Fear and Loathing in The Star Wars Holiday Special

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Wow, that was a horrible experience, but somehow I couldn't look away. Of course the A/V quality would low, but everything else gets top marks because the editor succeeded in doing what he set out to do: turn a 97 minute drug trip into an 18 minute drug trip.

Narrative? What narrative? Just an incoherent nightmare. Enjoyment? More like "anti-enjoyment". Self-inflicted torture.... in the best way possible. I recommend this edit because if I had to see it, then everyone else has to see it too!

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Jeejuss H. Pink Star Woes Floyd. Viewing may lead to cerebrospinal fluid leaking out your nose.

Trip factor: 10 mental aerothrusts.

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I have a very high tolerance for bad Star Wars. I like the Special Editions (well, besides that musical number...). I like the DVD/Blu-Ray revisions, ghost-Hayden and all. I like the prequels. I saw Attack of the Clones in theaters four times. (Note: at this point I have lost all credibility on everything, forever.)

I've never been able to finish the Holiday Special. It really is that awful. It hurts. It hurts my brain. This is the only way I've ever been able to bring myself to watch it for an extended period of time. TM2YC was struck with some real creativity here, refashioning this... this thing into a drug-induced hallucination. The sights and sounds present fit that description all too well. I found myself laughing hysterically to the point of tears during my first viewing. Now, technically speaking, it still looks like the 70's broadcast recording, blah blah. Until Disney actually gives this thing a legitimate release (i.e. never), this is as good as it can possibly look. Besides - this isn't about picture quality. This is about the experience of watching it. Go do it. It'll change you.

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What a truly horrifying experience. Once I started watching, I couldn't avert my eyes. I became mesmerized by this gratuitous spectacle that is "Fear and Loathing in the Star Wars Holiday Special." The editor called it, when he said this "comes off like a terrifying acid-trip nightmare." No horror movie ever made can do this justice.

Watch at your own risk, however do check your health insurance coverage for psychiatric care before so.

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Owner's reply July 15, 2013

Music to my ears. The tone of your review not only suggests you enjoyed it but that you got into the spirit of it too! Now...

"GO CLEAN UP YOUR ROOM!!!"

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Just sneak into your favorite club or Rave and slap this shit on as the background visual-- Loved it, though even at 18mins I still find the Holiday Special an excruciating painful watch, unless you like damaging your cerebrum

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