George Lucas

Odradek · 2013-12-02 17:04:42

The word "youngling" in Revenge of the Sith is clearly a reference to The Coventry Carol, thus twisting the Christ symbolism that had been used for Anakin Skywalker up to that point, portraying him as a tool of a Herod rather than a savior.

George Lucas is a genius.

Obā-san · 2013-12-02 17:06:05

if he's a genius then why can't he make a good movie?

Fossilmaiden · 2013-12-02 17:07:42

Because he's not dead. That's how genius works, after all.

Odradek · 2013-12-02 17:10:15

if he's a genius then why can't he make a good movie?

If no god then why tah keeng sa leeng ah pak mugglah; peeska chatah: may now kung bantha poodoo. Panguar Ban?

Checkmate atheists

Odradek · 2014-12-16 17:46:56

Never forget

nohaynicklibre · 2014-12-16 18:05:13

It's like pottery

Odradek · 2015-11-30 18:00:29

Christmas bump.

Aliroz · 2015-11-30 18:01:14

nohaynicklibre said:
It's like pottery

It rhines.

Obā-san · 2015-11-30 18:06:42

Today is Tomorrow said:
if he's a genius then why can't he make a good movie?

past me was too blunt

Calica · 2015-11-30 18:35:37

he donated all the money he got from selling star wars to schools

also when his rich asshole neighbors got pissy about him opening an animation studio he just made it into low-income housing instead

clearly, if you hate the prequels, you hate schools and low-income housing

Odradek · 2015-11-30 18:36:34

Red Letter Media fans hate those things, and also trans people and humor.

Odradek · 2015-11-30 18:36:58

And open debates about artwork that don't consist of shouting slogans at dissenters.

Crystal · 2015-11-30 18:43:04

Calica said:
he donated all the money he got from selling star wars to schools

also when his rich asshole neighbors got pissy about him opening an animation studio he just made it into low-income housing instead

Legit. Details, please?

Calica · 2015-11-30 18:48:13

schools

low-income housing

Anonus · 2015-11-30 18:49:49

That $4 billion wasn't all cash though - half of it was Disney stock!

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-11-30 18:52:55

So? That's not the point.

Anonus · 2015-11-30 18:55:37

It's part of the point though. Sleight of hand.

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-11-30 19:13:32

Fair enough, but when they say "the bulk of the money," I am pretty sure they mean cashing out stock as well; and regardless, it's still billions of dollars being put into education. It's a good move.

Crystal · 2015-11-30 19:15:02

Calica said:
schools

low-income housing

Appreciate it. I like Lucas a fair bit more now, even if I'm still not big on his work.

Obā-san · 2015-11-30 19:15:49

same

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-11-30 19:15:58

Also: Holding onto some modicum of stock allows him some degree of oversight with respect to future projects. Whether or not this is a good thing is another matter entirely, but if the original creator wants some say in how his inventions are handled by others, monetary leverage is useful.

Tachyon · 2015-11-30 19:16:47

i don't understand the stock thing. What does it mean?

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-11-30 19:30:17

I'm pretty sure what Anonus is trying to say is that he "only" is putting the raw cash he got from the deal into it and not the money tied up in stock, which makes it seem like he's giving more of it away than he is.

I'm saying that's a bit silly and immaterial.

Odradek · 2016-12-22 17:38:19

Bumped for Anonuses

Crystal · 2016-12-22 17:45:13

I forgot about the good deeds.

Anonus · 2016-12-22 18:42:31

Anonus said:
It's part of the point though. Sleight of hand.

well this was a bleak way of looking at it

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