turbulence, then a layover

[boiwondering]

[Just prior to this episode beginning...]
bridgeweaver: "Our baby sleeps through Kimberly Trip shows."
darkmoon: "Hell, I do that!"

[As the Rancor keeper runs up to his dead pet...]
darkmoon: "Fluffy! Not my Fluffy!We, the test subjects, have just had a three-minute discussion about the overall unlikely nature of the Sarlacc. I mean, most humans don't even live for a

Comments

[ideaspace]

Oh, you people are great. It's everything I'd hoped for and sillier.

But does it hang together at all? Does it seem like one long story? Does it work, this "I-VI"? We need to figure out a way to get a control subject into one of these marathons. Someone from Papua New Guinea or rural Virgina, where the only Lucas they know is Henry Lee.

Onward to the Shire and Victory!

[artistic_chaos]

"Hang together?" What is this "hang together" you speak of? Seriously, the plot holes are horrible. I mean, not that 4-6 didn't have it's problems, and not that 1-3 didn't have it's problems, but 1-6 just makes everything so glaring. Now, I'm still a huge fan, mind you, but watching 4-6 after 1-3, it really gives the impression that 1-3 were an afterthought, and um... I can't much form a coherent thought anymore :)

Revisionist history, much? I guess that's all I'm trying to say.

[ideaspace]

That's what I was afraid of. And by "afraid of," I mean, secretly hoping to prove with this whole marathon notion. George was just such a fatuous numbskull in every interview, every commentary about the whole shebang... I'm glad people are putting it to the test.

[artistic_chaos]

We determined earlier that it would have been much better if Lucas thought it up, and Whedon wrote and directed it. I think someone else was supposed to be involved also, but uh, that was a long time ago.

Furthermore

[ideaspace]

Keeping in mind that your minds are dissolving into pop culture madness sauce at the moment, a mental madras, keep watch for all the moments that are going to blend between the two epics.

F'r instance:
1) Do short people cause all the problems in the universe?
2) Where does everyone get those wonderful boots?
3) What's the Rancor doing in the Mines of Moria?
4) The Hobbits really cleaned up Naboo, didn't they?
5) Count Dooku's back! Heads up!
6) I'm glad Solo lost some weight and let his hair grow out. Suits him.

And this is while I'm watching Superman: The Movie over here. It's all in my brain! Peregrine Took! I'm with you in Rockland!

Re: Furthermore

[artistic_chaos]

Oh, you don't *even* want to know the tally of other movies/tv shows that we've referenced during our snark ;)

Re: Furthermore

[ideaspace]

Yes. Yes, I do want to know. And I want the world to know! I want this sort of mad adventure in cinematic snark/sadistic cult-stunts to be explored and expanded. We could make a documentary! Write a book! Tour with Radiohead!

MST4K! THE FUTURE IS THEN. I'M HUGE.

Re: Furthermore

[artistic_chaos]

Well, let's see... Princess Bride, Farscape, Firefly, Dr. Who, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ladyhawke, the Indiana Jones series, Spaceballs, B5, Star Trek, the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny flash, X-men, uh... more as I manage to remember them :)