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[badseed1980]

Am I the only big Star Wars fan who has NO interest in seeing this?

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[madamruppy.livejournal.com]

I'm probably going to go see it, but I wonder what more it has to offer than the tv version did.

[hippie1025.livejournal.com]

Nope. No interest here.

[greendalek.livejournal.com]

Sacrilege for me to say so, but: I can definitely wait for the DVD, y'know?

Star Wars is a tale that has now been told, in its entirety. It buoyed my childhood, got me into mythology as a study, proved its endurance by captivating my child's imagination just as thoroughly, and also offered a wonderful lesson in superior storytelling. There will never again be anything quite like it.

But it is done. We know how it began and how it ends, and we know the tragedy of Anakin's fall and his redemption through his son. The adventure is concluded. I don't feel there's anything to be gained by digging up less-important moments in the past narrative and expounding upon them.

Star Wars and that other 2-word sci-fi franchise that begins with the word "Star" have had their day. It's time for some new tales to capture our imagination. Firefly and the revived Doctor Who and the new Battlestar Galactica have done a more-than-adequate job of it; but even those can very easily wear out their welcome. Science fiction as a genre demands a constant supply of new creativity and new ideas, new ways of looking at ourselves as a species and our place in the universe. Remakes, retreads, and even "re-imaginings" ain't gonna cut it, not in the long run.

Taking shape in someone's head right now, somewhere, is an entirely new science fiction story set in an entirely new universe with a wildly inventive premise, populated by endearing characters none of us have ever heard of before, something that will take our imaginations (and our fannish zeal) in an entirely new and unexpected direction. I look forward to learning its name.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Taking shape in someone's head right now, somewhere, is an entirely new science fiction story set in an entirely new universe with a wildly inventive premise, populated by endearing characters none of us have ever heard of before, something that will take our imaginations (and our fannish zeal) in an entirely new and unexpected direction. I look forward to learning its name.

Ooh, I hope so!

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

No, you're not.

[whiteboy.livejournal.com]

It's the start of a downhill spiral when you start making cartoons canon.

I think this is the best example I've ever seen of something I read a few years ago. In an article about how the movie business was changing, it said that a lot of movies make more money selling DVDs than they do in the theaters. This led one guy to say that eventually movie theaters will just be advertising tools for future DVD sales, not a place to seek profits.

Then I read the box office for The Dark Knight and I think that guy is nuts.

[miss-lisa-ma.livejournal.com]

It's the start of a downhill spiral when you start making cartoons canon. Agreed. Eau de shark, anyone?

And Dark Knight is anomalous. For way too many Hollywood releases, I worry that the observation in that article is correct.

[unferth.livejournal.com]

I liked the Genndy Tartakovsky version, but it's going to take a fair amount to get me interested in this.

[lothiriel-1.livejournal.com]

I loved the "Star Wars" movies that came out when I was a kid - I remember watching my 2nd grade boy classmates spend indoor recess (when the weather was crappy) drawing X-wing fighters and the Millenium Falcon warring against the Empire. Good memories!

Then "Episode 1" came out and my interest was lost. JarJar Binks probably had a hand (or whatever the hell he has for appendages) in that. I haven't seen another SW flick since.


Now, if someone could turn some of Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" books into movies, I'd be all over it.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Now, if someone could turn some of Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" books into movies

Oooh, that could be pretty. And my gods, if they used the appropriate animation style--say, like the old-style watercolor backgrounds of "Lilo and Stitch"--it could be gorgeous.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

I will see it, but unlike some members of the 501st, I'm not chomping at the bit. It has R2-KT (http://www.r2kt.com/) in it briefly, which I think is very sweet...but that's pretty much my main reason for wanting to see it.

[tigira.livejournal.com]

I'm not really interested in it. F seemed to like the trailer, though, when we saw it before Kung Fu Panda a couple of weeks ago. He thought that was really cool.

But, my kid also loves SG-1.

Nope

[mings-kitten.livejournal.com]

Not in the least bit interested and niether is the husband person. It looks...quite crap actually.

[pauljtaylor.livejournal.com]

I dig the character model aesthetic — Greek urn by way of SLEEPING BEAUTY — but it's apparently not even a little dissimilar to the TV show one can watch for free, and so I shall probably do that instead.

[chaos-current.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big Star Wars fan, so my not wanting to see it probably doesn't say much.

I like light sabers, though.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Anyone who doesn't like light sabers is a commie.

[chaos-current.livejournal.com]

Please see icon. I made it just for this comment.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

OK, you have:

1) proven conclusively that you're not a commie, and
2) won a shiny new internet.

[chaos-current.livejournal.com]

I'M A JEDI. IT MAKES LIGHTSABER NOISE WHEN YOU TURN IT ON.

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v211/aequitasr/?action=view&current=lightsaber.png)