Double Reading

I know I’m a bit behind on the whole bandwagon of checking out Star Wars: Revelations, but oh well. I have now downloaded it, burned it to a DVD, and watched it — so I feel confident that I can comment on it.
First off, though, a little about getting the movie — the nerdy [...]

In what would have to be one of my favorite examples of “over-reading an under-read text” or “double reading,” I’ve come across “A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope: Reconsidering Star Wars IV in the light of I-III“ by Keith Martin, which reinterprets Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope based on the events [...]

… the winner of the best line from a Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith review goes to David Edelstein over at Slate, where, in “The Passion of the Sith: I dream of Jedi” he wrote:

McDiarmid isn’t the subtlest of satanic tempters. With his lisp and his clammy little leer, he looks like [...]

What is the deal with these supposed dark chocolate M&M candies that were supposed to come out to coincide with the release of Revenge of the Sith?? I can find the stupid Flash-heavy promotional site (click on “Choose the Dark Side” on the left for more information), but I can’t find the chocolates anywhere in [...]

Okay, I won’t do a full-fledged review since it’s almost 3 a.m., but let it be said that: yes, I saw Revenge of the Sith at midnight; and no, I didn’t love it.
In fact, I was rather surprised that the initial reviews were so good. There was some dialoge that was just too cheesy for [...]