tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post216323992272409450..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: The Curmudgeon's Disturbing Lack of FaithSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-49623445958990914332015-12-13T01:42:30.313-04:002015-12-13T01:42:30.313-04:00" at no point during ANH does anyone say"..." at no point during ANH does anyone say"<br /><br />Ha! It took me ALL DAY to figure out what th' heck ANH was!<br />"The movie formerly known as Star Wars" of course.<br />It'll always be SW in my book. "A New Hope" is a bit... floral to my mind. Not to mention, being the FIRST movie there was no "old despair" (namely the prequels) to put it in context, so it couldn't haver been called "ANH" at the time.<br /><br />Also I recall it used to say"from the adventures of Luke Skywalker". It never occurred to me at the time that any prequels would fail to fit into the "from the adventures of Luke Skywalker" framework, it couldn't be extracted from his journals if he hasn't been born yet.<br /><br />When Douglas Adams wrote Hitchhikers Guide he made no attempt at connecting up or fulfilling continuity, putting his randomised, anarchic finger in the air to people who need their boxes ticked. <br /><br />that's so bad ass!! Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-70376680861226910962015-12-12T19:49:49.217-04:002015-12-12T19:49:49.217-04:00Not to mention the (less-than-they-used-to-be) ubi...Not to mention the (less-than-they-used-to-be) ubiquitous Ewoks; never named onscreen.Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-71913435792838980162015-12-12T19:37:40.522-04:002015-12-12T19:37:40.522-04:00That "A long time ago" text has been ref...That "A long time ago" text has been reformatted several times in the various versions, with different colours, spacing and even fonts. But they've always kept in the 4 dots. I guess that's just a Star Wars "thing" now.<br /><br />There's a nice bit in one of the novels where one of the scientists who was working on the Death Star was approching it purely as a scientific task, ignoring the moral ramifications. She refused to believe that the Empire was really "that evil". When it was pointed out to her that the weapon was called the "Death Star", and that their main ships were called "Star Destroyers", she changed her mind. I do find it interesting that the Empire in no way hides the threat behind these ships.<br /><br />(Although as a side note, at no point during ANH does anyone say "Star Destroyer", "X-Wing" or "TIE Fighter", due to the model shots taking place after the filming. They make up for it in the next two by saying "Star Destroyer" and "TIEs" constantly, but "X-Wing" is only said once in all three original trilogy films. In one of those things I throw at people who say that kids don't like complicated things or to be thrown useless statistical information, I point out how popular Top Trump cards are and the fact that almost any child with a passing interest in Star Wars knows X-Wings, Y-Wings, and probably B-Wings and A-Wings too.)LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-16198930156488135932015-12-10T15:43:52.756-04:002015-12-10T15:43:52.756-04:00"full name "torpedo destroyer" (shi..."full name "torpedo destroyer" (ships running escort to less-armed carriers)"<br /><br />Wow, cool! I am chuffed to have been told that. <br />But DID GL (George Lucas, not Green Lantern, yeh?) follow that pattern in the films?Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-40042929189950185332015-12-10T14:19:31.686-04:002015-12-10T14:19:31.686-04:00Yes, it's nevertheless punctuation that is abh...Yes, it's nevertheless punctuation that is abhorrent to me. Maybe it's my French-language upbringing.<br /><br />The Empire is all about intimidation. They've just bullied people for so long, they've pushed people to the point where they'll start throwing punches and be called in to the principal's office.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-60546567008655956962015-12-10T14:08:34.298-04:002015-12-10T14:08:34.298-04:00There's a very real sense that the Empire oper...There's a very real sense that the Empire operates at a massive scale, trying to prove just how futile any rebellion is against it (certainly the image of a machine like the Death Star, and even the size of Star Destroyers – in terms on nomenclature and number, the initial suggestion is that they're the equivalent of naval destroyers and effectively therefore the base-level capital ships; we just somehow never see the transition from that to the equivalent of a battleship or carrier aside from Vader's flagship in the next movies – the TIEs, recall here, are coming from the Death Star, not any hanger on the destroyers – probably partly as the full name "torpedo destroyer" (ships running escort to less-armed carriers) just isn't in the popular understanding the way the shortened "destroyer" is...)