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In reality, more of a prophetic message given what people will pay for the right scarce variants of Star Wars toys. No more dangerous and speculative than crypt
by varelse 5y ago
In reality, more of a prophetic message given what people will pay for the right scarce variants of Star Wars toys. No more dangerous and speculative than cryptocurrency IMO, but with a much longer investment horizon.
The part that's unrealistic IMO is the wealthy collector paying a fair price for the toys when in reality he would go out of his way to convince Mark Hamill that his crap is worthless and he's doing him a favor by giving him a pittance for it.
And the final shot would be a dirty and broken Mark Hamill sobbing uncontrollably as he watches a television in a store window where his collectibles are auctioned off one by one on one of our many shopping channels for far more than he got for them.
A recurring theme on Amazing Stories was the power of imagination best embodied by the episode about the World War II gunner who was also an animator who saved his own life by imagining a set of landing gear cartoon style after they were shot off his bomber. The Mark Hamill episode was yet another example of this theme where he prevailed by the power of his own belief in himself and his imagination.
- saalweachter 5y agoOr the other collector could have waited until after the first's death, and then taken up the cart cackling with glee at his good fortune.
- varelse 5y agoAnd there's the Robot Chicken vignette paying homage to this episode right there...