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- Star Wars DVD changes: why did they add Hayden Christianson as a ghost?
In the rerelease DVD of Episode IV: Return of the Jedi, Lucas decided to change the ending. Previously there was a scene showing 3 “ghosts” appearing to Luke: Yoda, Obi Wan and an Older, (unscarred) version of his father Anakin. In the updated DVD, they replaced the older man in that scene with the younger [...]
- quotable movie quotes
these aren’t my favorite lines from movies, but the ones that I use in real life all the time. In no particular order, and I’m sure I missed lots, so add anything I missed in comments.
“These aren’t the droids you’re looking for. Move along.” Obi-Wan to Stormtroopers in Mos Eisley - Star Wars episode [...]
- Mistake in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
I was watching Revenge of the Sith tonite and noticed a problem:
After Anakin becomes Darth Vader - Obi Wan, Yoda and Senator Bail Organa convene on Organa’s ship. Sen. Organa gets a message that he must attend an urgent special meeting of the Senate, so Yoda and Obi Wan decide this is a good time [...]
- Media sloppiness about Ferraro’s race card
Last week former VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro made some unfortunate comments about Barrack Obama having an advantage because he is black. Now commentary and news reports across the media spectrum are incorrectly paraphrasing what she said, and they’re getting away with it.
As an example, here’s a quote from a Reuters report posted on Yahoo! [...]
- The Earth does revolve around the Sun!
For most of humankind’s tenure on the planet, people believed the Sun rotated around the Earth.
At some time around 1600 CE, science presented proof that the Earth actually revolved around the Sun. Although the Catholic Church objected strongly, it eventually was accepted by most people. But, is it true? I don’t think so. Let’s look [...]
- Illogic at the Oscars
The Academy Awards always provides a profusion of things to hate; the obsession over what attendees wear, the endless montages, the painful musical numbers. The thing that irritates me the most is the categories.
They don’t make any sense. Why are the best acting categories separated into female and male? It’s a completely sexist notion, [...]
