Posted by TheMojoPin at 208.1.219.2 on November 16, 2001 at 15:45:16:
In Reply to: Sergio Leone, American Grafitti, and Boba Fett... posted by CaribbeanKangaroo (S.Townsley) on November 16, 2001 at 15:24:55:
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: Ever see "Fistfull of Dollars", or "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"?
: There's something about those silent, bad-ass bounty hunters. They've always got one more trick up their sleeve.
I totally get what you're saying. But the difference is, those guys are the "strong, silent type," but they still show up and kick some ass! Fett sure manages to look cool, be silent and...and...and...well, die.
: There's also a potential parallel to Lucas' earlier "American Grafitti"--the Harrison Ford character, Bob Falfa, who doesn't say a lot and drives a bad-ass car...(but essentially gets his comeuppance.)
I didn't realize this! Very cool tidbit...I love "Grafitti" (IMHO, hands-down Lucas' best), but never knew Ford's character's name...
: Actually, I may be the wrong person to offer my two cents, since in 1980, Boba Fett was, to me, just another masked bad-guy action figure. Had a pretty cool ship, which I always insisted flew parallel to the ground, and not perpendicular. (Which meant that I was putting Fett in the cockpit upside down all those years.) But the *real* reason you got Slave I was for the Han-in-Carbonite accessory. (Which, unlike the film) you needed guards placed at *both* ends to support...The illusion is once again shattered.)
Like I said before, I rarely got the vehicles...my SW figues all had to share a single speeder bike, an Imperial shuttle, a TIE Interceptor, the Falcon and a Rancor...and the only frozen Han I got was the little mini diecast one...woe is I...
-TMP