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we just went to Media Play to buy some storage units for our obscenely expanding cd and dvd collections. while cashing out, i noticed they had signs up to pre-order the new Star Wars on dvd. i asked the guy who was helping us load the car when it was coming out, which started a whole conversation about Star Wars.
he asked if we'd seen the new one and how we liked it, and then he proceeded to express his opinion that it was the best of all six. we politely disagreed that while it was indeed good, it was not as good as the originals.
so the guy responds by saying something about how people our age tend to feel that way. and then he said something about how we probably saw the originals in the theater. i pointed out that we would only have been about one-year-old when the first one came out. he tried to save himself at that point, but still kept referring to people of our age or our generation or something like that.
i'm thinking this guy was about 20-22 years old so we had a good laugh over it afterwards, but shit. now i feel ancient.
it's kinda like how those little plug'n'play Atari games they sell say something on the back about being a "blast from your parents' past." so wrong.
he asked if we'd seen the new one and how we liked it, and then he proceeded to express his opinion that it was the best of all six. we politely disagreed that while it was indeed good, it was not as good as the originals.
so the guy responds by saying something about how people our age tend to feel that way. and then he said something about how we probably saw the originals in the theater. i pointed out that we would only have been about one-year-old when the first one came out. he tried to save himself at that point, but still kept referring to people of our age or our generation or something like that.
i'm thinking this guy was about 20-22 years old so we had a good laugh over it afterwards, but shit. now i feel ancient.
it's kinda like how those little plug'n'play Atari games they sell say something on the back about being a "blast from your parents' past." so wrong.
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Date: 2005-08-12 02:46 am (UTC)From:I'm not saying that as a 29 year old
I'm saying that as a fan of good movies and a person in possession of a Bachelor's Degree in Film Studies
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Date: 2005-08-12 03:33 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-08-12 03:54 pm (UTC)From:even those who half defend the flick will admit that it's a conditional liking of it
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Date: 2005-08-12 10:42 pm (UTC)From:if you're going to discuss quality of movie, the originals were actually not very good quality, if you really go back and watch them. i enjoy them thoroughly, but i don't know if i would call them cinematic masterpieces.
what they do have over the new ones, though, is a certain charm. and that is the reason they are so beloved. not the quality. the charm. the new ones feel too manufactured and plastic. and they just don't have harrison ford.
mmmm, han solo, i love you.
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Date: 2005-08-12 10:44 pm (UTC)From:the new movies lacked script development and seemed like a technology showcase and little else... (it even went so far as to take good-to-great actors and make them suck eggs)
Han Solo was dearly missed
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Date: 2005-08-12 11:01 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2005-08-12 11:02 pm (UTC)From:basically because someone has an ego and won't put property into the hands of those more capable
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Date: 2005-08-12 11:04 pm (UTC)From:that man really stifled just about everyone.
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Date: 2005-08-12 11:08 pm (UTC)From:no one should have that kind of unchecked power
NO ONE!!!
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