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I am talking, of course, about "The Star Wars Holiday Special." Today I got my chance to see it again. (I haven't seen it since the ONE time it aired, and I was 7.)
I like to use the term "near miss" for any show, book, movie, etc that WOULD have been totally awesome if only some small facet had been changed or done better. This is NOT a near miss. It's a HUGE miss....
Had it been done well, it would have been a terrific way to "humanize" the Star Wars setting by showing some non-shoot'emup stories. But ultimately it's kind of a psychedelic train wreck. Of the sort I find I can't turn away from.
The first problem is that it's made on the cheap, and this is noticable right from the first scene. It's jarring, considering how much work went into the film, and how many scenes they've lifted right from the film. The second problem is that it's a LOT longer than it needs to be. That's mostly so's they could throw in all the characters and stars they had on board. (It is kinda funny to see the Empire taken down by Jefferson Starship.) There's enough material here for a pretty mediocre half hour show.
It is kinda funny to notice all the stuff that I do now that I'm older and know more of the back story. Yeah, Mark Hammil is made-up so much that he looks like Ziggy Stardust. (And they don't show his left side so much, so I suspect that's wher emost of the damage from the accident happened.)
Don C.
I like to use the term "near miss" for any show, book, movie, etc that WOULD have been totally awesome if only some small facet had been changed or done better. This is NOT a near miss. It's a HUGE miss....
Had it been done well, it would have been a terrific way to "humanize" the Star Wars setting by showing some non-shoot'emup stories. But ultimately it's kind of a psychedelic train wreck. Of the sort I find I can't turn away from.
The first problem is that it's made on the cheap, and this is noticable right from the first scene. It's jarring, considering how much work went into the film, and how many scenes they've lifted right from the film. The second problem is that it's a LOT longer than it needs to be. That's mostly so's they could throw in all the characters and stars they had on board. (It is kinda funny to see the Empire taken down by Jefferson Starship.) There's enough material here for a pretty mediocre half hour show.
It is kinda funny to notice all the stuff that I do now that I'm older and know more of the back story. Yeah, Mark Hammil is made-up so much that he looks like Ziggy Stardust. (And they don't show his left side so much, so I suspect that's wher emost of the damage from the accident happened.)
Don C.
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