<br /><br />As for the ellipse issue, that's actually the proper period-followed-by-an-ellipse style of a sentence ending with the paragraph cut off, so that it LOOKS like four dots: notice the extra spacing between the first and second dots. Too often, we're just used to seeing writers not use punctuation at the end of a sentence or clause prior to an ellipse (or capitalization following an initial ellipse).Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058171030261812885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-2803109711972825092015-12-09T16:57:51.662-04:002015-12-09T16:57:51.662-04:00Let me Rephrase.........
We know the death star w...Let me Rephrase.........<br /><br />We know the death star works.... (ellipsis extended) <br /><br />We know Japan called it quits after the Atomic Bomb was given its debut. <br /><br />Hmm, them maybe the time BETWEEN ROTJ and The Force Awakens..... some kinda long time ago, far away cold war? <br /><br />The next historic parallel, TFA hopefully doesn't feature "a war on being frightened" (sorry, on Terror. Wouldn't it be better to make war on terrorists?).<br /><br />You're right about Vader being cool. I wish younger Ani took a book out of that leaf.<br />There's a new gif floating about which has replaced the Hayden Christensen ghost at the end of ROTJ with a Vincent Vega (pulp fiction) ghost. Haha!<br /><br />And of course, Tarkin was able to be so cool around Vader because in his past (2150, Earth, to be precise) he'd faced off an entire Dalek invasion. That's gotta give ya big googly mooglies.<br /><br />Ah! That must read better.Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-60380751205299545532015-12-09T16:54:22.309-04:002015-12-09T16:54:22.309-04:00Dang, I shoulda put more paragraph breaks in that....Dang, I shoulda put more paragraph breaks in that. Can't understand a WORD in rereading!Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-3755163826832579892015-12-09T16:53:12.697-04:002015-12-09T16:53:12.697-04:00We know the death star works.... (ellipsis extende...We know the death star works.... (ellipsis extended) Japan called it quits after the Atomic Bomb was given its debut. Between ROTJ and TFA..... some kinda long time ago, far away cold war? TFA hopefully doesn't feature "a war on being frightened" (sorry, on Terror. Wouldn't it be better to make war on terrorists?).<br />There's a new gif floating about which has replaced the Hayden Christensen ghost at the end of ROTJ with a Vincent VEga (pulp fiction) ghost. Haha!<br />You're right about Vader being cool. I wish younger Ani took a book out of that leaf.<br /><br />And of course, Tarkin was able to be so cool around Vader because in his past (2150, Earth, to be precise) he'd faced off an entire Dalek invasion. That's gotta give ya big googly mooglies. Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-6516971945658291432015-12-09T07:53:15.640-04:002015-12-09T07:53:15.640-04:00Good retroactive point.Good retroactive point.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-39106909241596286642015-12-09T02:56:41.676-04:002015-12-09T02:56:41.676-04:00Keep in mind that the last time Obi-Wan encountere...Keep in mind that the last time Obi-Wan encountered Stormtroopers or anything close to them, they were still all Jango Fett clones. Toby'chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298458468488781568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-37923671107973899522015-12-08T18:39:20.333-04:002015-12-08T18:39:20.333-04:00But is that a problem for A New Hope, or for the p...But is that a problem for A New Hope, or for the prequels?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31244213764277672372015-12-08T18:35:57.269-04:002015-12-08T18:35:57.269-04:00The problems with "a New Hope" is it jus...The problems with "a New Hope" is it just don't make sense considering the prequels. The Jedigo from being The League of Superheroes and the U.N. rolled into one and then a Mystical order of Space Knights only kooks believe had any powers in the time it takes Luke to grow up to learn how to drive a sandspeeder? <br />JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-81419472651728461112015-12-08T14:38:06.521-04:002015-12-08T14:38:06.521-04:00I live in hope. Jaxxon forever!I live in hope. Jaxxon forever!Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-39140549334126885982015-12-08T14:09:36.086-04:002015-12-08T14:09:36.086-04:00And now you know why Marvel had to be the one to p...And now you know why Marvel had to be the one to publish the original Star Wars comics.<br /><br />Hm, any chance J.J. will adapt the giant bunnies to the new movies?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-12477491175015238932015-12-08T13:55:34.462-04:002015-12-08T13:55:34.462-04:00Ah, dagnabbit, I always forget about that line. (...Ah, dagnabbit, I always forget about that line. (You'd think I could recite the script verbatim by this point...)<br /><br />Er... um... see... what Obi-Wan is saying is that the Sand People are even *worse* shots than the Stormtroopers. Yeah, that's it. When Luke says "I've never heard of them hitting something this big before", what he's actually saying is that they're such lousy shots, Luke assumed they would have missed even something the size of a Jawa Sandcrawler. Right, then. Carry on.<br /><br />(Yeah, I'm not gettin' a No-Prize for this one, that's for sure...)Green Luthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808312988625889127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-63477433341342210522015-12-08T13:16:46.562-04:002015-12-08T13:16:46.562-04:00The line that precedes it is "And these blast...The line that precedes it is "And these blast points too accurate for Sandpeople."Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13824269727331139032015-12-08T12:39:04.847-04:002015-12-08T12:39:04.847-04:00Ah, see, I think you may be judging Obi-Wan too ha...Ah, see, I think you may be judging Obi-Wan too harshly here. He says that only Imperial stormtroopers are so *precise*. He doesn't say *accurate*. Precision, from a technical standpoint, really only requires *consistent* results, but they don't actually have to be the *correct* results. So they could all miss the broad side of a barn, but as long as all their shots land in the same general vicinity, they'd still be "precise".<br /><br />Hey, it's a better asspull than Lucas would have come up with.<br /><br />And, yes, I'm pretty sure I've seen the "Obi-Wan killed Owen and Beru" fan conspiracy theory before. (But I've also seen Kevin Rubio's "Troops", which has a slightly... different take on things...)Green Luthorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808312988625889127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-31324470928061755212015-12-08T10:32:35.205-04:002015-12-08T10:32:35.205-04:00Of all the things never to fix and to keep repeati...Of all the things never to fix and to keep repeating, eh?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-66024026779239023762015-12-08T10:20:01.219-04:002015-12-08T10:20:01.219-04:00"If you weren't sure if Ben Kenobi was fu..."If you weren't sure if Ben Kenobi was full of it or not, this should give you your answer. Stormtroopers are the kind of guys who shave their eyebrows in the morning by mistake."<br />'Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise' is, to me, the most glaring error in the entire Star Wars saga. (Well, perhaps tied with the Emperor's 'an entire legion of my BEST troops' in ROTJ).<br /><br />"That's what happens when prospective Jedis have attachments. Right?"<br />Now you're just trolling... :-)<br /><br />"That ellipsis has four periods instead of three. Oh man, that bugs me. I'm surprised I never noticed it before."<br />Well, thanks- now I'll never be able to unsee that, either. You know, it's all fun and games until you drag someone else down with you... Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-50593946696260548782015-12-08T09:47:29.622-04:002015-12-08T09:47:29.622-04:00"...and here come these new guys who just wan...<i>"...and here come these new guys who just want to punch planets so the Rebels will just give up.</i><br /><br />So the Death Star is the Superboy-Prime of Star Wars universe?snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-71439951889285342732015-12-08T09:43:30.683-04:002015-12-08T09:43:30.683-04:00I never thought of it that way. It's more like...I never thought of it that way. It's more like a giant version of the little ball Luke blind-fights with.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-52022078708016429652015-12-08T09:24:28.030-04:002015-12-08T09:24:28.030-04:00Coolest thing about the Death Star is that it'...Coolest thing about the Death Star is that it's basically one big giant lightsaber (so I'v heard).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04203125219556315475noreply@blogger.com