This is such a great mashup of two things that I love, Christmas and Star Wars. The song “Mary did you know?” and Star Wars seem an unlikely pairing, but it’s awesome.
Thanks to Marko for posting it.
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Vader, Did You Know?
Superbowl Commercials and a Discussion Guide
OK, today was the big game, but I’m going to let other people that are much smarter talk abou the football side of things. Let’s talk about the commercials, after all that’s why everyone watches, right?
In case you missed any, or you just decided you’d wait till later to see what the best were, here are a few places to catch-up:
Between these two sites you can catch pretty much all the commercials from the game.
One of my favorite class of commercials is always the movie ones, and this year they got my little geek heart excited. Here are a couple of the films we got our first looks at that I can’t wait to see:
Super 8
Captain America
The VW jedi one was pretty great too.
Also if you’d like to take the conversation with your students further, Walt Mueller over at CPYU put together a discussion guide that you can download from his blog.
What were your favorites?
Star Tours Summer Vacation
Star Wars on a Subway
The gang over at Improv Everywhere are at it again, this time re-enacting a scene from Star Wars on a subway. Actually I think I really saw this at Comic-Con last year.
Star Wars Fun
I realize I missed posting on Star Wars Day this year (May the 4th be with you.) But I still thought these were fun even if I’m a day late.
The star wars saga told in Legos in less that 2 and a half minutes:
and if that’s not enough, visit JibJab to put your self in the saga!
May the 4th be with You!
Thoughts on Comic-Con 2009
Last week I spent 4 days at San Diego Comic-Con, and thought I would share a few thoughts I had about my experience at Geek Mecca.
- Geeks come in all shapes and sizes, but even though there were 130,000 people I never saw anyone disgruntled, except for maybe the security people that were trying to control the lines. There didn’t seem to be any us against them or rivalries going on, old or young, big or small, twilight or potter, Star Wars or Star Trek, everyone was excepted for who they were. If only our youth groups were as open.
- Anyone who works with teenager girls should know Bella, Edward and Jacob are. Twilight is huge. Watch for it to land in your youth group this fall. There were girls that got in line 18 hours before the Twilight Panel to make sure they got in to see the stars of the film.
- James Cameron’s Avatar is going to be huge…or the biggest flop in years.
- Most of the stars get it and realize that these fans can make or break their project. It’s cool seeing them embrace the geek culture. My brush with the stars included using the urinal next to Lou Ferrigno.
- Gear that I noticed: Camera of choice: Cannon DSLR, Phone of choice: Studio Workers: Blackberry, Everyone else: iPhone. I also saw a few G1s and Palm Pre’s.
- If you put the word Exclusive in title people will line up for hours and spend an incredible amount of money on it (Toys, Statues, Posters, Bags, it doesn’t matter). You can even pick up some of those “exclusives” on ebay without waiting in line. (I might be a little guilty of this.)
- I love the panels. I really enjoyed listening to people who make so many of the great shows and movies I like talk about what’s it’s like producing them. My favorite this year (that I made it too) was the Big Bang Theory. Next year I hope to make it to more of them. It just makes me love these films and shows even more.
- The 1980′s are alive and well. Everywhere I looked was a memory from my childhood: Transformers, GI Joe, Star Wars, Tron, even V is making a comeback. It’s great introducing my kids to them.
This was my 3rd year going, and I had an absolute blast. Maybe next year we can have a YouthMinistryGeek Comic-Con meet up. I’m already registered, so I’ll see you there.
Friday Fun: 80′s TV Star Wars Mashup
It’s that time again for Friday Fun. This weeks entry is also is also a video that involves my favorite movie Star Wars, in fact I combined a bunch of videos from this same genre into one post. I love these videos becuase not only do include Star Wars, but also another art form I love, the Mash-up. Throw in some 80′s TV shows and you got some funny videos:
Maybe I just need to start a dumb star wars video blog.
Friday Fun: Star Wars is Star Trek
