tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post8908784301055586378..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: What Alec Guinness really thought of Star Wars and its fans: "Idiotic" hobbies and "childish banalities" Darren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-53594455676736287812016-05-06T15:34:15.072-07:002016-05-06T15:34:15.072-07:00Ha! Thanks Dec. I must admit I didn't know abo...Ha! Thanks Dec. I must admit I didn't know about Parkinson's angry press conference. As a kid, I would have loved Parkinson to be moved forward an hour (or more). I wasn't allowed to stay up for it, so somehow I thought of it as being terribly sophisticated and desperately wanted to see it.<br /><br />Parkinson's grumpiness notwithstanding, it was a very good show I think (going by the episodes I caught up with later), largely because it was made at the right time -- when many of the great movie stars were at the time in their careers that they would do a British chat show.<br /><br />Guinness was indeed brilliant in Star Wars. The prequels, in which good actors give wooden performances, only made me admire his performance more. And at least when Star Wars came out, he recognised the film's quality. <br />Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-15163837305416014862016-04-30T19:10:35.821-07:002016-04-30T19:10:35.821-07:00If he was around today, he and Parkie could have a...If he was around today, he and Parkie could have a moan-0ff. Guiness could complain about owning 2.25 percent of 'Star Wars' and Parkie could grumble about how the BBC wanted to move his show forward by an hour or so, forcing him to quit in disgust and hold the sort of stone-faced press conferences usually reserved for abducted children. <br /><br />And they have the cheek to say the younger generations are unappreciative.<br /><br />But I'll give Alec Guiness his due as a professional. He thought it was all bollocks yet he gave a brilliant performance. He's great in Star Wars.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316287401747774164noreply@blogger.com