I think part of his point was that it's pretty obvious from the finished product that Lucas never had that kind of conversation with anybody with the authority to impose revisions. This guy is playing the part of the studio exec in an alternate reality.

Sure Darth Vader had to be redeemed - no argument there. But that doesn't address my point. Imagine, too, the sweetness that could have been Palpatine's betrayal of his loyal and badass apprentice after 2 1/2 movies - it would be the Dooku moment from episode 3 but with some real emotional resonance.

I won't argue against your right to an opinion, but did Darth Vader's overshadowing of Luke ruin the original trilogy?

I don't think being a fan or not matters - I spent my childhood obsessing over Star Wars (in the 1980s) and this guy's outline is pretty solid. Perhaps a few particulars were off, but the narrative flow of his story (and the opportunities it leaves for episodes 2 & 3) are orders of magnitude better than what we…

Try Googling "photo mosaic software" or something similar - there seem to be some free software packages (although I can't vouch for their legitimacy).

My understanding is that the dingbat politician - who is, apparently, female - who championed the original version intends to kill the new version because it is not punitive/shaming enough.

I always thought there were computer programs that analyzed the larger picture and then matched up the smaller pictures based on contrast/dominant color/etc. People don't do these by hand, right?

McDonnell did the right thing here - but he's no hero to women. He's an opportunist thinking ahead to bigger things when his term as governor ends. He can read a poll and knows that he'll never be elected to anything nationally if he backs a bill like this.

What kind of sick pervert are you? The only good pizza is plain pizza - even cheese is suspect (although polls do show that 95% of church-going pizza-eaters use it anyway).

Obviously her sexual purity is the pizza - which the man will devour, leaving nothing but the worthless packaging behind (things like her intelligence, opinions, character, values, etc. that hold little or no value to a good Christian).

Truly moderate conservatives became Democrats years ago - there really is no place for moderation in the current Republican party, real or feigned (that last bit is Romney's problem).

Pshaw! Captain Crunch is far too high-brow - that's the kind of stuffy fare reserved for Masterpiece Theatre and PBS. The Trix Rabbit is more at the level for which Hollywood aims (perhaps teamed up with Dig 'em as a sidekick with "street cred" as the kids say) - no doubt Dreamworks has someone putting together a…

Cloaking technology? I'm pretty sure Admiral Thrawn had some of that in the books that take place immediately after ROTJ.

Han didn't shoot first because time-travelling bandits altered history? Just tell me that one of those bandits is Jar Jar Binks (in a 'hilarious' case of mistaken identity) and then I'll believe you.

Somehow, I suspect the relative number of Ashley Madison site users from NYC (vs. upper New England) might have more to do with these numbers than anything else.

That video of Demi Moore at 19 was like a concentrated injection of 80s nostalgia straight to the brain - from the Doors t-shirt to the hair, it was a thing of beauty.

I wish this could excuse it, but my cultural background is not terribly exotic - Italian heritage for the most part, and they're not particularly well-known for being the introverted type.

Unless compelled by the need for self-preservation, like with a boss at work, I will never willingly look someone in the eyes (I've long thought that I probably have mild autism). I actually find it comforting to think of people as unpredictable and potentially dangerous objects to be avoided when possible. It makes…

Not to dispute her story in any way, but I don't see how a conviction can come from this without some solid evidence to dispute his inevitable he said/she said defense. Sometimes, I wonder if rape can ever be consistently prosecuted when "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" is the standard of justice. Of course, I'm not…

I imagine that if they ever won the culture war, the purges of the "progressive" pastors that helped them undermine liberalism and sexual equality would make Stalin's purges of the Old Bolsheviks look like kids' play.