Carnival of the Force!
[Has been updated many times, new links added this morning, just scroll to the bottom. And please, nobody leave any spoilers, reviews or opinions about how much the movie sucked in the comments!]
Aside from my own geek blogging, there are a TON of bloggers out there joining me in having a raging Star Wars hard on this week. To put it bluntly.
I'm going to try to track down all the posts I can find. If you have written on SW in the past week or so (or know someone who did), leave a link in the comments and then I'll add it to the post as soon as I can. My only rule is that I won't post links to anyone discussing Star Wars and today's politics, anyone comparing the movie to the war in Iraq or anyone who thinks we should boycott the movie because Lucas doesn't like Bush. I don't care.
Also note that I will be collecting blogger reviews of RotS as soon as they start coming in. Please email any review links to me as soon as you read them!
This list will keep growing, so keep checking back.
- I'll start off with a tear-jerker. It's a farewell from the Darth Side. Bring the tissues. Yea, I cried.
- Sheila is excited. Very excited.
- Lesley at Plum Crazy has a countdown going on, with lots of links.
- Of course, Will Collier is blogging Geek Week.
- Robyn is looking for some special powers
- Byzantium Shores is blogging up an SW storm. Try this post about chronology/continuity and then click around.
- This guy seems to be blogging all the movie tie-ins.
- Inn of the Last Home has a great post about sharing the SW experience with his son.
- McGehee has some Redneck Jedi for you
- Shawn has a poll about the best lightsaber duel as well as These Aren't the Allegories You're Looking For
- Like me, Zombyboy doesn't want to hear about bad acting or writing. He just wants to enjoy.
- Jess wants to see Revenge of the Pith!
- Coyote Blog has a good link and also led me to...
- Knowledge Problem's post about pre-reviews.
- Pro Cynic has the Nitpickers Guide to Star Wars. Start up top and scroll down.
- These Are The End Times, at Breaking Things
- Jim's got a whole bunch of stuff. Just scroll down. He's trying to out geek me.
- Space Tropic has Transcendental Mythologies
- Tom Franck bashes back at the Lucas bashers.
- Courtney met Mark Hammill at a premiere
- A sentimental (and good) post over at Color Me Pink
- The moral aspects of the SW universe
- Moo Alex has some haiku. Which gives me (maybe) an idea.
- Side Salad has a bunch of good links, including...
- This painting, via Boing Boing.
- Richard has some tips on what may be scary for kids in the movie
- The Ziggurat of Doom (love that name) has a liveblogging of a SW marathon
- Solonor has a bunch of geeky stuff, just scroll down
Reviews:
- Will Collier's review is up at VodkaPundit - spoiler protection included!
- Ed Driscoll's (self described) cynical review is here.
- Augustus: Did. Not. Suck!
- A review from someone who didn't like it very much. (I find your lack of faith.....eh, nevermind)
- Slublog: Better than Expected
- Coyote Blog has an extensive review, with spoilers
- Mark the Pundit: Review of the Sith
- Jim K: Search your feelings!
- This is what you call a succint review.
Comments
I have a combination of Star Wars geekiness and Gretchen Wilson admiration (yeah, that's what I'll call it) here.
Posted by: McGehee | May 18, 2005 04:10 PM
I've got a couple: best lightsaber duel? or the frickin' allegory post.
Posted by: Shawn | May 18, 2005 04:18 PM
Oooo! Oooo! Pick me! Ooo! Oo!
My contribution to the Star Wars conversation.
Posted by: zombyboy | May 18, 2005 04:24 PM
That was damn funny, McGehee.
Posted by: Hubris | May 18, 2005 04:24 PM
Michele: I thought you might get a kick out of a little something I call Revenge of the Pith. :)
Posted by: Jess | May 18, 2005 04:27 PM
Star Wars Photoshops:
http://www.willisms.com/archives/2005/05/darth_w_bush_ne.html
Posted by: Will Franklin | May 18, 2005 05:08 PM
Sorry 'bout that, here's a clickable link.
Posted by: Will Franklin | May 18, 2005 05:09 PM
My contribution, pointing to a great stop-animation spoof of star wars online
link here
Posted by: coyote | May 18, 2005 05:11 PM
I've been posting the "nits" I found in all the Star Wars movies, similar to Phil Farrand's Nitpicker's Guide to Star Trek. Been doing one movie a day all week until "Revenge of the Sith is released. Check it out and see if you agree with what I found or if I missed any.
Posted by: ProCynic | May 18, 2005 05:18 PM
Here's my critique of all the critics who claim the movie is an allogory for Pres. George W. Bush and the War on Terrorism: http://united-states-of-earth.com/article.asp?MenuID=3570
Posted by: Dwayne | May 18, 2005 06:09 PM
Some of you people don't follow instructions very well.
Posted by: michele | May 18, 2005 06:10 PM
Star Wars Cereal Blogging. "That's no yellow moon, orange star, or green clover. It's a space station."
