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Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:23:51 +0100

Written by Name: on 2005-05-20 12:54:53OK, I\'ve come to a conclusion. This movie would have been enhanced had the universe of Star Wars been kept pure of this universe we are in now.

With an alternate reality, we would have less politicizing and the Star Wars issues would rule the galactic debate. We wouldn\'t have to understand the gravity of the issues to appreciate it.

This same allowance would make many other things just fine with me. Star Wars started out as a story and flourished as a story. Let it remain... a story!
man.
Written by biblerey on 2005-05-20 15:26:35I\'ve got to figure out a way to implement a better commenting system with mambo. I wish I knew who posted that.
man.
Written by biblerey on 2005-05-20 15:26:36I\'ve got to figure out a way to implement a better commenting system with mambo. I wish I knew who posted that.
Written by Name: on 2005-05-20 17:43:25All you need are cookies :grin

All you need are cookies :grin
Written by Doug on 2005-05-20 17:44:24OK, that wasn\'t on purpose. Both times were accidental. Sorry about that, Rey!
Case in Point:
Written by Doug on 2005-05-20 18:01:15The Dune story by Frank Herbert was centered around a spice that appears on the sands of Arrakis (not unlike Tattooine). This spice, melange, has the power to transform minds (Jedi) and a young hero is formed in the desert wastelands (Anakin/Luke).

We don\'t have to understand why this spice is so valuable, though. The spice in that story causes planets to go to war. It, not the corrupt empire Shaddam IV (Palpatine) has the supreme power in the universe as long as the one controlling the spice is prepared to destroy it, rather than be bullied by the emperor.

By the way, Dune was written before Star Wars. ;)
Written by Doug on 2005-05-20 18:09:23Talk about some shoddy punctuation...
dune was great
Written by biblerey on 2005-05-20 18:19:53One of those series that I immensely enjoyed, even way past God Emperor which I\'ve heard of folk not being able to get through. You\'re completely right and the reason I wanted to know who wrote it was the straight up SciFi insight screamed kindred spirit. Your Dune post only solidified that thinking for me.

My commenting system really does stink. This CMS I\'m using is sweet but I can\'t believe they didn\'t create a proper commenting system like PhP Nuke. ugh.
Written by Name: on 2005-05-20 18:42:22(cough, cough) WordPress (cough, cough)

Yeah, I\'m one of those dads that gets all excited to see the Fantastic 4, Spiderman, X-Men and so on. I try to push the cartoons at Ben to get him to beg me for more. Any fantasy genre is great by me! Midevil, sci-fi, middle-earth, etc.
dark admission
Written by biblerey on 2005-05-20 22:23:26i considered (and continued to consider) switching over to wordpress. I had a huge vision for the archive which necessitated a lot of that and it\'s the reason i used phpnuke. The portal was full of security holes (a problem I have with wordpress actually) so I switched over to mambo. What\'s funny is that Uplook.org (a plymouth brethren magazine) has basically been mirroring what I do although most of them don\'t even know who I am. Heh heh. ::waves to ::Uplook

Back on topic, I was upset with FF up until I saw the trailer before SW. Now I\'m excited. :)
\"Theosophy...\"
Written by MCF on 2005-05-20 22:43:28Took me some time to digest this post. I guess if anyone is taking Star Wars� as a religion then some of those messages conflict with Christianity. My initial response was going to be that its harmless fiction. Everything is made up in that universe. There\'s no God, no devil, just an energy with 2 sides, light and dark, that some characters learn to tap in to. The scientific \"immaculate conception\" of Anakin by Midchloreans in the first film definitely blends in elements of Christianity more blatantly than some of the other movies, and there was some line in RotS criticising the Jedi for being \"too dogmatic\" or something that I\'ll need to see again.

It\'s just fiction, right? No one leads their life according to something they see in a movie. Then I think of my own childhood and wonder, did I turn the other cheek because the bible told me to, or because of that time He-man pulled Skeletor up over the cliff and didn\'t let him fall, because THAT\'S what separates heroes from villains. I\'m honestly not sure.

Kids are impressionable and absorb everything. Adults don\'t think we are, but sometimes things we think are harmless at first slip past our defenses. Kudos for having your guard up, and recognizing the dangers between(and sometimes right on) the lines.

Written by MCF on 2005-05-21 20:01:24On geekier notes, I loved the movie. Loved the Sith Jedi battles once Anakin brought \"balance\"(2 Sith and 2 remaining Jedi), loved the battles, loved R2(that oil/jets move was awesome), loved grievous, loved Yoda\'s friendship with the Wookies(he and Chewie never do meet again, do they?), and Ian McDiarmid steals the show.

Honestly, the only thing about FF that makes me cringe is the \"you\'re hot\"/\"so are you exchange\", but that\'s typical Johnny Storm. I can\'t wait for that, Batman, and the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I actually got a lump in my throat when Aslan roared in the trailer before RotS.

Forgive my ignorance, but what do the acronyms in your title mean? TMP(WBT)? \"The Movie Post with bibical thought?\"
Acronym
Written by biblerey on 2005-05-20 23:07:22I thought of saying that it is a form of the DaVinci Code, thought better of it, then am now telling the truth. :) I\'m part of a group blog over at the Minor Prophet and when I put that code in my headlines it gets pulled into the appropriate portal: the Minor Prophet(Weekly Blog Topic)
Written by Doug on 2005-05-21 00:50:39Very geeky!

By the way, here\'s a blog post to look over. I daresay that this guy could be the ultimate sci-fi fan.

http://theknightshift.blogspot.com/2005/05/ruminations-on-sith.html - Rey

Revenge of the Sith w/Spoilers -tmp(WBT)

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