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Jun. 26th, 2003 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miko2Gloriah at work gave several of us copies of her son Chad's latest story. Chad is eleven and wrote this as one on his last school assignments this year. I liked it so much I asked if I could post it here, and Gloriah said okay. I didn't get to ask Chad so I hope he doesn't mind. ^_^
If there were people in space and they got mad at each other there would be... Star Wars.
It is a time of great unrest in the Universe. Using the nail side of the power of the force, the Evil Empire has taken a stronghold in the Sacul region of the Egroeg sector. The Rebellion Resistance Fighters have retreated to a hidden base. The Empire is constructing a big dangerous weapon thing with enough fire power to blow stuff up. If the Rebellion can destroy the big dangerous weapon thing, they will live and the good side of the force will reign. If they don't there can be no sequels. No sequels means no merchandising, no fan clubs, no freaky guys at conventions that have way too much free time and no clear desire to date girls. Victory is imperative!
Critical Review
Now the first thing I like about this story is the "big dangerous weapon thing with enough fire power to blow stuff up". I mean really, doesn't that just cut to the heart of what every evil genious mastermind villian desires? That covers everything from death stars to death rays to death robots.
The second thing I liked was the clever insertion of George Lucas's name in the story. Gloriah hadn't noticed, but as a former geeky kid who's made up far too many fantasy kingdoms and science fiction worlds, I'm well aware that a way to make up wierd names for places is to spell common words backwards. So when I saw "Sacul" and "Egoeg" I immediately reversed them and solved the hidden riddle. ^_^
The last thing about this story is that it's really a black comedy. Chad's teacher may not have realized t his, but consider, if the good guys win, it means sequels, merchandising, and freaky guys at conventions who "have way too much free time and no clear desire to date girls".
Which begs the question, do we want the good guys to win?
My only negative comment is that I don't have a clue what the "nail" side of the force is. I sort of imagine it's like getting hit with a board that has nails in it... the side where the nails stick out would be the bad side. But I really don't know what Chad was trying to say with that particular choice of words.
In other news, Tippi Herdren was a lefty actor who starred in Alfred Hitchock's 1963 thriller The Birds. You can tell who's left handed in that film by which arm they shield their face with. I guess.
And my comics dealer Gabriel sent me this wonderful link, which is a story about a cat and an enema. It's really just someone's funny story about when their cat was sick. Honest.
If there were people in space and they got mad at each other there would be... Star Wars.
It is a time of great unrest in the Universe. Using the nail side of the power of the force, the Evil Empire has taken a stronghold in the Sacul region of the Egroeg sector. The Rebellion Resistance Fighters have retreated to a hidden base. The Empire is constructing a big dangerous weapon thing with enough fire power to blow stuff up. If the Rebellion can destroy the big dangerous weapon thing, they will live and the good side of the force will reign. If they don't there can be no sequels. No sequels means no merchandising, no fan clubs, no freaky guys at conventions that have way too much free time and no clear desire to date girls. Victory is imperative!
Critical Review
Now the first thing I like about this story is the "big dangerous weapon thing with enough fire power to blow stuff up". I mean really, doesn't that just cut to the heart of what every evil genious mastermind villian desires? That covers everything from death stars to death rays to death robots.
The second thing I liked was the clever insertion of George Lucas's name in the story. Gloriah hadn't noticed, but as a former geeky kid who's made up far too many fantasy kingdoms and science fiction worlds, I'm well aware that a way to make up wierd names for places is to spell common words backwards. So when I saw "Sacul" and "Egoeg" I immediately reversed them and solved the hidden riddle. ^_^
The last thing about this story is that it's really a black comedy. Chad's teacher may not have realized t his, but consider, if the good guys win, it means sequels, merchandising, and freaky guys at conventions who "have way too much free time and no clear desire to date girls".
Which begs the question, do we want the good guys to win?
My only negative comment is that I don't have a clue what the "nail" side of the force is. I sort of imagine it's like getting hit with a board that has nails in it... the side where the nails stick out would be the bad side. But I really don't know what Chad was trying to say with that particular choice of words.
In other news, Tippi Herdren was a lefty actor who starred in Alfred Hitchock's 1963 thriller The Birds. You can tell who's left handed in that film by which arm they shield their face with. I guess.
And my comics dealer Gabriel sent me this wonderful link, which is a story about a cat and an enema. It's really just someone's funny story about when their cat was sick. Honest.
