spielbergs favorite porn sites next. It would just as relevent to us as this piece.
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Who needs crack when you've got Natalie Portman petrified with hot grits in your pants?
My other first post is car post.
Okay, okay. So some of Spielberg's work is odious. As is Lucas' revisionist history. And maybe Spielberg DID give us A.I. and Gremlins.
But then again, Spielberg did also give us Amistad and Schindler's List!(!!!) Tho, I'm afraid that a Speilberg helmed SW would be far more like the former two.
But at least the guy does have some noteworthy accomplishments. What the heck have you ever done but hurl insults like "1 1z 1337, y0u 1z ph@Gg0+!!!~~~!!! ph3&|2 m3" in UT chat?
Quod scripsi, scripsi.
Movies, series, whatever all ends. Well, the way Star Wars is going, it's going into the shitter. Overall, people dont like ep 1, and they hate ep2. ANd if you were around back then, you oughtta remember why Star Wars was popular. Hint: It wasnt the plot (try special fx). They just created more shows for revenue. They were just hooks to continue the first one.
Jump ahead a few years. Now we have 2 new movies which are crap. The director, along with most of your standard directors stink. They make mush of a movie that the "public will like".
Well, at least 3 of the shows were decent. Quit while you're ahead.
I'll know I'm gonna get flamebait from some fanboy. Go ahead. I know it's the truth though.