Revenge of the GAF (Grannies Against Fantasy) :P

[Logan Felipe]

One day I saw this show on PBS. Very late at night when noone watches Public Broadcasting (as if they watch it alot anyway).

It was called "Finding America".

 

A bunch of old Grandmothers in the Deep South of the United States were burning SW videogames, Harry Potter books, and a few LoTR

games; all in one of those ToysRus toy bins.

 

When interviewed one of the old grannies said, and I quote:

"We're saving our grandchildren."

 

I"M NOT KIDDING!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

WTH is the World Coming to?!?! 

[chip5541]

Ever hear the song "Witchhunt" by RUSH. It was in teh Moving Pictures album.

 

The night is black

Without a moon

The air is thick, and still

 

The vigilantes gather on

The lonely torchlit hill

 

Features distorted in the flickering light

The faces are twisted and grotesque

Silent and stern in the sweltering night

The mob moves like demons possessed

Quiet in conscience, calm in their right ---

Confident their ways are best

 

continued below...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The righteous rise

With burning eyes

Of hatred and ill-will

 

Madmen fed on fear and lies

To beat, and burn, and kill

 

They say there are strangers, who threaten us

In our immigrants and infidels

They say there is strangeness, too dangerous

In our theatres and bookstore shelves

That those who know what's best for us ---

Must rise and save us from ourselves

 

Quick to judge

Quick to anger

Slow to understand

 

Ignorance and prejudice

And fear

Walk hand in hand

[Logan Felipe]

good song there.

[Empireftw]

Cool song but i mean realy i wouldnt say to hunt them like that but the kids can make thier own choice the grandmas should stay the heck away.

[Mikan Cyclone]

They have a horribly closed mind.  I mean, most of that stuff couldn't hurt a fly...LOTR and SW could even be described as a Christian allegory...though that would upset many ppl.

[Mythyk]

@ chip

RUSH FTW Geddy Lee is the greatest Bassist evar!!!!  Alex Lifeson kicks lots of buttox as well *throws horns

 

@ Mikan

Is that why you like them, or is that just an interesting factoid?

[Mikan Cyclone]

interesting factoid, I guess.  I never really think about it at all.

[Dorkthehunter]

There is a larger allegory in LOTR than SW. Someone wrote a book "Finding God in the Lord of the Rings" talking about that. It's a good book. But Chronicles of Narnia still has the best allegory of all time.

[Empireftw]

I agree thier is more in those other seiries.

[Logan Felipe]

There is a larger allegory in LOTR than SW. Someone wrote a book "Finding God in the Lord of the Rings" talking about that. It's a good book. But Chronicles of Narnia still has the best allegory of all time.

 

I'm not going to delve too deep philosophically here in fear of angering any super-fundamentalist-christians here (or the people who made "Election Wars") but I have to disagree.

 

LOTR, SW, Harry Potter, etc. are based on key story elements of ALL Religions and Mythologies - From the trials of Hercules to Hindu beliefs to Christianity.

 

For example; The Hindu god of destruction has four arms, resembling Grievous in basic shape. One part the story of Luke skywalker actually draws from the story of the Greek Phaeton, son of Helios, Greek god of the sun. Order 66 bears resemblence to the Norse "Ragnarok", where the gods and the giants fight in a great and terrible battle. Brother against brother for greed's sake. All is destroyed, except for the slightest hope (in SW this would be Luke and Leia).

 

Did any of you know that GL consulted with philosopher Joseph Campbell when creating the story of the SW saga?

In Bill Moyer's interviews with Campbell (who died several years ago) collectively known as "The Power of Myth", Campbell describes Lucas as "his favorite student".

[Guest]

The Hindu god of destruction has four arms, resembling Grievous in basic shape.

 

I dunno about that. That could be true but in the ROTS concept art book they said they made grievous's 2 arms split into 4 because it was cool. And that he was the main action villan and needed some cool special ability

[Logan Felipe]

I dunno about that. That could be true but in the ROTS concept art book they said they made grievous's 2 arms split into 4 because it was cool. And that he was the main action villan and needed some cool special ability

Remember that this is George Lucas we're talking about.

RARELY is he ever NOT metaphorical. Nothing is for the heck of it in his movies.

 

Besides, what could be better than a metaphorical special ability?

[Ghostly_Substance]

THis is half on and half off topic.

 

Grannies have been recently going wacko in the brains......well maybe always but I seen them going so since they also come to Canadian Tire and ask me where stuff are. I tell them where it could be or that I don't know and they start thinking they know everything in the store since they start boasting -.- Had a old couple and they were looking for reflective tape or something like that and I repeated what they said then they automatically said "Never mind i'll ask someone who does know". Like wtf..........no wonder old people don't get taken care of...........I knew where the tape was but they just shot me down and that comment went under my skin and pissed me off.

 

Probably paid to be that kind of bias towards games or maybe they find and hire the ones I come across?

[Logan Felipe]

THis is half on and half off topic.

 

Grannies have been recently going wacko in the brains......well maybe always but I seen them going so since they also come to Canadian Tire and ask me where stuff are. I tell them where it could be or that I don't know and they start thinking they know everything in the store since they start boasting -.- Had a old couple and they were looking for reflective tape or something like that and I repeated what they said then they automatically said "Never mind i'll ask someone who does know". Like wtf..........no wonder old people don't get taken care of...........I knew where the tape was but they just shot me down and that comment went under my skin and pissed me off.

 

Probably paid to be that kind of bias towards games or maybe they find and hire the ones I come across?

 

Yeah, sometimes old people can get the "I'm older and know everything you don't" sort of thing going. :

 

My grandparents are really cool though.

 

The old ladies I was talking about in my first post were probably of the same mindsets of the people who burned "witches" in salem some-odd years ago. the "witchcraft and hp are evil so I won't let them wwatch it" type

[Guest]

Remember that this is George Lucas we're talking about.

RARELY is he ever NOT metaphorical. Nothing is for the heck of it in his movies.

 

Besides, what could be better than a metaphorical special ability?

 

In the book Lucas Himself said that Grievous was an echo or of what anakin is going to become his purpose aside from being the main action villian is to foreshadow that event by him being a cyborg

 

In the OT just about everything alluded to something but the prequels... not so much