lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
star wars: phantom menace (the best of the sixology) imitates the US govt anakin=george W
Gladiator imitates the govt too -comodus - W -marcus aurilius - george senior -maximus - ron paul 10/14/2007 11:36:26 AM |
umbrellaman All American 10892 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "phantom menace (the best of the sixology)" |
You would have destroyed your credibility with this statement, except that you never had any to begin with.10/14/2007 11:43:49 AM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
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Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
you're a goddamn idiot 10/14/2007 12:00:40 PM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
hey, phantom menace is indeed the best of the series, i know its hard to imagine but if you look closely it has the best graphics, story, adventure, suspense the only reason it got a bad rap was cause of too much hype.... 10/14/2007 12:25:32 PM |
jwb9984 All American 14039 Posts user info edit post |
and it sucked ass 10/14/2007 12:35:23 PM |
rainman Veteran 358 Posts user info edit post |
Empire Strikes Back was the best one. 10/14/2007 1:53:37 PM |
umbrellaman All American 10892 Posts user info edit post |
^ 10/14/2007 2:07:09 PM |
JCASHFAN All American 13916 Posts user info edit post |
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I mean I like RP and all, but no. 10/14/2007 2:23:38 PM |
RedGuard All American 5596 Posts user info edit post |
If Anakin = George W, then that means that Dubya will eventually redeem himself and save the United States by singlehandedly destroying the ultimate evil when it appears that all hope is lost. For some reason, I don't quite see that happening.
As for Maximus = Ron Paul, no. 10/14/2007 2:37:24 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
god there is nothing more i love on earth than hating on star wars....its so fucking overrated 10/14/2007 2:38:32 PM |
umbrellaman All American 10892 Posts user info edit post |
That is why you fail at life, young padawan. 10/14/2007 3:03:58 PM |
Flyin Ryan All American 8224 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "star wars: phantom menace (the best of the sixology) imitates the US govt anakin=george W " |
Blast from the past:
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Lavim All American 945 Posts user info edit post |
wow your insightful analysis has caused me to completely rethink everything I know about government. 10/14/2007 3:33:01 PM |
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lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
^wow, it looks like im not the only one who made that connection 10/14/2007 3:50:15 PM |
Scuba Steve All American 6931 Posts user info edit post |
10/14/2007 4:02:56 PM |
hooksaw All American 16500 Posts user info edit post |
This thread reminds me of the people riding around campus with "Republicans for Voldemort" stickers on their bumpers.
[Edited on October 15, 2007 at 12:11 AM. Reason : .] 10/15/2007 12:04:12 AM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "phantom menace (the best of the sixology)" |
</doa>10/15/2007 12:06:14 AM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
I did this in another thread.....
Bush = Count Dooku ==
Chaney == Darth Sidious
== 10/15/2007 12:10:19 AM |
392 Suspended 2488 Posts user info edit post |
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drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
who is jar jar binks? 10/15/2007 8:16:12 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
So you see the puppy was like industry in that they were both lost in the woods. And nobody, especially the little boy - society – knew where to find him. Except that the puppy was a dog, but the industry, my friends – that was a revolution. 10/15/2007 8:37:54 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
Soviets = Klingons Americans = Federation
Quote : | "TUC is an allegory for the fall of communism in Eastern Europe circa 1990 and the recent peace movement which was happening while the film was being made (the Soviet Union itself had not yet dissolved during the filming or even at the film’s release). An apt reference is made by Spock, when he confronts Kirk’s apprehension of dealing with the Klingons, by quoting what he refers to as a “Vulcan proverb”: “Only Nixon could go to China.”
According to the movie, the Federation and the Klingons have been engaged in a cold war for seventy years (as portrayed in the episode “Errand of Mercy” in the original series).
TUC’s portrayal of the explosion of Praxis resembled the Chernobyl Accident which was one of the largest embarrassments of the Soviet Union and shed a bright light on how quickly the Soviet system was decaying.
In the movie, there is a plot to end the peace movement by removing the leaders. This somewhat resembled the attempted coup d’état against Gorbachev in the summer of 1991 to stop his movement toward the formation of a more federal and less centralized Soviet Union.
Kirk's statement, that “some people think the future means the end of history. Well, we haven’t run out of history just yet.” is a reference to Francis Fukuyama’s essay “The End of History” (1990), which interpreted the fall of Communism as the triumph of liberal democracy, and thus the end of history.
During the dinner on board the Enterprise, the two sides debate about the loss of Klingon culture, which some in Eastern Europe feared with the “invasion” of Western culture as a result of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
By far, the major theme of TUC is the idea of overcoming one’s own prejudice. In the film, many characters on both sides must face the fact that peace has come and they must learn to accept one another. This is most evident with Kirk who struggles morally because of the conflict between his duty to his personal code of ethics and his difficulty in dealing with the loss of his son. Chancellor Gorkon reminds Kirk of this when leaving the Enterprise saying, "If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it," echoing the fact that the politicians and servicemen who fought the hardest during the Cold War ironically had the most difficult time adjusting to its ending.
The film’s dialogue contains an enormous number of historical and cultural references. These include many lines of Shakespeare (most of which are quoted by Chang).
During Captain Kirk’s trial, General Chang (Christopher Plummer) asks Kirk a question and then shouts, “Don’t wait for the translation, answer me now!” This is a reference to U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson’s confrontation at the United Nations with Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin over Cuban missile bases during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Plummer uses the exact same line nine years later in the TNT television miniseries Nuremberg while his character, Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, is cross-examining Nazi Hermann Göring.
The character of Colonel West (Rene Auberjonois) was an inside joke reference to a real United States Marine officer: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. The West character was omitted from the original theatrical release of the film, and reinserted when the film went to video." |
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392 Suspended 2488 Posts user info edit post |
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CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "star wars: phantom menace (the best of the sixology) " |
um no. probably my least favorite. graphics were great for the year they came out but so were the old ones = null point. the story, adventure, and suspense was terrible in this one compared to the old ones and the acting was horrific.
worst of the six movies10/18/2007 8:35:20 AM |
cyrion All American 27139 Posts user info edit post |
attack of the clones was the worst. very worst acting + stupid, forced love story. 10/18/2007 1:33:01 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
i suppose. the only one of hte original three that moderately did the series justice was episode III 10/18/2007 1:37:45 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-10-17-bush-wednesday_N.htm
I swear Bush really is trying to get WWIII rolling before leaving office. I can see it now; democrats lead in the polls but all of a sudden 2 months before election WW3 breaks out. With a state of emergency existing the president acts to assert control and declare temporary emergency powers to continue on his term.... 10/18/2007 4:23:11 PM |
lafta All American 14880 Posts user info edit post |
ok this one is good
Lion King
the pride=USA
mufasa=george H. bush
simba=george W. bush
hyenas=aclu, poor, ghetto
Scar=bill clinton
scar kills mufasa, takes over pride for 8 years, simba comes back and retakes it in lion king 2, the hippos fly planes into the tree of life, causing a stamped....
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Paul1984 All American 2855 Posts user info edit post |
I haven't been on these forums that long, is this guy really that stupid or is this some form of satire? 10/23/2007 7:46:18 AM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
^^ that is the most idiotic thing ever 10/23/2007 9:49:50 AM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
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Giuliani is trying to take over and be the new dark lord in 2008 10/23/2007 10:59:08 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148446 Posts user info edit post |
soap box threads that imitate the entertainment section 10/23/2007 11:22:54 AM |