Joss' genius recognized in another web comic.
Would Joss have written Star Wars better than Lucas? A Star Wars rant with minor commentary about people who don't quite understand geeks takes a decidely Whedonian turn in the end.
See the previous strip for the start of the rant.
March 27 2007
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Brian Lynch | March 27, 21:24 CET
IrrationaliTV | March 27, 21:28 CET
And apropos of nothing, really, I'm not sure if there's anything I can do to increase or strengthen my midichlorian count, but I'm gonna try three or four very dark beers when I get home tonight, and see if that does anything to my "Force" levels...
QuoterGal | March 27, 21:32 CET
Lioness | March 27, 21:33 CET
fanbuoyant | March 27, 21:40 CET
LiLi | March 27, 21:53 CET
(Thanks, Lioness, tomorrow morning, I'll try again to lift an Incom T-65 X-wing starfighter using only the Force - as I do every morning.)
QuoterGal | March 27, 22:09 CET
I've got a theory about this. I think that "midichlorian" is derived from "mitochondrion", which is a real cellular organelle that is a symbiont (remember how "smybiont" and "symbiote" were used in the first prequel?) with all our somatic cells. I suspect that the inspiration came from A Wind In the Door, the first sequel to A Wrinkle In Time, the children's book.
And yes, QG, you can boost your mitochondria simply by increasing cell division. But that's mostly diet and exercise, sorry.
dreamlogic | March 27, 22:22 CET
Thank you gt0163c, I *really* needed that.
adapa | March 27, 22:28 CET
Tonya J | March 27, 22:37 CET
Anyway...
Yes, that was very, very funny. Though Joss would probably kill them all or something.
UnpluggedCrazy | March 27, 23:24 CET
Tonya J | March 27, 23:30 CET
narnia | March 28, 00:42 CET
Simon | March 28, 01:30 CET
Andrew Tom | March 28, 03:33 CET
Simon | March 28, 04:00 CET
I think that "midichlorian" is derived from "mitochondrion", which is a real cellular organelle that is a symbiont (remember how "smybiont" and "symbiote" were used in the first prequel?) with all our somatic cells.
Except Luke (and Leia) were Jedi like their father before them. Mitochondria are passed down the mother's line (hence 'mitochondrial Eve' and 'Y chromosome Adam'). Lucas may well have nicked the name and tweaked it a bit though because, like midichlorians for a Jedi, they're our 'engines' producing ATP which is basically 'energy' as far as our cells are concerned. And because they're found in nearly all complex cells, in a way they "bind all living things" ;).
... but I'm gonna try three or four very dark beers when I get home tonight, and see if that does anything to my "Force" levels...
Y'know, it almost always makes me feel stronger in the Force. That damned remote control still tends to stay stubbornly where it is though.
I'll try again to lift an Incom T-65 X-wing starfighter using only the Force ...
Ah, *wags finger* QuoterGal, QuoterGal, QuoterGal, "Do or Do not. There is no try." ;-).
Saje | March 28, 05:47 CET
Cider | March 28, 06:53 CET
And yes, Lucas shuld have hired him to write.
And as far as I know, beer is good for everything.
dreamlogic | March 28, 07:18 CET
Interesting. Reading a couple of synopses, mitochondria certainly feature heavily in 'A Wind in the Door', who knows, maybe that's where he got the idea ? Some of his kids seem relatively young so maybe he read it to them and it came from there, even from their mispronunciation (I suspect - but can't support - that 'midichlorians' are a late addition and not part of his original intentions for the series because it seems almost an about turn from the meritocratic 'binds the galaxy together' Force in 'A New Hope' to the 'genetic elite, basically a royal bloodline' Force we see in the prequels).
Saje | March 28, 08:12 CET
Now if only you could set that as a gambit, eh Simon? ;)
Grounded | March 28, 08:46 CET
Oh, crap, Saje, have I learned nothing from these films?
Saje: "As soon as women figure out a reliable way to get casserole dishes down from high shelves men are screwed ;)."
Though it would be fair to say I rarely require a casserole dish, being 5'8" tall, I can reach every shelf in the house. However, I do still need my partner for other stuff, most of it of the non-smirk inducing variety, thank you very much.
dreamlogic: "And yes, QG, you can boost your mitochondria simply by increasing cell division. But that's mostly diet and exercise, sorry."
Ah, well, sucks to that, say I. But they were tasty, and they do help almost everything else...
QuoterGal | March 28, 12:48 CET
Madhatter | March 28, 14:37 CET
Madhatter | March 28, 14:55 CET
That should suit them fine then. I keep hearing that that is all they really want anyway. ;-)
newcj | March 28, 15:21 CET
(though those other pillars of civilization beer, curry and football on the telly seem to be missing ;)
Saje | March 28, 15:48 CET
"(though those other pillars of civilization beer, curry and football on the telly seem to be missing ;)"
Curry, huh? Are those all at the same time? Here it would be be beer and whatever sport is in season on television, but what should be the food? Hot dogs at the ball park. Steaks or burgers in the backyard. Potato chips, pretzels and pizza in front of the TV, I guess. But considering that they sell each one of those with sex and rarely need anything else to sell sex, I think sex still wins. ;-)
newcj | March 28, 16:35 CET
Yeah, that's why I don't post on their websites. Besides not being interested. Because I would post stuff like that and it would just upset them.
BTW, is metanarritive a word, and if so, does it mean what I think it means?
dreamlogic | March 28, 19:13 CET
Hmm, kinky ;). Nah, sounds like a logistical nightmare apart from anything else, where would I put the remote ? I was gonna say pizza but I just prefer curry (plus it's the popular choice - last year, for the first time ever, it narrowly edged out 'fish and chips' as Britain's favourite takeaway food). And yep, sex will emerge victorious, every time ;).
dreamlogic, have you read David Brin's essays on Star Wars generally (and also 'Attack of the Clones' specifically) ? Sometimes a bit, err, strident for my taste but interesting reads nonetheless.
And if in doubt with any word just stick a hyphen in there, works for me fantastic-ably ;).
(are you thinking it means a narrative about or commenting on another ? Cos then, yeah ;)
Saje | March 29, 03:44 CET
I have suspected, but not been able to support, that almost everything after the original Star Wars was a late edition and not part of his original intention. ;-) I have a soft spot for Star Wars but am not a huge fan simply because I never believed the family relationships were there from the beginning. Interestingly enough, my first reaction to the comic was, "I agree with the kid about everything he is saying." My second reaction was, "Com'on the dad is probably my age. He probably saw the original trilogy when it first came out. He would know what the kid is talking about...even if he did not particularly care."
newcj | March 29, 06:33 CET