Why I’m Glad Ben Affleck Isn’t Directing Episode VII
Prepare for the most hardcore geek argument you’re likely to see/hear on the subject…
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This is an image from the end of Argo, directed by Affleck, who was allegedly a runner-up in yesterday’s great director sweepstakes. Notice anything wrong?
How about now?
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If Kevin Smith is anything in real life like his characters, he needs to give his pal a hard time about this one. Sure, you could argue that perhaps the kid in the movie is not meant to be smart enough to get all his Star Wars characters straight. But I doubt it – I was that kid’s generation, and we knew them backwards and forwards.
Sorry, Ben – confusing Sand People and Jawas is a Nerd Foul if you hope to make a movie in their universe.
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist