 |
|
|
|
 |
DJMaytag
Supreme Pizzaaddict

Registered: Dec 2001
Location: back in Madison, WI... again!
|
|
|
May-31-2005 05:18
|
|
|
 |
 |
kush paintings
Balance 005 Romantic
Registered: Jun 2004
Location:
|
|
|
Why ignore, there are some great philosophical undertones to the star wars series, in addition to political ones. The Republic becomes the Empire. "Liberty ends with the sound of applause"
___________________
Lost Souls
|
|
May-31-2005 05:24
|
|
|
 |
 |
DJMaytag
Supreme Pizzaaddict

Registered: Dec 2001
Location: back in Madison, WI... again!
|
|
|
May-31-2005 05:31
|
|
|
 |
 |
Dervish
Your opinion matters.

Registered: Dec 2003
Location:
|
|
|
I dunno why this got moved (orig. from PDD):
| quote: | 'In terms of evil, one of the original concepts was how does a democracy turn itself into a dictatorship,'' Lucas told a news conference at Cannes, where his final episode had its world premiere.
''The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we're doing in Iraq now are unbelievable. |
George Lucus Quoted >CNN<
| quote: | Creator George Lucas admits that his tale of a republic succumbing to dictatorship is colored by his observations of the Nixon administration and, more recently, the post-9/11 Bush administration. Fear, his Jedi often say, leads to the Dark Side; public fears, Episodes I–III suggest, can lead to the concentration of power in the hands of politicians and the erosion of democracy into authoritarianism.
Some observers of the politics of Star Wars sharply criticize parts of Lucas's tale. Following the release of "Episode II: Attack of the Clones," the Objectivist Center's Ed Hudgins fired off an op-ed criticizing the film for showing Palpatine and the Sith forming an alliance of convenience with traders (the Trade Federation), bankers (the Banking Clan), unions (the Commerce Guilds), and corporations (the Corporate Alliance).
"That's about as obvious a slap at business as you'll get," Hudgins bristled. "Lucas the liberal sees economic power as a danger, and fails to realize that it is political power, even in the hands of a republican government, that corrupts commerce and society." |
>The FOX "viewpoint"......<
|
|
May-31-2005 06:05
|
|
|
 |
 |
TweeK
What About The Future

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Underground Pirate Station [JSRF]
|
|
|
May-31-2005 07:01
|
|
|
 |
All times are GMT. The time now is 20:32.
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
[IMG] code is ON
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contact Us - return to tranceaddict
Powered by: Trance Music & vBulletin Forums
Copyright ©2000-2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Privacy Statement / DMCA
|