Neal Stephenson on Star Wars in the NYT

SnapShot writes "Neal Stephenson has an editorial in the New York Times about the difference between the old Star Wars and the new Star Wars, and the difference between geeking out and vegging out. Oh, and computer scientists and engineers are the Jedi of the U.S." From the article: "Likewise, many have been underwhelmed by the performance of Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. Only if you've seen the "Clone Wars" cartoons will you understand that Anakin is a seriously damaged veteran, a poster child for post-traumatic stress disorder. But since none of that background is actually supplied by the Episode III script, Mr. Christensen has been given an impossible acting task. He's trying to swim in air."

Comments

Re:Truth

[rovingeyes]

Remove the fake news and people will start to get interested in things that matter again

Should read like this:

Remove religion and people will start to get interested in things that matter again

Re:Difference between old and new Star Wars

[Anonymous Coward]

You misunderstand. Smugly showing that you understand the first thing about calculus is not automatically funny. No, what we're looking for here is +1 Virgin, +1 Social Retardation and +2 Tragic.

Stop linking to NYT, dipshits.

[DroopyStonx]

NO one wants to fucking register to read news.

Haven't you fucking figured this shit out by now? Jesus christ...