Posted on 09/05/2024 4:04:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Asokha was REALLY good.
The Empire had their own Military Industrial Complex.
What Disney has done to the franchise, especially The Acolyte, turned me off of Star Wars forever.
Okay, not ALL of it. I still have the Blu-rays of episodes 1-6. But everything else is dead to me.
“You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll kiss three bucks goodbye....Hardware Wars!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccfbw2RJ3ow
Ha!
Has anyone else caught some of the Flash Gordon silver screen serials from the 1930’s and 1940’s?
So much of what is in those serials ended up almost straight-up copied into in the first three Star Wars movies by George Lucas. It’s kind of shocking actually.
How can any discussion about when Star Wars hit the skids take place without the word “Ewok” front and center?
I loved the original Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back. I even loved Return of the Jedi, although I do think that if I had been a little older when it came out I would have been more aware of the schmaltziness of the Ewoks.
Those stupid Teddy bears ruined it for me.
What puzzles me about George Lucas is that he created both THX 1138, which to me is a sophisticated and tasteful piece of art, and the horrible Star Wars prequels. It’s like, how could the same guy make both of these?
I think it is about power and a perceived need for revenge.
That almost ruined it for me, and The Phantom Menace was the final nail. I stopped watching and never looked back.
The holiday special was tv only. The empire strikes back is objectively better than a new hope too.
The prequels started rough but episode 3 was very good.
The real downfall started right after the last medium. I didn’t hate it, but they had no ideas what to do with 9 and it really shows. Then Lucasfilm salted the earth by firing Gina carano and letting the shows become 100 percent girl power fever dreams. They also destroyed Indiana Jones so my hatred for Kennedy and Disney is boundless now
My sons say it’s been all downhill since “Battlefront II” and “Knights of the Old Republic”, except for one that was okay but I don’t remember the name of it.
Boys cannot empathize with Female "Heroes." Boys want to imagine themselves as the hero, and if you make the hero female, you have just turned your core audience off to caring about what happens to your hero.
She did Star Wars, and Empire Strikes Back. The only two good movies they ever made.
The teddy bear movie was just stupid.
Everything else was even worse.
I did that subconsciously. Although Jennifer Lawrence was great in Hunger Games. That was a rare exception.
No it isn't. While admittedly Empire is better than anything produced after it, it was a pale shadow of the masterpiece that was Star Wars.
I must admit there are a few exceptions. Ridley in Alien and Aliens, and Sarah Connors in the Terminator comes to mind.
But these aren't *GIRL POWER* bosses, they are ordinary people caught in a situation where they desperately fight for their lives.
Even Hunger Games is a similar situation.
But girl warriors? Doesn't resonate with anyone.
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