More Proof That George Lucas Is A Douche...

Even though CCD was still on Summer break this past week, I received tons of emails from friends and associates wanting to know my opinion on even more announced changes to the original films by George Lucas when the new Blu ray versions of the entire saga came out. Given our past tumultuous relationship with Georgie Boy and the scummers over at Lucas Arts, I abstained from commenting about this latest ass fuck courtesy of Lord George to all his loyal fans. But I have uncovered an article on the 'Net that is sure to make you even more mad at Uncle George... (Continued after the jump)

We Got Served!!!!!

Due to some legal hub bub I have been hesitant to publish this CEASE & DESIST letter I received from LucasFilms in reference to our planned 2011 Brooklyn Star Wars Marathon. We received the letter at around 6 pm eastern time on Friday July 1, 2011. This left us only 2 BUSINESS HOURS to contact LucasFilms and try to come up with a way to comply with the letter and still have the event. They were still open (it was only 4 PM west coast time).... but did they call us back? Nope. Did they email us a response? Nope. They sent out their threatening letter at the absolute last minute possible despite the fact that we have been advertising for this FAN EVENT for over 3 months. Sad. Here is the letter that destroyed our event in it's entirety. I will be writing a response letter to Lucas & his company later on today. Thanks to all of you who came out and still partied with us real Star Wars fans in spite of Emperor Lucas trying to stop us.... it could have been epic, but we still made it fun!!!

Who Remembers Maniac Mansion For Nintendo?

Wow... Jeff Bond really took me back with this one. While I had hundreds of Nintendo cartridges throughout my young life, one of my faves was 'Maniac Mansion'. I loved the wacky adventures of David Miller & his friends trying to save his lost girlfriend Sandy Pantz from the evil Edison family. It's a love letter to B movies and the horror genre, and that makes it even cooler. The game was made by Lucasfilms (yeah, George Lucas was getting guap from all angles back then... #winning!!!) and was a critical success on the Commodore 64 before coming to Nintendo. The cut scenes & comedy were the best part of the game, because as with most Nintendo games the gameplay is meh at best. It was still one of our faves and a blueprint for many games that followed afterwards.

The guys and gals over at Gamervision made this awesome fake movie teaser trailer for the game. I like it for three reasons. 1) The goofiness and comedy of the original game is there. 2) It's well shot and executed. 3) I have a growing desire for girls with dark red hair like this Goth chick, and despite her awful stammer when she talks she could get it (she makes Colin Firth look like a skilled orator). Enjoy the clip:



Check out The Man Cave  right now for a full retrospective of 'Maniac Mansion'. These guys get in there. Thanks for the tip Jeffy. Think I'm going try and download this 8 bit classic from the Wii marketplace right now.