I'm vaguely familiar with Simon Pegg - he does really hate the prequels/SEs and rages about it regularly, but he just as vocally adores the OT, especially ESB, and is probably one of the most well-known celebrity fanboys. I assume that's why they hired him. He certainly seemed thrilled to play an ESB character in any capacity. But honestly, I think this level of reaction would be excessive if they'd, idk, hired Mike Stoklasa for Palpatine, so I'm probably not the best judge. I did think there'd be more inter-fandom wank with OMG HE'S A STAR TREK ACTOR though.
I think the body policing that goes on around Carrie Fisher is frankly creepy, tbh. Between this and - well, I heard her talking just the other day about how people are like "oh, Carrie Fisher used to be so hot, what happened to her?" - it's just, eww. She's fabulous about it, but also pretty upfront about how it affected her and holy shit ROTJ will be thirty next year and it still hasn't stopped.
(And then these same people are complaining about how we talk about the changes in Anakin's personality but what about the changes in Luke's face? Not the abrupt ROTJ arc, just Mark Hamill's accident. Stay classy, guys.)
wrt the prequels, there does seem this ... I mean, obviously I have my own bias, but there seemed this idea that you must like the prequels to be (1) a real fan, and (2) a decent person. Even though plenty of them didn't. IDK, it was weird. LJ fandom is much more awesome.
Yeah, because "he has too much of his father in him" *totally* means "flawless Jesus stand-in who makes no mistakes".
I know, right? I honestly don't even get saintly!Luke because he's so angry for so much of the time even while being a basically kind, heroic person. Crushing his enemies then turning to the Dark Side to protect the person he loves most obviously means he triumphs by sheer incorruptibility.
but it's not Anakin's fault at all!
mmmm...we have to part ways there. I'd say it's not wholly his fault. I don't think he's ever fully incapacitated, though obviously he's less culpable than Palpatine, and I think that's what would be required for him to be freed of all culpability. (It would also make his reversal much less meaningful for me, personally.)
That has to suck. I'm sorry. *Hugs*
Heh, thanks! But I'm sure you know what it's like.
Re: Splinter - I, uh, well, if you don't mind Leia thinking about how it's improper but so satisfying to press herself against Luke, it's cool. In a poorly-written way. :P
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Date: 2012-03-04 11:05 pm (UTC)I think the body policing that goes on around Carrie Fisher is frankly creepy, tbh. Between this and - well, I heard her talking just the other day about how people are like "oh, Carrie Fisher used to be so hot, what happened to her?" - it's just, eww. She's fabulous about it, but also pretty upfront about how it affected her and holy shit ROTJ will be thirty next year and it still hasn't stopped.
(And then these same people are complaining about how we talk about the changes in Anakin's personality but what about the changes in Luke's face? Not the abrupt ROTJ arc, just Mark Hamill's accident. Stay classy, guys.)
wrt the prequels, there does seem this ... I mean, obviously I have my own bias, but there seemed this idea that you must like the prequels to be (1) a real fan, and (2) a decent person. Even though plenty of them didn't. IDK, it was weird. LJ fandom is much more awesome.
Yeah, because "he has too much of his father in him" *totally* means "flawless Jesus stand-in who makes no mistakes".
I know, right? I honestly don't even get saintly!Luke because he's so angry for so much of the time even while being a basically kind, heroic person. Crushing his enemies then turning to the Dark Side to protect the person he loves most obviously means he triumphs by sheer incorruptibility.
but it's not Anakin's fault at all!
mmmm...we have to part ways there. I'd say it's not wholly his fault. I don't think he's ever fully incapacitated, though obviously he's less culpable than Palpatine, and I think that's what would be required for him to be freed of all culpability. (It would also make his reversal much less meaningful for me, personally.)
That has to suck. I'm sorry. *Hugs*
Heh, thanks! But I'm sure you know what it's like.
Re: Splinter - I, uh, well, if you don't mind Leia thinking about how it's improper but so satisfying to press herself against Luke, it's cool. In a poorly-written way. :P