Friday, January 08, 2010

George Lucas

I am almost trembling with glee now that the Washington Post has published a thousand-word chin-scratcher on how vital it is for the US to figure out some way to mediate a conclusion to the various conflicts, wars, secession movements, insurgencies, coups, plots, machinations, and various and sundry forms of civil strife currently fucking shit up in Yemen because they are damned inconveninent to our efforts to start a war there. So basically, the Terror War is being played out to the plot of The Phantom Menance.

24 comments:

Moloch-Agonistes said...

I'm puzzled by this frequent assertion that "Al Qaeda" wants to take over Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen etc. That doesn't square with their thinking at all. They're much better off with a weak figurehead like Karzai or Ali Abdullah Saleh in nominal power, otherwise their guys have to take all the heat, well before they're ready. They strike me as guys with a 30 year plan, and we're only about halfway through.

Cüneyt said...

Obama's just about ready to quote Calrissian, I think. "It's not my fault! They told me they'd fix it! I trusted them!"

Justin said...

Jesus, you'll watch anything.

ts said...

I blame you for wasting my last hour at work watching all seven parts of that linked Phantom Menace review.

And I may be in trouble with my boss for cracking up loudly after: "What's wrong with her FACE?!?"

TGGP said...

Moloch-Agonistes, I made the same point here.

Enron said...

I wish he had a heart attack in 1989.

Anonymous said...

that review you link to of the phantom menace is pure gold.

Ed said...

I've thought since seeing it that the "Phantom Menace" was an underrated movie. Partly this is my conviction that it would have been a decent, "Battlestar Gallactica" level space opera if it had no connection to "Star Wars" whatsoever (unlike the other two prequels, it had a coherent plot). But partly this is because I suspect that George was trying for a satire on the state of US politics today, and then someone got to him. Just look at his version of the "Senate"...

Rowan said...

It's certainly better than Attack of the Clones. For whatever that's worth. Not much, really.

Soj said...

I really don't think that the linked WaPo article could simplify Yemeni history even a tiny bit more.

By the sixth paragraph we're already down to them "Southerners" ranting and raving and firing off their guns Yosemite Sam style over loss of gub'mint jobs and oil revenue LOL

Anonymous said...

there's always a bigger fish

(omg! will phanton menace supplant lebowski, w/its sparkling dialogue & well-rounded characters? nah. "dude, tomorrow's already the tenth." "far out man.")

periscopedepth said...

"Evacuate? In our moment of triumph?"

Enron said...

"Yousa thinking yousa people ganna die?"

Anonymous said...

Wait, I think I can do this.

"It wasn't him Charley, it was you. Remember that night at the Garden..."

I meant, oh never mind.

The Phantom Menace? Love Italian Neo-Realism!

Right. gotta run. This TCM message board is the best!

Enron said...

Who ever said the Phantom Menace is a classic?

rowan said...

"I am the democratically elected queen of Naboo...."

Anonymous said...

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IOZ said...

Rowan for the win.

Anonymous said...

check this garbage out;

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_01/021859.php

TGGP said...

A commenter at my blog claims that there have been elective monarchies. I don't quite get what the point of that is.

Ed said...

There have been quite a few elective monarchies, but I don't think any of them ever elected a teenage girl to be the monarch.

rowan said...

Her character was supposed to be thirteen in that movie!

TGGP said...

Maybe they consolidated their monarchical elections with the Kid's Choice Awards.

IOZ said...

Doge Lautner