- Vol. 09
- Chapter 12
Mint In Box
That Wookie is awfully pleased about something. Look
at its cheesy grin There appears to be some sort
of competition going on here, like Which Movie Franchise Is The Best Here’s a fun fact to consider
which franchise launched
the most forever-plastic toys into the landfills of the Earth
The point of the toys anyway was to keep them Mint In Box
and not ruin them with imagination
Chewbacca was played by Peter William Mayhew wrapped
in a shaggy rug made from yak and rabbit fur and Chewbacca’s voice was a recorded mix of
badger, lion, bear and walrus noise
ET had an animatronic head ( Beeeeee Gooooooood )
and the names of the people who brought its body to life were
Tamara De Treaux
Michael Patrick Bilon
Matthew DeMeritt Caprice Rothe
was ET’s hands Pat Welsh’s voice was mixed with the sound
of other animals, breathing
Being CGI, the green, three-eyed alien had no human being inside It was not allowed to be different Its life appeared to depend on the whim of a mystical claw It craved
freedom
Mint In Box
Did you notice how all three stories hold ideas of outer space
as if there must be something better out there, beyond
As if the world we got would never be enough