Posted by: Les Jones | May 18, 2005 06:17 PM
I wrote a little something at www.breakingthings.blogspot.com
Posted by: Adam | May 18, 2005 06:52 PM
here's my star wars post:
title: George Lucas apparently worked for the Dark Side all along. Who knew? His Star Wars movies (except for the first 2) all still suck.
permalink: http://nikita_demosthenes.blogspot.com/2005_05_15_nikita_demosthenes_archive.html#111631948057520203
main URL: http://www.nikita_demosthenes.blogspot.com/
thanks!
-nikita demosthenes
http://www.nikita_demosthenes.blogspot.com/
weblog-email@hotmail.com
Posted by: nikita demosthenes | May 18, 2005 07:09 PM
What part of "no politics" did you not understand?
Posted by: michele | May 18, 2005 07:13 PM
My Star Wars post is here too:
George Lucas apparently worked for the Dark Side all along. Who knew? His Star Wars movies (except for the first 2) all still suck....
thanks-
-nikita demosthenes
Posted by: nikita demosthenes | May 18, 2005 07:14 PM
hmmm. no politics. back to the drawing board...
Posted by: nikita demosthenes | May 18, 2005 07:15 PM
over in nyc's union square - you have this:
Posted by: ktb | May 18, 2005 07:35 PM
Here's one.
Here's another
Posted by: GaijinBiker | May 18, 2005 08:34 PM
Oops, I didn't see the warning about no politics. My bad.
Posted by: GaijinBiker | May 18, 2005 08:35 PM
I will leave all the politics links in the comments here, though, so feel free to post away here.
Posted by: michele | May 18, 2005 08:37 PM
I wrote a post about Joe Campbell, Lucas, Tolkien and the supposedly spiritual journey behind the epic here.
Posted by: Brendan | May 18, 2005 08:41 PM
Thanks for the link, Michelle. Here are a couple of oldies but goodies.
Luke Skywalker: a one man play performed by Cletis
The Pussification of the Star Wars Jedi
Posted by: Les Jones | May 18, 2005 08:43 PM
I posted a blog entry about Lucas-bashing yesterday.
http://tomfranck.blogdrive.com/
Posted by: Tom Franck | May 18, 2005 09:37 PM
My family was one of the few lucky ones to see the new movie at a premiere on Friday, the 13th.
It is superb!! I posted a pic of us and my daughter posted a bunch of pics. Mark Hamill was there and we got his pic & autograph, also posted. My daughter's movie review is absolutely spoiler free.
visit my blog then visit hers at:
http://cmarie88.blogspot.com
Posted by: Jamie Dawn | May 18, 2005 10:02 PM
Star Wars misinterpretations and its relation to U.S. politics here.
Posted by: Neil | May 18, 2005 10:03 PM
Totally apolitical Star Wars mini-post over here...
Posted by: LDH | May 18, 2005 10:30 PM
I just uploaded a podcast with a big fat chunk of SW content. No SW politics, just fanboy love and a wee bit o'Lucasbashing. A wee wee bit. Mostly love. ;)
Posted by: JimK | May 18, 2005 10:52 PM
Ridiculously sentimental stuff over at my place.
Posted by: Christine | May 19, 2005 01:52 AM
Here, on how Lucas seems more interested in building the ultimate fanboy fantasy rather than being concerned with anything like, well, plausibility.
If that's not enough, I could say it's about sex. 'Cause it is.
First post in a series. The rest won't be about sex, though.
Posted by: Anthony Perez-Miller | May 19, 2005 03:05 AM
[comment deleted by pissed off admin. don't do that again, lawson]
Posted by: mr lawson | May 19, 2005 03:30 AM
I'm tired and it's early/late and I just got home from seeing the movie I've been waiting years for! Anyways - somebodys probably already posted this link, so forgive me if they have - http://darthside.blogspot.com/
Posted by: eve | May 19, 2005 06:25 AM
Skirting the edge of Michelle's rule:
How could Star Wars pretentiously suck even more?
How about the West Wing of the Death Star
http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/082851.php
WARNING: there is a gratuitous "CJ Craig" as a wookie shot. not necessarily safe for work.
Posted by: Steve the LLamabutcher | May 19, 2005 11:29 AM
My immediate post-midnight completely apolitical reaction is up here on my humble blog.
It did not suck, which was enough for me.
Posted by: Brian Foster | May 19, 2005 11:41 AM
Ok, I posted this in the comments above, because I didn't see this post right here below it. I'll repost here, in the hopes that you see it sooner.
A large group of friends and I watched all 6 movies, in order of release. I also made the chili. I live blog both <a href="http://www.zigguratofdoom.com/index.php?p=329"?here
I have a quick review of my thoughts after the movie. It's spoiler free, and I still agree with what I wrote last night.
