Darryl Strawberry wrote:I agree. We often forget that Star Wars is not even set in some imagined future. It's an imagined past.
I'm not sure that that is a very important distinction though, at least not in evaluating the appeal of the films
Darryl Strawberry wrote:I agree. We often forget that Star Wars is not even set in some imagined future. It's an imagined past.
Toby wrote:apart spaceships, then it might be just the sound of lightsabers igniting or the music itself, which is a fundamental part of the movies.
I don't think these are "any other sci-fi film" because that does a disservice to other science fiction films, and to Star Wars itself. What are these "things"?
PENK wrote:borofan wrote:Isn't 9 films enough of that shit?
Yawn
Toby wrote:joels344 wrote:I'm not necessarily a Star War diehard or anything, but I see this as a potential positive for the franchise. I thought what Rian Johnson did with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was refreshing and possibly my favorite work within Star Wars or at the very least, ranks closely to The Empire Strikes Back. F
That was Gareth Edwards, not Rian Johnson.
The Modernist wrote:PENK wrote:
And for what it’s worth I think of the Star Wars films - or something like James Bond - as a series that keeps going because it’s grade-A escapism with an established, inviting world that offers possibilities and excitement, though the quality varies from film to film. They’re comfort viewing.
Cheers. I'm sure that's it, but it still seems strange to me as you can get those things from any sci-fi film. Why be obsessed with Luke Skywalker..?
Copehead wrote:I have met Gruff Rhys - although he claimed he wasn't and that he couldn't speak Welsh, as I spoke to him in Welsh, but it was him lying bastard.
Copehead wrote:I have never seen anything that doesn't convince me that Joe Average people who vote Conservative are fundamentally too thick to understand the world
The Modernist wrote:Griff writes the best political posts.
The Modernist wrote:I can sort of understand people enjoying them, but why the obsession and all the anticipation? They're simplistic kids films ultimately. I'm surprised people don't just grow out of them or get bored of them.
Betty Denim wrote:As for Patti Smith, now there’s an insufferable cunt. The most pretentious, tedious, bag of incomprehensible self-important shit with all the charm and intelligence of Bungle from Rainbow.
The Modernist wrote:I can sort of understand people enjoying them, but why the obsession and all the anticipation? They're simplistic kids films ultimately. I'm surprised people don't just grow out of them or get bored of them.
The Modernist wrote:I can sort of understand people enjoying them, but why the obsession and all the anticipation? They're simplistic kids films ultimately. I'm surprised people don't just grow out of them or get bored of them.
Drama Queenie wrote:You are a chauvinist of the quaintest kind. About as threatening as Jack Duckworth, you are a harmless relic of that cherished era when things were 'different'. Now get back to drawing a moustache on that page three model
Obi Wan-Toby wrote:I don't think these are "any other sci-fi film" because that does a disservice to other science fiction films, and to Star Wars itself. What are these "things"?
Well, it's not Science Fiction; it's Space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities, futuristic weapons, and other sophisticated technology. The term has no relation to music, but is instead a play on the terms "soap opera" and "horse opera",[citation needed] the latter of which was coined during the 1930s to indicate clichéd and formulaic Western movies. Space operas emerged in the 1930s and continue to be produced in literature, film, comics, and video games.
The Modernist wrote: Cheers. I'm sure that's it, but it still seems strange to me as you can get those things from any sci-fi film. Why be obsessed with Luke Skywalker..?
Copehead wrote:I have never seen anything that doesn't convince me that Joe Average people who vote Conservative are fundamentally too thick to understand the world
The Modernist wrote:Griff writes the best political posts.
Goat Boy wrote:For two movies it got it right
Darryl Strawberry wrote:Goat Boy wrote:For two movies it got it right
Three.
Return of the Jedi is brilliant.
Betty Denim wrote:As for Patti Smith, now there’s an insufferable cunt. The most pretentious, tedious, bag of incomprehensible self-important shit with all the charm and intelligence of Bungle from Rainbow.
Dr. E. PLATE wrote:Interesting - and sort of sad - how for some people magic is present in certain examples of art yet for others it's just 'flat'.
I'm with Ray more than Dougie but that's one fuck of a piece of writing, D.
Darryl Strawberry wrote:Goat Boy wrote:For two movies it got it right
Three.
Return of the Jedi is brilliant. The fight scene between Luke and Vader is incredible.