To buy or not to buy: SW dilemma. Other musings

[dangermousie]

I am soooo tempted to buy the novelization of SWIII (yeah, I have no shame). But I am torn. I am OK with being spoiled, but there is spoiled and spoiled, and this would be a whole other level of spoiled. Help meeeeeee!

Also, am so glad SWIII is PG-13. I understand that it might bug some people who grew up on the safe world of the OT, but Lord of the Rings and the Matrix were my generation's movies, so I love the darkness inherent in Anakin's fall from grace (much as it breaks my heart) and am glad it will be done graphically enough. You *need* PG-13 to do it justice.

I have a perfect geek marriage. Sample of marital conversation yesterday:
Me: I want to rent a movie. Feel like getting Alexander for the FF button and to mock?
Husband: I think it would be fun to rent Clone Wars sometimes.
Me: We have it. I bought it.
Husband: No, I meant the cartoons.
Me: I know. I bought it.
Husband: when is it going to get here?
Me: It's in the house. Wanna watch?
Husband: Yay.
Me: I love the fact that you don't mind I am geeky.
Husband: Are you kidding? I love it. A lot of guys's girls wouldn't like that stuff at all because it's scifi or uncool.
Us: watch Clone Wars and have geeky discussions re: Jedi.
*happy sigh*

Also, decided to check out Clive Cussler's book "Sahara." As far as thrillers go, he could be a worse writer, but boy is he into self-insertion. Dirk Pitt is his "sexy" (i.e. Bondian ergo boring) alter-ego. It's written well enough that I'll not call it a Gary Stu, but it's pretty close. Especially if you read Cussler's biography on the back.

Comments

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm the geeky one in my relationship. My fiance doesn't much care for sci fi, but I lurve it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

There's always time to convert him :)

My husband doesn't care for Bollywood. He doesn't mind it too much ocassionally, but he is always happier when I am on my scifi kick.

Btw, love the icon!

[ladyaeryn.livejournal.com]

Hehe, you're one of the lucky ones. *g*

I only hope I can find some guy who's at least half as geeky as I am. (And/or who, like your husband for you, loves my geekiness because it's so rare in a girl.) Unfortunately the main guys I've met who are into scifi are geeky enough that they unnerve even me. ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

But I am sure you'll find someone. I know because it took me quite a few tries :)

Btw, that icon? *dies*

because it's so rare in a girl

So true. I was shopping once, and I bought a whole bunch of things. One of them was AotC DVD. When I took the stuff to the check out couter of Borders, the sales person asked me if I wanted AotC (and only AotC) giftwrapped. I guess girls can't like SW :D

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It bugs me because the OT wasn't safe!

We had torture. We had charred smoking corpses. We had dismemberment. We had impalement.

You get into Indy, we had exploding heads, melting faces, mummies, more impalement. The second movie, with beating hearts being ripped out of chests getting a PG rating singlehandedly created the PG-13 rating.

The Beastmaster: decapitation, rotting corpses hung out on wheels, trees of corpses, A soup of human body parts. And PG rating

By my standards, LotR did not need a PG-13, even RotK. I doubt RotS will either, but everyone is erring on the side of safe.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but most of this stuff wasn't shown. Not graphically. RotK was pretty graphic, and I am sure if it didn't involve non-humman critters, the board would have given it a R. It's not what's happening, it's the kind of detail it's in.

Plus, I think the world of the OT was a lot more black and white (the main characters were Good Guys, after all).

Haven't seen Beastmaster though...

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

I bought the novelization for the last two movies but I just can't get myself to do it this time around. No spoilers for me!

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Yes, the stuff was shown. There is blood and a severed arm lying on the cantina floor. Owen and Beru's bodies are lingered over. The torture scene in Cloud City runs a good minute and a half.

As for Raiders in today's climate, it would ahve to cut a bunch of stuff to get a PG-13. It is FAR more graphic than RotK. There is a LOT more blood in Raiders. (Go watch the end bit again) In RotK, we got the quick stab and move on school of fighting.

Of course, I remembered naked!Danae in Clash of the Titans and Perseus decapitating Medusa so her headless, naked corpse falls over, very slowly, and the blood pools like tomato sauce out of her truncated neck. Yep, PG.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think that's why PG-13 was created. PG now is really inadequate as it is a lot more "kid friendly" then 70s PG.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am already spoiled, but I am so weak....

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

Awww, that's so cute!
It kind of reminds me of my family, where we have at least two copies of everything because we don't know some one else already bought it.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

I love how you buy everything!

Oh, and I watched "Laws of Attraction" yesterday, and it was good.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Not from legal standpoint, it wasn't...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup...happens to us routinely.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Whatever. :-P You're not even a divorce lawyer!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

When they screw up this bad, I notice...

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yeah, I hope when I'm married, my husband will be able to put up with my uber-geekiness! :)

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

I can't help you because...I bought the novelization. I'm waiting for it to come - along with the Visual Dictionary and, in a few weeks, the Episode III soundtrack (ah, the joys of Amazon.com! hehe). I love being a geek! :D I read the AOTC novel before the movie came out and I was actually glad I did because it gave me a lot more insight into the subtext of the film (and was muc more tragic in the description of what happened to Shmi). If you haven't read it, and you want to occupy time without spoiling ROTS completely, I'd suggest it. Lots more of A/P's story. :)

That's too cute! I hope when (a long time from now...hehe) I get married, my husband and I can do that, too! Whee!

And I completely agree - I don't think that the film would have been done effectively without the intensity that obviously led to the PG13 rating. It doesn't bother me at all. The LOTR films were beautifully done and not overly graphic, but the stories necessitated a stronger rating and I think this last SW film does, too. (Actually, I kind of wish GL had developed the first two episodes more, even if it had meant PG13 for them, too. He edited down AOTC to avoid that.)

I'm so glad to know I'm not the only girl (and a real girly-girl, no less!) that also loves Sci-fi. That makes me smile!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to know I'm not the only girl

We are a rare breed but we are there :)

I bought the RotS novelization. Next on the list: AotC novelization :)

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

Ah, you gave into the Dark Side. Welcome, darling! ;)

Being a rare breed is much more fun!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heee, are you my pesonal Palpatine? :D

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

hehe, sure! But (hopefully) I'm not as hideodeous, and I promise I won't use you as a pawn in my evil plot for domination of the universe. I'm only slightly wicked. My lightsaber is pink. :D

I will, however, be a cohort in fangirling, drooling over pretty boys, and in speculative theories. *nods happily*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I will, however, be a cohort in fangirling, drooling over pretty boys, and in speculative theories.

OK, I'll join your order then...

I am about halfway through RotS and I want to smack Anakin (and then give him a hug) and decapitate Palpatine...

[elvensapphire.livejournal.com]

You're halfway through it already ?!?!?! Wow. I'm impressed! I don't think I can take it all in at once. Then again, I'll probably get the book and lock myself in my room with it. Decapitating Palpatine would be good. I want to hug Anakin without even reading the book. He needed someone to pull him back!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I read really fast and I couldn't put it down. It's so depressing though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heee...I am sure he will!