And Now for Something completely Different (or Jack Bauer, Dark Knight)
This blog has gotten a bit serious so I feel like switching it up a bit.
24 series finale...
What can I say about this show, and the excellent way the season ended? Well, upon viewing the ending I immediately thought of one of the greatest comic books (in my opinion) Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. For those who don't know, please run and buy this. It is perhaps the greatest Batman story ever, written and drawn by the creator of Sin City (among other things.) This is a story about the way Batman should be, a slightly pychotic nut who is dedicated to his job (stopping the bad guys) and treats it like he is a soldier at war, a war in which there are casualties on each side. One of my favorite scenes in it is of Batman comforting his new Robin as she is breaking down "Good Soldier" he says.
Jack Bauer had to do the same thing several times this season, choosing between saving a prisoner with potential information or saving Audrey's ex, being prepared to shoot Tony, and taking one for the team by breaking international protocol invading chinese soil. I was slightly disgusted by the government letting Jack take the fall, but like a good soldier he sucked it up and accepted it as part of his duty.
The other major similarity...the end of both stories. Both involve a faked death in order to slip away into the shadows and obscurity. I won't ruin the ending of Batman for you, but it is really dope and I suggest tracking this down (I'll give you a hint...a certain alien reporter getting served proper)
24 is definitely the best non-comedy on television imo, with the Sopranos a close second. I am saddened by the fact that I will be out of range for the next season.
Onto another "dark knight" Revenge of the Sith. I give it 2 thumbs up with my main complaint being that the movie is so intense with effects and battle sequences that it takes away from the coolness of the contest between Obi Won and Anakin.
I didn't think I would end up feeling so much in common with Anakin, and I think George Lucas did an excellent job of making a back story that people can relate to rather than an icy force choker in a mask and cape who redeems himself at the end. It made me wonder what he must have been feeling in Cloud City when he realized Luke was his son.
I also really liked Obi Won's humility, a warrior who won both battles with Vader by embracing the light side of the force.
I did think it was interesting how episode 2 and 3 showed some shortcomings and flaws in the jedi. do you think Lucas was trying to say something there? and what about saving life through manipulation of the force? was it just a lie of Sidious or are the jedi holding off...they obviously have some sort of life altering abilities (like Obi Won's disappearing act in episode 4)
There was also a personal bit of laughter for me to think of Obi Won and Yoda going off into retreat to get stronger and wait for "the new hope".
posted by Konchok Ngodup @ 2:36 AM
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Dude that comic strip is great. I need ot work that into my everyday usage ya i got the Pilsbury son it just flows wooot!
Yo! that new slang comic is hella funny. (Hella is the slang word that I hate the most.) Stupid Nor Cal kids! Anyway, I have invented a new slang that is really catching on across SoCal and NorCal. The word is "Chowda" sometimes said like "Chowder". right before you fart you say "chowda". This is a nice way of warning friends that they may want to take a few steps back. It is also hillarious when you are at some place and you are standing in line and you say "chowda" all non-chalant to your buddy or girlfriend and they know you just totally ruined the next few minutes of everyone's lives who are standing around you.
On a serious note..... Revenge of the Sith was amazing to me. It completely changed my perspective on everything. I used to be a fan of the darkside because I am naturally drawn to evil. But, that movie totally took the evil out of the equation for me. I'm a sucker for love and if I were put in Anakin's shoes I would have made the same choice! Lastly, Mace Windu fucked up. If there is any one individual who really pushed Anakin to the darkside it was Windu. Why does it always have to be the brotha?
Well although I would argue with you that it was Windu's fault, I did find it interesting that Lucas subtly presented the failings of the Jedi in all 3 new movies, but mainly in 2 and 3.
"If the planet doesn't exist in the archives, it doesn't exist"
In episode 2 specifically, the Jedi are beginning to realize there is something wrong, with the Dark Side, with the Senate, but nothing is really done.
The Jedi order is too caught up to realize their own shortcomings, they are trapped into their own matrix, even as it crashes and burns.
But on the whole, Anakin did make his own choice...if he had let go off his attachment to Padme:
1. when he was a kid and not obsessing like a freak
2. when he sees Padme again and is already a Jedi and not breaking the Jedi rules
3. when Yoda (his Master) gives him DIRECT advice
none of this would have happened.
But that goes back to the whole thing of having to learn your own mistakes...why listen to Yoda? When 800 years old are you, maybe you will be so smart???
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