Posted by: DrObviousSo | May 19, 2005 12:18 PM
Is this carnival of the force or revenge of the reviewers? I'll let you decide.
http://pastorshaun.blogspot.com/2005/05/revenge-of-reviewers_19.html
Posted by: pastorshaun | May 19, 2005 12:57 PM
There is a very long and unhappy review by my blogmate here. He liked all five previous movies, but can't stand this one. Warning, SPOILERS!
http://lnnline.blogspot.com/2005/05/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-sith.html
Posted by: Mike | May 19, 2005 12:58 PM
So what your post is saying is that the SMART bloggers aren't really writing much about SW. Which would mean the people like myself who are obsessing about it are....what exactly?
Posted by: michele | May 19, 2005 01:04 PM
I linked to an article in my post. The aritcle was warning about what might scare younger viewers while watching Revenge of the Sith.
Here's the link to my post: http://huh-what.blogspot.com/2005/05/me-get-bery-scared.html
Posted by: Richard | May 19, 2005 02:31 PM
End of Star Wars and Star Trek Causes Nerd Population Explosion
WASHINGTON D.C. (PoopyCaca.com) – As "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," the final film in George Lucas' prequel trilogy, hits screens and the last of the Star Trek franchises, "Enterprise" airs the final episode, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that the total population of nerds will increase by 30 to 35%.....
Read the rest at:
http://joewilson.journalspace.com/?entryid=192
Posted by: Joe | May 19, 2005 04:31 PM
"So what your post is saying is that the SMART bloggers aren't really writing much about SW. Which would mean the people like myself who are obsessing about it are....what exactly?"
Having viewed her site, Michelle's obsession has led her to clearly and rationally weed through the thicket of fellow-obsessors and point us to the best of show. I suggest she define "smart" as Webster does: "shrewd and calculating", include herself as such, and continue "forcefully" obsessing.
For the rest of us who can't think of anything new to say about the flick, we can give her a hat tip.
Posted by: pastorshaun | May 19, 2005 04:56 PM
I've got a fresh one:
http://www.johntabin.com/archives/000686.html
Posted by: John Tabin | May 19, 2005 04:59 PM
And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
Posted by: Shawn | May 19, 2005 05:47 PM
Simplist review ever.
http://www.controlyourtongue.com
Posted by: StrobeAlific | May 19, 2005 06:11 PM
I loved it. Except for the parts where Natalie Portman opened her mouth. (And I promise I'm still a hetero male even though I just typed that).
Posted by: Ian S. | May 19, 2005 11:08 PM
On the lighter side....The Parade of Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes from Yahoo Picks.
Posted by: Trish | May 19, 2005 11:41 PM
I know this has been around for awhile and I honestly can't remember if I've posted the link here already (forgive me if I have, please - it's been a rough week)...
atom films presents Anakin Dynamite.
Posted by: Trish | May 19, 2005 11:44 PM
Didn't see this linked here already (so forgive me if it's a repeat) --
The Power of Denial (which I found via Kitta)
Posted by: LDH | May 20, 2005 12:39 AM
...lemme try that link one more time:
The Power of Denial
Posted by: LDH | May 20, 2005 12:40 AM
I've a few on my blog. A post on the score is here:
Posted by: John C. | May 20, 2005 09:59 AM
We've got the LLama review up
http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/083066.php
Posted by: Steve the llamabutcher | May 20, 2005 01:07 PM
Ooo! Ooo! I seent it! I seent the whole thing yo!
In all seriousness, this is almost as good a Star Wars film as Empire. Better than ANH, better than RotJ. Good good good. It takes a few minutes to get rolling after the opening sequence, and there's some wooden mushy parts with Padme & Ani, but so freaking what? Once the movie picks up, it never stops until the closing credits. I (heart) Episode III.
VADER IN THE HIZZY.
Posted by: JimK | May 20, 2005 01:33 PM
Been out here for a while, but it's still my favorite piece of Jedi fanfic...
Posted by: LDH | May 20, 2005 03:14 PM
My review. (positive / no spoilers)
http://www.odonnellweb .com/mtarchives/001686.php
remove the extra space - I added it to outwit MT-Blacklist
Posted by: Chris OD | May 20, 2005 03:38 PM
I got yer Star Wars photoshop contests! Patrick Ruffini is doing Republicans as Star Wars characters. I'm borrowing his idea and doing bloggers as Star Wars characters.
Posted by: Alan K. Henderson | May 20, 2005 08:33 PM
I give "Sith" a positive review here...
The Tone-Deaf Mushroom
Posted by: Jeffrey Wheeler | May 21, 2005 04:11 PM
Thanks for linking to me. Cool blog by the way.
Posted by: Courtney | May 22, 2005 04:22 AM
My Thoughts on Episode III
Posted by: Jim | May 23, 2005 08:15 PM
Two Cents Worth Of Sith:
http://musil.blogspot.com/2005_05_22_musil_archive.html#111682726820539923
Posted by: Robert Musil | May 25, 2005 07:32 PM
A quasi-review of Revenge of the Sith.
http://huh-what.blogspot.com/2005/05/revenge-of-sith.html
Posted by: Richard | June 1, 2005 10:25 AM