Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Cuteness, Ewoks, and other "abominations"... Message-ID: <3038@nsc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 21:55:45 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.3038 Posted: Sat Jul 27 21:55:45 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 29-Jul-85 07:11:31 EDT References: <2706@topaz.ARPA> <522@edison.UUCP> Reply-To: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: The Dreamer Fithp Lines: 32 In article <522@edison.UUCP> dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) writes: >Ewoks?, be serious. It is obvious to anyone with half a brain that >this was a stupid descent into cutesieism to get the christmas toy >market. They were big overbloated teddy bears that made cute noises Well, except for the basic fact that the Ewok doll didn't make it to the market until about July (I know, I have about 6 in my office at work) I have to agree with what is being said. All of it, in my opinion, is beside the point. They were exceptionally cute, and they probably were set up to some degree towards the cute and fuzzy doll market, but I like them DESPITE all of that. I think that they were making a point that most people seem to have missed -- that sometimes the most dangerous things out there simply don't LOOK dangerous. The Ewok was a great example of something that is easy to underestimate -- they look like cute little teddy bears, so they can't hurt anyone. This same mentality is what gets kids and other people maimed in places like Yellowstone every year. I think that ROTJ overdid it -- the attackes the Ewoks made on the imperial forces were just TOO primitive to be effective -- if the stormtroopers fall apart that easily they never would have gotten that far in the first place -- but the concept of the Ewok is quite valid, and I thought that they pulled a lot of personality out of those furry, funny looking teddy bears. -- :From the carousel of the autumn carnival: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Your fifteen minutes are up. Please step aside!