The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is running an auction on ebay to help raise funds for the legal battle we’re currently waging in Rome, Georgia. You can find the specifics at:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcbldf
For those interested in a full update as to what’s currently going on with the prosecution of Gordon Lee, I’ve included the latest CBLDF press release below.
Watched three finale episodes in the past week: Veronica Mars, Desperate Housewives, and Charmed. (Smallville I’ve taped, haven’t watched yet) and liked what I’ve seen in all three. Spoilers follow…
Naturally we watched it with an eye towards seeing how much everything matched up with Episode III.
The answer is, surprisingly well. And the main reason, I think, can be summarized in two words: Alec Guiness (or, if you prefer three words, Sir Alec Guiness).
Understand, I don’t believe for a second that Lucas had already decided at the time that Leia and Luke were siblings, that Obi Wan was present at their birth. I’m even 50/50 that he’d decided Vader was Luke and Leia’s father, or even Luke’s father.
Most of the “mismatches” are centered around Obi-Wan, and thanks to Guiness’ performance–and I chalk it up to Sir Alec since Lucas is notoriously “not there” for actors–it is VERY easy to read it that he is either lying or playing things very close to the vest. Not only does he greet RD as “my little friend,” but when Luke IS conscious and R2 is beeping at him, Obi Wan fires R2 a look that could be taken, with no difficulty, as “Shut up. You’ve already said too much.” And when he’s explaining bits of his history to Luke, you can see the wheels turning as he’s doing so. He alternates between looks of craftiness and being avuncular. These shadings that Guiness brought to the role left Lucas a ton of leeway in subsequent films.
Not Sir Alec-related, but I’m surprised how much the offhand bit about 3PO getting his memory wiped actually works. Because in episode 4, when Luke is asking him about past encounters with the Empire, 3PO says hesitantly, “We’ve been in several battles…I think.” He sounds confused. If his memories had been wiped, it would make sense that there might be some memory bits still floating around in there–random flashes of images and such–that would cause him to vaguely recall that they’d seen action, but unclear as to the when or where.
And finally, for all those who complained that Anakin seemed to whine way too much…jeez, y’know, Mark Hamill is a dear friend, but sheesh, Luke whined as much as his dad. Listening to Anakin bìŧçh about not being made a Master is evocative of Luke crabbing about not being able to go get power converters. Like father, like son.
PAD
I didn’t see the ending coming at ALL! Did you guys SEE what happened to Anakin? They put him in that whole black armor thing, and suddenly he sounded like Simba’s dad!
And–whoa! Twins! Padme had twins! Not crazy about the names she chose, but they’re not bad, I guess.
My question is…what now?! I mean, that’s how they END it? With so much left dangling? What happens to Yoda? And Obi Wan? And the kids? The bad guys just WIN in the end? What the hëll kind of ending is THAT? What a downer.
Has anyone heard if there’s gonna be a chapter 4? I’m dying to see what happens next!
Spoilers follow:
Continue Reading “Revenge of the Sith! Wow! What a shocker!”
People are sending me e-mails saying they liked the novelization of the FF film, so I think it’s safe to assume it’s in the stores. So that’s an FYI. Or an FFYI.
PAD
I let my cat out to wander last night at about 3 AM. We found her early this morning under the porch, frightened. Her hindquarters were not functioning. The entire back of her body felt cold.
I rushed her to the vet, who suspected heart problems were the cause, and he in turn referred us to a nearby specialty animal hospital. I brought her there straightaway, and after running her through a variety of tests including an echocardiogram, she was diagnosed as having developed a thromboembolic disease as a result of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In english, she had blockage in her heart, some of which had broken off and deadened her from the waist down. She was checked in to the hospital, placed in an oxygen cage, and they were going to work to revive her hindquarters and maybe–maybe–reduce or eliminate the blockage in her heart.
She passed away four hours later.
I can’t tell you the number of times she would curl up in my lap while I was writing. She was my constant companion in my office.
I will miss her terribly.
PAD
For those interested, there’s an interview with me over on Newsarama about the new Spider-Man title, featuring some nice art by Mike. Also, aintitcoolnews.com has a nice review of the latest issue of “Fallen Angel.”
PAD
Sigh. One of these years, Peter’s going to figure out how to put links in his posts — GH
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