{"id":3201,"date":"2005-03-11T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2005-03-11T20:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/11\/geek-conflicts\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:27:04","slug":"geek-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/11\/geek-conflicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8756,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kottke.org\\\/05\\\/03\\\/new-star-wars-trailer&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kottke.org\\\/05\\\/03\\\/new-star-wars-trailer&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8693,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.empireonline.co.uk\\\/site\\\/news\\\/newsstory.asp?news_id=16619&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.empireonline.com\\\/site\\\/news\\\/newsstory.asp?news_id=16619&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8757,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCandyflip%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>After two incredible trailers which were then followed up by two horrid movies, I really should know better than to put any faith in George Lucas anymore. But then I watch the trailer for Episode III&#8230;and, while I hate myself for saying it, <em>damn<\/em> that looks cool.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m fairly certain he&#8217;ll screw it up again. But just for a few moments, I&#8217;d like to try to believe that it will actually be worth watching.<\/p>\n<p><ins>Update:<\/ins> Jason&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/05\/03\/new-star-wars-trailer\" title=\"kottke.org: New Star Wars Trailer\">in the same boat<\/a> (though he put it better than I did&#8230;):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Once every three years, the first trailer for yet another crappy George Lucas Star Wars movie is released somewhere to great fanfare. And each time, I watch said trailer and get all excited. It looks great, I&#8217;ll say. Maybe it&#8217;ll actually be good. My hopes start to rise. And then the movie comes out, Natalie Portman is transformed by Lucas&#8217; awful direction into the worst actress ever, and I leave the theatre disappointed that a cherished childhood institution has been handled in such a piss-poor manner. With the impending release of Episode III and the trailer during last night&#8217;s episode of The OC, I have vowed not to get my hopes up. Never again, George Lucas, will you disappoint me.<\/p>\n<p>  However.<\/p>\n<p>  OMFG THE TRAILER FOR THE NEW STAR WARS MOVIE IS SOOO GREAT AND EXCITING AND THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO KICK SO MUCH ASS!!!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <em>other<\/em> Sci-Fi franchise that heavily influenced my growing years has just announced that sometime in 2007, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empireonline.co.uk\/site\/news\/newsstory.asp?news_id=16619\" title=\"Empire Online: Keep On Trekkin'\">yet another Star Trek film<\/a> will land in the theaters.<\/p>\n<p>Again, after the last few films, I really shouldn&#8217;t be excited about this.<\/p>\n<p>But I want to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FsongTerm=Ask Why%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Ask Why' on the iTMS\">Ask Why<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCandyflip%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Candyflip on the iTMS\">Candyflip<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FalbumTerm=Madstock\u2026the Continuing Adventures of Bubblecar Fish%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for Madstock\u2026the Continuing Adventures of Bubblecar Fish on the iTMS\">Madstock\u2026the Continuing Adventures of Bubblecar Fish<\/a><\/em> (1990, 4:16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two incredible trailers which were then followed up by two horrid movies, I really should know better than to put any faith in George Lucas anymore. Meanwhile, the _other_ Sci-Fi franchise that heavily influenced my growing years has just announced that sometime in 2007, yet another Star Trek film will land in the theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,2732,1574],"class_list":["post-3201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-revenge-of-the-sith","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}