The Importance of Being Idle

Begun The Clone War Has

So despite promising myself I wasn't going to (because "it's not canon!") I bought the Clone Wars DVD anyway. I knew I couldn't hold out forever. It was really cool though, so I'm glad I got it. Now the pre-Sith frenzy is starting to build nicely. I even investigated ways of getting into town for that midnight showing, but there's just no way that makes any sense. I'm starting an evening of Star Wars with Phantom Menace.
I know what you're gonna say, a lot of people have a problem with Phantom and y'know what? They can shove it. Only one person knows how the Star Wars saga was meant to go, and that was George. I've heard lots of stupid complaints about it, and very few of them really stand up to scrutiny. Far too many people of my age wanted Phantom to be a movie for them, guys in their thirties, but that was never on the cards! Star Wars was and has always been a series of kids movies, and its because we were kids when we saw them first time round that they have stuck with us as long as they have. Making Phantom for the older fan would have been a terrible mistake, and would have left a jarringly uneven tone throughout the series as we moved from Episode III to Episode IV. Also Phantom, as the first chapter of this story has a lot of important things to do, and does them well. It paints a picture of failing democracy, and how the Jedi order is fading having lost touch with its true purpose. Look how little thought Qui-Gon gives to using the Force to manipulate others to get what he wants. He over-rides the laws of the Gungan council with a wave of his hand because its convenient for him, and on two occasions (that I can think of) uses the Force to swindle or attempt to swindle Watto (who even though he's not exactly a nice guy is as far as we can tell and honest merchant) out of his money and possessions and then smugly presents it as some form of morality lesson. I could go on, I can talk about how the Jedi don't understand the Prophecy, hell I can even defend Jar Jar (which actually isn't all that hard, I have more difficulty with the midichlorians...), but I am going to have to restrain myself and just stop. There was too much ranting yesterday, and I just KNOW tomorrow I'm gonna have a thing or two to say... ;p
I bought Pepsi today for the first time in months. I'd forgotten how much I miss caffeine based drinks! Yummy. Speaking of caffeine based drinks, apparently the popularity of tea is descreasing in this country, due to the influence of the demon coffee! Tea producers are complaining that only 40% of the population drink tea on a daily basis. Read that again. Yep, thats right, they're upset that 40% of the population drink tea. Not 40% of the market, or 40% of supermarket shoppers, or old ladies or anything else, they're talking about the 40% of the entire population of the UK. That is the kind of market penetration that most other products would kill for, but apparently its not good enough for tea.
Ooooooo nearly time for Darth Maul to do his thing, and that's my cue to go. Let's hope that Qui-Gon survives this time!

posted by BadMonkey @ 5:29 PM