The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire’s Worst Engineer. More hilarious: Teeny emo Vader or Veers fangirling?
I could almost believe it was real
Fantastically bizarre celebrity art blogger 14 graces us today with George Lucas’s Hair Unfurls to Reveal A Secret Interdimensional Vortex Allowing Him To Communicate Telepathically With An Ancient Diety From A Galaxy Far, Far Away. Quite flattering, all things considered.
Actually, it reminds me of this totally bizarre conversation I had with some chick on the long-dead Fanfix.com boards – she claimed that George Lucas had gotten hold of the Star Wars story through arcane means (i.e., not a pastiche of Kurosawa, Campbell, Buck Rodgers and other such etcetera) and that he also had gotten it all wrong. (Her fanfiction, of course, was right.) She was a known nutcase and probably a troll, but I remain amused.
I saw a Kevin Smith movie like this once
The Onion’s ‘Tony Waltman’ is no Larry Groznic, but one can gather from “Don’t Tell Me You’ve Never Wondered What Yoda’s Penis Looks Like” that they may have waited in the same line more than once. (Thanks, Beth!)
Librarians heart Tag and Bink
Tag and Bink Were Here, aka one of the best Star Wars comics Dark Horse has ever published (in this blogger’s opinion, anyway) has been selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA, a division of the ALA) by being one of their selections for the 2007 recommended list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Rock!
That’s my Vader!
You know, we all have these vast little conspiracy theories about the fabled live-action Star Wars TV show… Boba Fett, lil Luke, Bail and friends… but what if it was something far more ominous? What if it was… A sithcom?
Hey, worked for Chad, didn’t it?
Waking up and getting out of the hyperbolic chamber can really be hard some days
I’m not quite sure what a Twitter is supposed to be, (blogging for the especially lazy?) but by golly, Darth Vader has one. And it is kinda funny. (via Big Dumb Object)
It’s hard out there for a trooper
Stormtrooper Yes I am. With the empire in decline, the Nordic Garrison was forced to turn to catchy Swedish electro-pop. (via Bonnie)
Speaking of the tonguesicle…
Sexually Suggestive Star Wars Candy To Be Marketed To Children! One can always count on Landover Baptist (yes, it’s a parody site) for the lulz.
Video Monday
TIE-tanic. “The ability to control a medium for 20 years is insignificant next to the power of a good chick-flick.” Pure. Freaking. Genius. With Ewoks! On fire!
‘Guy Love,’ a song from the upcoming musical episode of Scrubs. I dare you not to laugh at this. And, um, it’s not off-topic: Donald Faison appears wearing a Star Wars t-shirt. Watch for it!
Michael Winslow recreates the sound effects of an entire scene from A New Hope in his stand-up routine.
Producer Michael Wiese talks about Hardware Wars at the Cannes Film Festival.
ABC’s Harry Potter special is up on Youtube. Watch thirteen (!) clips at ohnotheydidnt.
More, more, more!
- Compilation: Ray Harryhausen’s special effects.
- Mashup: Star Wars/Wizard of Oz.
- Family Guy: Luke Skywalker calls out another rebel pilot.
- Flash: Fear & Loathing in Mos Eisley.
Videos, videos, everywhere!
Well, I was planning on holding onto these for Monday, but thanks to your Defamers and Boing Boings, they’re all over the web.
First up, George Lucas’ Singin’ in the Rain, by the folks who brought you Brokeback to the Future and X-Men-3:The Last Standing Ovation. Watch it now – it’s already been removed from Youtube at the request of humorless Warner Bros. goons. Or maybe it’ll show up at the Chocolate City Cake site along with its other infringing brethern. Special thanks to Bonnie, who first sent me the original link.
Our other selection is a seven-year-old Wilhelm scream compilation video made by pre-LFL (right?) Pablo Hidalgo for the Star Wars Fanboy Association (not to be confused with SFWA. Stupid sexy acronyms.) Found via Dan Wallace in Pablo’s own comments.