I cannot believe it, Jack Chick, the patron saint of fundyism, has pulled a George Lucas. He’s gone and fucked with his classic tract, The Last Generation. The artwork appears to have been “freshened” and gone is dad saying the phrase, “if the lord tarries.” Now I wish I had archived a copy to make sure but I’m certain the changes are there and they seem as pointless has digitally moving Han Solo so he can step on Jabba’s tail. What’as next? Is Jack going to change the lyrics in Angels? from “We’re gonna rock, rock, rock. Rock with the Rock!” with “hey ho, let’s go!” Actually it would be an improvement even if it did cause Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee to spin in their respective graves.
The Last Generation was really dear to me. I grew up in the seventies being repeatedly told we were living in the end times because of UPC bar codes and disco.
I may as well pit G.L. in the same thread. I read that he digitally replaced the dying Darth Vader’s face in Episode VI’s DVD release with that of Hayden Christensen. That is so fucking wrong. A generation of children grew up fearing Darth Vader and now he’s been replaced with a mewling, whiny little mama’s boy that would probably get bitch slapped by an Ewok.
Actually, I think he’s merely replaced the blue glowy Anakin with a blue glowy mewling little mama’s boy. He’s changed the face under the mask, too, but I don’t think he’s replaced it with Christensen.
Which I wouldn’t mind seeing. You gotta admit, the idea of a scarred and mutilated Hayden Christensen is somewhat appealing.
Oh, like anyone was afraid of Darth Vader after they saw how goofy he looked under his helmet.
I don’t like changes most of the changes in the films (I don’t have any problem with them making changes at all, I just wish that they originals were readily available), but if anything should have ever been changed, it’s Darth Vader’s face.
Big Time Honolulu can get the set on Friday, Sept. 17th (Before the primary election), but us Kaneohe, Kahaluu country hicks have to wait until Tuesday the 21st, AFTER the primaries!?!?!?
If I had known then what I know now, surely I would have voted for Fasi!
Chick has always done extensive revisions, the worst of which was on his classic THE BEAST. Also, for a while, he even edited out use of the term “The Rapture” (tho not the concept), having the idea it was a Jesuit invention. I think he uses it again now. Also, I noticed his Christmas stuff was dropped for a time, then picked back up.
Alas, his main anti-gay title is some Sodom tripe whereas for a while he had one called Wounded Children, which- disagree with it as you might- was at least attempting to be compassionate.
Lucas, on the other hand- feh! Here’s what I hope- he decides in III to make Count Dooku assume the title “Governor Tarkin” & then attempt to digitally replace Peter Cushing in IV with Christopher Lee.