*sigh*

Ok, so after November elections we had all these democrats saying how they weep for the future of our nation because Bush got reelected. To stay brief on this let me say I voted for Bush and I don't think our country's going down the shitter anymore than it did when Clinton recieved fellatio in the Oval Office.

What I do weep for is the future of our nation because people are ready to be offended by anything. 2004 was the year to be offened because of television. It all started because millions of people saw a nipple on the Super Bowl. It's something that everyone and I mean everyone has regardless of age, sex, sexual preference, or whatever. (Unless you had a nipplectomy, which I don't know why you would need one medically, though given the attitude post Super Bowl XXXVIII I'm not surprised some fundamentalist groups made them mandatory). However the violence you can see on broadcast TV, the self whoring of reality television, that you could go your entire life and be a better person for not seeing is alright according to the FCC.

Why, you ask, am I writing about this over a year later? Well I came across this today from IMDb.com.

Despite complaints that Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show was bland and forgettable, the FCC received 33 complaints Monday from viewers who either objected to Paul McCartney's rendition of "Get Back," which contains a reference to "California grass," or were upset by the content of some commercials. Those who complained about the ads deprecated one for GoDaddy.com, featuring a young woman who almost bares a breast; ads for erectile dysfunction medication; and a scene in a spot featuring one member of the Queer Eye For the Straight Guy crew ogling a man.

Now this seems just gratuitous. Just plain damn redicilous. I weep for our nation because this is the kind of shit that pisses people off these days.

Letter to Mr. Williams

Dear Mr. John Williams:

I am writing this letter under the speculation that takes place in my mind after a long day filled with decongestants. As with many other fans of your work I am eagerly awaiting your work that will be released this coming May with the final chapter of the Star Wars Trilogy. As my friends and I have discussed you need to include the following things:

1) We know Vader is coming so first of all, let's tone down on his theme, keep it subtle, (think the end titles to Episode I). But when Anakin ceases to be, and rises anew as Vader with or without the armor give me that Dum Dum Dum Dum Dah Dum Dum Dah Dum as loud and bombastically as you possibly can (think the Emperor's arrival at the begging of the second act of Jedi).

2)Let's tone down on recycling the music from the previous installments. We all know you did it in Episode II. That was a great action scene that could have had awesome music, but instead you put in those running mallets from Episode I again.

3)And this one is most important of all. When it comes to that moment that every Star Wars fan has been waiting for, the one that has been speculated since 1977 (need I really say more as to which moment we're talking about?). I want you to give it all you got. I want you to come out of that scoring session feeling like Obi-Wan does on the screen. I want everything you've put into these scores and put it together in the best way you can. Don't leave out the Duel of the Fates, don't leave out the Force Theme, and please please please don't leave out the Emperor's Theme.

I wish to leave you with one final note. You've been doing these movies for almost 30 years now. You made this movie for me. My Original Trilogy CD have been listened too so much that they're starting to wear thin (no joking here folks, they actually are the thinnest CDs in my collection). It seems you've always had a Star Wars movie to look forward to so don't let this one slip by. This is is man, the big one, the final one. Make it count.

Sincerely,

-Ken Carden