Posting this for it’s muliple levels of utter awesomeness. ‘JOHN WILLIAMS IS THE MAN!’ A Star Wars-themed four-part a cappella musical tribute. Written and performed by Moosebutter (music by John Williams…)

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If your wondering about the themes used (in order of appearance):

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Indiana Jones
• Superman
• E.T.
• Jaws
• Jurassic Park
• Indiana Jones (reprised)

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Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Darkside

Ahh, today it feels like Christmases of my youth. It’s freezing cold out site and threating to snow. The tree is up. And I’ve just finished watching Star Wars on TV. Or rather Family Guy’s take on The Empire Strikes Back – “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Darkside” available exclusively on Blu-ray (BD) and DVD on 28 December from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

As with the Family Guy take on ‘A New Hope’ (Blue Harvest), we follow the adventures of Luke (Chris), Leia (Lois), Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian) as they are pursued across the galaxy by the evil Sith Lord, Darth Vader (Stewie). Like the original, the rebels are hiding out on the remote ice world of Hoth (cue AT-ATs with worms, Tauntauns with heads of old comedians, and the Wampa being replaced by Cookie Monster). Luke then takes the advice of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert) and learn the ways of the ‘farce’ (by watching Val Wilder DVDs) under Jedi Master Yoda (Carl), and Han, Leia and Chewy head to Cloud City, only to be faced by Vader, and a giant chicken Boba Fett. Oh and Fox, you HAVE to produce some Peter/Han frozen in carbonite figures!

The thing I loved about Blue Harvest, which also comes across in Something, Something, Something, Darkside is that despite the fact they are obviously playing for laughs, theres still a lot of respect for the original source material, and they hit all the favourite lines and plot points of the film they’re spoofing. The use of the rotoscoped original film footage and sound effects and really makes this feel part of the Star Wars family. As with Blue Harvest I also loved they end on Peter (Seth Macfarlane) and Chris (Seth Green) arguing over whether the Robot Chicken Star Wars stuff was better (Robot Chicken being Seth’s own project, although Seth does voice the Emperor.)

“Family Guy” Something, Something, Something, Darkside” Blu-ray and DVD features bonus materials including digital copy, animatics and Family Guy trivia. There’s also a clip of the read through for the upcoming Return of the Jedi homage – “We Have a Bad Feeling About This”, which is sounding fantastic too, and I can’t wait!

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I’ve recently been replaying some old PC games and watching some old TV shows, and there have been a number of times when I’ve just started thinking, ‘I really wish that guy would quit whinging and get a grip’…

So here’s Geektown’s top 5 list of the most whiny, whinging Characters in Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

5. John Connor – Terminator 2

Edward Furlong

This was D’s pick, and I whole heartedly agree. John Connor is pretty whiny in most iterations. In The Sarah Connor Chronicles, in Terminator 3, even Christian Bale’s Connor in Terminator 4 was up for a good whinge, but it’s Edward Furlong’s T2 version that really comes out on top as the whiniest. You had your own kick ass Terminator that would follow your every command. Most 10 year old only get Lego to play with, quit complaining!

4. Carth Onasi – Knights of the Old Republic

Carth Onasi

Carth is the first person you meet in RPG Knights of the Old Republic. He’s a Republic solider and pilot who pretty much seems to have had a sense of humour bypass, and does nothing but whinge and complain about the fact that he feels useless and unappreciated since you got your new Jedi buddies around with you. You know what Carth, your not a bad fighter, but given the choice of taking one of 3 pretty powerful Jedi, a Wookiee, a hard-as-nails Mandalorian, a wise-cracking Twi Lek, or a homicidal robot who refers to humans as ‘meatbags’, your whiny ass is at the bottom of the list, so just suck it up and fly the damn ship.

3. Louis de Pointe du Lac – Interview with the Vampire

Louis du Whinger

Brad Pitt came under some criticism for the fact that Louis (the Interviewee in Interview with the Vampire) was so whiny and annoying, but it was actually a pretty accurate portrayal of the character in Ann Rice’s original novel. Even in print Louis made me want to reach into the text and give him a slap round the face. It’s no great surprise that Rice chose to write the next book about Lestat, Louis’s far more enimatic sire… I’m sure Louis would have whinged about that too…

2. Connor – Angel

Connor - worlds whiniest superhuman.

