The last one or two Star Wars movies I saw were trashy and boring and I won’t bother to see the latest one. Especially not after reading Paul Jackson’s latest column, now in our Columnist section.
Here’s a snippet:
[…] Back when the original Star Wars movie came out in 1977, Lucas stated he had been greatly influenced and inspired by actor Buster Crabbe’s Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers cliffhangers—but now, apparently that isn’t the case at all.
Lucas now says he wrote the framework for the first Star Wars in 1971 in reaction to U.S. President Richard Nixon and the events of the Vietnam War. The latest Star Wars movie is a “wake-up call to Americans about the erosion of democratic freedoms” under Bush.
What utter nonsense and banality.
[…]
We just rented Team America which is now out on DVD—now that was worth watching. We laughed, and we saved a bundle, and Hollywood liberals were duly and soundly mocked. That’s value!
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