i finally caved. the boy is getting to watch the genius that is lucas and spielberg. he's had a great week at school, he's been hit with strep throat right before spring break......he needs something, so here you go bud.
a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..........
if you follow this blog, or if you know me at all, you know this is HUGE.
up until today, his viewing pleasure has been limited to the following:
backyardigans-the music is AWESOME!
mickey mouse clubhouse-how can you not know mickey as a kid
and
the upside down show-i may have a slight crush on shane and david, they're like a silly russell crowe.
we have just recently introduced duck dodgers and phineas and ferb, and mainly, because i love their theme songs.
why have i held out? i mean, there are some 6 year olds who are intimately familiar with darth maul, the joker, and the transporter.......i just want to keep my kids......kids.......as long as possible. they don't need to be introduced to death, destruction, and the dark side. i mean arms chopped off, carbon freezing.....wait, i'm getting ahead of myself.
then a few weeks ago dave and i watched it. seriously, it was probably the first time i had seen it since the early 80's. ummmm, i think i may have more issues with duck dodgers than lucas and speilberg. honestly, if crockett could even understand the storyline, then i have way underestimated him. i mean there were things that i just now understood. like the whole "help me obiwan, you're my only hope...." i had no idea what her message was saying. solo and his renegade self, only just now understanding that, and darth vader is the dad?! whoa!? i never saw that coming! not only that, despite han solo and all his hunkiness, there is no blood, the creatures don't even look scarym and the explosions? c'mon.......so i caved.
needless to say, we only made it to the bar scene on luke's planet and he's out......totally bored.
see, he's not ready.
score one for mom!
3 people said stuff:
DUDE...you are so lucky he's not into it! We, too, let Hayden watch it for the first time recently, and it has been NON STOP. He has alot of words for his gender anyway...and now he's using them to assault me with Star Wars trivia. Every second of every day.
i am just dreading all of this stuff when it comes along!
but, then, our kids lov watching hockey. star wars can't be worse than hockey, can it? especially the way the stars have played lately?
I remember before (or maybe right after) Rogers was born Aaron brought me the dilemma of whether he should show Rogers Star Wars in the order in which they came out (4,5,6,1,2,3) or in the order in continuity (1,2,3,4,5,6). I said the former because you can't go from awesome CG to cardboard cutouts, you know? But, now that I think about it - the newer ones probably have more violence than the first trilogy so you might have it right!
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