The Meme-Mandated, Semi-Regularly-Updated, Occasionally Coherent Thoughts of G.M. Skarka
I’m not doing a Friday music this week (GenCon), but I wanted to mark the passing of Mr. Hayes.
I’m sure that most folks will talk about “the Theme from Shaft” or his work as Chef on South Park, but I wanted to post what I consider his most brilliant bit of work. After hearing this for the first time, it became the definitive version of the song for me, eclipsing Dionne Warwicks more-famous (and far less dark) version:
Apparently, my fellow geeks are shocked — shocked — to discover that Star Wars: The Clone Wars appears to be an awful, juvenile waste of time.
How soon they forget. This should not come as a shock to anyone old enough to remember the first post-trilogy bit of official Star Wars: 1984 and 1985’s made-for-TV Ewok movies.
Awful? Check.
Juvenile? Check.
Apparently Jango Fett isn’t the only thing being cloned, eh?
Yikes.
I just wasted two hours going through old message board posts from 8 years ago.
Somebody found this — the old forums that RPGnet ran using the “phorum” software — from 2000 through early 2002 — are still on the server.
Flipped through some random pages. It’s a strange feeling, eavesdropping on conversations your younger self is having….