Here's the email I sent:
Dear Editor,
This email is in reponse to the highly offensive piece entitled "SPACE CASE" written by Anthony Lane.
First off, I have been a Star Wars fan every since I was a young child, back in 1977. That being said, I took great offense to the article written by Mr. Lane. Personally, I am very surprised that such a highly-respected newpaper would allow it to be published.
One of Mr. Lane's early comments in the article is deeply disturbing. He seems to mock the way that Mr. Lucas and his writers named their characters and their in-universe planets and races, and seems to praise the great J.R.R. Tolkien. He rants on and on about how the name "Sith" sounds like a nasal-congestion.
Also, later on in the article, he goes into detail about how he would have liked to have seen Yoda, (one of the most loveable and great characters of the Star Wars movies), killed gruesomely. He calls Anthony Daniel's character, C-3PO, a "gay, gold-plated Jeeves".
He continues throughout the article to continually put down a movie, and indeed, an entire film-series that has thus far made over 1.5 Billion dollars at the Box Office.
He not only has offended me, but countless other Star Wars fans.
What upsets me the most is that he is putting down a children's film series as if we're back in Salem, and Star Wars has replaced the Witches burned.
All in all, if the Editors at The New Yorker were at all intelligent, they would omit this article from the paper in question. If the paper wanted to give an honest review of the movie, they could have at least done so in a non-offensive and non-heartbreaking manner. Someone should have written the article, but not from a "I hate Star Wars and Lucas point of view".
John Geddes
Ontario, Canada
Originally posted by DCLXVI
Here's the email I sent:Dear Editor,
This email is in reponse to the highly offensive piece entitled "SPACE CASE" written by Anthony Lane.
First off, I have been a Star Wars fan every since I was a young child, back in 1977. That being said, I took great offense to the article written by Mr. Lane. Personally, I am very surprised that such a highly-respected newpaper would allow it to be published.
One of Mr. Lane's early comments in the article is deeply disturbing. He seems to mock the way that Mr. Lucas and his writers named their characters and their in-universe planets and races, and seems to praise the great J.R.R. Tolkien. He rants on and on about how the name "Sith" sounds like a nasal-congestion.
Also, later on in the article, he goes into detail about how he would have liked to have seen Yoda, (one of the most loveable and great characters of the Star Wars movies), killed gruesomely. He calls Anthony Daniel's character, C-3PO, a "gay, gold-plated Jeeves".
He continues throughout the article to continually put down a movie, and indeed, an entire film-series that has thus far made over 1.5 Billion dollars at the Box Office.
He not only has offended me, but countless other Star Wars fans.
What upsets me the most is that he is putting down a children's film series as if we're back in Salem, and Star Wars has replaced the Witches burned.
All in all, if the Editors at The New Yorker were at all intelligent, they would omit this article from the paper in question. If the paper wanted to give an honest review of the movie, they could have at least done so in a non-offensive and non-heartbreaking manner. Someone should have written the article, but not from a "I hate Star Wars and Lucas point of view".John Geddes
Ontario, Canada
sweet letter...
Originally posted by mysterio69
hey, pr1983. kirk rules. he gets all the green chicks. 😈
damn straight 😄
Well it's just an opinion so I don't think any action should be taken against the man (unless it is shown that he has an alterior motive or some bias which is is allowing himself to express), but I would certainly urge people to write in and disagree with the article.
Anybody that wants to, try to make sure you don't do anything that could be used to present fans in a negative light, and remember, if we want some of these things printed we have to make sure they are rational.... I doubt calling for his head would be considered as such, not that anyone has intimated or stated they would.
In any case, 😠