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In Defense of Ewoks
With the entire world thinking about Star Wars today, I’ve decided to get in on the act with a rather controversial statement:
I like the Ewoks in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
The cute, cuddly little teddy bear guys who aid the Rebel Alliance in defeating the Empire on the forest moon of Endor and blowing up the second Death Star. Most people seem to hate the Ewoks and everything they represent, but not me. I like the Ewoks just fine, thank you very much.
They sewed those hoods themselves
I think I understand where the hatred comes from. For one thing, it’s a bunch of little teddy bears fighting and defeating the mighty Empire. People don’t like that. There’s also the fact that the Ewoks were clearly created to sell toys. Star Wars is built on merchandise, and by the time the third movie came around, George Lucas knew exactly what he was doing.
But I don’t care about either of those things. They don’t bother me at all. And in defense of the Ewoks, I figure I’ll tell you why.
Join me after the jump for the cutest Star Wars article of the day!
There Are Apparently Lots of Things Wrong With The Phantom Menace
The Star Wars celebrations are never ending around here! The Internet is just too full of fun Star Wars stuff. Star Wars! Here we have the good folks at Cinema Sins pinging the glorious Phantom Menace in not one, but two, videos!
Part 1
Part 2
Good times! Is it Thursday yet?
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The Trailers…Just Keep Coming…
And I…I just keep sharing them. I love movie trailers. Here’s the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond.
Looks fine to me! I don’t think I can honestly react to movie trailers anymore. They’re all blending together in an action-packed menagerie of insanity and special effects! I’m only human, I can’t handle this!
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Independence Day 2 Also Has a Trailer
At this rate, we’re all going to have to wait an additional 30 minutes before watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, because that’s how long it’s going to take to get through the trailers! Every single upcoming movie has one ready for Thursday night. We should develop some kind of bingo game to see who gets the likes of Civil War or Dawn of Justice or Warcraft or Apocalypse or a million others.
For example, here’s the first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, which…jeez louise, I don’t even know anymore.
That trailer just…it’s kind of overwhelming. But not in a good way…but also not in a bad way. More of in a way that makes me question where we are as a society. Like, this movie didn’t have to be made, but it is…and it’s clearly trying to be bigger and better than the last one. But the first Independence Day is a classic for a reason. Can this movie even come close? Movies aren’t made the same anymore…
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X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer Does Its Thing
Apparently, this is the week for movie trailers — possibly making sure all the big trailers get out and go ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That thing is apparently attracting movie trailers like a moth to flame.
Anyway, here is the first trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, and, well…I dunno. I wasn’t impressed.
I enjoyed Days of Future Past just fine, but it was hardly a break out movie for me. I think the X-Men franchise has just been around for so long that they kind of just put out perfectly acceptable and enjoyable films now. There’s nothing really new they’re going to show us. And there isn’t anything particularly interesting about their Apocalypse, at least not in this trailer. He doesn’t sound very menacing, and how many times have we seen that same trope of a new, ancient villain revealing themselves to have been Jesus, Buddha and the rest?
The Four Horsemen mostly came off as silly, like the movie had to make a point to acknowledge them. They’re all mutants we’ve seen before. Mystique seems to be stuck in Jennifer Lawrence mode, because of course.
Plus, this might just be me, but I don’t particularly buy Sophie Turner as an actor. That’s probably on me.
So there we have it, folks. This week, I liked the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trailer more than I liked the new X-Men trailer. Glob help me.
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