[LEMONS] 5.14.2002
I'm proud to host the following guest essay about Star Wars Episode II. A passage:
The New York Times' reviewer made a good point, though -- the movie is a pre-ordained blockbuster. I was one of the freaks who had some quibbles with Star Trek IV, but came up with a handy truism that applies here as well. They could film the entire cast sitting in lawn chairs discussing baseball statistics -- and millions of people would still go. Even knowing it was going to be the entire cast sitting in lawn chairs discussing baseball statistics. "Man, this movie does suck," they'd say. Ensconced in their non-refundable theatre seats, slowly seething.
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