Words can not totally express how annoying i find this kid… He takes the idea of moody teenager to a whole new level. He’s the child of 2 vampires (Angel and Darla), giving him all the vampiric superhuman powers, without the annoying little drawback of sunlight flaying him alive. Yet, he still whinges. Angel tries to show him he loves his son. Connor seals him in a metal box and drops him to the bottom of the ocean… and carries on whinging. He get’s to sleep with Cordelia… and then whinges about it for the next 5 episodes. Honestly, i think if you told him he’d won the lottery, and Hugh Hefner said he could  sleep with any playboy bunny he liked, he’d complain his wallet wasn’t big enough for his 100 dollar bills, and the wool in the bunny tails make him come out in a rash…

1. Anakin Skywalker – Star Wars Episode II & III

Anakin Skywalker

Ah, lil Anni… Sure Jar Jar was annoying, and Luke was pretty whiny. But for the gold medal, standing ovation of whininess, you really can beat Anakin Skywalker. He starts out a little blond haired, fresh faced, Tatooine boy. Annoying? Certainly. But it’s not until he becomes a Jedi that he really start’s to become the ultimate whinger in the universe. At least Luke had something to complain about. He’d been dumped on a planet of sand and forced to be a moisture farmer. Anakin get taken from the galaxy’s dust bowl, trained to become an uber-powerful Jedi Knight, bags the hottest senator in all the republic, and STILL manages to find everything to complain about. Really it’s a wonder Obi-wan didn’t hack off Anakin’s legs earlier. At least that seemed to stop him whinging. Although, i suppose when you realise you can force choke anyone that disagrees with you, life possibly seems a little easier.

So that’s our list. Have we missed someone you think should be there? If you have any more you’d like to suggest, leave us a comment!

I’m a huge fan of Family Guy, and Star Wars, and ‘Blue Harvest‘, so I’m geeked out to hear The 2nd Family Guy Star Wars episode is coming in to Blu-ray (BD) and DVD on 28 December , entitled ‘Something, Something, Something, Darkside‘. Trailer below:

A long time ago, in a Cinema not too far away, one of the greatest movies was unleashed upon the universe.  It’s a dark time for the rebellion but the future has never been brighter for “Family Guy” and Star Wars fans when “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Darkside” arrives exclusively on Blu-ray (BD) and DVD on 28 December
from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The second DVD premiere feature from the creators of “Family Guy” after 2005’s enormously popular Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, and a follow-up to the 2008 Star Wars spoof “Blue Harvest,” this time around the Griffin clan packs lightsaber sharp wit as they parody the classic sequel The Empire Strikes Back.

Luke (Chris), Leia (Lois), Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian) have evaded the dreaded Imperial Starfleet led by the cunning, conniving and curiously short evil lord Darth Vader (Stewie), setting up a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth.  With the rebellion in trouble, young Skywalker must take the advice of his late, and rather lascivious, mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert) and learn the ways of the “farce” under Jedi Master Yoda (Carl) to save the galaxy once and for all.  “Family Guy” proves that even in the far reaches of space, the darkside can be much lighter!

“Family Guy” Something, Something, Something, Darkside” Blu-ray and DVD features bonus materials including digital copy, animatics and Family Guy trivia.

Star Wars: A New Hope is getting a remake! And before you all let out a Darth Vadian ‘NooOOOooooo!’, it’s not another ploy by Mr. Lucas to get us to buy the original trilogy again (…and again). He’s saving that for the 3D versions.

This is a remake by fans, who are basically sweding the whole of A New Hope. What’s interesting is how they’re doing it. Rather than just a couple of guys in stormtrooper masks, the coordinators of the Star Wars Uncut project have split the movie into 15 second chunks, and are allocating them to fans and aspiring film makers via their website. They are then taking all the 15 second chunks, and stitching them together into the final movie.

I really love this idea. It’s wonderfully geeky, creative, and involves Star Wars, what’s not to like! I’m just hoping they don’t attract the wrath of the LucasArts legal dept. If your interested in being a part of it, head over to starwarsuncut.com and claim a section for yourself! Trailer below.

Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.