Daily Report

[weaktwos]

They found deep throat. Just as I suspected, it was Linda Lovelace! Er, wait.

Today was a fairly good day at the office. Plenty o' work, as always.

I got home, made dinner, watched Return of the Jedi.

I finally noticed, this being the third time I've reviewed this Star Wars DVD, that they cut in Hayden as Anakin at the end when Luke sees the spirits of Anakin, Yoda, and Obi Wan. I was very annoyed at that. First off, every other Jedi appears to appear as they did the moment before they died. So Obi Wan was old. Yoda: old. Then, suddenly, Anakin is a young man. Feh.

I must remark that Jedis appear to be very low maintenance for funerals. They just fade away upon croaking. Dark Jedis, however, either explode or need to be burned.

While watching the movie, I began making this week's cake. I chose a Yellow Downy Cake from the Cake Bible. For the filling, I made a bittersweet chocolate ganache. After the cakes baked, I cut the top layer of the cakes and drizzled some orange liqueur on the cake, then placed the filling on. A regular buttercream coats the cake.

The cake is delicious. It will be very, very rich.

Comments

[percible.livejournal.com]

Allegedly, the justification was that Anakin "died" the moment he turned to the dark side, and so by saving him, Luke returned him to his previous state.

It was still silly though.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know that the Force is so discerning. Hayden did not look as happy as the original and older Anakin.

[reannon.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't mind it, because the older Anakin ALSO didn't look like Egghead Vader we saw at the end. I don't know if it was the same actor or not, but it sure wasn't the same face. He also looked absolutely nothing like Anakin, so in terms of continuity, it made more sense. The only way to make it make MORE sense would be to say to replace Sir Alec with Ewan McGregor, and not only does that screw with the continuity of Eps V and VI, but can you imagine the screaming? And I'd be right there with them.

[reannon.livejournal.com]

EPISODE III SPOILERS

That bothered me until the very end of Ep III, when Yoda tells Obi-Wan that Qui-Gon has figured out how to "return" from death, and would like to have an incorporeal chat with him while he hides out on Tatooine. I therefore construe that Qui-Gon ... Oops. That doesn't work. I was going to say that Qui-Gon learned the trick of making himself into the glowy-ghost Jedi, which Yoda knew, and Qui-Gon's ghost taught Obi-Wan, which is why they all glow around at the end of EpVI.

But it doesn't work, because Qui-Gon's body was burned. So why did Qui-Gon and the other Jedi leave bodies, along with Dark Jedi like Vader, Emperor, Darth Maul and Dooku, but Obi-Wan and Yoda disappear, and yet Qui-Gon and Vader can appear as glowy-Jedi at the end?

I have a headache.