[kino] Revenge of George Lucas

[Dmitry Karpeyev]

As a counterweight to George Lucas I suggest the National Geographic
documentary "Extraterrestrial" (airing Monday, May 30th, a day after the French "Non"
vote).  The film features life on other planets.  There are giant whale-like flying
creatures and wasp-like social flying thingies that prey on the flying
whales.  These "wasps" every now and then get stuck in the tentacles of
a giant jellyfish hanging off a tree, and so on.  The shape and
behavior of these imaginary critters is based on the expected conditions
on these planets.  For this reason one of the creators of the
"documentary" called this vision of extraterrestrial life "scientific" as opposed to
what Lucas dreamt up.

On Wed, 25 May 2005, Dmitri Krioukov wrote:

> i 100% agree. i can add that i expected
> not bergman, no, but at least some remote
> reflections of drama of degradation (of
> a 'good guy' into a 'bad guy'). alas,
> there was nothing there, nothing at all.
> my favorite activity during the film
> was to rest my eyes onto digital landscapes
> on the background, but even they couldn't
> last for more than few seconds, total
> disaster. i'm about to stop watching
> hollywood completely, which i should've
> done long ago actually.
> --
> dima.
> http://www.caida.org/~dima/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kino-bounces at caida.org [mailto:kino-bounces at caida.org] On Behalf Of Vijay Samalam
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:07 PM
> To: kino at caida.org
> Subject: [kino] Revenge of George Lucas
>
>
> George Lucas has puzzled me for a long time. I liked the first star wars movie. It did not take itself seriously at all which is
> absolutely important for a movie where there are lines like "May the force be with you". You cannot say such lines with a straight
> face. The only way you can do it is with a wink and a jab with the elbows. And he made tons of money with that movie. So it has
> always been a mystery to me why he has then continued to inflict us with the horrible sequels finally culminating in the latest
> atrocity. If you do not provide humor then you must provide good dialogue, superior acting, and a plot that is not meant for
> retarded two year olds. I was thinking of suitable ways of expressing my scorn and contempt for the whole genre when who should do
> it for me (and with such erudition and wit too ) than Anthony Lane of the New Yorker. So for your reading pleasure please see the
> link below. It expresses my feelings exactly.
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/critics/cinema/articles/050523crci_cinema
>
>
>
> Vijay K Samalam
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