I admit, the jokes kinda bug me too but only because anyone who's looked at any of the other companies that Disney owns would see that that isn't what they do. They don't buy these things to "Disney-fy" them, they buy them to get access to (and money from) new, completely different markets. There's nothing Disney-fied about ESPN or Touchstone or A&E or Hollywood Records or Marvel or most other Disney subsidiaries that don't actually carry the Disney label.
I would argue that the majority of people making these jokes are fully aware of this.
I would argue that this doesn't make them any less stupid.
Over Thanksgiving, my brother told me that Leia was now a Disney Princess and I felt an extreme urge to go bang my head on the wall. That wasn't even funny the first time, and I've heard it at least fifty from different sources.
I believe the term is "low hanging fruit". I'm only surprised that the comic didn't have Leia and Aurora having a coffee on the planet right before it got blown up.
I would argue that this doesn't make them any less stupid.
Over Thanksgiving, my brother told me that Leia was now a Disney Princess and I felt an extreme urge to go bang my head on the wall. That wasn't even funny the first time, and I've heard it at least fifty from different sources.
I believe the term is "low hanging fruit". I'm only surprised that the comic didn't have Leia and Aurora having a coffee on the planet right before it got blown up.
It really doesn't matter now does it? In the larger scope of things, whether a person feels someone else is stupid or not, you both end up rotting in the same place having enjoyed the same relative amount of happiness while your neural synapses fired.
It really doesn't matter now does it? In the larger scope of things, whether a person feels someone else is stupid or not, you both end up rotting in the same place having enjoyed the same relative amount of happiness while your neural synapses fired.
Yes, that's why the whinefest initiated on both sides is irrelevant.
Ah, but for some of us, a whinefest is better than a winefest. It increases the average happiness of our existence, and so by Hedonistic Calculus, we should go for it. Simply because it doesn't matter in the long run doesn't mean that we need to put up with it silently.
I would say that there are differences between complaining, whining, and bitching (mostly a matter of degree, frequency and tone).
The important thing is to strike the appropriate tone, at the appropriate time, in the appropriate setting--which I would say is more the issue with people's complaints than whether their argument is valid.
Granted, I'm probably the pot calling the kettle black....
Bumping because this just happened. Quite a coincidence that they waited this long.
...wait...what?
First of all, since when can a country own the likeness of an artifact? Secondly, the skull in the movie looks nothing like the Mitchell-Hedges skull, they even said so in the movie. Thirdly, why is it the responsibility of the makers of Indiana Jones to get the skull back? Why not go after that "treasure hunting family" (you know, the Mitchell-Hedges family) and get it back? I think they still have it.
Ohh right...because Disney owns Lucasfilm now and Disney has billions dollars. Classy.
A little tangental to the topic, but according to the facebook, these posters were featured in the background of a recent Clone Wars episode (I'm a season behind so I dunno which one). It's good to know there are still people over there who appreciate the classics.
Not sure if this was a direct shout out to the acquisition, but Rumplestiltskin choked out Smee with his mind on the latest episode of Once Upon a Time.
Interesting. (the 7 Samurai SW thing) Something in me, though tired of Star Wars, is intrigued at the idea of a random spin-off non-epic story in the SW universe.
Interesting. (the 7 Samurai SW thing) Something in me, though tired of Star Wars, is intrigued at the idea of a random spin-off non-epic story in the SW universe.
It's a rich universe that's been Jedi'd to death. One of my favorite parts of Star Wars was reading the Tatooine guide written from the perspective of an anthropologist. He tracked the Sand People's oral culture and their death cult surrounding their banthas. Great stuff.
When I was younger I wanted to write a light sitcom about the people who hang out at Tosche Station. Luke would have been an incidental recurring character.
The thing is Jedis are so cool, but they've done too much. Catered to that appeal above and beyond what was ever necessary and it's ruined Star Wars as a whole for a lot of people. I'd like to see stories outside the Republic/Rebellion/Empire/Jedi/Sith nature of things. Something on the outer rim or outside of it. Something just completely ignored by the mainstream characters and plot but running parallel to it. No Death Stars, Star Destroyers, Tie Fighters, or X-Wings. All new stuff that feels just as much like Star Wars. That Tatooine guide sounds interesting. An entirely different take on a completely different society's view of The Force, the dark and the light side, and technology.
Nope. I have Tales from Jabba's Palace kicking around in the loft somewhere. I seem tor recall it being a good read - especially the story of the guy who raised the Rancor (that we briefly see in the film mourning its death).
The thing is Jedis are so cool, but they've done too much. Catered to that appeal above and beyond what was ever necessary and it's ruined Star Wars as a whole for a lot of people. I'd like to see stories outside the Republic/Rebellion/Empire/Jedi/Sith nature of things. Something on the outer rim or outside of it. Something just completely ignored by the mainstream characters and plot but running parallel to it. No Death Stars, Star Destroyers, Tie Fighters, or X-Wings. All new stuff that feels just as much like Star Wars. That Tatooine guide sounds interesting. An entirely different take on a completely different society's view of The Force, the dark and the light side, and technology.
If they ever get around to actually making the live-action TV series, that's what it is supposed to be.
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I would argue that the majority of people making these jokes are fully aware of this.
Over Thanksgiving, my brother told me that Leia was now a Disney Princess and I felt an extreme urge to go bang my head on the wall. That wasn't even funny the first time, and I've heard it at least fifty from different sources.
I believe the term is "low hanging fruit". I'm only surprised that the comic didn't have Leia and Aurora having a coffee on the planet right before it got blown up.
It really doesn't matter now does it? In the larger scope of things, whether a person feels someone else is stupid or not, you both end up rotting in the same place having enjoyed the same relative amount of happiness while your neural synapses fired.
...isn't that true of literally everything?
Yes, that's why the whinefest initiated on both sides is irrelevant.
Ah, but for some of us, a whinefest is better than a winefest. It increases the average happiness of our existence, and so by Hedonistic Calculus, we should go for it. Simply because it doesn't matter in the long run doesn't mean that we need to put up with it silently.
The important thing is to strike the appropriate tone, at the appropriate time, in the appropriate setting--which I would say is more the issue with people's complaints than whether their argument is valid.
Granted, I'm probably the pot calling the kettle black....
I've had a really stressful day.
...wait...what?
First of all, since when can a country own the likeness of an artifact? Secondly, the skull in the movie looks nothing like the Mitchell-Hedges skull, they even said so in the movie. Thirdly, why is it the responsibility of the makers of Indiana Jones to get the skull back? Why not go after that "treasure hunting family" (you know, the Mitchell-Hedges family) and get it back? I think they still have it.
Ohh right...because Disney owns Lucasfilm now and Disney has billions dollars. Classy.
And the best part is, they could slap the "based on a true story" label onto it as well.
It's a rich universe that's been Jedi'd to death. One of my favorite parts of Star Wars was reading the Tatooine guide written from the perspective of an anthropologist. He tracked the Sand People's oral culture and their death cult surrounding their banthas. Great stuff.
...ideally without it sucking though. That'd be good.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tales_of_the_Bounty_Hunters
If they ever get around to actually making the live-action TV series, that's what it is supposed to be.
They have. Seriously.
It's J.J. Abrams. No joke.
...I don't know what to think at that.
I wouldn't be surprised if they went with him, though
No it's Spotty McGee and the Fun-time Preposition Police. Like I said.