Star Wars: Droids

Playing catchup today, so this will be the first a few post that have been piling up on me. Some will be posted here and some on Star Wars Episode 7 is fanfiction. So a word about the EU Rebellion and the Alliance. They are not the same thing. And this is what tends to calls the most legitimate contention with the Alliance. And I mean legitimate as in people of the EU Rebellion joining with a misunderstanding of what the Alliance is; as oppose to illegitimate being trolls. The Alliance is part…

The Coen brothers are two of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the American movie industry. Joel David Coen was born on November 29th, 1954 and Ethan Jesse Coen born on September 21st, 1957. The two brothers have worked together on creating an award winning sense of humor through the stories of their characters, most of whom are trapped in worlds that are often tinged, unforgiving, and daunting universes. Since 1984, the Coen brothers have directed more than 15 films of diverse genres…

Space Jam was one of the first popular animated movies. There is a very short list of animated movies that were successful prior to the release of Space Jam. There are only five animated films that are grossing higher than space jam that were released before Space Jam. After the release of Space Jam in 1996, six movies came out in the decade that topped Space Jam on the top grossing list. These six movies could most likely thank the success of space jam that made animated movies increasingly…

The Lego Star Wars Millenium Falcon, or the Lego Mindstorms NXT? I have never been good at making decisions, even when it comes to toys. There are always so many different options, each of them so amazingly amusing and unique, that I cannot stand getting them all. Because of this, I strongly believe that limiting someone like me, who is curious and adventurous, to be able to try only one thing is wrong. Struggling to pick a toy may seem frivolous, but when it comes to the question of what I want…

started off poorly but as it progressed it got noticeably better. Maybe it was just me but the opening was by far the worst part of the movie but it quickly got better. While the first act was forgettable the movie found its stride during the first Death Star test, the movie never looked back. From fantastic Easter eggs (highlighted and allusions to Obi-Wan Kenobi and an appearance by Grand Moff Tarkin) to action scenes and plot twists. While the first act was forgettable the third act was…

“Ah, the audience doesn’t care.” But George Lucas, director of the Star Wars film series, isn’t talking about Alfred Hitchhock’s entire film The 39 Steps. Instead, he is referring to a MacGuffin, a common plot device that motivates the protagonist(s) without much additional development of its own. Lucas’s remark can be untraditionally applied to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, for the dragon Smaug’s ostensibly antagonistic role left the reader ambivalent. However, this is not entirely due to a…

“Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys” a line whispered from the late Robin Williams in the film Dead Poet’s Society (1989). That line became one of the greatest movie quotes of all time, and one of my personal favorite quotes. The line tells you to literally seize the day, to take the moment. One of the most important lessons ever given in film. Several films have given different life lessons, or told a story of history that everyone should know. Stories of honor, bravery, heroes, betrayal, death,…

Heroes in our media embody characteristics that people desire. The shining faces in our books, movies, and TV shows function as proxies for our own self images. Throughout modern history, society’s artists have been free to experiment with a variety of different types of heroes, giving each individual the ability to align with whatever heroic characteristics they personally admire. For these reasons, you can learn a great deal about someone from whom he chooses as his heroes. Nora from A Doll’s…

Are you looking for a thrilling fantasy movie which is both engaging and interesting than you are looking for the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey? The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey is a fantasy/adventure movie which was written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Guillermo Del Toro and Philippa Boyens. It was directed by Peter Jackson; this movie is a great piece of work which shows the effectiveness of cinematography when it was released in 2012. It is about a hobbit who goes on an adventure to help the…

Campbell remarked Lucas to have perfectly integrated the cycle to Star Wars’ plot. This is not surprising at all, due to the fact that Lucas drew inspiration from the template Campbell created for his film, Star Wars. Table 1 presented below compares the stages of the Hero’s Journey to the events that occurred in the movie, A New Hope. *(Christopher Vogler’s condensed version of the Hero’s Journey has been used in this paper to view this theory from a more general perspective in contrast to…