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   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   On 12/30/2011 9:04 AM, Ronald O. Christian wrote:   
      
   >> ...had made the LotR films instead of that Kiwi.   
   >>   
   > Oh yes, because The Phantom Menace works so well as a movie.  I just   
   > loved the character Jarjar and all the blatant racism, and the movie   
   > just couldn't get cute enough for me.   
      
   Thanks for your reply, even if heavily laced with scorn and sarcasm.   
   I don't believe I've ever seen _The Phantom Menace_, but now I'll   
   make a point of doing so.   
      
    > That's exactly what we want to   
   > see in a movie of Tolkien's works.  Christopher needs to talk to Lucas   
   > right away.   
   >   
   >   
   >     Ron (shudder)   
      
   I can hardly wait to see Harrison Ford smash a Palantir and then say,   
   "Boring conversation anyway..."   
      
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