C Shutt Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 I was just reading the thread lamenting the lack of interesting new threads on this board, and found myself inspired by bgbennyboy's call to arms. Unfortunately, as a result of years of recreational drug use, I haven't had an original idea since 1999. So instead, I thought I'd resurrect a thread from the old LucasFans forums. All of its previous incarnations were met with indifference and a quick death, but I'm quietly optimistic I'll have better luck next time. This is a thread to discuss the communist themes in LucasArts adventure games. Here's an interesting line to get us started. Sam: "What's wrong with the trees?" Max: "Are they succumbing to outdated Marxist dogma?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 The Jedi are quite clearly a bunch of commies, and George Lucas is quite clearly an anarchist slash communist slash nazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeddlingMonk Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Moving right along... Grim Fandango has a good deal of Communism in it. Salvador is a clear reference to Che Guevara. And there are the three commies in the Blue Casket and their book, which inspired Terry's speech. But apart from Sam & Max and GF I can't think of any other LEC games where Communism pops up. (That's someone's cue to prove me wrong. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GendoTheGreat Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 There are healthy doses of social Liberalism, which can turn into something similar if you're fanatical enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeddlingMonk Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 I guess I can prove myself wrong. There are some Communist references in EMI. Father Rasputin keeps addressing Guybrush as tovarich (Russian for 'comrade'), and one of the chess players refers to a 'Khrushchev burial gambit' (Khrushchev succeeded Stalin, and once declared at the UN that 'we will bury you'--meaning that Communism would triumph over capitalism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GendoTheGreat Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 May I ask what the precise purpose of this thread is? Are we trying to esablish whether any Lucasarts games are promoting a Communist agenda, or are we just shooting the breeze here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gexx Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Originally posted by scabb The Jedi are quite clearly a bunch of commies, and George Lucas is quite clearly an anarchist slash communist slash nazi. Isn't George Lucas Jewish? Also, I noticed the references in the games. But I don't think it's enough reason to blacklist Mr. Lucas. I hope I didn't just shootdown this thread because it seemed very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GendoTheGreat Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 I think he was joking, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gexx Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 I know. I've never really thought much about those things in the games, but I'll have to look for them if I play them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Communism in LucasArts games? SURE: "Ted is dead, and Ted is RED." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordmaster Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Then, of course, there is Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine with its communists, but I don't think people here would label it an adventure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Shutt Posted March 25, 2003 Author Share Posted March 25, 2003 To say nothing of the fact that when I buy an Indiana Jones game, I want Nazis, damn it. Commies are a poor substitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 The head òîâàðèù (tovarish) wasn't even evil throughout. That may be so realistic and enlightened, but it isn't conform with the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gexx Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 Sorry for the bump. Has anyone noticed how Sal Limones in GF kinda resembles Che Guevara? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeddlingMonk Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 If you look at the third message in this thread you'll see that, yes, someone has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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