hmmm . . . there seems to be a large buildup of Imperial forces in san francisco right now. makes me feel kind of weird. i wonder if i should have given refuge to those ewoks and droids? oh well.
Tag Archive for 'star wars'
for those nerds seeking possible fitting retribution for the cinematic atrocities of jar-jar binks, those ’special editions’, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, and what looks to be more awful star wars regurgitation in the clone wars, hope arrives with the george lucas in frozen carbonite conversation piece. please take note of the excess drool that must have formed during negotiatons over toy & merchandising profits, now frozen in time - forever! and for more realism, that sexy neck and swollen belly are not full of midi-chlorians but actually all of our collective childhood memories - crushed. wow, who knew? photo credit bonnie burton. awesome lucas in carbonite model created for star wars celebration in japan.
when politics collide with my hard wired sense of star wars nerdy-ness, magical things can happen. the battles and infighting between our next president barack obama and former first lady hilary clinton can best be summed up in this awesome clip titled the empire strikes barrack. totally laugh it up fuzzball - it’s good stuff! i feel oddly compelled to watch the empire strikes back again. thanks brit for the link!
while the quest for an even more hi-res version continues, giantmonster would like to thank one of our 13 readers - 10nito - for sending in the larger and more complete image above of the very mighty & sought after star wars awesome poster previously posted on giantmonster. ps - the poster was originally created by hugh fleming. thanks 10nito!!
yes, it’s friday, may 25th - and it’s totally star wars day. everywhere. i mean everywhere. star wars, star wars, star wars! to celebrate the star wars-ness, here is a joy: it’s The Two-Hour Star Wars Holiday Special in only Five Minutes! you’re welcome. and what a five minutes. there’s art carney (gotta have art carney - whatever it takes), bea arthur, wookie life day, chewbacca’s disfunctional family, stormtroopers, luke skywalker with waay too much make up, jefferson starship/airplane awfulness, han solo hugging wookies, wookies hugging han solo, bizarre wookie religious ritual, and so much more. all done on a budget of $100! remember though, it’s 5 minutes of your life that you won’t get back. but then there is the largest slave leia photo shoot coming up to rescue you.
please excuse my absence of late. i was busy playing with my new star wars action figure.
a great example of 1) george lucas always focusing on story and 2) seeing my childhood memories sold back to me: r2d2 mailboxes! also on theforce.net. for the 30th anniversary of star wars. coming to (and soon stolen from) a post office near you. would you trust your mail into a mailbox that is highly likley to be stolen by collectors? or forced to work in the spice mines of kessel, smashed into who knows what? i actually thought you could not endorse a product using government property or materials. who knew? so the question everyone asking is: where in the hell is my ‘howard the duck’ mailbox?
so, yeah, we just ordered 12 new wampa suits. perfect for spring! i hope to have them here before easter. that way i don’t have to rent a boring old easter bunny costume for the giantmonster family easter egg hunt. photos of old school wampa rad-ness found via michael heilemann’s flickr set titled classic star wars.
struggling with what to get for the star wars sex fetish geek in your circle of jedi friends? this unique take on restoring order to the galaxy should do it. use the force & stuff stockings in style with this step-by-step DIY post on how to make a laser sword dildo sex toy. brilliant! makes a handy flashlight & conversation starter for when the lights go out too.
few video clips have me laughing out loud as much as this one titled turkish star wars training montage. oh. my. god. soo great! how can it not be? could have easily been titled ‘dude, i fucking hate rocks.’ but whatever the title, it’s pure cinematic gold - perhaps platinum. and the giantmonster staff agrees that it contains the best montage theme music ever in the history of movie montages. push it to the limit!! it’s also nice to know that when you fuck your hands up from punching rocks all day, your hot lady friend will rub salad all over your bloody fists and make them all better. many thanks to derek for the link. enough talk - get onto the magic!!!
nice scratch track video of james earl jones doing the first pass of dialogue for darth vader. the vader sessions. or maybe this is the the real dialogue, as it was meant to be seen & heard? hmmm. funny video created by the kids at akjak & link sent in from the derekmonster. please watch the vid below & enjoy! remember, daddy is the breadwinner.
i signed an online petition a long while back that would request for george lucas to release the original & unaltered star wars trilogy for sale on DVD. don’t know if it worked. it might have just caused little dollar signs to form in mr. lucas’s eyes. whichever the case, this september, the original and unaltered star wars trilogy will finally be released on DVD. the dvd will be available for a limited time (remember that this has always done by lucasfilm to create massive movie pre-orders) from september to december. nerd party at my house.
nice little homemade video of a well done lightsaber duel. take notice george! there’s no effortless hopping between rocks floating on lava. and even better, mr. lucas: none of your dialogue! yay! these guys did a great job. my inner-nerd is proud. though it is hard to beat the mighty low tech ferocity of the classic star wars kid. oy!
yet more star wars related halloween stuff. starwars.com has some very nice & easy halloween masks you can download & print for trick or treat fun. PDF format. cut out the eyes, put on yer face - boom! finished. the illustrations are really well done. and credit is given to the artists who drew the masks too. yoda, chewie, & darth to name a few are all up there. but look - there’s no jar-jar! george is learning! special times.
man, i feel lazy. especially when i see rad projects like this going on for halloween. check out this flickr photoset of an AT-AT Costume for Halloween 2005. holy yikes! that’s awesome. he even added a lil’ luke skywalker dangling from the underside!!!! yes!!! awesome!!! uncomfortable - yes. not much ability to dance - yes. but again, awesome. more pics of the at-at in action can be seen here.