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To: SeekAndFind

I love SciFi. Saw the first one the week it came out in 77. Thought it was kinda juvenile, dumb - and didn’t watch any more.

Got talked into watching them all about a year ago. Snooze fest.

IMHO it was ruined from the start.


4 posted on 05/18/2026 10:04:07 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: John Milner

“Star Wars” was fun if you were raised around pulps and old serials (I was), but at 13 I was more of a “Rollerball” and “Logan’s Run” and “Alien” kinda guy. I like the next two in the series — they were weird and fun.

Then I found out The Force was pretty much HIV, so I was done. As an adult, I realized “Star Wars” really needed Marcia back.


5 posted on 05/18/2026 10:13:27 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: John Milner

I was a huge 2001 fan, expected SW to be similar given the hype.

After far too long a wait in line, a goofy kid’s film.

Still pissed at the switch and bait.


6 posted on 05/18/2026 10:32:47 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: John Milner

Star Wars wasn’t science fiction, it was a modernized Saturday afternoon cowboy movie.


15 posted on 05/19/2026 4:11:55 AM PDT by Fresh Wind
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To: John Milner

“””””I love SciFi. Saw the first one the week it came out in 77. Thought it was kinda juvenile, dumb - and didn’t watch any more.”””””

When I saw the first one at the theater I was expecting Sci-fi and I walked out on it, but since everyone else enjoyed it I gave it a second try to see what I was overlooking, and that time I decided to look at it as other people were, an exciting fun space action adventure, and with that frame of mind I liked it a lot, I think I later watch a sequel with Jabba the Hutt maybe didn’t care for it and skipped the rest.


33 posted on 05/19/2026 8:19:24 AM PDT by ansel12
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