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[Alex C]

All I know is that 5 year old Alex C was deeply impressed by both light sabers and the li'l ear canal monsters.

[KharBevNor]

Yeah there were no heavy handed allegories for Nazis in Star Wars at all.

[JD]

That's not even mentioning stormtroopers.

[jackmort]

The Empire was a mixture of Nazism and War of Independence era Britain. Double-whammy
Few things are more sinister to an American than a Nazi with an English accent

[KharBevNor]

I'm pretty sure they're just the Nazis actually.

Nazis always have British accents in Hollywood.

[jackmort]

Hah monkey dust, so dark

Nazis mostly do have English accents in Hollywood films, but why though?
I do think it's probably got something to do with the war of independence. The British empire covered a wider area than the third reich ever conquered. I think Gibraltar's all we've got left now

I'm gonna say that the storm-trooper's outfit is symbolic of a roman toga too, three evil empires in one!
ridiculous

[scarred]

Yeah there were no heavy handed allegories for Nazis in Star Wars at all.

Yeah but Star Trek would literally go back in time and have actual nazis.

[KharBevNor]

If we're thinking of the same episode, Patterns of Force, it's actually a contemporary alien planet (where everyone looks pretty much like humans because, STAR TREK) where a federation historian has somehow ended up and turned the planet into a rehash of nazis out to exterminate some really thinly disguised space jews, under the extremely stupid belief that the nazis would actually work out pretty well if they hadn't been totally evil as all hell. It was probably a pretty brave if rather flawed episode at the time, plus it also managed to have a budget of fuck all since they just hauled out all paramounts nazi costumes and space nazi chancellery was just the Desilu offices with some big swastika flags draped all over it.

[scarred]

There's that one, and then this one.

Although I'm not sure what we're discussing anymore other than subpar episodes of Star Trek.

[Ozymandias]

Yeah, those Nazi episodes of Enterprise were the bottom of the bottom of the barrel, basically a big "fuck you" from Berman and Braga to Manny Coto, the dude who was taking the show from them and made the last season genuinely enjoyable.

[KharBevNor]

I didn't watch much Enterprise, for much the same reason that, having once stepped in dog shit by accident as a child, I am now careful to avoid doing so again.

Patterns of Force ain't even probably one of the ten stupidest episodes of ToS. New thread?

[LeeC]

sort of on subject, they plan to re-release all 4 indiana jones in 3d in theatres too,

[KvP]

I'm on record as a Temple of Doom apologist. Fuck all y'all.

[J]

i like temple of doom too. it's no raiders, but i like it better than last crusade. (sean connery notwithstanding of course)

[Alex C]

I'd like Temple of Doom sooo much better without Kate Capshaw. As it is I'd rather give it a pass.

[scarred]

Temple of Doom wasn't awful but it was by no means good. That being said, I've willingly watched it and enjoyed it multiple times.

[satsugaikaze]

^ This. I watched it as a kid and it scared the fuck out of me.

Few years later, it was one of the most enjoyable movies I'd seen! Although I probably had issues because I found myself relating to Short Round an awful lot