"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Such a great line, 'I find your lack of faith...disturbing'. I'd forgotten how much the dialogue made that movie.
Funny how the next pic with Ukraine police actually does looks like out of the first Star Wars. Underlying James Bond-type Cold War allusions gave that movie more impact than the later ones.
(I listened to Radio-Moscow in Asia 1980's and they had heavy American-type accents, 'Maaahs-cow'. Not the clipped euro talk used by movie Soviet villians).
Ah, Darth Vader. Now there's the face that launched a thousand parodies.
I never liked Star Wars much, but there was a joie de vivre and exuberance of imagination to the first SW movie George Lucas made that he never ever attained again in the sequels and prequels. I think Lucas must have started taking himself too seriously, forgotten he was making adventures with comic episodes, and started to think he was making epics and tragedies.
I guess it could have been Idaho on short-wave, Yojimbo, but then there were the 3 hour speeches from the Supreme Soviet, announcing the latest 5 year plan... bombarded into Asia on every second shortwave frequency.
Such a great line, 'I find your lack of faith...disturbing'. I'd forgotten how much the dialogue made that movie.
ReplyDeleteFunny how the next pic with Ukraine police actually does looks like out of the first Star Wars. Underlying James Bond-type Cold War allusions gave that movie more impact than the later ones.
(I listened to Radio-Moscow in Asia 1980's and they had heavy American-type accents, 'Maaahs-cow'. Not the clipped euro talk used by movie Soviet villians).
Ah, Darth Vader. Now there's the face that launched a thousand parodies.
ReplyDeleteI never liked Star Wars much, but there was a joie de vivre and exuberance of imagination to the first SW movie George Lucas made that he never ever attained again in the sequels and prequels. I think Lucas must have started taking himself too seriously, forgotten he was making adventures with comic episodes, and started to think he was making epics and tragedies.
We all know who that is, it is wronwright in another one of his many disguises.
ReplyDeleteTimT,our family enjoyed the first three Star Wars but were luke warm on the others made later.
Merily: You know, I think you might be on to something, there.
ReplyDeleteMaaahs-cow Idaahoe. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
ReplyDeleteBovine in the early morning rain: a Moscow.
ReplyDeleteCheers
"This is Raydioh Maaahs-cow"
ReplyDeleteI guess it could have been Idaho on short-wave, Yojimbo, but then there were the 3 hour speeches from the Supreme Soviet, announcing the latest 5 year plan... bombarded into Asia on every second shortwave frequency.
"I find your lack of easements... disturbing." *clench*
ReplyDeleteOkay, who wants to be county building commissioner next?