but i was going to toschee station to pick up some power converters

[sharkysmachine]

1. I had therapy at 8:30 in the morning. I was so not ready to deal with my shit that early in the morning. My therapist looked adorable. He often does. I don't want to sound all cocky but I think there's bit of counter-transference going on! I made the therapist a CD and this week he began the session by telling me how much he hearted the CD

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Re: the longest student thesis in cinema studies

[melaninjitsu]

If it weren't for Kasdan this wouldn't be a franchise, no question about it. the evidence of this is when you let GEORGE run the show, you get Episode 1.

Here's the thing about George. He's a Francis disciple. And FRANCIS is mediocre. When "The Rainmaker" is one of your best pictures and you've got a body of work that includes "Godfather"....come on. Lucas rocks when Steven's riding shotgun, as nobody is fucking with Indiana Jones for a long long time. But Star Wars is full of holes that are clear in the last 30 minutes of Episode 3.

Star Wars is a student film that would make ANYone say "well, damn. Who's rich daddy put money into this." And so we all loved it. But one of the things that makes it great is that it's SO not finished. People slam Star Trek all day long but the science is explained, even if it's explained by technology that doesn't exist, it's explained. No Star Trek story would ever give you "miticlorians" or "light sabre" without some damn good explanations. This is why you don't see a lot of Star Trek fan films. tyhe story is told completely.

With Star Wars, you have this Samurai meets Flash Gordon story, which is dope, but then you leave these gaping holes in the story because somebody said "what if it's his father?"

Re: the longest student thesis in cinema studies

[sharkysmachine]

Haha. I rushed home to watch ep IV just to make sure I wasn't imaginging the "holes". But no they were there! Big ridiculous holes that will now need some 'splainin'. I don't care what that mutherfucker says, he didn't envision this thing (the originals) as a saga, nor did he really write the backstory before starting SW. I mean we didn't even start calling it ep IV until I was already getting finger banged in the backseat of my acura!

One thing can be said for the new ones; they have made Empire look so much better. It's innocence and simplicity are so much more cherished. All the money and all the FX didn't make the prequels dazzle the way well crafted words made Empire sparkle.