"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy,"
Nearly exacting the same quote on what President Bush said about the 9/11 in his September 20, 2001 Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People,
"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
So, I guess that makes this Sith character a bonafide terrorist? A rhetorical question there. Sith said "enemy" while President Bush said "terrorists" at the end of their quote. I don't exactly see Sith as a peace-loving dude but would rather want to take over the world, even the galaxy where evil can truly reign to cause more suffering on the scale equivalent to beheading and torturing innocent people. President Bush want to enable people on the ability to protect themselves from tyranny and abuse. Something that Sith doesn't want to see that happening. And we see fans hooting in the movie theater hearing Sith's quote makes them terrorist sympathizers as well? Don't answer that one, either. It's just another rhetorical question there.
Now, this brings me to a company called Clearplay. ClearPlay has a device that works with any regular versions of movies (rented or owned) not altered. You then select which types of content (e.g. violence, language, sexual content) you want filtered while you watch. An ultimate Parental control device.
Back in April of this year President Bush signed the "Family Entertainment and Copyright Act," which creates an exemption in copyright laws to make sure companies selling filtering technology won't get sued out of existence.
However, movie companies were decrying this move.
Critics of the bill have argued it was aimed at helping one company, Utah-based ClearPlay Inc., whose technology is used in some DVD players. ClearPlay sells filters for hundreds of movies that can be added to such DVD players for $4.95 each month. Hollywood executives maintain that ClearPlay should pay them licensing fees for altering their creative efforts.
Ok. Now you're probably wondering where I'm getting at. Since Clearplay gives Parents or anybody else a control on contents in a DVD movie by selecting one of the filtering requirements (e.g. sex, language, violence) so that the whole family, for example, can watch and enjoy a movie without worrying about unnecesary or uncomfortable contents not conducive to a family setting. I'm thinking if Clearplay (or other similar companies) has a device with this kind of edit control, can certain political comments such as Sith's be able to be edited as well?
Now, I am not sure how many movies of the past, if any, inserted similar political comments such as Lucas did. Perhaps somebody more knowledgeable will contact me on this aspect.
Now, if a company/person can produce a Foxblocker device for stoopid people who have the inability to skip Foxnews cable, why not produce a device where anybody can have direct, piecemeal editorial control of any particular political comment said in a movie by deleting or skipping it? This is not about sitcoms or cable shows that have these anti-Bush themes to it where I can easily not watch it such as Whoopi's really dumb show (which, btw, bombed horribly last year). Sitcoms were used as avenues to express their distaste toward certain politicians (in this case, President Bush) or rant about Republican's idealogues for some time. Something that the Liberals have been trying, without much success (remember, John Kerry lost the election) and now enters blockbuster movies where directors or producers will want to insert certain political statements.
"As you go through history, I didn't think it was going to get quite this close. So it's just one of those recurring things," Lucas said at a Cannes news conference. "I hope this doesn't come true in our country."Maybe the film will waken people to the situation," Lucas joked.
This is the first big step since Hollyweird is a vastly Liberal-controlled entertainment landscape and will use every means to promote their backward political message via a movie character or plot. Socialism here we come. I'm sure this isn't something that's new in today's world of Hollyweird entertainment but seeing how tv/cable sitcoms have behaved in the past, subterfuge efforts to insert certain political statements in movie plots will become more prevalent on the big movie screens in the future as Hollyweird's way of political protest. Whatever happened to good ole' fashion and exciting movies without all of the political baggage? Liberals are getting desperate. Michael Moore failed in his 911 movie where Michael Moore probably single handidly helped President Bush win his re-election. Maybe the secret here today is to subconsciously promote this political message rather than the in-your-face type mentality. It certainly didn't work on Michael Moore's behalf. Thanks Mikey!
And so, all this thinking led me to write an email today to Clearplay regarding if the device may have someday in the future the ability to censor certain political comments or scenes out of the movie. Or if they have plans to somehow incorporate certain offensive political language as part of the language editing control that parents (or others) can have when viewing their personal, store bought DVD movies. Maybe Artificial Intelligence will do the job for us in the future?.......... Strike that one. Bad idea. Badddd.
I'll let you know if I get a response from Clearplay. Meanwhile, you can send an email to Clearplay regarding the ability to censor disruptive political overtures in a movie meant to entertain rather than a soapbox to espouse political views or rants that would interrupt the flow of the movie's entertainment value.
After all, America is the land where we don't have to listen to crapola. We can reserve the full right to edit such comments from movies or even cable shows someday. You have a choice on not to watch a movie by skipping it, watching the whole thing in its entirety or watch the edited version set by you.
That's called "freedom of choice."
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