Day: November 2, 2012

Star Wars Nerds Unite

There are just somethings that come out in the news that are just too good to pass up….and this be one of them……

The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that it planned to release a seventh Star Wars film.

Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. The film studio was previously owned entirely by George Lucas, the creator of the iconic Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. Lucas will continue to work at Lucasfilm, serving as creative consultant.

Star Wars: Episode 7 is planned for release in 2015, followed by Episodes 8 and 9. Disney hopes to continue releasing new Star Wars feature films every two to three years.

“For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next,” Lucas said in a statement. “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime.”

Lucas said he was confident that Kathleen Kennedy, the current co-chairman of Lucasfilm, will continue to successfully expand the franchise after becoming the new president of the film studio. Kennedy will report to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn.

“Disney’s reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment, and consumer products,” Lucas added.

This could be good….I mean Chapters 1-3 were anything but exciting.  Disney’s has got the cash and hopefully could find better writers than the previous ones……

I am just glad the saga continues…….thoughts?

2012 Election #5–Immigration

Lots of lip service here……..but during the debates not so much……and yet the campaigns are pulling out all stops to try and win the immigrant vote…..but why would they care about that since neither candidate has a comprehensive stand on immigration…..they have lots of spin and slogans……but fall short on solutions….

What do the candidates really think about immigration?

President Barack Obama has pushed for the DREAM Act, a path to citizenship for many young illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. Efforts to pass the bill have repeatedly failed, most notably in 2010 when it stalled in a Democratic-led Senate after failing to win the 60 votes it needed to proceed to a full vote. Five Democrats voted against the measure. In June, Obama announced a plan to delay deportations for many illegal immigrants who would have benefited from the DREAM Act for up to two years and let them get work permits.

Mitt Romney has said that as president he would veto the DREAM Act should it ever cross his desk. He told The Denver Post that he would honor work permits for those immigrants who benefit from Obama’s new policy and promised to put a comprehensive immigration plan into place before those permits expire. He favors completing a towering steel fence along the Mexican border, in addition to the 650 miles already constructed, and opposes letting illegal immigrant students pay in-state tuition at state universities.

Still the stands are nothing but vague spin to win a vote or two here or there…….and yet these candidates want us, the vote, to just trust them to do something positive after the election…….if you fall for that approach then you deserve whatever f*cking they have in store for you……