Comments on: Faces of Evil http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/ Stating the obvious since 1982 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: eric http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-57 Fri, 10 Jun 2005 21:06:54 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-57 i think we've established that Lucas is terrible at pretty much cinema in general. i think we’ve established that Lucas is terrible at pretty much cinema in general.

]]> by: ionfish http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-56 Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:29:29 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-56 I don't think there's anything wrong with political commentary in cinema _per se_, it's just that if that's what he's shooting for, Lucas is clearly terrible at it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with political commentary in cinema per se, it’s just that if that’s what he’s shooting for, Lucas is clearly terrible at it.

]]> by: Assimilator http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-55 Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:23:32 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-55 Not just a garbled sentence, it's also extremely lengthy ;). Despite that, it makes perfect sense: Star Wars is Star Wars, and there's no other way to really explain it. I'm sceptical about the notion that ??Revenge of the Sith?? is a political commentary, because I don't think even Lucas is capable of sinking that low. Not just a garbled sentence, it’s also extremely lengthy ;). Despite that, it makes perfect sense: Star Wars is Star Wars, and there’s no other way to really explain it.

I’m sceptical about the notion that Revenge of the Sith is a political commentary, because I don’t think even Lucas is capable of sinking that low.

]]> by: ionfish http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-54 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:30:20 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-54 So what's Lucas saying here? That our foreign 'enemies' may be in some ways misguided, but really they're just like us, and the real threat is the populist demagogues in our midst? I'm sceptical about the notion that ??Revenge of the Sith?? is a finely-crafted political commentary; it seems far more likely that Lucas has just thrown a few stereotypes together to form his 'protagonists', and bundled this with a watery and inconsistent set of social and spiritual values to form an ultimately incoherent film, whose main strength is that it is reaching out to not only what the original trilogy was, but what it has come to mean for those of us who have to a certain extent embraced it as a mythology of our own (which is a horribly garbled sentence, but you take my meaning: Star Wars is no longer merely the content of the films, but is loaded down with cultural and psychological baggage). So what’s Lucas saying here? That our foreign ‘enemies’ may be in some ways misguided, but really they’re just like us, and the real threat is the populist demagogues in our midst?

I’m sceptical about the notion that Revenge of the Sith is a finely-crafted political commentary; it seems far more likely that Lucas has just thrown a few stereotypes together to form his ‘protagonists’, and bundled this with a watery and inconsistent set of social and spiritual values to form an ultimately incoherent film, whose main strength is that it is reaching out to not only what the original trilogy was, but what it has come to mean for those of us who have to a certain extent embraced it as a mythology of our own (which is a horribly garbled sentence, but you take my meaning: Star Wars is no longer merely the content of the films, but is loaded down with cultural and psychological baggage).

]]> by: ceejayoz http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-53 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:11:39 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-53 That and the Jewish-sounding bankers and the Chinese-sounding "Trade Federation"... let's see, domination of trade and hordes of disposable troops? Heh. That and the Jewish-sounding bankers and the Chinese-sounding “Trade Federation”… let’s see, domination of trade and hordes of disposable troops? Heh.

]]> by: ionfish http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-52 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:27:49 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-52 That probably goes back to the founding mythology of America, ceejay. The Evil English and all that. Plus a slice of good (bad) old-fashioned melodrama. That probably goes back to the founding mythology of America, ceejay. The Evil English and all that. Plus a slice of good (bad) old-fashioned melodrama.

]]> by: ceejayoz http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-51 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:33:43 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-51 I'm more entertained by the voice accents on the bad guys, heh. I’m more entertained by the voice accents on the bad guys, heh.

]]> by: eric http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-50 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:30:18 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-50 * George Lucas gains +3 to reputation (Cult of the Obvious)
  • George Lucas gains +3 to reputation (Cult of the Obvious)
    • ]]>         by: ionfish http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-49 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:43:12 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-49 Not the worst example to follow, in any case. Not the worst example to follow, in any case.

    ]]>         by: duckula http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-48 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:37:50 +0000 http://ionfish.co.uk/2005/05/faces-of-evil/#comment-48 More of a casual nod. More of a casual nod.

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