Quit using my fandom to knock the prez!

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

I'm reading a feature about SW and the upcoming Revenge of the Sith on The Times UK Online web site. Lots of things about it annoyed me as a SW fan, but this annoyed me as a conservative:

But, while the optimistic Star Wars found success by jarring with the despondent, post-Watergate mood of the late 1970s, Episode III is...in tune with the state of Bush’s America.

Aaaagggghhh!!!! The U.S. of A. is nothing like the #$@#$# Empire in SW, you Euro nitwits!

Comments

[phoenix-starr.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. Just breath and chant history will show they are stupid. Sometimes it actually helps.

They're in denial

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

C'mon, which is more like the rotting Republic, the E.U. and the U.N. or the U.S....

Re: They're in denial

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Whenever I watch the scene where Queen Amidala addresses the Senate in TPM, I always think of the U.N..

Re: They're in denial

[okoge.livejournal.com]

totally.

[kc-anathema.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. And which country is it that allows its populace to own firearms again? Y'know, I often wish I had dark side lightning, 'cause it would be so fun to zap 'em. "Fine, you wanted to be proven right anyway!" *zap*zap* :)

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, it would be pretty cool. Mwahahaha!

[sreya.livejournal.com]

Right, because the Republic's Parliamentary system is SO like the US separation of powers. *rolling eyes* Do they even bother to watch the movies?

That's right up there with the TIME issue that claimed girls only watched TPM for Amidala's costumes. Or the claim that Jango Fett was a slur on Hispanics. I think the press are competing to see who can come up with the stupidest theories on pop culture.