May 31, 2007
George R.R. Martin is wrong about Star Wars
George R.R. Martin says that 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Alien, Aliens and Forbidden Planet are better than Star Wars. Although these are all great films, he's clearly wrong. because they're not.
Forbidden Planet is his favourite. Yeah , it's good, I like it a lot, but it's The Tempest, cue flashbacks to studying Shakespeare at school.
He also suggests Charlie (never seen the film, thought the book was a bit dull), War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine (both the old versions). Hmmm. The Wells books are classics, the movies are cheesey. Surely no one likes them better with Star Wars? [Via SFSignal]