Trey's Art Extravaganza
Trey had his art party on Saturday night- it was very nice, James Brown (Cynthia's son) came and played and a good time was had by all, although no one sold anything- Part of that problem was because I don't think any of the restaurant customers knew about the party, or they thought it was a private gathering. Anyway, it was fun. Naomi and I and Trey and Bill from the German School all contributed. As soon as Trey's digital camera is all sorted out I'm going to post pictures of my latest art piece, which is a gigantic picture, three foot by five foot, of a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and it says, I WAS dreaming LIKE A TEXAN GIRL on it, and it is composed of sequins and nail varnish. It is truly inspiring.
O and we went to see that Star Wars movie. I thought it was long and boring, and a fair amount of the movie made no sense to me whatsoever. I didn't see the middle prequel; I did see the Phantom Menace and didn't care for it and this one was no better. The main problem with this one- I'm ignoring the ridiculous dialogue- was that Palpatine is in no way convincing. The picture is extremely long, and it’s very dull, and the basic story is just- strange. There’s this Chancellor, who looks a good deal like Margaret Thatcher, and he’s supposed to Tempt Anakin to the Dark Side, but how exactly I would like to know because he isn’t really dangling Fruits of power in front of him or anything- he seems to be making some specious promises about he knows the secrets of immortality through the Dark Side and can save Padme’s life. Now anyone with a brain larger than a kernel of Candy Corn can figure, well, if you know the secrets of immortality show me, or at least do something about your old wrinkly self. Make yourself look like Marky Mark, you old queen. But Anakin falls for it, and all of a sudden- like, instantaneously, he’s all evil. I would have thought it would take a while to turn evil, right? It’s a pretty hefty Life Decision. I’ve seen people take longer to make up their minds in Wendy’s about what to eat. It would have been one thing (probably a rather laughable thing) if Palpatine had said we’ll overthrow the Republic and control the world through Empire but what exactly he had to gain I don’t know. It would have made more sense if he had been motivated by a desire for revenge- but they didn’t bother with that. And then the Emperor, after fighting Samuel Jackson, gets transformed from a fairly normal, if Thatcheresque, person into the Emperor as we know him- I wouldn’t follow him. Then all of a sudden at the end of the movie, he has Imperial Ships and has started working on the Death Star and so forth, in the space of about two minutes.
So Anakin must be practically a drooling imbecile to believe what Palpatine is telling him, and also to be motivated by it. He believes in a dream he has, which he credits to the Force, and so decides to turn evil based on what this queeny old man is telling him? Anakin clearly is dumber than most people I know, and I know lots of DUMB people- Anakin is even dumber than Stupid Anthony who would believe ANYTHING you told him- and then Padme- how is it if they have this Advanced Civilisation and can save Anakin’s life and make him into Darth Vader- why does Padme die in childbirth? No one does that anymore. Padme, we are told, dies because she has “lost the will to live” which doesn’t bode well for her offspring, if you believe that genetics have ANYTHING to do with one’s future- one parent is dumber than a box of hammers and one of them expires from lacking the will to live- I wouldn’t bet on any galaxy being saved by that issue. Palpatine was just- ridiculous. It's like being lured to the dark side by Truman Capote, only without the drugs and celebrity contacts. Lucas should have read a better translation of Death in Venice.
O after Trey's art party- I went home. He stayed at the bar with Cynthia, who got on his nerves by falling in love with everyone she saw, and then they went to her house, and she said Let's listen to the radio! Trey's getting a beer in the kitchen! Cool! Then her ex husband said Cool! And he disconnected all the fuses and made the electricity go out. Funny, huh?
O and we went to see that Star Wars movie. I thought it was long and boring, and a fair amount of the movie made no sense to me whatsoever. I didn't see the middle prequel; I did see the Phantom Menace and didn't care for it and this one was no better. The main problem with this one- I'm ignoring the ridiculous dialogue- was that Palpatine is in no way convincing. The picture is extremely long, and it’s very dull, and the basic story is just- strange. There’s this Chancellor, who looks a good deal like Margaret Thatcher, and he’s supposed to Tempt Anakin to the Dark Side, but how exactly I would like to know because he isn’t really dangling Fruits of power in front of him or anything- he seems to be making some specious promises about he knows the secrets of immortality through the Dark Side and can save Padme’s life. Now anyone with a brain larger than a kernel of Candy Corn can figure, well, if you know the secrets of immortality show me, or at least do something about your old wrinkly self. Make yourself look like Marky Mark, you old queen. But Anakin falls for it, and all of a sudden- like, instantaneously, he’s all evil. I would have thought it would take a while to turn evil, right? It’s a pretty hefty Life Decision. I’ve seen people take longer to make up their minds in Wendy’s about what to eat. It would have been one thing (probably a rather laughable thing) if Palpatine had said we’ll overthrow the Republic and control the world through Empire but what exactly he had to gain I don’t know. It would have made more sense if he had been motivated by a desire for revenge- but they didn’t bother with that. And then the Emperor, after fighting Samuel Jackson, gets transformed from a fairly normal, if Thatcheresque, person into the Emperor as we know him- I wouldn’t follow him. Then all of a sudden at the end of the movie, he has Imperial Ships and has started working on the Death Star and so forth, in the space of about two minutes.
So Anakin must be practically a drooling imbecile to believe what Palpatine is telling him, and also to be motivated by it. He believes in a dream he has, which he credits to the Force, and so decides to turn evil based on what this queeny old man is telling him? Anakin clearly is dumber than most people I know, and I know lots of DUMB people- Anakin is even dumber than Stupid Anthony who would believe ANYTHING you told him- and then Padme- how is it if they have this Advanced Civilisation and can save Anakin’s life and make him into Darth Vader- why does Padme die in childbirth? No one does that anymore. Padme, we are told, dies because she has “lost the will to live” which doesn’t bode well for her offspring, if you believe that genetics have ANYTHING to do with one’s future- one parent is dumber than a box of hammers and one of them expires from lacking the will to live- I wouldn’t bet on any galaxy being saved by that issue. Palpatine was just- ridiculous. It's like being lured to the dark side by Truman Capote, only without the drugs and celebrity contacts. Lucas should have read a better translation of Death in Venice.
O after Trey's art party- I went home. He stayed at the bar with Cynthia, who got on his nerves by falling in love with everyone she saw, and then they went to her house, and she said Let's listen to the radio! Trey's getting a beer in the kitchen! Cool! Then her ex husband said Cool! And he disconnected all the fuses and made the electricity go out. Funny, huh?
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