Comments on: Bea Arthur and Star Wars http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3185198 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:48:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3185198 I agree with maija. That was sooo oddly bad, it was like a wacky Star Trek, wannabe Star Wars, hi-production, SNL skit!!! O.O I agree with maija. That was sooo oddly bad, it was like a wacky Star Trek, wannabe Star Wars, hi-production, SNL skit!!! O.O

]]> by: Katie Moody http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3184575 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:01:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3184575 Oh, Bea. We hardly knew you. She was always a favorite of mine, and I'm so sorry to see her go. (Incidentally, if anyone has somehow missed Brandon Bird's fantastic painting of her, "Killing Machine," do yourself a favor and Google it!) Oh, Bea. We hardly knew you.

She was always a favorite of mine, and I’m so sorry to see her go.

(Incidentally, if anyone has somehow missed Brandon Bird’s fantastic painting of her, “Killing Machine,” do yourself a favor and Google it!)

]]> by: maija http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3183982 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:20:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3183982 Wow, I haven't seen the Star Wars Holiday Special since I was eight, and though its badness has become legendary and I vaguely remember being disappointed by it as a kid, I didn't realize it was so <I>oddly</i> bad. What a muddle of intentions. It's unsettling, like a dream that contains elements from waking life but which makes no sense. Bea Arthur is great in spite of it though. Wow, I haven’t seen the Star Wars Holiday Special since I was eight, and though its badness has become legendary and I vaguely remember being disappointed by it as a kid, I didn’t realize it was so oddly bad. What a muddle of intentions. It’s unsettling, like a dream that contains elements from waking life but which makes no sense.

Bea Arthur is great in spite of it though.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3183527 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:31:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/28/bea-arthur-and-star-wars/#comment-3183527 Bea Arthur also gets nerd credit for being the "Femputer" on an episode of Futurama. "The Men Must DIE!~" Bea Arthur also gets nerd credit for being the “Femputer” on an episode of Futurama.

“The Men Must DIE!~”

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