That’s the expression we’ll all make looking back at 2020.
Robotech II: The Sentinels book 4 #12
Academy Comics, Ltd (November, 1996)
“Checkmate!”
WRITERS/ARTISTS: John & Jason Waltrip
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Two videos for this Veteran’s Day post. First, from Kid Explorer a brief history of Veteran’s Day.
From the Nelson Elementary School in Hillsborough County, Florida, this tribute includes interviews with veterans.
Hope you all had a happy and safe Veteran’s Day, and thank you to those who risked everything for our freedom. Hopefully we prove worthy of it.
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I could see Sisko defending the station with his own bare hands. In space.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #1
Marvel/Paramount Comics (November, 1996)
“Judgement Day”
WRITER: Howard Weinstein
PENCILER: Tom Grindberg
INKER: Al Milgrom
COLORIST: Matt Webb
SEPARATIONS: Graphic
LETTERER: Jack Morelli
EDITOR: Bobbie Chase
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The Masked Singer is rough this season.
The New Avengers #13
Marvel Comics (January, 2006)
WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILER: David Finch
INKER: Danny Miki
COLORIST: Frank D’Armata
LETTERER: Albert Deschesne
PRODUCTION: Brad Johansen
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Molly Lazer & Aubrey Sitterson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Andy Schmidt
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
The Tragedy Of Star Wars’s Droids
The droids, specifically R2D2 and C-3PO, are my favorite part of Star Wars. While Most people get into the ships and the Force powers, while I enjoy them as well, watching Artoo and Threepio are what I enjoy the most, which is why my favorite spinoffs were their cartoon and comic adventures. However, the treatment of droids in the Star Wars Universe is certainly questionable. They didn’t just make mindless robots with their own AI. Each droid has his or her own personality, hopes and fears, and a sense of religion apart from the Force. (Too bad Threepio didn’t realize every time he said “thank the Maker” he actually meant Vader.) And yet, like in a lot of productions, the droids are treated as servants, and even the heroes who befriend them rarely treat them like other sentient beings simply because they have an off switch. There’s a point where you make the robots so “human” that the question of whether or not they should be comes up. And yet this rarely happens for droids.
In this video by the Pop Culture Detective the treatment of droids within the world of Star Wars and whether Lucas realized the can of worms he was opening when he made the Droids comic relief the way he did.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on November 10, 2020 in Movie Spotlight and tagged C3PO, commentary, Droids, R2D2, Star Wars Droids.
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