Comments on: The exegesis strikes back http://www.geebobg.com/2007/05/03/the-exegesis-strikes-back/ Americlecticintellectica Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jbushnell http://www.geebobg.com/2007/05/03/the-exegesis-strikes-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3912 jbushnell Mon, 19 May 2008 20:15:56 +0000 http://www.geebobg.com/2007/05/03/the-exegesis-strikes-back/#comment-3912 <i>The Force is something that runs in families — if you ain’t got it, that’s too damn bad</i> I always hated this, too, for pretty much the same reasons you outline (I like the idea that anyone can "tune in" to the Force with a little concentration and effort). One of the most hateable things about <i>The Phantom Menace</i> (and there's some stiff competition there) is the even-more-explicit linking of the Force to genetics (this terrible business about "midichlorians"). Sigh. The Force is something that runs in families — if you ain’t got it, that’s too damn bad

I always hated this, too, for pretty much the same reasons you outline (I like the idea that anyone can “tune in” to the Force with a little concentration and effort). One of the most hateable things about The Phantom Menace (and there’s some stiff competition there) is the even-more-explicit linking of the Force to genetics (this terrible business about “midichlorians”). Sigh.

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