There were a couple of cracks about each of them

"Cracks", Jesse?

NPI!

I just saw (through the powers of Amazon Unbox) The People vs. George Lucas. The film is like the 10th part in my long catharsis related to George Lucas fucking up the franchise.

Red Letter Media started me off and I think this movie finished the process. The movie is not a work of art, but it really does present the "fan" perspective of how George Lucas changed the films and fan reaction to the prequels. I know this sounds kind of fucked up, but after all this time, I think I'm actually less angry about The Phantom Menace. I think the movie is a travesty, but I'm finally in acceptance. And I *know* I'm not alone.

The movie highlighted 3-4 main issues: Lucas re-editing the original movies (especially "A New Hope"), Jar Jar Binks, and mitochlorins. All kinds of fans from Neil Gaiman down to geek #130 have their opinions and reactions represented.

Red Letter Media hits all the filmmaking notes (prequels lacking story and coherence, Lucas borrowing scenes from earlier movies to bring in fans), but this movie really shows how fans reacted. PVGL isn't perfect - there is an unfinished (it seems to me) part of the film where they compare kids' reactions to the prequels vs. their parents. I wish this issue could have been flushed out a bit more, perhaps by using examples from Pixar.

But overall I feel a sense of completion.

I'm starting to think I'm remembering something that didn't really happen (well, actually remembering a description of something that didn't really happen).

In college I took a science-fiction film class, and one of the films was 2001. I swear to god I remember the teacher saying that at the premiere of the movie (or maybe press screenings?) there were memos on the seats explaining (and here's where my memory gets fuzzy -- but this was 1992, okay?) either the fact that there is no sound in outer space, or possibly what would happen to the human body in the vacuum of space.

I've googled all manner of word combinations and I can't find any proof of this mythical memo. So possibly it's a false memory implanted in my brain by Kubrick.

I thought that if anyone might know about this, my Buffistas would. Anybody know anything about this?

Not sure if this was already posted, but felt it needed to be shared. Want to see a reunion picture of (most) of the cast of Princess Bride?

As you wish.

This week's Entertainment Weekly is so much fun with all the reunions! How in the world did I not realize that Mandy Patinkin played Inigo Montoya?!

How in the world did I not realize that Mandy Patinkin played Inigo Montoya?!

He's talked about how, at every single concert he gives, he has to say those immortal words. Once he'd nearly forgotten, and then ran out after the final encore to strike his pose and then the entire audience chanted along with him: "Hallo. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

The Princess Bride with cats.

Steph, I can ask my dad if he remembers anything like that - I know he saw it in theatres when it first came out. (I can't promise he'll have a helpful answer...like most of the rest of the audience he was probably high at the time.)

[eta: He doesn't remember a memo.]

[eta: He doesn't remember a memo.]

Thanks! I'm starting to think that either I invented a memory, or the film professor was full of crap.

Avengers trailer.