Movie Mayhem
If you’re a movie buff, like me, and you want to watch film reviews or commentary on YouTube, at some point you will be confronted with “the great Star Wars debate.” This battle isn’t confined to the George Lucas flicks and their endless sequels; it encompasses any movie or television franchise that Hollywood has taken a woke sledgehammer to.
I saw the first two Star Wars movies in theaters way back in the 1970s-80s. I haven’t rewatched them. I recall thinking they were kind of cool, but not that great. Popcorn fluff. Good popcorn fluff, but no more than that. Three out of four stars. I still feel that way.
And so, I am torn when I’m bombarded with hyper-emotional YouTube videos lamenting the desecration of Lucas’s beloved franchise. Star Wars fans react to the latest Hollywood “reimagining” of their treasured flicks in a very personal way. It’s as if their grandparents have been erased from Ancestry.com.
I agree that “woke” Hollywood needs to be put to sleep, and that needs to happen yesterday. But Star Wars fans need to grow the fuck up and watch something else. Something better.
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Speaking of Hollywood outrage, Christopher Nolan is under attack for casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in his upcoming The Odyssey movie. She’s too black and not beautiful enough to play Helen, according to the outraged.
I don’t know. I did a bit of research, and I hope that we can at least agree that Lupita has a beautiful booty. Here it is jiggling in a screen cap (above) and a clip (below) from 12 Years a Slave:
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Speaking (again) of Hollywood outrage, here is blonde actress Samaire Armstrong complaining about the dearth of roles for women like her. She thinks it’s because she is white. I did a bit of research, and I think it’s because she’s no longer 25, as she was in this nude scene from It’s a Boy Girl Thing (2006). She’s the completely naked blonde on the left (not the fat lady):
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