Posted on 06/20/2015 11:05:05 AM PDT by rickmichaels
You need to lay off the stalking, evidently you have some rage from some distant thread, and brought it to this Star Wars thread.
Try to gain some control over whatever feelings are driving you.
Shhhh! Don’t tell ansel12... Putin is a HUGH Star Wars fanboy. I am series.
I was 28...I was watching TV in 1977 and a 30 second commercial came on. At the end my jaw was on the floor.....it said Star Wars....”what was that?”’I said. No DVRs. No VHS....so I had to wait for another commercial.
Long story short I saw the movie on the second day it came out....saw it four or five more times in the next few weeks.
WOW. I’m still in awe at what a great flick it was.
It is not science fiction. That involves technobabble (another favorite Star Trek had that). The science aspect was an unknown backdrop that you didn’t explore or question. No it was an epic....like Homer, like Tolkien, like Gilgamesh.
“Why bring your religious bigotry to a thread about Star Wars movies?”
I brought no religious bigotry. You’re the anti-Catholic. Also, I think it is interesting that two notable FR anti-Catholics both dislike Star Wars. I have actually noticed this sort of thing before. I saw no reason to make the point I made.
“Is “The Force” making you do it?”
No. Does “The Force” make you anti-Catholic?
“Has Pope Francis added liking Star Wars movies to Catholic theology?”
No. Have Protestant anti-Catholics added disliking Star Wars to their beliefs?
“I’ll admit, they are at his intellectual level on economics and technology...”
I’ll admit, your intellectual level is as poor as you mistakenly imagine his to be.
I actually seem to like “fluff-movies” more now that I’m older. When I was in high school and college, I was into the artsy stuff.
But now, when I watch something, it is for pure escapism - and a childish sci-fi flick is just perfect.
“You need to lay off the stalking,”
There’s no stalking involved. I read the thread and noticed two anti-Catholics disliked Star Wars. I posted about that. You seem to have real issues.
“evidently you have some rage from some distant thread, and brought it to this Star Wars thread.”
No rage. I’m actually quite amused that two anti-Catholics dislike Star Wars. It seems to tie into to general dried up, joyless, sad-sack nature of the mental illness of anti-Catholicism.
“Try to gain some control over whatever feelings are driving you.”
The only feelings involved are amusement and wonder (if that’s a feeling). Maybe you should gain some control over you’re continuing habit of making things up out of thin air.
“no political or social commentary”
Liberals just don’t like to admit THEY are the Dark Side.
Ha!
Yes, “Troops.” It’s great.
Hehehe. Somebody is a fan of “Waiting For Guffman.” ;-D
I guess I am really hard to impress.
I saw it the first weekend it came out. Read the article on the cover of Time.
I liked it. Saw it two or three more times while on dates.
Years later I watched it with my kids, introducing them to popular culture in the same way I did showing them Bambi and Lion King.
My wife showed them Old Yeller when they were 3 or so. I came home with about half an hour left in the movie. I asked my wife if she was crazy, showing them that movie. She asked why? (She had never seen it.) Just about that moment the screams and cries started in the other room.
I laughed my ass off.
“Liberals just don’t like to admit THEY are the Dark Side.”
Yep, the battle between good & evil continues...not unique to Star Wars movies. but they really did visibly highlight the concept.
Is that where I swiped that line?! I did like “Waiting for Guffman,” “A Mighty Wind” and “Best in Show.” I thought all those “mockumentaries” were very good.
If a movie is not a vehicle for promoting Marxism, the movie critics will pan it. The first Star Wars was all about rebellion against totalitarianism.
“ridiculously simplistic morality”
There’s the reason the critics hate it. Take everything away, and it’s a story about good vs evil, and good triumphs.
Liberals can’t admit evil. It forces the inevitable look in the mirror.
I’m more of a Trek guy but the Star Wars series is ok. It has always reminded me of a middle ages tale.
You have some serious emotional problems, you jumped on this thread as a stalker, an act of desperation and rage.
You obviously cant control it.
If critics hate a movie and viewers like it, that is a pretty good sign that it is a good movie.
If critics like it, and viewers are “meh.” then do not go!
Plain and simple Empire Strikes Back cannot be "the greatest movie of all time".
It picks up with the franchise already well established. It finishes with a lot of dangling plots threads and no "end".
If you watch that movie and no other (not just no other Star Wars films, NO OTHER FILMS PERIOD), you won't make any sense of it (and the effects may not hold up with "modern" audiences).
Liking Empire more than Star Wars is a blah debate. "If you like this, you'll LOVE this". Ok, so? Return isn't as good as either of the first two and the next three are even worse than that.
I love that scene.
The story behind it was they had done about 20 takes of this complicated fight scene between Indy with bullwhip, and the sword guy. Ford was tired, sweaty and hot. As a joke, after the guy does all his sword play watch Ford’s face. Definitely an “awww screw it moment”.
Maybe no socio-political commentary about OUR world but maybe something about the human condition of wanting to rebel against tyrannical rule even if the odds are not in your favor and even if some of you may die in the cause.
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