Category Archives: Star Wars
We’re Gonna Just Burn Off the Rest of This Star Wars Stuff
The arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens caused every single Youtube parody channel that I watch go into Star Wars overdrive. I tried my best to keep up and post the videos, in case you henchies come here to get your funny video fix. But I didn’t get around to everything.
So today sounds like a great day to get around to everything! Let’s start with Cinema Sins, and Everything Wrong with both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith!
Stay tuned throughout the day for even more videos! Prepare yourself for the marathon gauntlet of Star Wars mockery!
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Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Fair warning, there will be SPOILERS later on in this review. Everything before the jump will be spoiler-free, and everything after the jump will have spoilers. I’ll make the distinction clear.
This is not the movie you’re looking for. Or maybe it is. Honestly, I think opinions are going to be all over the map for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For some, it might be a glorious return to that wonderful galaxy far, far away. For me, it was a fine and enjoyable film, but it wasn’t the be-all, end-all cinematic second coming that it was hyped up to be. Instead, The Force Awakens is a fun adventure full of familiar characters that easily entertains.
But if this really is the start of several decades worth of new Star Wars films, one after another, I’m no longer as excited as I was yesterday.
Movie Rating: 6/10 – Pretty Good.
There is definitely a lot to enjoy about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s definitely worth going to see, especially if you’re a Star Wars fan. The new cast all acquit themselves well, meshing splendidly together and with the old, returning cast. Harrison Ford’s aged Han Solo steals the show, with ample support from the legendary Chewbacca. The two of them on screen again is worth the price of admission alone. Lightsabers blaze with iconic glory, the Millennium Falcon is as great as we’ve always know it to be, and this galaxy looks like the lived in, wildly varied galaxy of yore.
But the movie is far from perfect. There are numerous plot contrivances that seem to exist solely to bait the fans’ love for the franchise. Several seemingly important characters barely get any screen time, making you wonder why they seemed like such a big deal in all the advertising. And worst of all, what really took me out of the movie, was the inexhaustible desire to callback to and remember the original trilogy.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens does not take the franchise anywhere new. It revels in the old ways, while presenting just enough new material to guarantee the endless supply of new movies we’re going to get over the next several years (decades?).
But at the very least, Han Solo and Chewbacca are pretty awesome.
Join me after the jump for my full review. Be warned, I really get to rambling a bit. And this is the SPOILER cut off. Read the rest at your own risk.
Star Wars by Way of Gamer Girl & Vixen!
Sorry gang, my review is not done yet! Blame my boss, who expects me to focus on my job during the day. Pfff, nuts to that. But to continue to hold us all over, superstar artist Gemma Moody drew up this awesome pictures of my comic book characters, Gamer Girl & Vixen, in Star Wars costumes!
I can’t help but be biased towards my comic and my artist. Both are such a fun part of my life now. If you want to make comics and haven’t started yet, don’t wait! Get to writing and creating, henchies!
Speaking of which, for those interested, my next major project, Forever Blue is going up for another peer review this weekend. I’ll share it when it goes live!
And if you want to know more about Gamer Girl & Vixen, follow us on Facebook! We’re so close to hitting 200 likes!
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Star Wars Bad Lip Reading to Tide Us Over
I’m working on my review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but first there’s this little thing called work I have to deal with. I know, right? So while I’m dealing with that, and trying to find time to work on my review, I figured I’d start us all off with a funny Bad Lip Reading of Star Wars: A New Hope.
See? We can still have fun here. I’m going to try to get my review up sometime this afternoon, so stay tuned!
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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!
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