Well, if there's one thing I've learned from movies, it's that alien invasions, asteroid collisions, early ice ages, and the rise of Our Robot Overlords all will only affect the US.
The rest of us seem to always get off scot free, unless we have a token recognizable landmark. When the Aliens are destroying the States, they always like to nip off and bash down the Eiffel tower or the pyramids just for fun, but otherwise, the rest of us have nothing to worry about.
He wasn't really a bad casting decision, at least not by Star Wars standards. I love the original trilogy and there are a few parts in the new trilogy that are tolerable; episode 2 is great if you're watching it on DVD and you hit "skip" on all the love scenes.
But lets face it, it's not a franchise that's known for stellar acting. Jake Lloyd was perfectly in line with the rest of the stiff actors in SW history, and even then, he wasn't as bad as some.
The only strange casting decision in the SW world was Harrison Ford, and only because he generally wasn't as bad as all the other actors!
That's pretty awesome, but this guy needs to learn the fine art of choosing only the photos that tell the story best. Nobody needs 6 almost identical shots in a row.
I thought the eleventh spice was Colonel Sanders' tears! At least in the Mel Gibson version it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1nluSJfxCg
I'm still not sure why anyone would want to emulate chain restaurant food; I mean, it's not bad, but its not great either.
You can get much better food by taking a bit of time to experiment and learn in your own kitchen. It's not that hard. Anyone can cook tolerably well with a little thought.
Your family will be far more impressed when you produce something really tasty of your own devising, than they would be if you plunked down a plate of chicken and said "check it out, it's just like KFC!"
Besides the obvious technical hurdles and sheer hubris of it all, the real reason that this will fail is because even the biggest, evillest corporations know to avoid marketing schemes with such obvious potential for consumer backlash.
I know, many marketing plans have spurred consumer backlash, but I would submit that the potential for backlash in those cases was not as obvious and extreme as this one is.
Reminds me of the awesome Bic Crystal Ballpoint Pen reviews on Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000JTOYLS/ref=cm_rdp_product/202-5825885-0201441
It's like it was written by someone who figured everyone would like a funny song with a star wars theme, but they didn't really know much about star wars, so they read up on it, and they didn't exactly get it, but they gave it a go anyway.
@Screen Sleuth: what will Walmart say in a twitter feed? "Look, a bunch of cheap crap to get you into the store, but mostly stuff that costs the same as at similar stores!"
Here's a star shaped fort in the heart of Quebec City, Canada. La Citadelle http://lacitadelle.qc.ca/ google map: http://tinyurl.com/nfwnrq
Sometimes called "The Gibraltar of North America". Originally to defend against the English, then against the Americans, it is currently an active Canadian military garrison.
This is the site of an important battle in North American history; in 1759, for better or for worse, British forces defeated French forces at the Plains of Abraham and decided the balance of French vs. English dominance in North America. Here's some light history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1759)
Of course, the long term result was that removing the French threat removed the colonists' need to rely on the British military, one of the factors leading to the American revolutionary war.
Butcher Boy from Ireland was pretty freakin disturbing too. But Sinead O'Connor as the Virgin Mary = Awesome.
Basically, the quirky, funny, yet psychotic boy in the title has conversations with Mary who appears to him at various times, and he never quite understands her advice; hilarity and/or bloodshed ensues.
As the movie progresses, there's less hilarity and more bloodshed.
I was going to say that black squirrels are somewhat more common than greys here in Southern Ontario, but I see everyone else in Ontario beat me to it.
The rest of us seem to always get off scot free, unless we have a token recognizable landmark. When the Aliens are destroying the States, they always like to nip off and bash down the Eiffel tower or the pyramids just for fun, but otherwise, the rest of us have nothing to worry about.
But lets face it, it's not a franchise that's known for stellar acting. Jake Lloyd was perfectly in line with the rest of the stiff actors in SW history, and even then, he wasn't as bad as some.
The only strange casting decision in the SW world was Harrison Ford, and only because he generally wasn't as bad as all the other actors!
At least in the Mel Gibson version it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1nluSJfxCg
I'm still not sure why anyone would want to emulate chain restaurant food; I mean, it's not bad, but its not great either.
You can get much better food by taking a bit of time to experiment and learn in your own kitchen. It's not that hard. Anyone can cook tolerably well with a little thought.
Your family will be far more impressed when you produce something really tasty of your own devising, than they would be if you plunked down a plate of chicken and said "check it out, it's just like KFC!"
I know, many marketing plans have spurred consumer backlash, but I would submit that the potential for backlash in those cases was not as obvious and extreme as this one is.
Whatever word processing program you used to give you the word count probably gives you a character count too.
La Citadelle http://lacitadelle.qc.ca/
google map: http://tinyurl.com/nfwnrq
Sometimes called "The Gibraltar of North America". Originally to defend against the English, then against the Americans, it is currently an active Canadian military garrison.
This is the site of an important battle in North American history; in 1759, for better or for worse, British forces defeated French forces at the Plains of Abraham and decided the balance of French vs. English dominance in North America.
Here's some light history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1759)
Of course, the long term result was that removing the French threat removed the colonists' need to rely on the British military, one of the factors leading to the American revolutionary war.
Basically, the quirky, funny, yet psychotic boy in the title has conversations with Mary who appears to him at various times, and he never quite understands her advice; hilarity and/or bloodshed ensues.
As the movie progresses, there's less hilarity and more bloodshed.
It's the little red monsters that are more rare.