An Ewok Manifesto
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akukorax:
The year is 1983. I am six years old.
My mother is taking me to see thie great cool whopper of a movie that she calls Star Wars. My six year old mind comes up with the mental picture of little itty bitty stars duking it out with each other. In any case, Mother Duck thinks Star Wars is GREAT and that she wants to see it with ME, 'cos she knows I'll enjoy it.
I sit in that great dark theater, cuddled up close to Mom, scared shitless of Jabba the Hutt whom I think is this great big overgrown frog and at that time, I had a weird fear of frogs.
(Though why I adored Kermit the Frog at that age, considering what he was, is something I'm not sure of...)
I didn't know why is it that the cute young blonde guy wept for the tall dark guy in the scary mask when he died but Mom explained to me that the tall dark guy was Luke Skywalker's Daddy and this was why he cried. Okay. So I thought that Darth Vader was a nice guy after all.
Anyway... being as I had been too young to appreciate Empire Strikes Back and wasn't even around to see A New Hope (I do believe I was having a fine time hanging around my mother's womb at that point)...the thing I loved most about Return of the Jedi and still do, to this day, are the Ewoks.
Yes, I am proud to admit it. I LOVE THE EWOKS.
I love the whole bunch of 3 feet tall, cute, furry teddy bears. The fact that they were able to help the Rebels kick Imperial arse is a testament to the fact that they're not only decorative but dead useful. Better than the aggravatingly ANNOYING pain in the arse Jar Jar Binks.
And damn it, I LOVE the friggin' YUB YUB song!!!! I miss that stupid ridiculous song and the weird-ass beat that came with it.
So, with the new editions out and the umpteen changes that came with it, I am here to state proudly that I am here, standing up for the rights of cute little furry aliens everywhere.
Hey, I happen to be one of those myself. So there. :P
LONG LIVE THE EWOKS!!!!
akukorax:The year is 1983. I am six years old.
My mother is taking me to see thie great cool whopper of a movie that she calls Star Wars. My six year old mind comes up with the mental picture of little itty bitty stars duking it out with each other. In any case, Mother Duck thinks Star Wars is GREAT and that she wants to see it with ME, 'cos she knows I'll enjoy it.
I sit in that great dark theater, cuddled up close to Mom, scared shitless of Jabba the Hutt whom I think is this great big overgrown frog and at that time, I had a weird fear of frogs.
(Though why I adored Kermit the Frog at that age, considering what he was, is something I'm not sure of...)
I didn't know why is it that the cute young blonde guy wept for the tall dark guy in the scary mask when he died but Mom explained to me that the tall dark guy was Luke Skywalker's Daddy and this was why he cried. Okay. So I thought that Darth Vader was a nice guy after all.
Anyway... being as I had been too young to appreciate Empire Strikes Back and wasn't even around to see A New Hope (I do believe I was having a fine time hanging around my mother's womb at that point)...the thing I loved most about Return of the Jedi and still do, to this day, are the Ewoks.
Yes, I am proud to admit it. I LOVE THE EWOKS.
I love the whole bunch of 3 feet tall, cute, furry teddy bears. The fact that they were able to help the Rebels kick Imperial arse is a testament to the fact that they're not only decorative but dead useful. Better than the aggravatingly ANNOYING pain in the arse Jar Jar Binks.
And damn it, I LOVE the friggin' YUB YUB song!!!! I miss that stupid ridiculous song and the weird-ass beat that came with it.
So, with the new editions out and the umpteen changes that came with it, I am here to state proudly that I am here, standing up for the rights of cute little furry aliens everywhere.
Hey, I happen to be one of those myself. So there. :P
LONG LIVE THE EWOKS!!!!
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Date: 2004-09-30 09:57 am (UTC)I saw Return of the Jedi in kindergarten and the Ewoks were the Best Thing EVER!!!!!!!!!!
*blows raspberries at all the Ewok haters*
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Date: 2004-09-30 10:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-30 02:55 pm (UTC)You've misunderstood me. I said that a bunch of Teddy Bears defeating the Empire wasn't justice. I never said that I didn't absolutely love them themselves! I <333 the Ewoks! They are small, fuzzy, talk weird, and are all around cute. It was 1990 before I was old enough to see any of the Star Wars movies, and RotJ has always been my favorite because DUDE, EWOKS!! Heck, I even loved those two Ewoks movies that Lucas did with that amazingly curly haired little girl.
I love the Ewoks. Always have!
I have to admit though, the adult, analyzing brain that I have realizes that it's Lucas shoving a metaphor down our throats, and it being that makes it on some level, very cheesy. But the kid in me will forever go "SQUEEE! EWOKS! SQUEE SQUEE!!!" and grin like an idiot every time they are on screen.
Now them defeating the Empire though is. . . damn. . . I root to hard for bad guys in movies now to appreciate it. :P
Hooray for Ewoks!! *giggles*
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Date: 2004-10-01 10:48 am (UTC)Actually, I got you just fine on the Ewok love. :D And the silliness of 3 feet tall teddy bears helping to defeat the Empire. Mweee.
And YES, I LOVE those two Ewok movies with the curly-haired girl.
I was just reacting to the Star Wars fans infected with this weirdly rabid hate of the teddy bears. Hee. I love the Ewoks. You love the Ewoks. Share the furry alien love!
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Date: 2004-09-30 10:34 pm (UTC)I remember watching Matrix and they're all standing in that huge cavern where'd they'd all danced in the 2nd and they're like.. the war is over! the war is over! and i recall with perfect clarity thinking.. where's the ewoks?
there should be ewoks and dancing!
.... not at the end of the war in LotR.. BUT.. certainly in Matrix.
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Date: 2004-09-30 10:35 pm (UTC)I remember watching Matrix and they're all standing in that huge cavern where'd they'd all danced in the 2nd and they're like.. the war is over! the war is over! and i recall with perfect clarity thinking.. where's the ewoks?
there should be ewoks and dancing!
.... not at the end of the war in LotR.. BUT.. certainly in Matrix.
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Date: 2004-10-01 02:57 am (UTC)And I believe I was 12 when I first saw Star Wars - 1st movie I ever saw twice.
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Date: 2004-10-01 02:57 am (UTC)And I believe I was 12 when I first saw Star Wars - 1st movie I ever saw twice.
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Date: 2004-10-01 10:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-01 02:58 am (UTC)And I believe I was 12 when I first saw Star Wars - 1st movie I ever saw twice.