So, over the past few weeks (well days actually) I have shown my son the Star Wars films...all six of them. I did it in numerical order...probably not the best with hindsight as Episode VI would have been the better starting point. A few things have come to mind today as I watched Episode VI and I feel I would like to get them off my chest.
Firstly in the scene where Luke tells Leah that she is his sister he asks her if she remembers their mother, implying her birth mother, well, isn't there an obvious problem with this...especially as she says she can remember bits....their mother died after childbirth, they were separated at birth because she died (and they needed to be kept secret from the Empire)....but the point here is that Leah could not remember her mother cos she was dead. Did no one notice this when they made Episode III where she dies!? Had they not seen Episode VI or remembered that lovely moment?
Secondly at the end when Vader has died and Luke has burnt the body during the party...oh, yeah the party what have they done to the music and what are those ridiculous extra bits they have cut in!? Just because they have the technology to do that doesn't mean they should....what do those extra bits add to the story? NOTHING! Anyway back to my point, when Luke looks over and sees Obi Wan and Yoda and then his father appears next to them...well, it isn't his father, not the original father from the original Star Wars they have photoshop'd Anakin from Episode III in,it is just rude...bring back the original original! I know it kinda makes more sense but NO it goes against the original film and it just feels wrong.
Thirdly in thinking about it they seem to have added in a lot of extra bits in random places during all three original films....WHY? What was wrong with the original originals? Nothing, that is what.
Whilst I really enjoy Episodes I to III nothing will ever compare to Episodes IV to VI....they were the films of my childhood, nothing will make me sit on the edge of my seat (the end of A New Hope when Luke is going to blow up the Death Star) or cry (the end of Return of the Jedi when Luke takes of Vader's helmet so his father can see him through his own eyes) like the originals :)
The question that springs to mind is can you still get the original originals on dvd? not these "digitally enhanced" (aka we've added in a few random bits cos we can) films?
Rant over!
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Tuesday 21 December 2010
The Snow
There has not been any more snow here since yesterday, which is fab as it means at some point I will get out of the village!
Have been watching the news to keep up with the weather BUT it is starting to irritate me. It is SNOW, it is not anyones fault. Yes, the airports have been closed and I am sure it is very annoying if you wanted to fly out for a nice expensive Christmas Holiday BUT there is no-one to blame. They are going to spend money on an inquest...why? What a total waste of money, if it isn't safe to fly and if the conditions are such that clearing the runways is impossible then surely it is safer not to fly!? If a plane crashed and people died then everyone would be demanding an inquest into that...let us get our priorities right,safety needs to be the priority. Yes, planes fly out of Helsinki Airport all the time but they are used to heavy snow...we don't. This weather is unprecedented in this country, people are dealing with it as best they can. There are greater things for us as a country to worry about at this time...people stuck in villages, who cannot get out and do not have food. The elderly who are struggling to get out and to stay warm. We should be helping them and not "attacking" the agencies who are doing there best. We need to protect the vulnerable. Rant over, but I may return to it later.
Have been watching the news to keep up with the weather BUT it is starting to irritate me. It is SNOW, it is not anyones fault. Yes, the airports have been closed and I am sure it is very annoying if you wanted to fly out for a nice expensive Christmas Holiday BUT there is no-one to blame. They are going to spend money on an inquest...why? What a total waste of money, if it isn't safe to fly and if the conditions are such that clearing the runways is impossible then surely it is safer not to fly!? If a plane crashed and people died then everyone would be demanding an inquest into that...let us get our priorities right,safety needs to be the priority. Yes, planes fly out of Helsinki Airport all the time but they are used to heavy snow...we don't. This weather is unprecedented in this country, people are dealing with it as best they can. There are greater things for us as a country to worry about at this time...people stuck in villages, who cannot get out and do not have food. The elderly who are struggling to get out and to stay warm. We should be helping them and not "attacking" the agencies who are doing there best. We need to protect the vulnerable. Rant over, but I may return to it later.
Monday 20 December 2010
Snowed in Day Four
Today is Day Four of being snowed in...and Nine days since I did the weekly shop!
The most annoying thing about being snowed in is not being able to get to Bristol, not being able to get antibiotics and steroid inhaler and I am just starting to worry about the food situation. I am also just a little bit concerned about the lack of Christmas shopping I have done...none! The plan was to do it once work had stopped...or at least in the last week of term, but being ill and now the snow has put a stop to that!
So , whilst the snow is very beautiful, I really wish it would go away!
The most annoying thing about being snowed in is not being able to get to Bristol, not being able to get antibiotics and steroid inhaler and I am just starting to worry about the food situation. I am also just a little bit concerned about the lack of Christmas shopping I have done...none! The plan was to do it once work had stopped...or at least in the last week of term, but being ill and now the snow has put a stop to that!
So , whilst the snow is very beautiful, I really wish it would go away!
Thursday 8 April 2010
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