2001-07-22 - 11:27 a.m.
So I�m at Comic-con yesterday, leaving the main ballroom after having spent the last hour and a half getting smarmed by some marketing flak from Lucasfilm telling us how awesomely stupendously great the next Star Wars film is going to be, when I hear a loud roar of anger and disapproval from the rest of the audience. Now, sf geeks are a forgiving lot (or gullible, depending on your point of view) and they desperately want to believe that the next installment of their favorite movie franchise isn�t going to disappoint them--the guy must have �fessed up to something truly horrible to get booed like that.
Curious, I hurried back and asked one of the ushers what had happened.
"He just said Jar-Jar�s going to be back."
Aw, hell.
Hey, George, here�s one from the Clue Desk: NOBODY LIKES JAR-JAR! Even little kids hate him--the only reason they bought all those Jar-Jar action figures was so they could rip his head off or feed him into the garbage disposal or run over him with the lawnmower again and again and again. For the love of God, please, leave Jar-Jar on the cutting room floor--preferably cut neatly in half at the torso.
Other than that, the geekfest was a lot of fun. And judging from the raw footage I got to see, it looks as if the Lord of the Rings movie might actually, miraculously not suck.
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It�s a day late, but everyone should go and wish Badsnake a happy birthday. Don�t try to spank her, though--let her spank you. That�s the Badsnake way.
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