Have you ever wondered why Princess Leia's the only main character who ever got shot?
#1
Posted 25 June 2006 - 07:56 PM
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#2
Posted 26 June 2006 - 12:20 AM
This post has been edited by Storm: 26 June 2006 - 12:23 AM
#3
Posted 26 June 2006 - 12:29 AM
Back in the late 70's & early 80's all those feminist movements were going around and whatnot and GL probably just wanted to make a point in his movies to "stick it to'em!"
Either that or its like the GI Joe cartoons as no guys ever got in those and there weren't too many female types. I'm thinking that if there were fewer characters in GI Joe with only one woman, the chick probably would have been capped of a few times, eh?
#4
Posted 26 June 2006 - 01:39 AM
Leia gets shot twice (once with stun) and is tortured by her dad.
Han is tortured by Leias dad too. ("Are you good enough for my daughter, smuggler f**k!?)
I don't really read anything into it. If Leia had gotten shot 3-4 times with blasters I would.
#7
Posted 26 June 2006 - 08:53 PM
shooting a girl running down a corridor... it's not much of a task.
a guy in white in a forest getting the better of a girl in camo... that's something else.
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#8
Posted 26 June 2006 - 11:00 PM
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And, what might I ask was the point of having your scouts totally not blend in with the environment? Solidarity? Fuck that, being able to suprise attack people might compensate for the lack of ability when it comes to shooting things. Aw, who am I kidding.
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#9
Posted 27 June 2006 - 12:11 AM
I always just assumed it was what happens when laser blasts smack against a giant fucking robot hand.
And Lucas hates women. ROTJ makes that abundantly clear.
#10
Posted 27 June 2006 - 05:32 AM
That part made me wonder if Lucas had some type of misogynist thing going on - especially because nothing is made of it. It just happens, then Lucas shouts "Game on!" and Leia and Chewie come in.
Then later in the movie, our lady of soundtrack sorrow comes on in the mourning wail to end all mourning wails for that one ewok that gets killed ... right before Lucas does another "Game on!" for a few thousand people getting killed when the Death Star destroys their cruiser (but that's another story).
#11
Posted 27 June 2006 - 10:16 AM
That part made me wonder if Lucas had some type of misogynist thing going on - especially because nothing is made of it. It just happens, then Lucas shouts "Game on!" and Leia and Chewie come in.
Right. It serves no purpose, since when we end up seeing the rancor, we see it eat one of those stupid looking pig guards. The death of the dancing girl is just unecessary and cruel, especially in the original edition. He draws it out with her screaming in agony over and over again, and the whole vibe is just really creepy and foul. It doesn't prop up Jabba as a villain, since all he did was drop some random slave down a pit. It doesn't serve as a hint as to what's down there, since Lucas then feels the need to later graphically show us what the rancor does when it eats the pig guard. Then when you combine it with Jabba, er, LUCAS taking the one significant female character from his films and has her creepily molested and chained up in a skimpy outfit...what the fuck, man?
Jabba himself is basically a giant schlong on a dais...his backup plan after the rancor bites it is to toss all of the male characters into what is essentially a mutant vagina with teeth. THAT plot is foiled only when Luke gets his hands on his glowing penis, after it errupts from the head of his dick-bot, R2. What the hell is going on with the first half of ROTJ? Didn't Lucas get divorced right around that time? Dude had/has some issues...
#12
Posted 27 June 2006 - 10:53 AM
Did you know that "Carkoon" means "large female crotch" in Swahili?
Also, the Freudian analysis was done way back:
"I see your Schwartz is as big as mine"
#14
Posted 27 June 2006 - 01:02 PM
Were there any FE-woks, or was Leia the only female on their habitat also?
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#15
Posted 27 June 2006 - 01:19 PM
Racist? I'll say yes to that one too. The only African American is Lando, but I think Billy Dee Williams was selected becuz he could play the part well. As for the black dude in the PT, Padme's incompetent guard, and Mace Windu that just looked like racial pandering. And do I have to mention the various stereotypes throughout the PT.
And if you want to get technical, skin color is the product of thousands of years of evolution. Therefore, there is no way a fair skinned Luke, or :shudder: Shimi, could result from a hot desert climate. He did not even look sunburnt.
Luke should have looked more like this: