Empire Strikes Back Archive

  • Family Guy Empire Strikes Back spoof leaks to Bit Torrent sites before its DVD debut

    Family Guy Empire Strikes Back spoof leaks to Bit Torrent sites before its DVD debut

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    Fox made the decision to release the second Family Guy Star Wars spoof on DVD before airing on its network. Why? Greed. The first one was a huge hit and instead of just giving it away on a Sunday night for the whole world to enjoy, some corner office suits decided to release it on DVD first. That way, they probably thought while sipping 50-year old whiskey in a smoke-filled boardroom, people would have to either buy or rent it if they wanted to watch it.

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  • The dangers of late night Internet

    The dangers of late night Internet

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Cruising Craigslist usually brings up some interesting things. And this is definitely one of the most terrible and yet oddly funny posts I’ve seen in a while. When doing the Empire Strikes Back costume of Chewbacca, most people would just get a few C3PO parts and throw them over their back. One resident of Austin, Texas [...]

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  • District 9 loved on IMDb, ranked 8.9 out of 10

    District 9 loved on IMDb, ranked 8.9 out of 10

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    As just discussed in the CrunchGear chatroom, I don't know anything about District 9 because I'm eventually going to see it. All I need to know is that right now the movie is ranked number 26 on IMDB's top 250 list and has an 8.9 out of 10 rating. If the movie keeps the 8.9 rating after more votes are submitted, it will surpass The Dark Knight (8.8), Star Wars (8.8), The Empire Strikes Back (8.8), and LOTR: Return of the King (8.8) as the top Sci-fi movie of all time. Not that I'm going to read these comments because they will certainly contain spoilers, but is the movie really that good? Like better than The Dark Knight good?

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