Anchorhead

TML said:

How was he merciless and powerful? All he did was look cool and did some gymnastics?

It's been a long time since I saw the film, but from what I can remember, I agree with TML.  The character seemed largely a creation for toy merchandising & Halloween costume sales.  He was little more than a posed figure.  Other than his twirling, he did very little.

Which gets back to Zombie's point earlier in the week of how Boba Fett was also just a posed figure, yet Lucas squeezed uber-mileage out of him. 

As has been the case with Lucas since the early 80s;  he doesn't need writers or actors.  He just needs a design group and a marketing department.

What seems most weird about all this, but actually kind of nice, is that others around here responded in kind.  I only started the thread to show how much I've changed since 1981 (a picture I had posted previously in a different thread).  It was not at all to get others to do the same, but they did anyway.  In fact, the thought never crossed my mind.

It's also been a sobering reminder of how much time has passed since I first sat in the theater in 1977.  It damn goes by in a flash, man.

Sluggo said:

Perhaps it would be proper to get permission from people previous to posting their pictures perpetually .

I agree.

doubleofive said:

Maybe you can upload them and send the links to Anchorhead and he can keep them in the first post.

I've already saved as many as I could.  I was thinking of doing some sort of 'shopped image with them.  Kicking around a few ideas.

Bingowings said:

Oh I believe you Anchorhead.

Dammit!!  I have a sneaking suspicion that isn't sincere.

;-)

TV's Frink said:

...need you stoop so low as to call him shist?

*note to self*

Don't have half-chewed Cheetos in your mouth when reading any Frink post.  He'll get you when you least expect it.

;-)

Alexrd said:

Anchorhead said:

I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

Me neither. Although I loved a reference to an in-universe historic event. Little things like that make us even more involved with that movie's universe.

I agree.  The mention of some history between the characters, a reason why the princess has come looking for this guy, a reason why she's trying to get the robot to him gives the story depth, even if we don't know what she's talking about.  In fact, to me, that unknown part of the story helps create tension, it engages us in the story.  It did for me, anyway.

I think unknowns are something George has never understood the value of.  Star Wars77 is full of mysterious pasts and unknowns.  They help give the movie some depth and darkness.

It didn't take him long to abandon that mystery & depth and commence with over-explaining every possible detail, no matter how unnecessary.  That's what caused me to jump ship 30 years ago.  It wasn't magical anymore. 

TV's Frink said:

Anchorhead said:

I was only 15 back in 1977, so I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

First "Make Frink feel young" post in a long time.

;-)

I'm here to serve.  ;-)

doubleofive said:

 

Anchorhead said:

I just looked up Grievous on You Tube.

I love that you have to Google "Star Wars" characters.

 

You guys drive me to it.  ;-)

Ziggy Stardust said:

Let us not forget, Darth was in the prequels.

True. 

It would be interesting to somehow find a way to measure if the recognition of Vader by those 14-year-olds was from the OT or the PT.  My guess would be that it's a combination of both.  For 34 years Vader has been a cultural icon of bad.  That's fame the prequel characters can't buy.

I just looked up Grievous on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqKvKUTElA

I can't put into words how fucking stupid I think that is.  No emotion, no depth.  Just cartoon CGI, over-saturated colors, Transformeresque  robots, and constant movement everywhere.  Oh, and the requisite spinning light sabers.

Empty calories.

Sluggo said:

General Analogy sounds more threatening than General Grevious.

*Note

I don't know who General Grievous is, but I've heard a lot of the character names from the  last two films and they sound just as stupid as the names in Phantom.

Come on man,  from Skywalker, Kenobi, and Solo..... to Naboo, Dooku, Jar Jar,  and Bibble?

Maul & Grievous - that's just lazy.

TV's Frink said:

True dat.

Why was I thinking Sluggo is an Angels fan?   Does that ring a bell?

Now that you mention it, we may have had a west coast guy.

You mean as we all prepare to part-out the Phillies?  ;-)

I'm all for one league only.  Makes it a little more of a challenge. I have to work a lot harder at finding the people to build with.

Which league?  Aren't we NL heavy here for our real home teams? 

Me - Astros

Frink - Cubs

Warbler - Phillies

Ripplin - ?

Sluggo - Cubs

For some reason I thought we had two Cubs fans on the board.

I was only 15 back in 1977, so I didn't give it a great deal of thought.  I imagined it as the Jedi against a bunch of evil, cloned people.  As I've mentioned before, I was deep into The Star Wars story and didn't really care about what came before.  Occasionally pondered it, but not to the point of piecing together some sort of past for any characters or events.

Sluggo said:

I have a tough time threating to crush all of you when Anchorhead's avatar is glaring at me.

I have a tough time threatening to crush all of you because the highlight of my 2010 season was when I climbed up to 7th place. 

Most definitely in.

Really, I swear!!!

ChainsawAsh said:

I take that as a compliment :) 

It was meant as one.  Man, if I had looked even half as cool when I was young, I wouldn't have been a virgin until I was 26.

With God as my witness, the above statement is a lie!!! I was a teenager. 

;-)

Leonardo said:

what about your toothbrush, 005?

Well, considering he's a Double 0, he just might.

Bocce_Linguist said:

ChainsawAsh,  you kind of look like Rick Wright (r.i.p.) of Pink Floyd.........\

"Breath, breath in the air......"   - 1973

Man -  I knew I'd seen him before, but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

Good call.

twister111 said:

 

TheBoost said:

Anchorhead said:

Girl scout cookies and a cup of coffee.

 That was my breakfast today!

You two know 'bout this right?

 

Man, that's insane.  Over cookies? 

captainsolo said:

 Maybe I should finally make a definitive list...gosh it would be long.

I've sort of had one for about 20 years, but films have come along that moved me so much that I had to make room for them.  Then I locked down 5 that would always be in the list and allowed 5 that were fluid.  However, even that hasn't worked because I start wanting to change the locked 5 around, move one up, down, take a bottom 5 film and replace a locked 5 with it, etc. 

I've been wanting to sit down myself and see if I could really do it, but I don't know, man.  Too many great films out there.  I could probably nail down a top 20.

Girl scout cookies and a cup of coffee.