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OK guys, perhaps we are being a little bit Pedantic. If that's the worst thing we can find about the movie, then maybe it's pretty good!
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Lucas borrowed all sorts of things from everywhere to brew up his SW hodge-podge -- including gongfu films. The name Padme Amidala is frankly borrowed from Buddhist literature; 'Padme' just too obviously resembles the Sanskrit padma meaning 'lotus', while 'Amidala' in turn all too obviously resembles Amitabha, the name of a well-known Buddhist deity. The 'Force' thing is also plainly ripped from Chinese philosophical ideas, while the resemblance of the Jedi to Japanese Kendo fighters is again plainly obvious. And dear Yoda -- doesn't he look like one of those ancient bearded East Asian sages? The whole thing's just a crazy hodge-podge.
Perhaps if Lucas included some tall, handsome, muscular, half-naked barbarians in his saga along the lines of the Scorpion King, whose powers would make the Jedi look like a bunch of nerds... Perhaps then I'll go watch a SW movie for the first time.
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As for the Jedi, they for the most part do not rely on other weapons but the lightsaber, since they have the skill to use it as a near impenetrable shield as well as a weapon. They use others weapons against them. And why does the force have to be connected to religion in some way? It is a natural force in the Star Wars universe, the equivilent of "magic" in a fantasy world. The lightsaber is a much a tradition of the Jedi as much as a personal weapon. "Don't forget, all the characters you see in the Star Wars saga are actually not human." Acutally no you are quite wrong [img]smile.gif[/img] People who look like humans ARE humans, that was the whole purpose of The Empire that all aliens were inferior and that humans are the ones that should rightly rule the universe, pretty much like the Ordos Xenos ideals in the WH40K universe. You may not like Star Wars personally but dont make assumptions that just prove your ignorance. I am not a rabid fan of the movies, but I do quite like the books set in the Star Wars universe [img]smile.gif[/img] |
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About the 'force' thing, nothing in the SW saga looks like 'magic' to me. I've already discussed that in an earlier post. People who look like humans ARE humans? Well, dunno, maybe in the SW universe, but certainly not elsewhere. Superman looks human, but he isn't human. No human can fly or lift a Concorde. Klingons look like humans, but they're not. Elves, dwarves and hobbits look human, but they're not. External appearances establish nothing. [img]tongue.gif[/img] As I've said in another earlier post in this thread, I have nothing against all this SW crap so long as I don't have to be bombarded by it well nigh every moment of my waking life -- which unfortunately is becoming very difficult. [ 05-19-2002, 05:29 AM: Message edited by: K T Ong ]
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One way of avoiding hearing about Star Wars "crap", is to stop opening threads that discuss it! Just a thought! Aviendha. |
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Pardon me, I didn't open this thread!
Uhhh... I mean, start it. Okay, I get what you mean. And I'll stay away from this thread like the very plague from now on. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [ 05-19-2002, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: K T Ong ]
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