Will Disney Ruin Star Wars?
Released on 01/30/2014
(light piano jingle)
(steam fuming)
I read your comments
and I respond to them.
Even if it means watching My Little Pony,
to render the considered opinion on Bronies (groans)
But lots of you have been trying to
get me to say that Disney purchasing Star Wars
is a bad thing.
You think that J.J. Abrams, creator of Lost,
reboot-er of Star Trek, director of the next Star Wars
is going to put mouse ears on the Jedi
and have Sith Lords singing Randy Newman songs.
Well, you're all
wrong!
Man, I hate it when nerds complain about things
before they even begin.
Unless we're talking about the next Terminator movie
out in 2015,
which is obviously going to suck.
I'll be back.
So you think Disneys going to ruin Star Wars?
Well, let's take a look at another beloved universe
that Disney ruined.
Yeah, the House of Mouse acquired the House of Ideas
in the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Before Iron Man 2 even!
And most geeks seem pretty happy
with the superhero movies since then.
Now, is Disney going to kid-ify Star Wars?
Well, first let's be clear:
Star Wars
is
for kids!
It has poop jokes.
(farts)
(disgusted moans)
And chaste romances.
(romantic music)
And made up swear words.
Scruffy looking Nerf herder!
Look, all but one Star Wars movie
has been rated PG.
Meanwhile, all of the Disney Marvel films
and all of the Pirates of the Caribbean films
for that matter,
have had violence, and swearing, and risqué humor
that merited PG-13 ratings.
And can we all just admit this now?
After the prequels, Len Wiseman could introduce
a werewolf versus vampire romance plot
to the Star Wars Universe,
and it would still
feel like
a step up.
J.J Abrams and his crew should be banished
to Ceti Alpha V, for what they did to Star Trek.
Khan!
But, the ways they betrayed Roddenberry's vision,
turning the talking character-driven TV series
into a sensory overload of
frantically-paced action effects,
would actually help Star Wars movies.
Look, Abrams' universe of faith and spiritualism
relies on magic that only works
if you believe in yourself.
Does that sound like Star Trek?
No!
It's Star Wars.
Or, especially,
Disney.
I don't, I don't believe it.
That is why you fail.
Oh, and you're worried that Disney
will besmirch Star Wars movies,
with cheesy, silly musical numbers?
Let me just say one thing.
Yub nub eee chop yub nub.
♫ Yub nub eee chop yub nub
And another thing,
ab queck zenick fesi.
♫ Ab queck zenick fesi
And that other thing.
(Cantina Band by John Williams)
I think you get
my point!
Let me know in the comments
if you prefer Huttese funk jams
or Ewok celebration chants.
Me? I'm more of a Riker playing trombone
kind of guy myself.
(trombone wails)
Disagree with me?
Leave a comment below.
I'll tell you why you're wrong!
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