Showing posts with label george lucas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label george lucas. Show all posts

Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Choice


Mor. Let’s see once more this saying grav’d in gold:
Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her;
[...]
But here an angel in a golden bed
Lies all within. Deliver me the key:
Here do I choose, and thrive I as I may!


Por. There, take it, prince; and if my form lie there,
Then I am yours. [He unlocks the golden casket.

Mor. O hell! what have we here?
A carrion Death, within whose empty eye
There is a written scroll. I’ll read the writing.
All that glisters is not gold; 
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms infold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscroll’d:
Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Cold, indeed; and labour lost:
Then, farewell, heat, and welcome, frost!
Portia, adieu. I have too griev’d a heart
To take a tedious leave: thus losers part. [Exit with his Train. Flourish of Cornets.

The Merchant of Venice (1600)
William Shakespeare



ELSA chooses a cup—a solid gold, emerald encrusted goblet. DONOVAN instantly takes it from her.  

DONOVAN
Oh, yes. It's more beautiful than I'd ever imagined. This certainly is the cup of the King of Kings.
[...]

His skin turns brown and leathery and stretches across his bones until it splits. His skeletal hands reach for ELSA's throat, choking her. INDY rushes forward and pushes DONOVAN away. As he falls he BODY BREAKS INTO FLAMES, then SHATTERS AGAINST THE WALL. 

KNIGHT
He chose...poorly.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
written by Jeffrey Boam, Tom Stoppard, George Lucas, & Menno Meyjes

Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Holo-game

Galaxy Science Fiction (1954)
Ed Emshwiller


Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The Grieving Mother


Lemminkäinen's Mother (1897)
Akseli Gallen-Kallela


Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
dir. George Lucas


another painterly one from Roni Lücke, who provides some context:

Lemminkäisen Äiti, or Lemminkäinen's Mother by Akseli Gallen-Kallela portrays a scene from the finnish mythological epic Kalevala. During a quest for the hand of the beautiful, magical daughter of the land of Pohjola, the womanizing war-hero Lemminkäinen hubristically kills a holy swan and thus in retribution has been cut apart at sword-point and cast in the black river of Tuonela (the underworld). Lemminkäinen's mother arrives to the scene and rakes her son up from the river piece by piece, until she can put him together.

Does this make the Emperor a wicked witch/bad mother instead of a wizard?

Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Head

Eraserhead (1977)
Dir. David Lynch


Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Dir. Irvin Kershner


from TrixRabbi

Saturday, December 29, 2012

The Raider

Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas


Oblivion (2013) (trailer)
dir. Joseph Kosinski


from axleblaze

Friday, November 9, 2012

The Door

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
dir. Joseph Sargent


Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
dir. Richard Marquand

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Hyperbaric Chamber

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
dir. Brian De Palma


Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
dir. Irvin Kerschner


Aside from the obvious, notice the vocoder box on the chest flashing with lights. Thanks wyoming for the screencap.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

The Fear


"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." 
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
dir. George Lucas



"In the beginning there is ignorance. Ignorance engenders fear. Fear engenders hatred, and hatred engenders violence. Violence breeds further violence until the only law is whatever is willed by the most powerful."
Cloud Atlas (2004)
written by David Mitchell



from CptMiller

Monday, May 7, 2012

The Turret Gun

Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas


Starship Troopers (1997)
dir. Paul Verhoeven


Battlestar Galactica "Scattered" (2005)
dir. Michael Rymer

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Shaft

Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas


Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
dir. Robert Wise

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Hunter

The Hunters (1958)
dir. Dick Powell


Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Stck and Ball

 Stars Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) 
dir. Richard Marquand



Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
dir. Kerry Conran

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Pod

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
dir. Stanley Kubrick


Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Monument

Spomenik revolucije (1967)
Dušan Džamonja


Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Booby Trap

Uncle Scrooge #7 "The Seven Cities of Cibola" (1954)
Carl Barks


Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
dir. Steven Spielberg

Monday, June 20, 2011

The Cyclops

The Atomic Submarine (1959)
dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet


Star Wars (1977)
dir. George Lucas

Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Battle Droid

Torso in Metal (1913)
Jacob Epstein


Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
dir. George Lucas

Monday, May 30, 2011