Ravings of a Textual Deviant

We just got home from the movie, and I am…searching for a verb…appalled. On the way home, I actually asked Ed to turn the car around so I could ask for the last two hours of my life back. “I don’t think they can do that, honey,” he said, very gently. “Do you think they could wipe my brain?” I asked.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s wind back to the point where Ed and I left the theater.

Ed: I don’t think Richard Burton could have saved that dialog.
Li: And the acting…
Ed: Yeah.
Li: The costumes weren’t even good. Naboo maternity wear? Awful.
Ed: I can’t argue that. I wouldn’t even know where to start. Come on, let me get some coffee and then I’ll love you like I did on Naboo.
Li: If you say “love me like you did on Naboo” to me again, I will not be held responsible for my actions.
Ed: I’m beginning to see the appeal of the dark side of the force.
Li: What? It’s not like you get better lines.
Ed: No, but you get to kill people with really rotten dialog. “Love me like you did—” vrrrrrrr [Ed mimes a lightsaber strike].

UPDATE: Watch this instead. The writing’s ever so much better.

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