08-17-2006, 03:32 PM
Gentlemen,
At the risk of straying even further off topic (and what better place to do that than here...) I should point out that although I do remember the old Star Trek series (and fondly) and enjoyed the Star Trek films (well, most of them) I could not be considered a Treker, or Trekie, or Star Fleet Fellow Traveler. One look at my grandson's room and the Clone Army currently in residence there would announce to one and all that I am much more deeply entrenched in the Star Wars camp than the Star Trek dock. (And yes, Episodes I-III were a disappointment to say the least, but then the animated Clone Wars were pretty good and go along way to redeeming the entire prequel cycle.
Yes the Japanese influences on Star Wars are quite evident and very deep. I once opened a lecture I gave on Zen and the Samurai by reading the passage from Star Wars when Ben Kenobi teaches Luke how to use a light saber as they travel to Alderaan aboard the Falcon. That hooked several of the students, which was of course the point.
As to your Celebrity Death Match card TLC...
Princess Leia -- What a costume!
hock: hock: hock: And she knows how to use a chain.
Han Solo -- After all he DID shoot first, and he always will.
:wink:
Narukami
At the risk of straying even further off topic (and what better place to do that than here...) I should point out that although I do remember the old Star Trek series (and fondly) and enjoyed the Star Trek films (well, most of them) I could not be considered a Treker, or Trekie, or Star Fleet Fellow Traveler. One look at my grandson's room and the Clone Army currently in residence there would announce to one and all that I am much more deeply entrenched in the Star Wars camp than the Star Trek dock. (And yes, Episodes I-III were a disappointment to say the least, but then the animated Clone Wars were pretty good and go along way to redeeming the entire prequel cycle.
Yes the Japanese influences on Star Wars are quite evident and very deep. I once opened a lecture I gave on Zen and the Samurai by reading the passage from Star Wars when Ben Kenobi teaches Luke how to use a light saber as they travel to Alderaan aboard the Falcon. That hooked several of the students, which was of course the point.
As to your Celebrity Death Match card TLC...
Princess Leia -- What a costume!
hock: hock: hock: And she knows how to use a chain.Han Solo -- After all he DID shoot first, and he always will.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
