midi-chlorians

Just when you think we squoze (yes, that's a word) the blogosphere dry, we've added a new "SF Signal Irregular", His name is Pete Tzinski and while you trying to figure out if you liked Watchmen, he posted part 1 of an article that will make your midi-chlorians spin: Why the Star Wars Prequels Are Actually Good (Part 1).

SF Signal Welcomes Pete Tzinski 2009

Kirk must be stuffed full of midi-chlorians -- that's why he has so many ridiculously improbable coincidences, close calls and last-minute saves.

What Would You Like to See From The New Star Trek? 2009

It wasn't lazy writing at all, no sir, it was midi-chlorians.

What Would You Like to See From The New Star Trek? 2009

Sure, not everyone is going to relate to his observation that chi and midi-chlorians may in fact be the same thing.

Derek Beres: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude Derek Beres 2010

Try to explain the significance of this remark to people outside the beltway and their eyes would glaze over like you were elaborating on the relationship between midi-chlorians and force sensitivity to a first date.

Palin says nothing in particular about Egypt, still gets headlines Adam Serwer 2011

Just when you think we squoze (yes, that's a word) the blogosphere dry, we've added a new "SF Signal Irregular", His name is Pete Tzinski and while you trying to figure out if you liked Watchmen, he posted part 1 of an article that will make your midi-chlorians spin: Why the Star Wars Prequels Are Actually Good (Part 1).

March 2009 2009

Also, this is blessedly ~3500 years before midi-chlorians were realized.

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Hey George…you should have let Bioware make Episodes 1 2 and 3. 2009

As lame as midi-chlorians are and as bad as all the awfulness they lead to (the 'royal' blood to be a Jedi, Annakin's miracle birth), the series didn't jump the shark here because it had already been jumped.

When Did Star Wars Jump The Shark? 2007

And with the example that Carlton gave of the midi-chlorians and how unnecessary it was to explain how the Force works, there are some explanations that if given are not only disappointing but are also very uninteresting.

Lost News: Not All Will Be Explained By the End, Franchise May Live On | /Film 2009

As lame as midi-chlorians are and as bad as all the awfulness they lead to (the 'royal' blood to be a Jedi, Annakin's miracle birth), the series didn't jump the shark here because it had already been jumped.

November 2007 2007