Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Everyday in a Galaxy, Far, Far Away
It seems everywhere I looks these days, Star Wars has definitely taken its place as a permanent fixture in the pop culture landscape. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a Tootsie Roll. Cases in point:The new Target ad has Lambda shuttles flying in formation depositing snowflakes across the typical Target-inspired Dali landscape.
The local television station is running an ad looking for sales representatives. For no reason among their images of camera operators and boom mikes, there’s a five second shot of Han Solo shooting down TIE fighters from the Falcon.
A promo for college football, also on that station, shows one fan wearing a Stormtrooper uniform – in his team’s colors.
Finally,an Animal Planet special on close shaves for nature photographers shows us an underwater filmmaker who decided to base his squid protection gear on that of the Stormtrooper.
Didn’t he ever watch the movies? If it can’t even deflect a blaster bolt, what good will it do against a kraken?
Labels: Hooray for Hollywood, Star Wars
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