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From the Rick Emerson show. (download)
I believe that Han shot first.
I believe that Ally Sheedy was hotter before Molly Ringwald cleaned her up.
I believe in miniatures, models, claymation, and not revealing the shark until you absolutely have to.
I believe that George Lucas, for better or worse, changed the way we see the world, ourselves, and each other.
And I believe that we will someday reach those stars that he himself made visible.
I also believe George Lucas to be a narrow-minded, money-grubbing, pig-headed slave to the now, who ought to be locked away from his own creations lest he do them further harm.
I believe that Jean-Luc Picard is the better starship captain, but I do believe that James Tiberius Kirk is infinitely cooler.
I believe that children standing in line to buy a book at midnight is fantastic.
I believe that reading makes you smart, and schools make you dumb.
I believe that any episode of Futurama is better than any program featuring a precocious teenager, wise beyond their years. I also believe that Buffy The Vampire Slayer is the sole exception that proves this rule.
I believe that comic books are an art form, and will someday be recognized as such.
I believe that good shows die too young, and crap shows last too long.
I believe that boycotts, petitions, and sending the president of Fox lots of candy will never save a program, that only heads on spikes will ever do that trick.
I believe that Eddie Izzard is the funniest man alive, and I don't give a good god damn whether you've ever heard of him or not, it's still true.
I believe that a girl who likes movies about zombies is hotter than whoever is on the cover of Maxim this month.
I believe that Bellock ate that fly.
And I swear to god that I heard Luke call Leia "Carrie."
And I believe that Samwise Gamgee never quite got the credit he really deserved.
I believe in magic. I believe in dreams.
I believe in the power of music, movies, and the untold worlds inside an everyday library card.
And I do not believe that the geeks will inherit the earth.
I believe we already have.