Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The Most Triumphant Of A Triumverate Of Trilogies

Via Faithful Reader M.S., Cracked.com's official decision as to which is the superior sci-fi trilogy, Star Wars, The Matrix, or Lord Of The Rings. Please note that if you cannot stand massive amounts of sarcasm and cynicism, you probably should not click through on the link. However, if you can't stand massive amounts of sarcasm and cynicism, you probably shouldn't be reading this here blog either, so there you go.

The money quote of the whole thing:
In the new trilogy, Anakin Skywalker portrays a damning indictment of technology's modern dehumanization of mankind through Hayden Christensen's lifeless, almost inhuman performance. There is a river of tragedy in every robotic line he utters, a horrific monotonal indication of his cyborgal fate.
For whatever it's worth, I think LOTR was the best trilogy, while The Matrix was the best individual movie of the bunch. I want to give props to Star Wars, but it's still too soon for me to forgive Lucas for foisting 'The Phantom Menace' on us. Too soon...

1 comment:

Shane said...

OK, I know bookstores have "Sci-Fi/Fantasy" sections, but do we have to continue that conglomeration of totally disparate genre's in other aspects of our lives?

How is LotR's genre in any way comparable to the others?

If we're talking about "trilogies" we should include "Bring it on" (see Matt
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/12/on_message_1.php) and "Aladdin" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_film)]

Or something...

This is not to say we shouldn't compare ways to spend at least 6 hours of your life, though. :)