Patton Oswalt will be on tomorrow’s Parks and Recreation, playing a Pawnee citizen who filibusters a city council meeting. The producers told him to ramble about anything he wanted, and he rose to the challenge. What resulted was an 8-minute description of what Star Wars: Episode VII should be.
Roger Ebert defends The Empire Strikes Back.
Interesting to hear the “too many special effects” argument about this movie, which predates CGI. I guess some things never change.
The news is broken when we care more about the president accidentally mashing up Star Wars and Star Trek than an elected official referring to taxation as “stealing” from the people.
The Original Trilogy
“I want to come with you to Alderaan. There’s nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and be a Jedi, like my father.”
Metaphors are fun. I would say that “I’m not a sports fan and I could have created a better metaphor,” but honestly, I think anyone who has ever even seen a football could have.
And yes. Politics are weird and divorced from reality.
Preview The Upcoming Firefly Comic For Free Comic Book Day
When I first read this, I thought the comic was going to be some kind of Firefly/Star Wars crossover. I was not happy about that idea.