Whistle Wit

I think if I look back at all the gifts I’ve ever received, nothing can top what my mom got me for my 8th birthday. She had just come from Vienna. She goes there almost every year for work, and she always comes home with an assortment of clothes, chocolates and gifts for the rest of us. This time however, she came home and gave me two space legosets, one was a huge spaceship set, the other a spacedock with a monorail system. I would have been thrilled with just one, but to get two at the same time?

I like science fiction and fantasy movies. What fascinates me so much about Star Wars is the combination of environment (space), character (Luke, Princess Leia, etc.), and technology (the Death Star, X-Wing Fighters, the light sabre). It is kind of interesting that people younger than me do not like Star Wars. I also like Dune mostly for the story… but again it is the combination of environment (desert sand dunes), character (Paul Attreides) and technology (the sand worm, fremenstillsuits, energy shields) that whet my movie appetite. Last but not the least, who cannot like the sheer story, landscape and characters from Lord of the Rings, brilliantly rendered into a three-part movie.

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