tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post113852101295601339..comments2023-10-17T02:47:38.574-06:00Comments on In Palinode's Palace: star wars reduxpalinodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138682397953783402006-01-30T22:39:00.000-06:002006-01-30T22:39:00.000-06:00AMG, you're clearly not the sort that likes the di...AMG, you're clearly not the sort that likes the director's commentary on your DVDs. Which means that you haven't yet listened to Schwarzenegger's commentary track on the deluxe edition of Conan. But that's a story for another time.<BR/><BR/>I share your ambivalence, although mine revolves around having my weblog compared to processed offall. Nonetheless I see your point - who needs to know how these things are arrived at? Fanatics can wait for the DVD. Non-fanatics can ignore my footnotes.<BR/><BR/>In future, though, all criticism of my weblog - however mild - must be ALL CAPS WITH HORRABEL SPELING AN NO PUNKSHUATION AND TELL ME I SUCK AND YOU ROX0RS!!!! That goes for everyone.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138678629217159992006-01-30T21:37:00.000-06:002006-01-30T21:37:00.000-06:00AMG, I must disagree. Think of all those people wh...AMG, I must disagree. Think of all those people who didn't know that celery salt is a crucial ingredient to the Chicago hot dog, but whose lives have been enlightened by the knowledge gained from watching that hot dog documentary. It's one thing not to put ketchup on a hot dog, but it's another to grace it with elusive, ephemeral flavors like celery salt.<BR/><BR/>Also, you make Chicago hot dogs at home? Or you carry out? I wish I lived somewhere they had something worth taking out. By me it's either womprat tacos, or you're out of luck.effective nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353084772098932415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138648405262445382006-01-30T13:13:00.000-06:002006-01-30T13:13:00.000-06:00Hmmm. I'm ambivalent about this post, and the spe...Hmmm. I'm ambivalent about this post, and the spelling of the word ambivalent. <BR/><BR/>I loved it when it was just the post and seemed to be a random bit of humor, but the explanation kind of ruined it for me. I don't need to know <I>why</I> you're hilarious or where your ideas come from, as long as I get to see the results. You know? It's rather like sitting at home, eating an amazing Chicago-style hot dog with all sorts of goodies on top, but then you see a documentary on how hot dogs are made and suddenly the hot dog ain't looking so great.Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724675337980390322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138634080504964402006-01-30T09:14:00.000-06:002006-01-30T09:14:00.000-06:00okay. i read it. i just wanted you to know how m...okay. i read it. i just wanted you to know how much of an effort it was.<BR/><BR/>btw, that not just calamari - that's mon calamari. most likely some of admiral ackbar's spawn; apparantly there is a little overpopulation issue on planet dac.mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045996860857717977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138633459417415042006-01-30T09:04:00.000-06:002006-01-30T09:04:00.000-06:00this. all *points* this is too much to read on a ...this. all *points* this is too much to read on a monday morning (or a sunday night). <BR/><BR/>i am waiting for the audio version and/or cliff notes.mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045996860857717977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138629243067831472006-01-30T07:54:00.000-06:002006-01-30T07:54:00.000-06:00A-ha. Thank you for the clarification. Around here...A-ha. Thank you for the clarification. Around here, womprat are as common as subwoofers in decal-laden lowered Hondas, so I mistook them as being universally available.<BR/><BR/>And wouldn't you be a bitter hag if you had to explain moisture farming to people at the cocktail parties your wife drags you to the next galaxy over? Plus he doesn't look as good in his Priscilla outfits as he once did.effective nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353084772098932415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138577558064328272006-01-29T17:32:00.000-06:002006-01-29T17:32:00.000-06:00Effective Nancy: Owing to massive economies of sca...Effective Nancy: Owing to massive economies of scale, the fact that womprat are wild game and not domesticated farm meat, and the network of subsidies that allows the Trade Federation to transport foodstuffs for only pennies a parsec, it is entirely possible to have cheap calamari and expensive womprat on Tatooine.<BR/><BR/>The truth is that the womprat is not hugely expensive. It's just that Ben is such a bitch.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138565924593444812006-01-29T14:18:00.000-06:002006-01-29T14:18:00.000-06:00Old Ben Kenobi-- the Force of Passive Aggression i...Old Ben Kenobi-- the Force of Passive Aggression is strong with him.<BR/><BR/>Forget light-sabers, that Jedi needs to be bitch-slapped...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138543258239874682006-01-29T08:00:00.000-06:002006-01-29T08:00:00.000-06:00This is great! Next time, Ben could use a jedi mi...This is great! Next time, Ben could use a jedi mind trick to get comp'd some twisty bread. --working and tuma lodgeAmaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348244857829524044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138542716599851272006-01-29T07:51:00.000-06:002006-01-29T07:51:00.000-06:00You know, it's the pushing of the seafood that con...You know, it's the pushing of the seafood that confuses me. Wouldn't a locally sourced Womprat burger cost less than calamari flown in from a non-desert planet? Sure, hydroponics can account for the salad, but crabs and squid require more water than I thought Tatooine could spare.<BR/><BR/>Just, you know, for reality check's sake.effective nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353084772098932415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138537636382739752006-01-29T06:27:00.000-06:002006-01-29T06:27:00.000-06:00BRAVO!BRAVO!blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138526153597296142006-01-29T03:15:00.000-06:002006-01-29T03:15:00.000-06:00Well, I liked it. Especially that last line. \;+...Well, I liked it. Especially that last line. \;+)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-1138523637325313922006-01-29T02:33:00.000-06:002006-01-29T02:33:00.000-06:00If I came up to you at a Starbucks and handed you ...If I came up to you at a Starbucks and handed you this reimagining of Star Wars on a piece of grubby looseleaf, the first question you'd likely ask (besides "Who are you and why do you think I want to read this?") is: Why did you write this?<BR/><BR/>I was prompted by a documentary featuring a film critic who interpreted the preponderance of meeting and conference scenes in The Phantom Menace as symptomatic of Lucas' experience. It would go a long way to explaining the stuffy managerial air of much of the film, with rulers and Jedis sitting around in conference rooms, discussing plans and schedules and setting goals.<BR/><BR/>In the same way, the first Star Wars movie reflects Lucas' adolescence, filled with days of being disciplined by teachers and nights of hanging out in early '60s California, splitting his leisure time between driving around in cars and watching B-movies.<BR/><BR/>So I thought: what if George Lucas had grown up in any one of the million McSuburbs of the 21st century? His youth would have been marked by theme restaurants, cookie-cutter neighbourhoods, middle management job prospects in the IT industry (How kids today survive that faceless horror of a life, I don't know. Good luck to them). What would the original script of Star Wars have looked like? And then I pretty much abandoned the whole idea when I decided to make Obi-Wan Kenobi a passive agressive asshole.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.com